MERRY CHRISTMAS ~ ~ ~

MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone ~ we made it!  Sonny and I  power shopped on Thursday and Friday ~ combined with various stops along the way with friends and family ~ had our famed Fraizer Builder Christmas lunch yesterday (that consists of Sonny and his two employees ~ son, Brian, and me ~ Brian's wife and Tad also joined us) ~ and we went to a holiday party last night at our friends, Margo and Cliff's!!!!  We wrapped gifts yesterday afternoon ~ a little more to do this morning!

I baked another black forest cake yesterday and will assemble it as soon as I write a few more words!  Sonny made a pumpkin pie, an apple pie and a fruitcake yesterday afternoon ~ Dora domestic is at it again!  And at 4 p.m. yesterday, I found out that the online shopping that I did for 2 granddaughters WAS NOT SHIPPED (that was the one that offered free shipping and guaranteed Dec. 24th delivery)!!!!!!!  So along with an apology and a promise of Tuesday delivery,  the girls will get some nice wintery scarves that I'm going to the sewing/hooking room to make as soon as the cake gets put together!!!  I'll show you pictures after they're done ~ out of  felted sweaters and odds and ends ~ hopefully, the old girl can pull this off!!!  Welcome to Alice's world!!!!!!!!  Shopping early may have avoided this little debacle ~ but it would take all the fun out of it!

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My Christmas wish for you is that you're surrounded by lots of people who love you ~ lots of good food to nourish you ~ and lots of fun to make you laugh!  My Seattle son and family are in Montana having Christmas with my daughter-in-law's family and they all attend church together on Christmas Eve.  Both of them sent me the same picture, from their phones, of the beautiful altar ~ one with the caption "Jesus is the reason for the season" and Coni's had a stream of light that beamed down on the altar and hers said "God is watching".  I wondered if each knew the other was sending it ~ it was very beautiful and touching to me to be included in their thoughts.

Enjoy the day!   Alice