Thank you Jenn & Jacqui :>)

Whew! It has been a whirlwind couple of days and I am sadly behind in acknowleging the lovely Nice Matters award that Jenn and Jacqui gave me a few days ago. Thank you! I have enjoyed J&J since the very first time I found them, or they found me, I really can't remember how it happened, but they are two of the kindest and most fun people I have met blogging! Don't you just love them and their visits? I do! I cannot wait to see what marvelous things they do with the new apartment they are moving into. I know it will be beautiful:>) Thank you Jenn & Jacqui! I would like to pass this along to Mary at Little Red House who is also just one of the nicest people around and who always makes me smile with her visits:>) I could really pass this to all of you! I haven't met a mean or surly blogger yet and I always look forward to hearing from you. It is like having a network of pen pals but I don't have to wait for the mail. Thank you all for your visits and comments, you all make this a very fun thing to do!

As I mentioned it has been a very busy weekend and the week looks like it isn't slowing down. Sunday our church had its big Christmas celebration. We rented the local Jr. High to accommodate all the people (about 400!) and then hosted a dessert buffet after the program. It was just beautiful! We have some very musically talented people at our church and the whole thing was so wonderful I just smiled through the entire thing! I helped set up the buffet and several of us decorated tables and dessert stations. This is one of the tables I decorated with an angel I made a few years ago.

This little beauty isn't mine but I just love it! Isn't it just beautiful? This lady had two little vintage church centerpieces like this. I was horribly covetous and had to repent several times!

This is one of the dessert tables. The plate of Chocolate covered cheesecake bites were made by my darling husband, They were scrumptious, as were all the desserts (although I did NOT personally try all of them! At least I didn't have to repent for that!) When the program was done we helped clean up and were there very late!
Monday after work we STARTED our Christmas shopping. I got 4 whole gifts! Woohoo! We are also in the unenviable position of needing to look for a vehicle to replace the one that was totalled in November. We had a loaner from a friend for most of the month but he is on his way to Florida to live now and needed it back. We just got the insurance check to replace it yesterday. Car shopping just before Christmas, oh yeah I need that! We will be looking for a mini van to replace the one I had. Just a few more years of needing one for family outings and trips and then something smaller and more fuel efficient.

One funny thing. A couple weeks ago Earls Uncle called and wanted to know if I wanted some pheasant feathers. He is a hunter and I said sure,I would love some feathers for crafts. He brought them last night while we were shopping. They are still attached to the pheasant. The live pheasant. It looks like we will be having pheasant for dinner soon. I will not be dispatching the poor thing myself. Either darling husband will find time to "harvest" it or I will have the loveliest pet pheasant.....and how is your week going?