1) I went to bed early last night (yah), but I woke up late this morning! Think my body is trying to tell me something?2) I didn't go to 8:30 AM service with the kids, somehow things seemed off after that. I guess I have gotten use to the routine.
3) The main part of Marc's message that stuck with me today was "you don't have to let your hurt of yesterday effect your celebration of today". That one was for people like me who have let the stresses of the season keep us from celebrating the birth of Jesus and all that it entails.
4) WABC had been intentional about giving to others this season. Today we made a commitment to give up the cost of lunch for 4 weeks to give to a special ministry that sends the bible translated in different languages to far away countries (we even get to choose which country we want to send the bible to).
5) Marc and I had a date night. We went to dinner and then to see a play at NLP with some special friends.
6) We took our Christmas photo, but you will have to wait until Christmas Day to actually see it.
7) I still need to shop this week for the family we have adopted. Its been forever since I have brought toys. Should make for an interesting experience (lol).
8) Friday we took the youth at WABC to see an interactive experience at NLP (A Night in Bethlehem). They had a great time (everyone agreed the warm fresh bread was the best part). Nicki's favorite was seeing the animals.
9) We will be busy this week at WABC. Saturday morning the youth and adults will be Christmas caroling at a Senior Citizen center. Afterwards we will have refreshments, wrap gifts for our adopted family and prepare for the annual Christmas program. WABC may be a small church but they have a big heart.
10) I still have loads of Christmas decorating left to do. So I am going to have to be intentional about the time I spend on the net in the next few days. Pray for me because I'm not sure how good I will be at that!
11) Marc just told me he has tomorrow off. Hallelujah!!!!! We have been saying for days that we needed just one day so that we could take care of a few things around the house (including putting up the last of the outdoor decorations and some things that need to be fixed on Nicki's car).
12) This last one is for all of the bargain shoppers out there. I have been wanting a nice big tree skirt for years but each time I saw one it ran for around $40.00 or more ( I have this gift since I was a small child for being able to pick out the most expensive item in a store without even seeing the price tag. I also am one of those people that hates searching through stuff for that bargain item (Marc on the other hand loves doing this). Tonight I picked up my dream tree skirt at Kmart of all places for only $10.00 (it was a good thing...lol). Lesson learned for me was that sometimes you have to wade through what appears to be a bunch of mess, in order to obtain a jewel!
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