Merry Christmas
12/25/05 6:05 A.M.
30 F, Cloudy, NNE wind 10 mph.
Merry Christmas - Christ is born!
Christmas has arrived and it is white - sort of. The church was packed last night to over flowing. I don't think there were too many chairs, even the folding kind that were not filled with some body. It was a long service with lots of singing and lots of our young students displaying their skills on various instruments. Really cool! It is amazing to me how they are growing up, as they were just babies, more or less, when we came here. Of course the choir also sang a couple of numbers. I really missed not standing up in front with them, especially since I knew the songs from years previous and have sung them. It really was a nice service, ending with singing "Silent Night" by the light of the candles each of us had. There also was the traditional paper bag of goodies for the kids to take home on their way home.
The other half of the bass section that I sang with all the years in the choir, was heading to the Gulf Coast, but before he could leave, he had a serious automobile accident. He has two crushed vertebrae, but he was determined to sing with the choir and did. I'm not too sure he should have. As the choir recessed after their last song, I went to thank him for coming and adding to the service. He was in a great deal of pain and on a lot of pain killers. Sweat was running out of every pore in his body. I told him to go home and get into bed - he did! I don't think he will be heading south anytime soon.
After church we came home and exchanged our gifts to each other and drank coffee. Guess we really are getting old. Oh yes, we also tried the sour cream apple pie Margriet had made earlier in the day. Was good enough to eat with our meal today!
Yesterday afternoon I did get out and see if I could dig some to find the sewer line. Didn't. The soil is frozen, but did find a spot a couple of fee away from where I need to dig that was some soft. The clay is water soaked and didn't want to remove itself from my shovel very easily. After a few shovelfuls, decided to cover the area with some insulation and a tarp, hoping the ground heat would thaw it some. The tarp will also redirect the water dripping on it to a different place. Don't think I will accomplish anything today, probably tomorrow I will commence the digging.
After church today the Roulade will go into the oven and we will prepare other trimmings to go with. Looking forward to that and a glass of cherry wine, egg nog, herring, and other goodies. Another quiet and very pleasant day! We hope you will also have a good and merry Christmas, remembering the real reason for the season.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
30 F, Cloudy, NNE wind 10 mph.
Merry Christmas - Christ is born!
Christmas has arrived and it is white - sort of. The church was packed last night to over flowing. I don't think there were too many chairs, even the folding kind that were not filled with some body. It was a long service with lots of singing and lots of our young students displaying their skills on various instruments. Really cool! It is amazing to me how they are growing up, as they were just babies, more or less, when we came here. Of course the choir also sang a couple of numbers. I really missed not standing up in front with them, especially since I knew the songs from years previous and have sung them. It really was a nice service, ending with singing "Silent Night" by the light of the candles each of us had. There also was the traditional paper bag of goodies for the kids to take home on their way home.
The other half of the bass section that I sang with all the years in the choir, was heading to the Gulf Coast, but before he could leave, he had a serious automobile accident. He has two crushed vertebrae, but he was determined to sing with the choir and did. I'm not too sure he should have. As the choir recessed after their last song, I went to thank him for coming and adding to the service. He was in a great deal of pain and on a lot of pain killers. Sweat was running out of every pore in his body. I told him to go home and get into bed - he did! I don't think he will be heading south anytime soon.
After church we came home and exchanged our gifts to each other and drank coffee. Guess we really are getting old. Oh yes, we also tried the sour cream apple pie Margriet had made earlier in the day. Was good enough to eat with our meal today!
Yesterday afternoon I did get out and see if I could dig some to find the sewer line. Didn't. The soil is frozen, but did find a spot a couple of fee away from where I need to dig that was some soft. The clay is water soaked and didn't want to remove itself from my shovel very easily. After a few shovelfuls, decided to cover the area with some insulation and a tarp, hoping the ground heat would thaw it some. The tarp will also redirect the water dripping on it to a different place. Don't think I will accomplish anything today, probably tomorrow I will commence the digging.
After church today the Roulade will go into the oven and we will prepare other trimmings to go with. Looking forward to that and a glass of cherry wine, egg nog, herring, and other goodies. Another quiet and very pleasant day! We hope you will also have a good and merry Christmas, remembering the real reason for the season.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
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