Christmas was a wonderful holiday for me. Since my youngest grandson and his family live in Natalia, my daughter and her husband came to pick me up and take me to Devine. They arrived, we switched cars and my daughter drove us to that area while her husband continued in their car. It was a pleasant drive, the weather was good, and the traffic wasn’t as bad as I expected. We visited with their son and family, gave their children the gifts I was bringing and then I went on to my daughter’s home. We had a wonderful Christmas Eve, with my oldest granddaughter taking me to evening Mass in Devine. It was a beautiful ceremony and I even saw a few people that I hadn’t seen in a while. My daughter was having her family in for Christmas Day, and she and her daughter had decided to have finger foods rather than a sit-down meal, it worked beautifully, and as usual, there was plenty of food, plenty of dessert and everyone enjoyed themselves to the fullest. The fun part of the evening was watching the little ones open their gifts. The one great-grandchild had already had gift opening with her family and was totally surprised that she was getting gifts! Her face was priceless as you could see she really wanted a gift to open when the others were opening things, especially the ones her own age. She was very patient while she waited! It was a beautiful day and an occasion to remember for me. On Thursday, I went to my son’s home, and he, my daughter-in-law and I had a very quiet time to ourselves visiting. The only problem was that since I drove in fog that morning, I used my lights. My Corolla is the only year that was made with headlights that don’t turn off and on automatically, and, yes, I forgot to turn them off and my battery was ‘dead’ when I was ready to leave. He and his wife got it started for me and by the time I drove the 15 miles to my daughter’s, it was fully charged, and we had no problem with it the rest of my trip. Later on Thursday, we went to Castroville; to give me a chance to visit a bit with my grandson and his family and my daughter had a couple of things to do also. Friday was bright and clear and mid-morning I went back to Natalia to meet with her to come back home. A totally beautiful and wonderful Christmas visit and trip back home. Now, I’ve been on the computer for over three hours and finally have something to show for it. It completely jammed on me twice, but this second time, it at least allowed me to paste my work. Happy New Year everyone.
It’s a New Year!
