Feliz Navidad!

I helped my friend put up her Christmas tree since she just got back from Bolivia.

Then I helped her son Richard, an excellent artist, make his mom's Christmas present - a poster that said Merry Christmas Mom I love you!

He put stars and ornaments and a santa, candle and a church on it with hearts and kisses in between.

We watched the movie calendar girls...funny, with Helen Miren.

Then, I came home to nap with my kitten and up in time for midnight mass in Rome with the Pope in St Peter's.

Afterwards. I made some of my mom's Christmas cookies with butter and drop frosting with sprinkles. I read until 6.

Hum, one was enough, Not interested in the cake or the cookies. There's a first time for everything.

I opened my Christmas presents. My friend Marilyn sent me a lovely pair of blue, square, glazed earings and my favorite lavender soap. One for my drawer one 2 for the loo.

How exciting!

On Christmas eve Gwen had Clair open one present and it was a tee shirt that said I'm a big sister!

A July baby!

I'm off to see Dream Girls then home for lobster tail, twice baked potatoe and harcouts verte. Yum

Things I like:

movies
400 thread count flannel sheets
bed socks
warm, soft flannel night gowns
my whirlpool tub
lavendar soap
my new square, glazed earings from Marilyn
bubble baths
hot tubs
tea, mint herbal and earl grey
christmas cookies and christmas lights
carrot cake with cream cheese icing
lobster and crab and shrimp
good books
candles

Thinks I'm thankful for:

good friends and family
a home
my health

Things I'm interested in

The history of Judiasm

In 83, Uncle Mart gave me a book on it but I wasn't interested then.

I was investigating our family tree

Now faith is the reason we accept there is a God

tenent says "he always is, always was and always will be" and the Jewish faith follows old old testement and the torah and the sacred books.

What do we know of history?

I googled it and the history they found a menorah burried...the holy sites are there. I didn't realize that at one time Jews worshiped multiple gods.

hum............