Come Lord, Come

We are getter nearer to the birth of our Savior and it is exciting.  We have our manger scene up and with the sunset we put the lamp on so that we can see it each time we walk past the den.  The goodies for the holidays are almost finished.  Terry made a batch of her peanut butter fudge a while I made a batch of Grandpa Saunder's fudge.  Of course every time I make fudge I think of that exciting 2006 October when I made 22 batches for Cynthia and Mike's wedding.  Also I can still see Grandpa Saunders slicing and dicing all the ingredents as he painstakingly made his fudge during the holidays.  It was a big deal and always a lot of fun.  Monday we made holiday cookies and yesterday we made sugar cookies with the tiny sprinkles to decorate them.  That was my idea but oh my gosh---in the end my cookies looked like, well I guess I would say a man made them and Terry's looked like a professional had made them.  About all I can say is I gave it the old college try and in the end the grandkids will like the cookies.  I would take a big bet when the cookies are eaten--Terry's will go first!!
I continue to get out on the tennis court for about 20 minutes most mornings.  It is peaceful, it is quiet and I just hit the ball over the net (most of the time).  I did play with a guy Monday who, I know this is hard to believe, is not at the level I am so it was good as I could practice my back hand and serves without having the competitive juices kick in.  Friday there will be a foursome and that will be fun while Saturday I will play Tim who is at least a level above me.  I have yet to win against him but we always have a great time.  That will be the last of the tennis for this year as we will leave for PeachTree City early Monday AM.  If anyone thinks of us in your prayers we could use some the 26-31.  I hope and pray that we have good travel during those days.  My driving skills in snow and ice may have disappeared!
It is almost scary to think that we are 14 days away from 2014.  Terry and I have no certain plans for the coming year but will have to start thinking about that soon.  I know there is a LONG list of wood projects that could and should be done and I do want to finish all of them.
Last, a Christmas story from the past.  I think I was about 8-10 or so this Christmas.  Dad had gone to South Dakota for some health issues and he cam back a short time before Christmas.  He brought these reflectors for the christmas tree lights.  Mom was so so excited.  We unscrewed all the bulbs and then put the relectors on and Mom thought the tree was so beautiful.  I THINK that was the way the story went.  Perhaps siblings remember it differently but of course my memory is perfect so if they think it was different of course I am right!!!!!!!!!!!!    That actually does not sound like a very exciting story but I remember Mom was so happy.  Now, as I reflect back on our growing up, many of my memories are of when Mom was happy.  I think that is because in her life she was so giving and had so little.  Because of that when she did get any tiny thing she was so thankful.
Actually I have a whole cup of FP left but the "spellcheck" is not working so I will take the last cup of coffee to see if I can detect any error!