Back to our Regularly Scheduled Program

Hi folks! So I think I’m done with the hardest part on my book – the edits! And it will be out soon. (I’ll keep you posted). That means I can get back to “normal life” if there is such a thing. And of course the holidays are coming up, which is anything but normal. However, I can get back to regular posting on each of the categories and hopefully catch up with some of your lives as well! (Yay!)

I started my newly-found free time by cleaning the house. It may or may not have required a bulldozer.

And tonight we have our usual Bible Discussion, except we’re going to trim the tree instead of having a discussion!

The kids are so excited.

Little do they know that I have put out (for the first time ever) (drum roll . . .) their pewter stocking holders!

My sister brought them over from the States last year.

They look so adorable.

I was totally bummed that the stockings I had bought for the first two children were no longer available by the time William came around. Actually, they were on sale two weeks before he was born so I knew they were on there way out, but I didn’t want to get it monogrammed until the baby was born, and by the time I was ready to purchase one, they were gone.

This week we’ve taken time off to spend as a family. There are still the English classes in the morning, and the soccer match, trumpet lesson and dance class in the afternoon. But we’re going to introduce our kids to “It’s a Wonderful Life” at the end of the day by watching it together. I’m making popcorn!

And then Sunday after church we’ll head over to the Petit Palais on the Champs Elysées, and visit the Christmas market while we’re at it. (I’ll take pictures for you).

It’ll be fun. Otherwise, I’m making headway with the Christmas shopping and just have to get a few Christmas cards out. And. . . I also have to learn the alto aria #6 in Handel’s Messiah because I’ve been asked to sing it for our Christmas service on Dec 22.

Have I mentioned I’m not a trained singer? gulp.

I bought the extended work so I could learn it by listening along as I read the music. We only had excerpts of the Messiah and it did not include this obscure air.

Does any of this singing talk mean anything to any of you, apart from Korinthia who makes violins? Isn’t that cool, by the way? Do you know anyone who makes instruments?

Let me wind up this little hodgepodge of a post by saying something a little more serious: Goodbye to Nelson Mandela, who died yesterday. And thank you for your heart and your service.

See you all Monday!

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