We spent the day playing tennis in 35 degree weather We shopped for some treats and decorations, as the snow began. We prepared a nice dinner We played “minute to win it” type games. We then watched the rest of the Hawkeye series, and finished with the Nashville countdown. We barely made it to midnight! We toasted, and went to bed. Happy New Year!
One of our Christmas traditions is to drive around and see light displays. One of the local news stations put together a pretty impressive list.
We drove around to see the light displays, the girls opened their secret Santa gifts to each other, and it’s off to bed.
Hubby and I were supposed to run the Garmin Oz Half Marathon last April. Because it was on A’s 17th birthday, she also wanted to complete it. So we signed four of the girls up for the 10K, and we signed up for the half. Then, they postponed it to a day two of the girls would not be able to go. In response, we cancelled our half marathon (we don’t like running virtuals much), and switched the girls over…
We started attended our Church memorial weekend. I felt desperate to find a church again–after leaving our last church for “going woke” and dismissing actual biblical theology–and we started feeling isolated and without church family. Within weeks of finding the church, the girls had volunteered for VBS (and it was one of the best-run VBS camps the girls had ever participated in, or volunteered for) and then the church Music Retreat was announced. A and C both really wanted to…
I woke up before the sun rose this morning with you on my mind. I’m not sure if I dreamed about you, or if it was yesterday’s holiday that made me lament your absence. I often wonder if you will regret your choices some day, or if you will always believe in the justification of your absence and perceived retribution. I know you believe with all of your heart that your actions are well-deserved, but time and experience has a…
Today is the day for giving thanks to God. From the etymology dictionary: “1550s, “pleasing to the mind,” also “full of gratitude, disposed to repay favors bestowed,” from obsolete adjective grate “agreeable, pleasant,” from Latin gratus “pleasing” (from suffixed form of PIE root *gwere- (2) “to favor”). “A most unusual formation” [Weekley]. A rare, irregular case of English using -ful to make an adjective from an adjective (the only other one I can find is direful “characterized by or fraught…
We took the girls to a Rockies Game Star Wars Night. We had such a great time (though after 3 hours it was a little too “peopley” for me). They gave away free Darth Vader koozies (the girls were very excited about that) and the wildfires actually made it cooler out…but very smoky. I’m feeling the results of the bad air this morning.