{T Family}
What Did THIS Lucky Girl Get?
A Coffee Table,
that I found on the Local Classifieds,
and WANTED.
So. Bad.
(I Have Big Plans for It!)
But Was Tricked into Believing it Was Already Sold.
I was Sad, Sad, SAD!
But THRILLED,
When I Got It for CHRISTMAS!
And Another Total Surprise:
A NEW Camera!
{Merry Christmas}
In Keeping with Tradition,
We Met for Breakfast with the T Family,
at a Local Country Diner,
Then We Broke Up the Party,
and Headed Out,
for those Last Minute
Christmas Eve-y Things,
to Rejoin Later that Day,
for What Turned Out to be
a VERY Memorably,
Wonderful Night.
We
(the Entire T Family, Plus Other Family Extensions)
took the Opportunity
to Volunteer and Serve Dinner,
at a Local Women's and Children's Home.
[I Cannot Take Credit for Organizing
the "Troops" or Any such Planning,
Only Fulfilling My Assignments]
We were Lucky,
In that Many Items were Donated
for Our Use,
Including Christmas Stockings
and a Santa Suit.
Forgive Me If I get Long on Details and Pictures.
Pictures of the Women were Not allowed,
but If So,
I would Have tried to Capture
the Events of the Night,
as We Served Dinner,
and did several activities,
Including a Hat Swap,
a telling of
'Twas the Night Before Christmas,
The MOST Endearing Visit
from Santa Claus,
and Christmas Stockings filled with Goodies.
I think at one time or another,
Everyone got a Little Teary-Eyed.
The Women, and the Volunteers.
At the End of the Night,
there were Lots of Hugs,
and a Special Feeling of Family.
I LOVED Spending My Christmas Eve,
Like This.
*******
Our Christmas Eve Night
was Spent at My Brother-In-Law's
Doing the Things that Happen Before
The Jolly Ol' Elf's Arrival
Shhhhhh...
[Whispering]
Merry Christmas to All,
And to All,
A Good Night.
Our Goal:
Feed 50 Hungry People
Then We All Drove Downtown,
Jumped Out,
with our Arms Loaded with Sack Lunches,
and in a span of Half a Block,
All the Bags Were Gone.
Not One too Many,
Or One to Few.
The Feeling We Got from Their Tender
"Merry Christmases"
and
"God Bless Yous"
was Unbelievable.
We Went Up To Bethlehem
To Pay Taxes,
Mingle,
Eat,
And Ponder.
[Ward Christmas Party]
The Boys are Off-Track (Outta School),
and I've Been Trying to Keep them Busy,
with a Few Projects:
So Far,
We Have Made
[Ornaments. Lots of Ornaments.]
[Gifts for the Neighbors]
And
[Christmas Presents for a Few Extremely LUCKY Ladies]
