Christmas Day

Hello,

Leroy and I woke up, remembered it was Christmas, and surprised each other with the gifts we had given. I was not sure that was possible any more.

We called Miriam and Andy including them in our devotions by singing "O come all ye faithful" together as I played the piano. I was really thinking about Stephen in Kenya since he always likes to have a sing time when we are together. If we had a laptop computer that was in the living room we could have gotten this done with them too. We did have a nice visit with Sarah, Stephen, and Lexi on the webcam. I am so grateful for this invention. Later we also visited with Miriam and Andy and girls on the webcam. With Brian we greeted them on the phone as they were traveling to Nebraska.

Our company came in the afternoon and we had quite a pleasant visit. The woman had told us that her husband was not a social person. I think he is probably really an introvert. He talked along just fine and had some interesting things to say. I suspect he would not have been so comfortable if there had been more people in attendance. I am happy they helped us eat up some of the sweets around here.

Today, Leroy had the stitches taken out of his hand. He was initially pleased to have that done, but he flexed his hand and some of the incision tore apart causing it to bleed. Later he put the back of his hand to his face forgetting about the vulnerability of it causing a lot of pain. He now feels a little discouraged. Also the Dr. reported that his "bad" cholesterol is too high and we should stop eating cheese. We love cheese, but we will cut back on it.

It warmed up here so we tackled the ice on the drive and sidewalks. Leroy worked at that, but found that he had to just use his left hand. He also seemed to get tired quickly. I pounded away and after the third trip outside managed to eliminate most of the ice from the sidewalks. The drive is clear. Yeah! It is to get colder again tonight with accompanying precipitation.

Paula