2021 Holidays

Because of my painting and new floors, I went straight to decorating the day after the new carpet was laid around November 8. 

Thanksgiving

Greg and the girls flew in on November 19 the Friday before Thanksgiving. Diana also went to Mansfield to pick up Marlow and Jackson for the week. Saturday we were all together. So Saturday night we had our traditional Thanksgiving meal with Turkey and Dressing. Chad and his family would come and go back and forth from Sunnyvale. We had a laid back time with Greg and the girls; in fact, Greg changed his plans and stayed one day longer so we could hang out together. They left on Wednesday. Thursday it was just Rick and I. His girls were with Sherry. We had lunch at Dickey's BarBQ at the gas station in Sherman. Chad and his family went to Tara's family in south Texas. Friday was a football playoff game at Pennington field at 2 PM. Then  Jenna's family came to Diana's so we got together with them. We played games, ate, and cooked. Our Thanksgiving meal with the Fergusons was Saturday night. We went with a Mexican fiesta. 

Christmas

Greg and his girls flew in on Sunday December 19. They got to go to Keelie's Party for the first time with me. Then the next night they got to have a sleepover at Keelie's. She got all the girls matching pajamas. On Monday Greg and Chad went together and did their Christmas shopping. We had meals and games here at the house. Tuesday night cousins opened their presents. We had started running out of groceries. So after presents were opened, Diana and I ran to Sherman to restock on groceries for the rest of the week. Wednesday night we opened presents here. On Wednesday Diana picked Jerry up at the airport so he could spend the week with us.  On Thursday we had to say goodby to the Greg and the girls. The games of the holiday season were Yahtzee and Rubicube. 

All week long different ones in the family have been getting their Covid Booster shot. Rick decided Thursday about 4 PM that we should go get ours. I took blue gel Naproxen pills around the clock. My arm got sore, but that was all that happened to me.  

Friday was Christmas Eve, our family Christmas. Rick woke up not feeling good. We did make two caramel pies - one for his girls and one for us. He got worse as the day went on. In fact, he went to bed with fever and aching all over with his body getting shocked. He missed Christmas. I went on to Diana's  house. We played our traditional Christmas games, gift card exchange, and we had a special visit from Santa Claus. Our meal was Chicken Fried Steak and Chicken Fried Chicken with all the fixings. Christmas Day Rick was back to normal. It was back to just him and I. We had a lazy day of movies and football. 

New Year's Eve - we went to Justin and Keelie's for food and games. The game was a new one, Dutch Blitz. We made it to 10 PM there. We came home. I watched a Hallmark movie to make it to 2022.

Another year has come and gone. I was blessed greatly. God is good, all the time. All the time, God is good.