Showing posts with label Christmas Decorating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas Decorating. Show all posts

Monday, November 25, 2024

What a Difference a Few Short Weeks Make

 On November 3 I posted about things being quiet. Today I came home in tears.

I don't know what it is about this season at work but I get so overwhelmed. I came home and got on my knees. I asked the Lord if He was trying to teach me to be one of those people who don't get bothered by a lot of things coming at them all at once. Because I don't seem to be learning that lesson. I still get so overwhelmed.

I cried for a while, then Chuck came home and he listened while I told him everything that went on today. Then I made some tea, ate some chocolate 😌 and began to feel a little better. Whew, tomorrow is a brand new day! I'm thankful the Lord's mercies are new every morning!

Our big Thanksgiving Outreach is just three days away. We're praying for a lot of people to experience His presence for the very first time, or in a new way.

We'll have our family Thanksgiving on Sunday afternoon. Sharaya and Ally will come over, Sharaya will make her amazing mashed potatoes, and we'll try to video chat with Diana and Peter. Then I'm hoping we can go look at lights or go see a movie. I really want to do some Christmasy things this year. Now that the girls are grown, we just don't do them like we used to.

Beth's CT scan is on Wednesday. She'll still be able to go bowling - they're having a big Thanksgiving party that day - then instead of  her coming home on the bus, I'll leave work early to go pick her up. Thankfully this doctor is very close to where she bowls. Maybe we'll even do a little Christmas shopping!

I put out a few Christmas decorations on Friday. I've wanted to decorate for a while and finally thought, 'Why not?' I just love to sit and look at the lights.


On Saturday Chuck and I ran errands - he needed new shoes, filled his car up with gas, we did a little shopping (we have 4 birthdays in December!) ... then we stopped for coffee and watched the ferry come in.



I'm going to close this and sit in my recliner for a while before I head off to bed. I pray you have a blessed week and a very happy Thanksgiving! 
     

Sunday, December 10, 2023

Moving Right Along, Saying Thank You, and It Was Time

 Beth bought a couple boxes of gourmet cookies to give to the DART drivers, the dispatchers and others who work to get her where she needs to go. I'm not always sure how companies are handling the latest strain of covid so I didn't want to make something at home. So she included a small tray they could set all the cookies on when he got back to the base, along with a card thanking all of them for helping her. 
 

 One week after Thanksgiving our staff at work got together and... decorated for Christmas! Each department decorates a different area and it usually takes us about three hours, then we order pizza and all have lunch together.
 
The Front Office - During and After 
 


Our main entrance
 

 


 
This is the area where I worked, helping to put up and decorate this tree, then my boss and I hung white stars from the ceiling. The same stars as on top of the trees.



 I love the way our church looks at Christmas. I wish we could leave it up all year!

It was time for some shoe shopping this week. Beth couldn't find the same shoes she's worn lately so she tried on some Sauconys. They're the shoes I bought for our Israel trip in May and they're fantastic. I wore them exclusively in Israel and almost constantly since we got home, and they just now need to be replaced. 

She did her usual strut walk around the aisles (her stride is not that big when she's walking!) and decided to buy a pair. I bought another pair too.
 



 
What is it about shopping? Walking out of a store with an arm load of bags just makes you feel so good, doesn't it?! I hope you've had a good weekend!