The rest of the week.

It rained 1/4 inch on Monday night.  God is good!  We decided to watch the remainder of October Baby at home since no one came to the Outback last week and there was no DVD player when I checked.  We did finish the movie but our copy lost pixel integrity in the 16th chapter.  That was almost exactly where we left off last week.  It is a very moving part but exceeded that when one of the actresses confessed after the ending that she had had a wonderful cleansing of guilt because she had undergone an abortion years ago.  I went to play golf with Armand  during the day and had a good round.  Evelyn baked many cookies during the afternoon.  We almost went to the welcome back party at Mercedes, but Evelyn was very tired.  We stayed home.  Our park has developed a tradition called “Decked and Jingled”.  Someone brings a bag of goodies to 3 homes and instructions to make 3 bags to pass on to others.  We tape a sign to our door, “This house has been decked and jingled” to prevent duplication.  We continued the tradition. 

Wednesday found us at Silver Sneakers again.  After that we went to the square dance late.  We just wanted to see if anyone would really show up.  They did but we couldn’t stay; we plan to go next week.  Evelyn and Sue then went to look for bathing suits and found some for $8.  It was such a lovely day that I wanted to play golf again.  Armand was sore from yesterday, so I went alone.  Since I was alone, I took a cart and played the back 9 which is quite a long drive.  I was back to normal in my score.  I came home for supper and then went to Advent service at Mercedes.  We normally try to go to an afternoon service and then go dancing.  The evening service was inspiring, dealing with the pastor who began the “Voice of the Martyrs” magazine.  Bonny caught me and said that she wanted to have a men’s chorus on Christmas Eve.  We plan to rehearse Fridays.

Thursday was a relaxing day.  We did some hanging of lights that I had found in working order.  Evelyn did finish some baking of cookies for Saturday but mostly relaxed and read.  At 7 she went to a Lutheran Women’s Missionary League meeting at church and I tried to get some more orders of service organized while she was gone.  I also delivered our decked and jingled bags to 3 neighbors after 10 when it was dark.  I had strengthened the chicken wire around our small garden during the afternoon.  Armand helped me get some of the lights in the shed working.  He is a very willing friend to help me with little odds and ends.

Friday morning we slept late again.  I got up shortly before 5 and couldn’t sleep until 8.  We didn’t get up until after 8.  I went out and finished hanging the lighted star above our Nativity scene in the yard.  I don’t like the bulbs, but they were all I had.  We dressed for the hospital and were surprised to learn that the hospital Christmas party was this afternoon.  I worked with my crew until 1:50 when I went to Bonny’s to practice.  Only Joe, Ken and I showed up.  Garry, the one who chose today, didn’t come.  I went back and worked until 4 when we all gathered in the conference center for the party.  Evelyn had worked all day decorating for the party.  We had a great time and saw several home made videos.  We always receive a gift from the hospital, and a raffle is held.  Evelyn and I both won: she a collection of plastic containers and I a 30 gallon cooler.  The interesting thing was that Evelyn had seen it while decorating and thought how nice it would be if we could win it.  God is much better to than we deserve.  We stayed home during the evening and watched a movie.