Author: rvingwithapurpose

Monday, December 24, 2018

Today was a beautiful December day. Definitely jackets required, but nice. We really enjoyed the sunshine. Just makes you feel better. We get these really nice Christmas Eve days fairly often in north Alabama but they are always appreciated. We remember those Christmas Eves and Christmas Days with highs in the teens.

This morning was spent doing more accounting, shredding paper, and mundane stuff like that. Anyone who has done accounting in the past knows that the first of the year you are always behind and we have been working to avoid some of the January long days/nights of work. Wednesday we will be closing one bank account and within another week hopefully another. That will decrease next year’s work a little. Two accounts we won’t have to deal with and balance each month. We are slowly making progress. But today we remembered we still have to prepare one more tax return for both our Moms. Yuk!

After taking some mail to the post office, we decided to hike out to the star to see if we could rappel down to some of the bulbs that can only reached by rope. It was such a nice afternoon for a hike. We were able to replace a few bulbs and Donna just sent us a text saying that she noticed the difference when driving by tonight. She and Barry did most of the work this year. Glad we could contribute a little. We sure need to find some younger people to take over the star. We would be glad to continue to help financially and when in town do some work but we are getting a little too old to be rappelling down the mountain. We are praying God will send someone.

This evening we prepared our Christmas Blueberry Baked French Toast to be ready for breakfast in the morning. It needs to soak overnight. Now we are relaxing and doing a few NOMADS emails. We hope everyone is ready for the celebration of our Lord’s birth tomorrow. In the midst of all the excitement, food, and family, please remember to keep Him the center of your celebration. It will make for a much better day.

Sunday, December 23, 2018

We woke up to another gray, damp day. But it rapidly improved since we met Barry and Donna at Huddle House for breakfast before church. Okay, the weather didn’t really improve that much but getting together with them always brightens us up.

After breakfast we attended a wonderful, uplifting and funny service at Lester Memorial UMC. Pastor Harvey started a thought-provoking Christmas message using pictures of his grandson acting as the angel in the nativity. It was hilarious. If you have a few minutes click here to check it out at the church’s Youtube channel.

The rest of the day was spent working on books and taxes and installing a new kitchen faucet at Aunt Helen’s house.

Saturday, December 22, 2018

We finally had sunshine today. And by this afternoon some of the puddles were drying up. Very nice. We got a little walking in today. Hopefully we will get more tomorrow.

We started the day doing some more book work on Mama Ruby’s estate and work around the house. You know – vacuuming, cleaning. Things we all have to do. Then we prepared food for the Hallman Family Christmas Dinner, chicken and dressing casserole. Everyone liked it. Unfortunately the event was not well publicized this year and by the time people were aware, most had already made other planse for the day. We usually have quite the crowd and several tables full of food. Today we only had 15 people, but the food was great and we enjoyed visiting with the family that was able to attend. Okay family, Lester announced today that next year the event will be December 21, at the Community Center, at noon. Go ahead and mark your calendars and plan to come to Pine Mountain.

Friday, December 21, 2018

Maybe some of you were worrying about us because we had a bunch of views yesterday and today and there was nothing new for you to view. Sorry about that.

So, what has been going on? Weather-wise, the past two days reminded us of Lumberton. It has rained and rained. We walked out to check the mail late this afternoon and the ground reminded us of Lumberton. Soggy! BTW, the Lumber River is still in flood stage.

Wednesday, we went back to Oneonta. Max needed a haircut, really needed a haircut! We went by to see the Aunts, went shopping for them and then back to deliver the purchases. We also bought a new sink faucet for Helen’s house and groceries for ourselves. The rest of the day was spent on estate business. Thursday we went to Tuscaloosa, more estate business. It was an all day chore, some of which was not very pleasant. On the way home we stopped at Sam’s and Publix both of which had some really good samples, so we didn’t need supper. Today it was back to Oneonta to take care of some of Max’s Mom’s estate business, visited the Aunts, and picked up the last of the supplies for Christmas. The rest of the day was spent on accounting for Anne’s family, emails and an interview for a NOMADS applicant and more estate stuff. We were very busy, and the past three days have been very tiring/stressful, but not very interesting to read about. So, since we didn’t take any pictures, we did notice at the nursing home that they had filled the bed where they grow tomatoes in the summer with pansies. So pretty. Especially on such a gray, rainy day. A little bright spot that was appreciated.