Beneath the Wraps

          When Carrie and Randy’s gift arrived at our house, Jenna decided it would be the first one which would be opened.  We played a game of Monopoly though there’s at least 20 games in our possession that I’d rather play.  After I lost and Jenna forfeited out of boredom, we turned on the Muppet Christmas Carol though we really don’t have a great copy.  I fell asleep while it played.   We had planned to open our first gift on Christmas Eve after we watched “It’s A Wonderful Life ” but since I had fallen asleep during Muppets, Jenna decided to open the gift before  “It’s A Wonderful Life” started.  It was a game!  Because of the time, we decided we would play in the morning instead of right then.  Jenna decided to go to bed after only an hour into the movie. Between 9:30 and 10:00 last night Roland retrieved the presents from my closet.  I spread the gifts beneath the tree....

        Almost every Christmas tree I can remember being in my house had a wide variety of ornaments – not just colored baubles, but Santa Clauses, snowman, bells and stars – even partial nativities.  It seems like there were some ornaments that made their way up and down and around the tree as someone would take it off to looks at it and hang it back in another spot, or parents would move clumps from one branch to even out the tree.  I noticed that our tree this year had several bald spots - and I could sense that some of the ornaments had traveled throughout the tree once again.         On Saturday night, we watched the Disney’s 2009 “Christmas Carol”.  Don’t much care for that particular version – though not my least favorite version of "the Christmas Carol".  I did enjoy watching behind the scenes.  It always amazes me how much time goes into each shot.  With Disney’s 200...

               Jenna seemed quite excited when the Young Men and Young Women decided to go “Ding-Dong Ditching” rather than their usual caroling, but still wanted to go caroling.  I have not had much of a singing voice this season and have missed singing along with Christmas songs because I don’t wish to risk making my throat sore.                 Jenna finally found someone willing to go with her.  On Saturday, I picked up her friend.  They caroled to a few houses in her neighborhood.  I then took them to the street where we used to live.  They went to several houses.  Surprised some people.  Uplifted others.  I was happy to see how happy it made them. not your typical caroling attire, but this is what they chose to wear                 On Sun...

Jenna has never been greedy with her wish list. Some things are not practical. Generally her wish is short. She rated the following from 1 - 10, 10 being the highest.   Only 7 things on her list. What I'd like to fulfill most is wish #4. That will require a lot of prayer. She just wrote her list in random order but not order of importantness.   The two things from the list that she would like most I don't have control. 1.       New   charger for tablet (Roland finally broke down and got one for her as she was using up his phone battery.)                           rates this as a 2 2.       "Everyone wants to steal your cheese" t- shirt            rates a 7.   3.       toy box chocolate surprise                 ...

\ On the 7th day there were lines Lines at Winco Lines at WalMart I did not have to wait in either Roland was really sweet and allowed Jenna and I to do our own thing. Day 8 Take a few minutes to write down your values. I do that anyway. There are 8 values listed as   part of Young Women's Theme I would say that Individual Worth appeals to me the most as I would like to be recognized for my individuality and not be a cookie cutter representation of someone (or something) else Day 9.   Take 3 breathes to get oxygen flowing.   Oh, yeah! I can do that here in Oregon. I can breathe the moist clean air Breathing the outdoor air in Salt Lake right now - NOT a good idea,     I hear there is a lot of inversion. I don't doubt it. It's what pushed me to move to Oregon in the first place. Today's challenge is to excersize - to get my endorphins going at least five minutes.   I can do that by just going to th...

 In No Particular Order (certainly not chronologically) Dec 18 - posed with tree on 2nd and Main loading up for food storage Dec 19 - before our cart was full Dec 19 wanted a picture of her height Dec 18 - you can see the ornaments in this one she wasn't playing, just pretending air hockey Dec 20 - Add caption Ten Down Bowling is quite generous with toppings Dec 20 - enjoying Wii Dec 20 Dec 16 Santa's - Favorite Elf next to our Christmas tree

Rain Beautiful Rain Pounding on the Skylight I Stood on my Porch Yesterday Morning. I inhaled deeply Enjoying the Moisture. I Feel So Awesome Just Like the Rain.