Christmas Day

I was all snuggled in the bed this morning under the electric blanket (Thank you Walter) snoozing away when the phone rang at 5:30 a.m.! It was Sean calling to wish me a Merry Christmas. Now that was a phone call that I wasn't expecting until much later in the day. He must have had his dad up awfully early this morning, because he sounded all bright and chipper at that hour.

Things have otherwise been quiet around here. Walter didn't get up until nearly noon, and will be leaving here shortly to visit with Kelly & her family. I'm sure that they will have a great time.

Walt has built me a fire. I'll be enjoying that this afternoon while it's all damp and rainy outside. I'm glad that the temperature isn't below freezing. That would be all we need - freezing rain - on top of the snow that is leftover from last weekend. Doesn't look like the temperatures are going to drop below freezing until Saturday night so we just may be able to dodge the possibility of ice. Carla has been enjoying the fire too. She has been sleeping on the sofa.

Maybe, some day, we'll have a Christmas miracle and Danielle will decide that she would like to have us as part of her family once again. It would have been nice to finally meet the grandson, and see the granddaughter again. Here she is almost 4 years old and I haven't seen her since she was very little, with the exception of an hour at a Mother-Daughter banquet when she was 1. It's been a long time. Someday just maybe.


As the rain began to taper off the fog began to take over. If this had been Christmas Eve I would have been certain that Santa would have used Rudolph to lead his sleigh. Pretty thick stuff out there.

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Thought For the Day: “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6