Saturday and Sunday, the end of November

We slept a bit later this morning because there was no exercise. I went to Mercedes to get the tires rotated and see if I could get my sandals glued. I left the sandals there. I went to Borderland and got a deal on 4 chairs for our porch. Two of the green ones had broken. This was the second deal that ken had given me. I returned and we finished most of our Christmas decorations before lunch. We ate and then took a walk. I watched some football as I went over the worship service. We have put up a tree and many lights around the door and railing. We had a light supper and then went with Joe and Bonny to a concert in McAllen. It was a female singer, Emily Skinner, who had worked on Broadway. She had a good voice but didn’t perform much. She did tell some interesting stories about the songs she had selected. We came back here for pecan pie and ice cream. We talked with Bonny about the choir situation and learned that we probably wouldn’t have one. The pastor wants to have soloists instead. I went over the message again after they left.


Sunday was my first worship service at Trail’s End. We had only 17 people attend but it is early in the season. The people are very welcoming to both Evelyn and me and are very generous in their offerings. We came home and raised our star of Bethlehem on the palm tree above the manger scene. Evelyn spent much of the early afternoon mixing up some cookie mixes. Some were very good, but she misread one recipe and had a batter that was too thin. She did fix it up and then put the mixture into the refrigerator to set up. We took a walk and invited the Schwinghammers for popcorn and beer. When they came, we just sat and talked instead of playing table games as we had planned. We have a good time with them and meet them at the Horseman honkey tonk on some Wednesdays. We plan to go again this coming W and take another couple with us. They left early and we watched a movie called “A Walk in the Park” before going to bed. We have a busy week coming up.