** This did not post last night! Apologies! So I will catch up tomorrow on the Smicksburg Day and the Skunk Hollow Christmas event. Thanks, Beth, for catching this! Love you!
FIRDAY: I got up early this morning to be ready for Brown’s Heating/AC – they were coming to do a maintenance service on my furnace. They changed the filter, cleaned everything, and pronounced it good to go for another year! I paid them in cookies (bill to follow later, no doubt!) and all is well.
Brown’s Plumbing – Heating – Air Conditioning LLC.
Since I will be unavailable tomorrow during program rehearsal, I went up to the church today to work with Shelagh and Dianne to get familiar with the set and the cues. I’m at the end of the program on Sunday afternoon. Hoping I can stay focused!
After lunch I made brownies for tomorrow’s Skunk Hollow Christmas event. When I cleaned up I used the dish cloth than Gen brought down to me in the fall when she came. I love it! Never had one like it, and it’s my favorite ever! Thanks, Gen!
I did some online banking, then walked out to get the mail. My heart caught in my throat when I saw the return address – then I realized it was my step-brother, not my step-father! Whew. For a split second I was concerned…
Yesterday I missed a post. It was the anniversary of the release of the Beach Boys song, ‘Little Saint Nick’ in 1963. Found this cool picture to share! The Beach Boys Christmas Album was the first Christmas Album I ever bought and I still have it!
Also contacted someone I knew (but didn’t know they addressed water issues) to analyze my basement problems. He plans to stop after Church on Sunday to see what’s going on. He’s very focused and concerned about eventual mold so he won’t put it off. I was just about at my wit’s end, and said, “God, I can’t do this. I’m going to give myself a nervous breakdown.” I didn’t even turn over on my pillow and my phone pinged with a message to call him! God is good! I know it won’t be an easy solution but at least I can get a solution!
Memory book – December 10th: Tell about something you built, designed, or made as a youth. “I have always liked to sew. We had a treadle sewing machine and I could keep the sewing machine going as smooth as any electric motor did. I made myself a one piece ‘jump suit’ out of feed sacks. It looked nice but never fit very comfortable. Your (meaning mine) grandmother used to hide her ‘good’ material so I couldn’t cut it up when she was away.” (Seems like youth are the same in any decade!!!)
On this day in 1884 the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was first published, and in 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt was the first American awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1936 Edward VIII signed an instrument of abdication, giving up the British throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson (that’s love!), and in 1978 Superman the Movie premiered in Washington DC. Otis Redding was killed in a plane crash at age 26 in 1967, and Emily Dickinson was born in 1830. Garth Brooks married Trisha Yearwood in 2005.
TOMORROW December 11 is:
It’s also our Skunk Hollow Christmas Event, and at HCC it’s the Birthday Party for Jesus for the youth. Both are very worthy celebrations! Have a great day! God bless…
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