Thanksgiving trip

We had a great trip to PA in November. The weather was wintery (for us southerners). The grounds at Willow Valley are beautiful any time of the year. The picture above was actually all one photo - worthy of 3 frames. Loved the food, I think we visited the bakery 3 times a day.

Washed by the Water

I love this song. This video was directed and edited by a Regent student/employee and has won film making awards. Enjoy!

Those Last Minute Gifts..

Good grief! I can't believe it's the last week of school for the year! Yikes. So before I forget all I still need to do, I thought I'd jot myself a list.

1. Busdriver gift - she's priceless. I have the best bus driver in the world and you can't have her!


2. Pastor gifts - there's a lot of pastors at our church, but I try to acknowledge those who minister to us personally, Pastors Billy, Matt, John and Wayne.


3. Cookies - 6 dozen for cookie exchange + 2 dozen for class party + 2 dozen for teacher appreciation = we are ordering pizza on Thursday because I'll be busy busy busy baking!


4. Ornament for cookie exchange. We take turn picking an ornament and then fight over them - it's hysterical fun! I always search and search for a clever ornament to bring, but I never find the one that is coveted. Where do people find singing, dancing, light-up ornaments anyway?


5. Christmas cards! That is my FAVORITE! Even though I didn't have time to design and craft my own cards this year, I am very happy with my printed photo cards. I just love the chance to touch base with all of my old and new friends and to tell them how much I appreciate them. I REALLY REALLY hope I can stay home on Saturday and do those instead of running around and shopping - enough!


6. Mail out gifts. I know, I know it's getting late! I just don't have time to get things wrapped up! One thing is for sure - I will NOT step foot in a post office! That has to be the most depressing place in America. Ours are run down, dirty, dark and you should really pack a snack because even on a slow day you are going to be there a while! The stamp machine doesn't take debit cards, so even for stamps people have to wait. What a miserable failure of an enterprise. I'd gladly pay double at the UPS store if necessary. It's clean, friendly and fast. But this year I have a secret weapon to beat the holiday maddness. It's the college bookstore here at Regent. They sell stamps and ship packages. I LOVE it!


7. Stocking stuffers. I think I'll check out the bookstore for that too. Anything beats WalMart.


8. Help Danny finish his alphabet weather book project. Anyone have a weather word for the letters Q, Y and Z? We're kind of cheating by using Ozone for Z and Oxygen for X. Guess what we found for Y - Yellow Snow! It's acually snow that absorbs pine and cypress pollen and appears yellow, but you know that's not what everyone will think...


9. Fill prescriptions, finsh laundry, clean the kitchen floor, make doctor's appointments, catch up on PTA stuff, blah blah blah.

Oh Chistmas Tree!

This should have come with a warning - tree will expand when brought inside!

More Christmas Merriment

Merry Christmas!!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Chance of a white Christmas - 0%

After growing up in a 60% zone, I sure miss the snowy winters. Of course, now that we live in a green zone, I'd probably freeze in PA! Please, Santa, couldn't you bring some snow this year?