Well, I got a call from my doctor and my surgery date had to be changed. The new date is 12/22/08. I sure hope all goes well and that I can be home for Christmas Eve. I am not sure there is much hope for attending church that night though. Jeff and I have decided that we just need to go with the flow and have the procedure done. It should have been done 6 months ago. After meeting with this doctor, I am glad that I waited. She is so much nicer and seems to really care about me and my needs. The silver lining to this is that I can attend several parties that I would have otherwise missed. Everything happens for a reason.Sunday was a busy day. The Sunday School Christmas program took place and the kids did a great job! I was so proud of them. The whole service was very nice and we received many compliments. I have posted a few pictures.
The Chime Team played for our church's Advent Tea. We played really well. One gal couldn't make it, so Sarah substituted and did great. We played 3 hymns from the hymnal and one anthem, O Come Little Children. The team was invited to stay and have goodies. What were they thinking, I have 3 teenage boys on the team! There was plenty of food and the devotion was nice too. Sarah agreed to be the candle lighter.
Last night was our last night of bowling until after the new year. Jeff starts on the 4th of January and I will start after my doctor allows it. Probably in February. Anyway, we received our winnings and also a patch that says "League Champions". I am very happy about that!
Today was a 2 hour delay day for school. It was very windy and the back roads needed some work before the busses went to pick up students. It was warm, 45, yesterday with rain and some sleet. Overnight it got very cold and it going to stay cold all week. There is still snow on the ground, but the streets are in pretty good shape. Don't know if we will get another dose of snow before Christmas or if we will have another thaw. Time will tell.
Tomorrow is the High School Band/Orchestra concert, and Wednesday is the Choir concert. I am sure both will be very good and I look forward to the both. Wednesday is also our last Advent service with the church choirs singing. I think it will be a nice service.
Last but certainly not least, we had another bat in the basement. Very unusual for the winter months. I have a call into the "bat man" and we await his call for the next step to their eviction or demise.
In between these activities, I am still trying to get the laundry done, shopping finished, gifts wrapped and sent and put the finishing touches to the Christmas letter and get them in the mail. Will there be enough time? Probably not, but I am going to just keep plugging along, accomplishing one at a time.
That is all. Better get off to bed. I need to be at work at 0500!
~Grace
