We did enjoy our party at Lou and Ella's. They have a beautiful three story log home that was beautifully decorated. There were over thirty of us and we had a wonderful "sit down" meal. Their home is decorated with huge amounts of antiques and each room a different style, from Victorian to Primitive. A huge open stair case, exposed beams, massive windows, Christmas quilts on all of the beds. One room was designed with the grandchildren in mind with antique dolly beds, dolls, teddies, and rabbits. The Christmas tree in that room was all tiny stuffed animals. The entire home has walnut flooring and a wide array of highly polished woodwork. I thought my home had a lot of things to dust, but it doesn't hold a candle to Ella's home.
It was wonderful to be able to talk to the people that we dance with weekly, and renew acquaintances that had been lost over the years. This is one of the nice things about becoming the "aging" population, no one is trying to impress the other, we can just enjoy each others company and relive the fun times we had growing up in a time when we were supposed to be "poor" and didn't know it until years later.
After the party we made a mad rush to get to the high school for the Christmas Concert. Once again, Mrs. Smithgall outdid her self. Lou and I were impressed by these high school students, that we remember as young kids just starting school. Time does hurry on!
We stopped in town on the way home to pick up a wreath for Lou's front door at his house and new lights for both of our trees. We are going to use colored lights on our trees this year. This will be a big change for each of us, we both decided it was time for a change.
We must accomplish much today, as tomorrow will be a hunting day for Lou, Preston will be up and ready to hunt and I will need to have dinner ready each night for two hungry men. We still have Christmas cards to finish and I have many presents to get wrapped and into the mail.
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