Wintry Bullets

This is not my normal style of blogging, but I decided it would do....the ol' bullet stand-by because there are several things running through my head and I don't have time to stylize!

• It is C-O-L-D! Definitely our first real taste of winter. The cold front hit around 11:00 this morning with wind and rain...it is now 5:30pm and 38 degrees with the wind chill at 28! It is not raining now, but they 'say' we could have the 'S' word tonight! (snow)
• Our Sunday School Christmas party is tonight....which means I have to get out in the cold. And Kerry is gone....which means I have to go by myself...in the cold. I think I would really rather stay home, put a 'cheater' log in the fireplace, and break out my new Karen Kingsbury book. Not that I don't love Christmas parties....I just don't like to go by myself. And did I mention that it is cold outside? And that it might...you know...that 'S' word?
• Yes, Kerry is gone. He left Sunday morning and will be back Wednesday night. He has gone to a training meeting. Would you like to guess where? Yeah....warm, sunny Florida. I hate it when he's gone. Everything I do, I feel like I am just going through the motions. I stay up too late. I eat whatever is easy. It helps having Tater here during the day....two-year-old company is better than no company!
• Since Kerry is gone, I got to tackle decorating the tree by myself. Actually, I always decorate it myself after he gets it put up, but at least he's usually here to tell me where I need a little more red or another ornament. And he did set up the tree on Saturday before he left....but that's another bullet all it's own.
• Saturday was a B-U-S-Y day. Mid-afternoon on Saturday, we got out the tree, put it together (minus the second-to-bottom tier making it a 9' tree instead of a 12' tree), plugged it in, and.....over half the lights were out....on our pre-lit tree. Plus, the angel which I had already attached to the top tier, which worked when I checked it, did not work when we got it up on top of the tree. SO...we pondered and discussed...and decided to go see if we could find another tree. (It was about 5:00 and we were supposed to be at the Symphony at 8:00!) After an hour and a half, we came home with no tree. I decided I would just get some lights and add to the tree. So off we go to the symphony....not great...big disappointment. I guess off-pitch Broadway-Jazz just isn't our style! So we did something I've never done at the symphony....we left before it was over. We decided to go get some hot chocolate and try to change the mood of the afternoon/evening. We went to Cheddars, ordered a decaf coffee for Kerry and a hot chocolate/hold the whipped cream for me....alas, the little gal came back to the table to inform us that they were out of hot chocolate! NO!!! So I had spinach dip instead....suitable substitute.
• Saturday MORNING was great. Jenni & I went shopping and had lunch! Without Tater! Yes, it seemed a little strange not to have the little monkey hanging on to us and chattering non-stop. It was indeed a treat...thanks for the invitation, Jenni!
• Sunday after church and after going to a baby shower for a girl that Melynda used to babysit (now that will make you feel old!), I came home and began to tackle getting the lights on the tree. Success. Plus, I got the angel on top to work!
• I hope you are not looking for any chronological order here, cause there is none!
• It is time for me to leave to go to my Christmas party....by myself....in the cold....and there may be white flaky stuff falling from the sky when I get ready to come home. There is one more thought I have running around in my head, but I now think that I will try to tackle it when I get home later and actually 'stylize' it into a blog....so stay tuned for 'The Spirit of Christmas'.