Countdown to Christmas begins.

Sunday

Special Sunday write-up.  I don't usually write on Sunday but its been a busy day.  It was Christmas sweater day at church and Bonnie and I had matching ones.  For that we were one of three people that were awarded gift cards for their sweaters.  We also had a photo setup and this was our picture.

Then I also got a little training in the booth.  Usually one person runs booth the sound and the Pro-Presenter computer.  I did this at Crossroads Church but its been a couple years and this sound board is all digital.  Lots of buttons and switches.

It will take a while, I don't learn as fast as I used to, but I love new technology so I will learn it.

The this evening we headed over to Mt Zion Baptist Church to see our GD Reagan sing in the children's program.  It happened to be the same program that Crossroads in NY did this year.

She is a real cutie.

Had to zoom in with my iPhone to catch her in action.

We had a good time and enjoyed the program.

Monday

More rain overnight and drizzle most of the day.  I had a couple calls and emails to send this morning.  One was to Honda to set up an appointment for my first A1 service, which is an oil change and tire rotation.  They had an opening for 2:30.  Bonnie started the wash and some Christmas decorations.

After lunch I headed for Honda of Decatur and they took me right in.  Quite a few of us in the customer lounge, but the time went quickly.  A couple people needed new batteries and I thought the price quoted was a pretty good deal $110 for a 100 month battery with a 3year full replacement guarantee.  I looked on line and most are more.  My car was done, no issues so should be good for another year.  We don't drive all that much.  Still raining all the way home but it quit just as I got home.

I started the grill as soon as I got home, seasoned the two pork chops and threw them on the grill.  Bonnie fixed baked potatoes and corn, all ready at the same time.  Oh she finished the garland on the railing upstairs.

Its beginning to look like Christmas.  I programmed a couple smart switches so we don't have to go upstairs to plug and unplug them.

Now for the Voice and down into the 20s tonight.

Tuesday

Very cold overnight 22 and heavy frost on the grass.  But the sun was out and helps so much to warm the house.  I did fire up the gas logs for a while this morning and that was nice.  Bonnie had a luncheon to go to with her scrapbooking group so I stayed home.  I tried to neaten up my temporary wire run to move my access point upstairs.  It works very good up there and I have good coverage in the house.  Then I filled the whirlpool tub and put in a dishwasher pod and a little bleach to clean it.  Some black crud often forms in the jets but it was not bad at all today.  So I ran that for 15 minutes then drained it and filled it again with plain cold water to rinse it all out.  It looks good.

Then I ran the Dyson V10 Vaccum and cleaned most of the hardwood.

A few minutes rest and Bonnie was home.  We brought in the groceries and then watched a little TV.  She was not hungry so I had some soup for supper.  Thats about it for tonight.

Wednesday

Nice and sunny today and not quite so cold overnight.  I did not have anything on my agenda for the day.  I caught up on recorded programs and watched a Hallmark Christmas Movie.  Bonnie was busy in the kitchen with Chex Mix and Carmel Corn.

We headed to church after supper for the continuation of the Family Series.  Then home and a little TV before reading and bed.

Thursday

Sunny to start the day but it got pretty cloudy by the end of the day.  I worked on trying to draw a floorplan of our house into a trial program that I had downloaded.  I got it done but it won't let me use the plan in other programs, so back to square one.  At least I have all the measurements now.

Bonnie was in the kitchen most of the day making her Carmel Corn again.  I did a few dishes and then watched movies most of the day.  Now a Hallmark movie tonight.

Friday

Rained all night, over an inch.  And it drizzled most of the day with a few brief periods of hard rain.  Bonnie was in the kitchen again.  Today was fudge day.  She needed some peanut butter chips and so I headed to the Walmart Neighborhood Market to get some for her.

I was working online with an app called ActionTiles, its used to control smart home devices and I have a 14 day trial to see what I think.  Then I finally did turn on the TV and watched a little TV.  More rain tonight they say.

Saturday

Drizzle again most of today.  We had signed up for our first outing with the Seniors Group from church.  We met at 3pm at church and 14 of us loaded up into the church van.  We were headed to downtown Huntsville.  These vans are designed for younger people to climb in and out of.

Only about a 20 minute trip down to the First Baptist Church.  We were nice and early for the 4:30 presentation of the Living Christmas Tree.  This is their 34th year doing it.

The were 15 rows of people in the tree I figure around 100 people.  Plus a full orchestra, plus a dance troupe.

If you zoom in on this picture you can see the faces of the people.  The lights were constantly changing on the tree and during the Hallelujah Chorus changed to a Cross.

We really enjoyed the concert and it was very professionally done.  They start preparing for this in September of each year.

After the concert we headed to Cracker Barrel for dinner and boy was it busy.  They said an hour wait but I believe we got in quicker than that.  Our servers were really good and our food came pretty quickly.  Then a short drive to the church in the van, in the rain.  Then we gave one of the woman a ride home.  Finally we are home.  Time for some rest and sleep.

Well thats a wrap for this week.

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