Since we returned from Denver on Monday afternoon, I have done several loads of laundry and generally picked up and cleaned the house. I think I vacuum every day now that Lars is more mobile in his walker. He gets ahold of everything, including day old food which is typically more crumbly than fresh food.
Tuesday, I had to prepare for a triage training for the rescue dept at the fire hall by making potato soup and bread rolls. I find that if we feed the people who are supposed to come, they make a better effort to attend, which is my goal. Being volunteers with regularly busy schedules and work and family life, it's hard to attend trainings on top of regular meetings and fire trainings. With the food layout we had between another EMT and myself, we had almost 30 people attending from all over three counties. A great turn out and a great meal! Now, we are hoping to take this new training and turn out a county wide mock disaster in the spring. This means I need to start planning now...
Wednesday, we had Thanksgiving Eve service at church and sang all the harvest hymns that I like so much. When I was growing up, I loved singing the hymn "first the grain, then the ear, then the full corn shall appear" really loud, even though I had no idea what the hymn writer was talking about. Since when does corn have ears? As much as I hate to admit it out loud, you do miss something when you don't grow up in a farming community. I was just telling my sister that Eden can name a half dozen different types of tractors working in the field. As we drove to Scottsbluff, she told me what she thought they were. When I saw a patch of cows and said, "look at them cows!" she said, "they are bulls, momma." Whatever you say, kid.
Thanksgiving Day we woke up late, sat around reading stories, and made a late breakfast of eggs and bacon and toast and hash brown potatos. After naps, we headed to Roy & Joy's for turkey dinner. I made a cherry pie that I'm embarrased to say was the absolute worst pie I've ever even seen. Roy braved a piece, but didn't come back for seconds. I pitched the rest. After visiting with their extended family's extended family and learning a bunch of names, we headed out to George and Janette's for dessert and another round of turkey supper. We know most everybody there and sat around on the couch while the older kids took my kids around to play. I didn't see either one of them for at least an hour! Bedtime came quickly for Lars and we came home to a clean kitchen and a quiet evening. I don't think I can be quite thankful enough for that Thanksgiving Day.
On Friday, I convinced Al to help me load the kids in the blazer and head up to the storage unit. In one trip, we loaded the Christmas tree, still upright and lit from last year, and all the green & red boxes into our two vehicles and brought them back to the parsonage guest room. Since then, I have put a little bit up each day. It was so fun today when Eden came home from Christmas Program practice, she saw all the snowmen, a wood cut out nativity and other things she could play with, and she was in awe, touching everything 'new'. She helped me set up the ceramic nativity this afternoon and has moved it around several times, as I used to...until this year, when Eden took over that job for me.
The wings played both Friday and Saturday, so we made a point to watch them. I think the league should adjust their schedule. They are too old to play back to back games, as was obvious on Saturday's really lousy game.
Tonight, Douthit's came over for stew and buiscuits since they left for Texas less than a day after we got home from California. The girls needed some play time and the adults needed to catch up after a week apart! When they were ready to leave, Mark noticed that their vehicle was covered in an unexpected white powder... snow. It goes well with the 50mph sustained wind we've had for two days. I'm sure it will be blown away by morning, but it's awfully pretty tonight.
Blessings to all as you begin Advent around the world. Be careful you don't get trampled to death on your next trip to Wally World!
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