My eyes opened, I checked my watch and thought it said 5:20 am, walked into the kitchen, turned on the lights and went straight to the coffee pot only to see there was NO COFFEE. Our water softener died 2 days ago, the dishwasher died yesterday and my first thought was, "oh no, not the coffee maker!" Then my eyes drifted to the clock on the stove and that was reading 4:20 am. I was so relieved that I didn't even mind getting up early and needing to wait for that first cup. I had to be at the barn early this morning to finish cleaning as we have a wedding scheduled today and they wanted to come in by 9:00 am. I finished just before 9:00 came home, cooked breakfast and made it over to mom's by 9:30 am. Karin left early today. Mom was watching a Christian movie I think was called War Room. It really did show the power of prayer. I worked on the puzzle Karin, Joan and Faith had started a few days ago while listening to the movie.
Aunt Jinnie called so that was turned off so we could visit. While mom was speaking to her I prepared lunch and noticed her beautiful blooming flowers. I think most of these plants were given to her for Christmas.
Later while doing the dishes I looked out the kitchen window and saw a hat.
I was trying to figure out why a hat would be out on the deck on that chair so decided to go out and bring it inside only to find there was a head attached to that hat and a body attached to the head. Rhonda was all bundled up sitting on the chair trying to enjoy the sunshine in the 20 degree weather on the deck. We visited a bit but since I didn't have a coat on I had to go inside pretty quickly. I was home before 2:30 and Mark had some good news. Our new dishwasher is going to be delivered on Monday. The new water softener won't arrive until the first week of January. He did some on-line shopping then went out and repaired a downed wire on the north fence. Steven and Ryan came over today to remove a tree that fell and while they were working on that tree another huge one came crashing down. They had plenty of wood to take home. We left at 4:40 pm for Gils and the parking lot was already full by the time we arrived at 4:45 pm. We did not have to wait though they were having a big Christmas party at Gils. That empty table in the picture below was the only empty table on this floor and that filled up right after I took the picture.
Gils is such a popular spot on a Saturday evening. We ordered one cob salad with 2 bowls then divided it up.
The cob salad comes with grilled or crispy chicken and tonight we had the crispy which was 2 big fried chicken tenders. Each of us got one for our salad. We had already cut them up into the salad before I thought to take the picture. This also comes with 2 big corn fritters covered in powdered sugar.
The bill comes to just over $17.00 and of course we add a tip. A reasonable cost for the 2 of us and it really is delicious. We needed to go to Aldi on the way home so decided to do a scenic tour of Christmas lights on the way. Mark enjoyed going through the Alfa park display and reading the signs. He knew a lot of the people. There were over a hundred trees.
Kind of a fun thing to do. Aldi is very close to that park making it really convenient to shop there. We just needed a few items. Mark got the wood burner going strong as soon as we got home and the house is comfortable. Thankful for a warm house on a cold day, thankful for beautiful Christmas lights reminding us of the the special Bethlehem star and so very thankful for Jesus being willing to leave the glory of heaven coming as a baby into a poor family all the while knowing what He was going to do for us.
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