Still cold enough that I did the treadmill this morning for my walk. Several projects to do in Jeannette, and found that Ken had left me a present under my tree: Reindeer ears! When I was on my way to Greensburg, Mom’s doctor’s office called me. I had called yesterday to see if I was permitted to go with her (usually one person) but Excela Health had instituted a ‘no admittance’ policy except for the patient. So the office proceeded to tell me Mom had dementia (???? – I knew that!) and she couldn’t articulate or answer questions or sign anything. The aid that was with her didn’t know any of her personal facts; could I come? The staff was SO nice and said I should be with her, and it wasn’t right not to be so SHE said I could come! I zoomed right over there and was able to spend the next hour with Mom. She smiled and listened to my non-stop chatter while we waited for her to be seen. I wasn’t permitted to make personal contact but I did pull up several photos on my phone and we spent several minutes looking at the photos. She loved seeing the Albion house in the snow!
So after she left to go back to her ‘home’, I continued on to Greensburg store, then got home about 2:30pm and had breakfast! Hmmmm. My schedule was thrown a little off track, but that was certainly ok. After I ate, I took a few minutes to finally get some groceries re-stocked. When I was walking to the checkout I discovered they were selling Hanukkah leggings! First year for that, if I recall. So my next project was to try again to make the pretzel/kiss treats, and this time they turned out – except I made a mess. My fingers were sticking to the chocolate and the pretzels would flip upside down and then fall on top of each other. Ugh. I’m not meant to do anything that requires precise movement! But they are all done and cooling in the fridge.
I am sharing Steve’s message from Maplewood – the first Sunday of Advent, which is traditionally about Prophecy. ‘This shall be a sign…’ Steve talked about not only the coming of the Baby, the Christ Child, but also the 2nd coming. He read in Isaiah about his asking Jesus to ‘tear open the heavens and get down here.’ If you weren’t focused on the second coming before, 2020 should make it seem ominous and very much pending. And if Jesus is NOT coming back, His birth is just a fantasy. His birth was no small gesture; he didn’t come so we would be nice people. He came to right every wrong, to reconcile all things to Himself. Watch, and be ready – He IS coming — SOON! We should not only be celebrating Christ’s birth, but be preparing for His return!
On this day in 1926 Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days (She probably just was trying to escape COVID and went to see her MOTHER!~!!), and in 1950 Paul Harvey began his National Radio broadcast (and that’s the rest of the story). George McClellan, Major General for the Union Army, was born in Philadelphia in 1826, Andy Williams in 1927, and Ozzy Osbourne in 1948 (That one’s for YOU, Nate!!) Robert Louis Stevenson (wrote Treasure Island) died at age 45 in 1894.
TOMORROW December 4 is:
It’s on my Friday list to bake cookies tomorrow, so I will celebrate that. And enjoy my lovely home, decorated in its Christmas finery and sparkling clean! Have a wonderful day – but remember to Watch and be Ready! God bless…
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