December 16

It was a quiet day here today. I did get an Amazon package in the delivery box at the gas station on the corner. Those Amazon boxes are wonderful for picking things up. Completely no contact. You just push the buttons on the machine with the code they text to you, the door opens automatically and there’s your package!  Jeannie at “Jeannie Gray Knits” over on my side bar was telling us about a Bluetooth headband she bought from Amazon on a post earlier this week. She wears it to help her sleep and she said she’s sleeping so much better than she has in a long time. So I emailed back and forth with her and I ordered one on Monday.  It arrived today! Shopping like this can be dangerous. I have it all charged up and ready to try tonight. I’ll let you know how it goes.

In other news, here are the goodies from my stocking this morning. More candy!

And I finished a dish cloth last night for myself too! Every once in a while I do make something for me.💜

I showed you a long distance picture of the card that Connie from “The Far Side of Fifty” made for me, but I wanted to show some closer up pictures because she makes these and colors them by hand. They are true works of art.

Here is the inside.  So beautiful. The glitter adds just the right amount of sparkle.

Here is the card from Debbie who is “Araignee’s Tangled Web”. She also makes all of her own cards and puts so much work into them. Isn’t this cute?

Look at the inside! I would have never thought of anything like this. Debbie lives very close to the beach. I envy her her walks along the boardwalk.

It was 42F today! Not quite warm enough for a sundress, but I did wear my flip-flops outside to plug in the Christmas lights! I’ll take it. Much of the snow melted today it’s pouring down rain right now, so much more will be washed away by morning. I love the sound of rain on the roof of the trailer. We have had tree trimmers working in and around the park for the past several days. They are cutting down a lot of trees and it breaks my heart. Apparently it is so the Internet will have a more direct signal into the park. The price we pay for technology. Some of the trees were absolutely beautiful.

Although Christmas isn’t being celebrated quite how I had hoped this year, (Jamie and the kids were supposed to be coming), I am still grateful that our family is all doing well during this strange time we’re living in. After all, the reason we’re celebrating hasn’t changed a bit. Jesus came as a baby, he grew into a Man who died on a cross so that we could live in heaven eternally. That’s the entire reason we celebrate, and that doesn’t change, Covid or no Covid.

I hope you all have a wonderful Thursday and I’ll be back again to chat with you again tomorrow.

Blessings,

Betsy