Decorating

I have started my Christmas decorations. I have one tree up in the dinning room and one tree in the family room this year. I choose to do 2 trees this year for a couple of reasons, 1) we are going to host our Sunday School Christmas party and thought I would go the extra mile but only because of 2) our kids were selling real trees this year and I wanted to help a good cause.

In the picture here is my best friend (of the animal type). Ginger, a Cockatiel and she was given to me by my sister as a gift. She is very gentle and I have taught her to talk and whistle. She says, "Ginger good girl" or just "Ginger". We are working on "Bubba, where's Bubba?" She loves to be with me and do anything I like doing. I can put her on my shoulder and go about my business and she will stay there all day if I would let her.

I never thought I would love a bird like I do this little girl. She has a great personality. She is like a dog in the fact that when I go home at night and she hears my voice she makes a racket until I pay attention to her. She is very easy to take care of...it takes me 5 mins. every other day to feed, water and clean her cages.

In the picture she is sitting in the tree in our dinning room. Niki put it up and decorated it for me and Ginger enjoyed the pleasure of acting like a wild bird. I started decorating our front deck yesterday (Sat) when the weather was great for it. I had to stop because I lost day light so I went out today to add more when the weather was NOT great for it. I am still not done but the other picture is of me fighting the elements to try completing the job. I guess that will have to wait until tomorrow.

Bubba left this morning(Sunday) to go back to base and we got a call that he made it at 7:30 this evening. The traffic was bad and it held him up some but we were very thankful he made it safely. Another blessing we are counting these days is the fact that Robert's job has been saved for another contract period. We were really worried about it. They had contract talks and there was talk about going on strike. The contract passed by only 7 votes but we are thankful for them.

My mom is on her way home. She left my sisters on Friday and stopped to visit with her sister in Nashville, TN. She should be home by Friday of this week. Any one reading this please pray for her safe trip home. I do fret when I know she is traveling. She is 70 years old and driving by herself. I would like to tell her she can't do that but that isn't going to happen and if I did tell her she would do it any way...she is her own person.



MATTHEW 1:18

18Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.