Thursday - December 11

Exercised this Thursday morning first thing and then started in with sorting thru the remainder of my Christmas treasures (still have a lot) - things I will keep and others that will go bye bye to some lucky soul - ha!!!     Still have more to box up, but did make some good waves.   

 

Met Claire and Margie for lunch at Biaggi's - always a good time to catch up, enjoy a delicious lunch and share these special friendships!     Worked on Christmas cards in the afternoon with a cup of hot tea, the Christmas tunes playing, candle burning, etc.    Mark stayed put in his recliner drinking lots of water, taking his meds, etc.   

 

Tonight was the Exchange Club Christmas dinner at the Ozark House - fun being with these friends enjoying a wonderful meal and celebrating the holidays....

 

Love this "Throw Back Thursday" photo Patrick had on Facebook today...

 

Sweet little guys probably 6 years ago?

Miss Blair looks ready for a shopping jaunt - she's got her purse and probably just 

waiting for Grandma!

 

Wednesday - December 10

Another dreary, sunless day....but not going to talk about the weather!    It was a good day in several respects:

 

Anne stopped in this morning after taking the boys to school and once again, she treated her Mama to a Starbucks peppermint mocha (she's the best)!    I should add that these are "skinny" peppermint mochas!!!   Makes a difference ya know!   We sat and chatted around the kitchen table discussing our lists, our planned shopping trip/lunch date next Tuesday and on and on.     

 

Pretty Girl in her Christmassy Red

 

Mark and I ran a few errands and then off to Best Buy and I got a new laptop (Toshiba). 
Thank you Santa!!!  

 

I had lunch with Exchange and we had a very interesting speaker - Dr. Kathy Davis, our new county coroner.    Wow....very impressed with her credentials (she is a DNP - Doctor of Nursing Practice or Nurse Practitioner) and she has taught at both our colleges in their nursing programs.   Enjoyed hearing all about her career.

 

Mark is feeling better, but the cough is just wretched, so he decided to go back to his doctor's office and got in with a partner to check on the cough.    Lungs are clear, and just going to take a while!    So nice to have the peace of mind that it hasn't settled in and could've been pneumonia,
 bronchitis etc. 

 

I picked Liam and Connor up from school.    Anne is working till 6 and Patrick till 10.  

After Anne and the boys left, Tao (sister of Lisa, who does my nails) came by to look at the Christmas treasures and bought several things.   Tao loves to decorate (she bought many Halloween things at our garage sale).

Tonight was Brady's school Christmas program.....his Grand Bob was there and sent us the video of Brady singing a solo of Ave Maria!   Wow.....brought tears to his Grandma's eyes!    Beautiful!

Thanks again, Grand Bob!

Our Lake Worth family

Philip, Luke, Annette

 

 

 

Tuesday - December 9

Today was a very fun day.....after I got the exercising out of the way and Mark got a haircut, Bob and Linda came.   We girls took off for the shops and covered a lot of tracks!    The guys met us for lunch at Medici (delicious) and they (guys) went on home.   Linda and I hit a few more shops, rested at Garlic Press with our drinks and after Fresh Market, came on home.     They left around 4:30 and I collapsed in my chair!!!    Ha.....got a few more gifts off the list and A L M O S T there!!! 

My shopping buddy and brother Bob

Monday - December 8

Mark has been laying low all day long and a good day to do just that with all the rain, drizzle, cold, etc.  He's feeling better tonight!

 

 I went to 8:00 Mass for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and then met the neighbors for breakfast.  Came home, did some laundry and after lunch, went back out ran a few errands, got a manicure and picked up some groceries.   I picked Liam and Connor up after school as Anne was at the dentist.   Patrick had his colonoscopy today and all went well.  

 

Good night to stay in and catch up on computer work, start the Christmas cards and on and on it goes!!   Hope you're on top of all the holiday hoopla?

Sunday - December 7

Started the day with 8:00 Mass and then I was off to Ann's for carpooling and meeting 3 more Sublettians (Jane, Marilyn and Debbi) in ElPaso.    We left at 10:30 for the Senica Oak Ridge Golf Course and our annual Sublettian Christmas luncheon.   It was so much fun as always, although only 11 of us this year.

 

From the top:

Mary, Ann, Marilyn, Debbi, Jane, Sally, Eileen, Pat, Carole, Judy, Anita

 

Everyone was dressed so festive, food was very good and of course, all the laughter amongst these long-time friends made for a special day!    We each brought baby clothing, diapers, etc. to donate to little babies and Moms at 3 separate facilities in Bloomington, Mendota, and Peoria.

 

Just one of the many darling outfits displayed by Jane and Judy 

 

Enjoyed our white elephant gift exchange - always fun to see what these gals are recycling!

 

Mary loves her pretty new scarf (made by Judy) which matched her shirt perfectly as Ann looks on...

 

Mark had a low-key day taking a long nap this afternoon and "trying" to get over this latest go-round of sinus/cough issues.

 

Remembering Pearl Harbor - 73 years ago today