The Christmas Spirit

A week ago I was struggling mightily with a distinct lack of Christmas spirit. But this week has been much better. Maybe because most of the big "chores" associated with the holidays have been completed. That's a big help.

I also completed all of the pages I had in my power layout. When I have another free day, I'll do another one and that will be enough to finish both of those albums. That's exciting.

My husband's family will be here tomorrow for a Christmas breakfast and gift exchange. There will be moments of enjoyment and moments of stress, but overall, it will be fun.

Meanwhile, the high will be near 80 degrees today, and by Sunday, we'll be back in the 20s.

My husband's company had their Christmas party last night. It was a sedate group, I can assure you. We had a gift exchange with little stealing going on, though I lost my good gift and ended up with a true elephant, but it was still fun. In addition, for the first time ever, the party was held south of Dallas and it took us only 20 minutes or so to get home. Usually, we're looking at 45 minutes or more, so that was wonderful.

Our son arrived home late night before last braving dense fog at the end. Yesterday, I spent the afternoon with him and our daughter. We had lunch at a favorite restaurant, then did a little shopping, indulged in a smoothie treat and headed to a nice health food store for a couple of goodies there. They went out to eat while we were at the party and when we came home, they were watching "Fred Claus" and we sat down and watched the end of the movie with them. It wasn't bad.

And blessing of blessings, I got to sleep late this morning. More cookie baking on the agenda today, and then making a couple of breakfast casseroles to bake in the morning. It will be another good day.

Oh, and today Doug's cousin's son will have surgery on his face following the accident at the beginning of the month. Please pray for him when you think about him.

I hope the Christmas spirit fills you today and it's a great day as you head into the celebration of our Savior's birth.