Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Better late than never! Like most we were short on cash for the holiday. I am NOT creative, at least when it comes to putting a vision into reality. So we were going to pretty much ignore the holiday, just putting up a few lights and spending the holiday with family. Instead we were given (through an online thing) a gift card. The gift card let us give gifts to the family we spent Christmas with and give cards. It was nice to do something for them. We did not get gifts for each other. Well nothing under the tree. Paul did a bunch of stuff with the truck for me. He and Ron put new wipers on, replaced my light switch, put a trailer brake controller in it, steps (yeah I'm short!) and put the stereo in from the blue truck. Pretty nice! Paul got a harmonica and some time to himself, a much coveted thing. It was exactly what we needed. The family did much the same thing that we did, keeping it simple. I spent Christmas eve with Ron and Lisa at the barn and at work with Paul watching movies. Christmas day found us at Mick and Julies. We played games, visited and worked on a murder mystery puzzle. It was one of those rare picture perfect days. This morning the peace of Christmas continued. We went crabbing with the guys in the bay. More visiting and camaraderie. We ended up with 18 rather large crab. Th day was finished with a Christmas dinner with Ron, Lisa and Teresa. I love this peace that has fallen over our little part of the world. I really hope it continues and wish that each of you have the same peace in your part of the world as we do.