Merry Christmas everyone! This morning, Pastor Adam and his family were in flight to visit family in Pennsylvania, so I offered to tell a story during the morning service.
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Here We Come A-Wassailing
My boss at the Noble House had asked me to write a Christmas-related article for their newsletter before I headed south. I presented her with several topics and she chose this one about wassailing. I have included a wassail recipe at the end. Enjoy!
Continue readingChristkindlemarkt
I’m actually going to send two posts today! Suffice it to say that Mark and I are enjoying the off-season in Door County. Yesterday, I got to go to Christkindlemarkt in Sister Bay for the first time ever!
Continue readingThe village tree
Mark and I have never been in Door County so late in the fall, so we’ve been kind of interested to see what things are like in the off-season. Last Saturday (Nov 11th), the Ellison Bay Service Club (EBSC) asked for volunteers to help set up the tree and decorate it, and Mark and I participated.
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Decorating the church
Some of us stayed after church today to decorate it for Christmas. They fed us pizza!
Continue readingTime with family
My sister and her family have been staying at Mom’s house, although Rob has had a bad cold for the last few days and hasn’t been able to do much. But I’ve gotten to do some things with my sister, Lauryn, and my nephew, Nate, as well as Mom.
Continue readingA very family Christmas!
I mentioned at Thanksgiving that I miss the kind of family celebrations we used to have when my older sister, Sherill, was still alive. This Christmas was almost like old times!
Continue readingThe Christmas pageant
I had been looking forward to going to Rise Community Church all week because they announced last week that there would be a Christmas pageant put on by the children in church today. I haven’t seen a Christmas pageant in years!
Continue readingA very full day
This morning, it occurred to me that we have kept studded tires for the pickup truck in my father’s garage for the last several years. Since we no longer have the truck, we should try to sell those. I talked with Mark, with Dad, and with Les Schwab where we bought the tires. Les Schwab won’t buy the tires back, but they did give me all the specs on them so we can try to sell them ourselves. That was only one of several pieces of business I had to take care of this morning.
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