Decking the halls

Saturday was a stay at home day. When I got up, Evelyn was already putting the ingredients together to make some hazelnut/poppy seed bread. She put into the bread machine and started the process. I took a shower and prepared to on decorating for Christmas. We dragged the outdoor metal Crèche with lights. We had to replace many, but most of the sockets worked. We assembled the lighted tree we had purchased last year and added some ornaments. I also hung some icicle lights we had bought at Wal-Mart in College Station. We had not noticed the wiring was dark green instead of white. We aren’t sure we will like them during the day. We had sandwiches for lunch (not leftovers), and then decided it was too hot to work. We stayed inside, and I watched more football while she napped. I called a friend in Kansas and talked for half an hour because our cell phone month ends Sunday and I needed to use the minutes. I also called Cleveland to talk with the Georges family and harass them about the weather: they have snow and cold and we have 80s and sunny. After the nap, Evelyn made pizza with the dough she had made for that purpose. When she wakened, she checked the bread machine just in time to stop the dough from rising out of the machine. She made pizza and we had it for dinner; it was not leftover! We had plenty left and will have it tomorrow most likely. One of the neighbors in back of us has two labs that bark much of the time. One of the park residents decided to go talk with the owner about keeping them quiet. I think the black one must be in heat because the male just barks at the fence door where she is locked up. They usually run in the back yard together. We resumed our decorating and found a garland with wound lights worked. Last year when we put it away only half of the lights worked but they all did this year. Most of our decorations are quite old but we still like them. We called to volunteer to work on the 16th at the Feast of Harvest. The volunteer coordinator said he would bring an application to work next Monday. We decided to stay in this evening too even though there were “horse races” in our hall. They are some fun but not something we are driven to do. We worship tomorrow for probably the last time at Immanuel. While I was on line, I found some memory foam at Linen and Things. I would have ordered one, but Evelyn thinks the prices will be better after Christmas.