Saturday, December 16, 2006

Hey guys

I'm sorry this addition has been short. Thankfully, John is just their for a routine visit and not because he is sick. I just wanted to let you know that you are not forgotten. Look at the blood total John. See, Santa comes early for the really good people!

                        Tammy

Friday, December 15, 2006

From Barb

http://www.share-christmas.com/music/doyouhear.htm

Hello, you two. Sorry this is so short, but am sure you'll enjoy checking this site out.

MERRY CHRISTMAS
much love,
Barb
 

Thursday, December 14, 2006

From Sassy

       
For John and Krissy~Thinking of you both. This greeting has a message that I know you will like! xox Deb
Twas The Night Before Jesus Came
 

Down Home

    

 THE CITY had withdrawn into itself
And left at last the country to the country;
When between whirls of snow not come to lie
And whirls of foliage not yet laid, there drove
A stranger to our yard, who looked the city,
Yet did in country fashion in that there
He sat and waited till he drew us out
A-buttoning coats to ask him who he was.
He proved to be the city come again
To look for something it had left behind
And could not do without and keep its Christmas.
He asked if I would sell my Christmas trees;
My woods--the young fir balsams like a place
Where houses all are churches and have spires.
I hadn't thought of them as Christmas Trees.
I doubt if I was tempted for a moment
To sell them off their feet to go in cars
And leave the slope behind the house all bare,
Where the sun shines now no warmer than the moon.
I'd hate to have them know it if I was.
Yet more I'd hate to hold my trees except
As others hold theirs or refuse for them,
Beyond the time of profitable growth,
The trial by market everything must come to.
I dallied so much with the thought of selling.
Then whether from mistaken courtesy
And fear of seeming short of speech, or whether
From hope of hearing good of what was mine,
I said, "There aren't enough to be worth while."
"I could soon tell how many they would cut,
You let me look them over."

"You could look.
But don't expect I'm going to let you have them."
Pasture they spring in, some in clumps too close
That lop each other of boughs, but not a few
Quite solitary and having equal boughs
All round and round. The latter he nodded "Yes" to,
Or paused to say beneath some lovelier one,
With a buyer's moderation, "That would do."
I thought so too, but wasn't there to say so.
We climbed the pasture on the south, crossed over,
And came down on the north.
He said, "A thousand."

"A thousand Christmas trees!--at what apiece?"

He felt some need of softening that to me:
"A thousand trees would come to thirty dollars."

Then I was certain I had never meant
To let him have them. Never show surprise!
But thirtydollars seemed so small beside
The extent of pasture I should strip, three cents
(For that was all they figured out apiece),
Three cents so small beside the dollar friends
I should be writing to within the hour
Would pay in cities for good trees like those,
Regular vestry-trees whole Sunday Schools
Could hang enough on to pick off enough.
A thousand Christmas trees I didn't know I had!
Worth three cents more to give away than sell,
As may be shown by a simple calculation.
Too bad I couldn't lay one in a letter.
I can't help wishing I could send you one,
In wishing you herewith a Merry Christmas.

                              From a Christmas Circular Letter
                                                By Robert Frost

 

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Tip: Instead of the usual ever tumbling mess of holiday cards on the mantel, create a wall hanging that grows with each new good tiding. Cut strips of 1 1/2-inch-wide ribbon to the desired length and notch the ends. Attach them to the wall, starting at an arm’s length above your head, and use clips to add and remove cards as new ones arrive.


Wednesday, December 13, 2006

From Lori

We pray for peace and a great blessed holiday

My78NovaTa@aol.com

From Down Home

Freezers run more efficiently when they're three-quarters or more full. When provisions drop, fill milk cartons or jugs with water and put them in the freezer to take up empty space.

 Wiping the inside of the fridge with vinegar helps prevent mildew because acid kills mildew fungus.

The sleigh was all packed, the reindeer were fed,
But Santa still knelt by the side of the bed.

"Dear Father," he prayed "Be with me tonight.
There's much work to do and my schedule is tight.

I must jump in my sleigh and streak through the sky,
Knowing full well that a reindeer can't fly.

I will visit each household before the first light,
I'll cover the world and all in one night.

With sleigh bells a-ringing, I'll land on each roof,
Amid the soft clatter of each little hoof.

To get in the house is the difficult part,
So I'll slide down the chimney of each child's heart.

My sack will hold toys to grant all their wishes.
The supply will be endless like the loaves and the fishes.

I will fill all the stockings and not leave a track.
I'll eat every cookie that is left for my snack.

I can do all these things Lord, only through You,
I just need your blessing, then it's easy to do.

All this is to honor the birth of the One,
That was sent to redeem us, Your most Holy Son.

So to all of my friends, least Your glory I rob,
Please Lord, remind them who gave me this job."

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Friday, December 1, 2006

From Sassy (Deb)

         
Krissy~I have 25 days of Christmas e-cards for you ;-) Here's the first one. (fast to load)
xox Deb (Sassy)
 
 

From Sassy (Deb)

    
Hi Krissy~Hope you get a minute to get some inspiration from the life of Mother Theresa...
Love to you & John, Deb (Sassy)