November 26, 2011
The turkey is reduced to leftovers in the freezer. The tree is trimmed. We are awaiting our umpteenth football game of the weekend, Tech and Baylor. We managed to avoid the shopping freenzy so far, but also have no presents for Christmas yet.
This is our first holiday season back in a stick home so the traditions of decorating and trimming the tree have brought back many memories. It was great fun to set up the manger, arrange the Santas, and hang ornaments. I haven't seen these treasures for 3 years. The best part is remembering the family, friends and students who gave us so many of these items. I have parts of 2 manger sets, 1 from Mom the other was Aunt Janice's. I remember the Kerrville after Christmas sale at Schreiner's with Mom when I picked up our Christmas pottery. Mom and I were both proud of the low, low price. Setting up the tree on the day after Thanksgiving was something we always did with Bill and Betty when we were in Waco.
Since it has been awhile, a few things slipped our collective memory: what happened to the tree stand? we only have 1 strand of lights? did you find the ornament hangers? But all the dust has settled and I have swept the tree needles yet again and it's time to catch up on correspondence.
From my perch on the sofa I can admire the sunset over the mountains, the tree, and the large screen TV. Life is good! It must to time to post on the blog!
We've been reminising our most recent trip and planning the next, but for now we are hanging out in Vegas. New traditions are good!
