My Accomplishments This Week

It's been a week of family and friends, and I have enjoyed every minute of it!

We've traveled to Virginia to spend time with my Mom, my Sister, and her family.

My husband's mother came into town, and we spent some time with her.

We were able to spend time together in church on Christmas Eve, and we were very fortunate that so many of our friends showed up at the same time.  Our poor little church was just bursting at the seams Christmas Eve.  Our church offered 6 services, and every bit of overflow space was used.   I hope that many of those people come back again when it's not Christmas, so they can get to know the church and the people better!

I discovered that you can stream PBS shows off of the internet, and with an HDMI cable, you can put watch them on the television.  Not big news for everyone, I know, but a huge discovery for me!  As a result, we've watched Sherlock (the BBC version) and Downton Abbey lot.  Believe it or not, I'm getting tired of British drama.  :) Don't get me wrong, it's great, but I'd love to see a comedy right about now! 

We're going to go see the fireworks tomorrow night in a near by town.

We're going to run the "Mile" sponsored by the running club on New Year's Day.  Okay, I'm going to walk it, but the kids are planning on running it!  It's all downhill, so I should be able to get a fairly decent time!  (I hope!)

If you read my posts last week, you know I attempted to cook not one but two big meals over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.  (Along with brunch.)   This might be the year that I decide to have one of those meals catered....

I tested out my smoke detectors and know that they work.

We walked through one of the beautiful old towns around here on Saturday while the weather was so nice!  We found a little café where we had lunch, and we explored the little side streets and alleys.  I'm so glad we did that on Saturday while the weather was nice!

I made a pot of split pea soup yesterday, using the ham bone from our Christmas Eve ham to flavor the soup.

We got a significant portion of the big messy room in the basement cleared.  I've now got some things to put on Craig's List and see if we can possibly get a little bit of money for some of that junk!

I wish you all a merry and warm New Year, full of family, friends, good health, and good memories!