Well, we had planned to have our Christmas this weekend because we had planned to go to Canada. Well, Preston has a HARD time waiting for Christmas. He is much better than he used to be, though, and didn't worry every day all day. So we had 2 evenings of opening gifts. He thought he had gotten them all the 1st time, but in a round about way found out he hadn't and I had hoped to wait until Christmas Day, but we didn't make it. So we opened the rest up last night.
Preston got: Shower chair with back (one of his favorite gifts)
3 Talking Mister Ed dvds
4 Adventures in Odyssey VCR's (I got these for .99 each at Goodwill)
4 McGee and Me VCR's (also Focus on Family and from goodwill)
1 pr. of flannel sleep pants
John Deere calendar and $15 Burger King gift card from Missie
$15 and chocolates from his grandparents
another box of chocolates from his great MawMaw Watson
My mom sent $50 for him and I found a portable VCR for $50, I had never seen one like it, so I got him that, from her. A guy in Indy had it and Preston and I went and got it.
Missie got: Electronic monopoly game
Love Comes Softly latest dvd, (she now has them all)
Laptop desk to use in bed or in a chair
2 extension games for the computer game she got from my mom
new backpack for school
Handmade beautiful wooden box made by her grandpa and chocolates
Ear muffs from her great MawMaw Watson
$15 from Preston
Bath set from where she drew names at school
Ornament with candy inside from her teachers
My mom sent $50 for Missie too and I got her a set of Hogan's Heroes dvds and a computer game she asked for.
So overall, they got enough! We cannot spend a large amount of money at Christmas and that is not the point of Christmas, but they were happy!
Missie babysit tonight for the Durgan's from church, they have 4 children, and she enjoyed it and enjoys making some money.
We decided to have shrimp for Christmas Day. They had the round trays with sauce on sale at Walmart for $5. It was the medium sized trays. Missie has been wanting some steak so I got a small pkg. of steak (Preston cannot chew it) and she and Jr. will grill it to their liking and we will have it and shrimp, fries, coleslaw, chocolate and custard pie for dessert. We had all the traditional food at Thanksgiving so decided on something untraditional! I did get a turkey ham for one other day, though. We had to eat the turkey hame because of Junior's blood pressure.
I made several loaves of pumpkin bread today. I had found some small loaf pans at a thrift store back in SC and got them, and used them as well as 2 regular sized loaf pans. I took a regular sized loaf to the pastor tonight with a card. They weren't home but someone was there so I left it for them. I plan to give some to our associate pastor and family, and Missie's teachers. I didn't have anything to give them yesterday when they had the party. They turned out sooo good. I was so pleased.
So that is the update for this time!
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The following article was in the weekend edition of the Frankfort Times. It might be another option for Christmas Day if you aren't in the mood for cooking or doing dishes :).
Community Dinner set for Christmas Day
Due to the fact that First Baptist Church will not be doing their annual Christmas dinner this year, Butch Pickering of Frankfort will be doing a community Christmas dinner at the Neighborhood Center from 11 am to 3 pm on Christmas Day (Thursday, Dec. 25). Everyone is welcome.
The menu will consist of turkey with dressing, mashed potatoes, noodles, giblet gravy, green beans, pie, rolls and drinks.
Drivers will be available to deliver meals, weather permitting, anywhere in Clinton County to those who can't make it to the event. Anyone interested in donating or helping should contact Pickering at 654-6101.
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