Christmas Card Good Morning

It truly looked like a Christmas card when we awakened yesterday morning. It made Lou and I very grateful that he had persuaded me into retiring last June. We lingered in bed until Krista called and told us there was no school and she was soon to be on her way to Williamsport for her scheduled PET Scan. Steve had taken off work to be able to drive her.

As we were sitting at the kitchen table enjoying our breakfast we noticed a Carolina Wren at our feeder, however she wasn't eating the sunflower seeds that we had put out yesterday. I retrieved my bird seed cook book that Sue and Tim had given to me many Christmases ago. We found the perfect recipe for her and quickly mixed it up and got it outside for her. Lou had suggested that we move our feeders to a protected location in front of our kitchen window and it was the perfect suggestion, as we spend a lot of our time sitting at the kitchen table. The table has become Lou's library, desk and communication center. It does afford us a wondrous view of the hillside, where we can usually see deer, turkey, foxes and an occasional bear, along with my brothers beef cattle. The wren did not return and when we looked out this morning to see if she had sampled her treat, we found "Estee" prints all around the wren's dish and an empty dish. As Lou was leaving to go hunting this morning he refilled the dish. Puppy doesn't seem to have gained any wings!

Shawn came with his truck and blade and made quick work of our paved driveway. Michelle came down and helped Lou and I shovel out the sidewalks and scrape down to the blacktop. Stanley used his four-wheeler with a blade to do around the mailbox and the top of the driveway, so with many grateful hands the whole job was accomplished. Can't say the same for Lou's driveway, it was a mess and the snow was so heavy with the accumulated rain added to it. We worked on it in the late afternoon, but couldn't do it all. Our backs and Lou's wrists just don't allow us to do the heavy lifting. Hopefully, Preston was able to get up the drive way last night when he arrived for three days of hunting with his father.

I did get the sidewalks and the front porch cleaned off at Lou's house and now have a Christmas wreath hung on the front door. We have the lights on the Christmas tree in his front window and he set the timer. One job nearly completed. My tree is still awaiting lights and ornaments. Another accomplishment is Lou and I finished our Christmas cards and they have been placed in the mail box with the exception of three that he needed to check on addresses.

Square dancing was cancelled last evening, as we dance in a school and there was no school, and we wouldn't have heat. Darn it was Christmas cookie night, hopefully everyone will freeze their cookies and we can enjoy them next week.

I got my hunter up this morning, fixed him a hot breakfast, helped him into extra warm clothes, got his car started to warm up; awaiting his arrival, and sent him off with a kiss and a prayer for his safety.

Today, I have hopes of getting my house cleaned up, some cookies baked and dinner prepared for two hungry hunters and who knows maybe I can get some lights and ornaments on my tree. Going to start with a nice hot shower to see if I can limber up my back so I can accomplish my goals. Fly lady doesn't seem to understand "I couldn't do it".