Greetings, readers!
I'm delighted to say that we had a very nice new year with family down in Pennsylvania. It's a tradition to have a gift exchange each year. This year's theme was "Something Edible", which I very much enjoyed, since food is one of my favorite things.
Each child age 1 and up gets a stocking which we all contribute to filling up. Gwendolyn got one for the first time.
She loved the "candle canes" and bouncy ball and book especially!
After those things, she spent time playing with her cousins.
We headed home the day after New Years so that we could be home for church that evening.
Unfortunately, Gwen came down with the flu, bronchitis, and RSV, which she then passed to Lucie. After two weeks with it, not knowing what it was, I finally took Lucie to a clinic to be diagnosed. They said that because it was viral, they couldn't give us an antibiotic. So it finally went away on its own.
Last week, Dan went with three men from our church down to Virginia. The girls and I kept ourselves busy and out of trouble by planning something fun to do each day. Dan very much enjoyed his time. On Friday we went to the Nursing home and sang and talked with the residents. Then we drove to New Hampshire to spend a little time with some friends. Dan came home Saturday evening late.
I mentioned in a post awhile back that we had been having some troubles with Dan's truck. The troubles were caused by a mechanic we'd taken it to, so they said that they would fix the problem at no cost to us. Because it was at no cost though, they didn't make it a priority to finish. They had it in their shop for over two months. In that time frame, Dan needed a plow truck and to have a truck to haul his trailer with work tools for a job. So when we flew down to Georgia in November on a very quick trip, we bought a truck from Dan's brother. It's a Ford, and bigger than the Dodge. Anyway, the mechanic finally finished the truck here in January and we just sold it this week.
It's been a good January! I'm looking forward to what February has in store! Stay tuned for my exciting update in the next post!
