merry christmas!

merry christmas to all y'all!

soooo NOT a standard year around here...

my brother has a new job that made him work yesterday, and he's housesitting, so he fell asleep there instead of coming to church last night... mom's sick and has spent the whole week in her recliner... dad and i already get on each others nerves every few hours, but we're hanging in there and no major or minor explosions per se yet...

between the bad roads (no salt + ice + southern drivers = a city that looks like cars ice skating through town), it's a little crazy around here... mom hasn't felt well enough, nor had the chance to get to the grocery store, so it's looking like waffle house for christmas dinner... doht

last night, dad and i went to the 11pm christmas eve candlelight service... one of my favorite moments of the year is singing silent night at the end of the service with the church dark save candlelight... so that was nice :-)

dad, ryan, and i are supposed to go to christmas morning church in half an hour... hopefully they get their acts together and get in soon so we can go -- usually a 5 minute drive to church, but with this kind of travel conditions (still 2 inches of ice on the road everywhere), it takes more like 20-25 minutes... blah

so it goes...

merry christmas to all y'all. whereever you are, may you find a way to share the joy of Christmas with those you love, and may you be thankful for the gifts of life, health, friends,.... and most importantly the gift of a Savior.... and may your thankfulness and joy last you the whole year through. merry christmas :-)