It is a cozy Christmas-y Sunday afternoon here....Steve is baking pumpkin bread, we have Christmas music on the stereo (kind of nerdy music - Christmas music from the Renaissance: a Praetorius mass for Christmas morning), and, it is SNOWING outside.
Friday night, we went with two of the over-45 single sisters (Betty McKinley and Elizabeth Crippen) to admire the Magic Tree. None of the wintry weather that night - it was just perfect. And, we enjoyed a meal at Arby's afterwards (well, I used my second free-pizza coupon from Mod and ate it at Arbys). Later that evening, Steve and I watched "Holiday Inn".
The week began with Steve and me braving the Mall! But, since it was only December 9th and a Monday afternoon, it wasn't too bad. Tuesday we went to St. Louis for the second week in a row - temple again and piano lessons. I wanted Quinn and Lucy to have Christmas carols to learn but neither are really reading notes on the staff yet so I just wrote down note names of six songs for them to work on - songs like Jingle Bells and Deck the Halls. I hope they are successful in interpreting them! While there, I borrowed a small piece of sculpy (hooray for crafty daughters who keep that kind of stuff lying around!) and Mrs. Claus FINALLY has a spoon again!
We bought this figurine decades ago at Aldi and sometime over the years, the spoon was lost. But, not any more. And she now has batter in her bowl, too, thanks to the leftover clay.
Speaking of creative, I was able to create my rock walk in the back yard again! Years of settling and the last two years of heavy mole activity had pretty much buried most of the rocks. Over the space of three afternoons in the last two weeks (when weather was relatively pleasant), I dug up every rock, smoothed over the soil, and replaced most of the stones to recreate this path. I just love it!
Steve got to visit the dentist again this week - continuing work on reconstructing the back part of his mouth. He and I watched "Muppet Christmas Carol" Wednesday night. I worked two short shifts at the Music Suite, I practiced a whole bunch on the choir number that was sung in church today and on the women's trio being performed next week, and I prepared for our Days For Girls sewing Saturday yesterday. Oh, and I mailed our packages at the post office and started our Christmas cards. So, I give this past week an A+.
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