Happy Holidays! We are sure smack dab in the middle of them now. I hope you had a really wonderful Thanksgiving with family and lots of turkey and the fixings. We sure did here. Most of the family was here, this is my fourth year to host the festivities. We were missing Christina and Joe and our family's only great grandchild, Alex, but other than that, the entire Six clan was here for our annual gathering for giving thanks for our many blessings.
I'm not sure about anyone else, but since Thanksgiving, everything has been a bit of a blur. I'd love to say that all the cleaning, decorating and shopping has been done, but that is not the case. I've got cards out to address and outdoor decorations have been taken out of boxes and contemplated, but not completed in any sense of the word. Actually, I started putting up greenery and lights on the railing of the deck, only to realize that I had been bunching them too much, so I'll need to redo them today.
I'm happy with the simplest of decorations; a multi-colored lit tree, outdoor greenery and white lights and several indoor lights and nativities will do just fine. However, I still can't seem to get the hang of getting things done in a timely manner, so I'm always in a rush it seems, hence the redoing of the outdoor lights.
My number one concern as December arrives is making sure that I have enough cards to send out to friends and family. I'm a stickler when it comes to my cards. They must have the manger scene complete with baby Jesus and all the animals. I was so thankful when I found the cards that I purchased at the end of last Christmas season, in my Christmas closet. I imagine I will be addressing cards later today while I watch Kentucky and Indiana tip off. I only hope that by then I also have a deck adorned with beautifully lit holiday greenery. We'll see. I would like to add that it was wonderful being in Rupp Arena this Thursday to be part of the record breaking attendance for the UK women's basketball game. It was so awesome seeing the arena rocking as the Hoops Squad of UK knocked off the #6 ranked Duke Blue Devils.
I actually bought the dogs some Santa suits that were on sale last year, can't imagine actually finding the time to chase them down and put them on all five of the doggies, let alone getting a picture, but we'll see how it goes. I don't think I have a family picture to put in cards this year since Christina wasn't in Maine for our family vacation or at the Thanksgiving dinner. Next year I'll try to remember we need everyone of us Libby's together for a family picture. With facebook and email, I think most everyone has seen pictures of us at some point during the year.
I've been enjoying wonderful Christmas music on a Dish Network music station called the Christmas Message. It's wonderful to just change the channel and have beautiful Christmas music while getting things done. CMT will also have many country holiday videos to enjoy if you can catch them at the right time.
This is such a special time of year and I hope that you are enjoying all of your family Christmas traditions. As long as we are healthy and together and able to celebrate the miraculous birth of God's greatest gift to us is all that is truly important this season.
The doggies and I won't be walking today cause it has really gotten cold this week, frost on everything this morning. But, we will be spending time outdoors decorating and hopefully, the sun will keep us from freezing. In addition to seeing Kentucky basketball, it will be fun to catch Tim Tebow and his Broncos. He has really garnered a lot of attention winning five of his last six games, usually coming back late in the game. So many of the sportscasters and professional athletes hardly know what to make of him and his amazing faith in God. I just pray that he remains true to himself and continues to let God use him to spread the good news of Jesus Christ.
And, if you've had the chance to see the Charlie Brown Christmas Story, you'll remember from Linus that the true meaning of Christmas can be found in the book of Luke, chapter 2, "..she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger..." That's what it's all about, Charlie Brown.
COME, LET US ADORE HIM !
Have a great day, luv, Susan
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