The halls aren't the only thing decked . . .
We usually cover our 3 Christmas tree-shaped Hemlocks with green lights and then put colored lights on top of that to make them look like an indoor Christmas tree. I'm using the royal WE here because of course I am referring to the Royal Sir William, the 33rd King of the Belgium House of VandeWater, which, again of course, means "of the water" or "full of water"; and I'll let you take it from there. Suffice it to say that Belgians love to drink beer. However, that being said, I gave him the Royal Dispensation this year to do only One of the trees (since he's retired) and we bought those little goofy-looking snowpeople instead.
But, Holy Fake Snowpeople, Batman! It then really snowed! A couple of inches on Friday. Making the lights and yard and everything look so beautiful. As you may know, it seldom snows here, making people unsure of just why they are driving their big SUVs most of the time. Much less Hummers. The children across the street were cute as they built a snow dog? horse? reindeer (but no antlers)? oblong thing with head? You be the judge.
I know it's hard for my northern relatives to sometimes appreciate snow, but when you don't have it - like everything else - you miss it! We usually, if we are to have any nasty wintry weather, have ice. Would you rather have that instead??? Ours was melted from the roads by Saturday, however. I hated to have to tell you that part. Truly.
P.S. It was Mojo's first snow.
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Bill and I had a wonderful time with Dave and Erin at Erin's parents, Roger and Muriel Pfaff, in Marietta, GA. We drove down on Sunday and spent 2 nights at a Drury Inns & Suites, but ate all our meals (except the free breakfast at the motel) with the Pfaff's. Erin has one sister, Alison, and her boyfriend, Mike, were also in attendance. Mike is a med student at MCV, where Bill's brother Jim went (a few year's ago!).
We got hooked on dominoes, which we played when we weren't eating one of Murierl's wonderful meals. Of course, when we played we ate homemade cookies and candy, made by Erin and her mom. Dinner Sunday night was a wonderful chicken dish over pasta; Christmas Eve was 2 kinds of hearty homemade soups and homemade rolls; and Christmas dinner was prime rib. Wow! Were we impressed. Best thing to me: sticky pecan rolls at Christmas breakfast. Super yum.
On Christmas Eve we went to a candlelight service at 11:00 p.m. at the Pfaff's Lutheran church. It felt very similar to our Methodist candlelight service. I think the big Christmas present was something called a Wee, an interactive games thingy played on your TV. Like all playstation things, it's beyond me.
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Favorite Quotes
Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life . . . PicassoBe who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind . . . . . . . Dr. SeussThe truth knocks on the door and you say, 'Go away, I'm looking for the truth,' and so it goes away . . . Robert M. Pirsig "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret . . . Henri-Fredric AmielWhat worries you, masters you . . . . Haddon W. RobinsonWhen we are young, the words are scattered all around us. As they are assembled by experience , so also are we, sentence by sentence, until the story takes shape . . . Louise Erdrich in The Plague of Doves
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