Afternoon all - we have been so busy - don&#39;t knw where the time went.<br /><br />Christmas Day went well.  DS brought his keyboard thingie - like a one man band - and Mom was very intrigued by it so he sang to her - it&#39;s true about music soothing the savage breast.<br /><br />We even got a couple of inches of snow - just enough to make everything look beautiful but not enough to mess up the roads.  DH works up near the top of a mountain so I was a bit concerned - he pulled a twelve hour shift  Christmas Day - but the roads weren&#39;t to bad up their either.<br /><br />Boxing Day we went shopping - we had a gift card that had to be used this week and the beverage fountain we wanted was half price - and I made some great finds at Wal Mart.  Every year we take on teen aged girls for the Chrismas Bureau (most people want to buy toys for the littler ones) and yesterday I managed to get 7 beautiful &quot;spa&quot; boxes - with shower gels, bath salt, bubble baths and lotions.  So throughout the year I will need to pick up 7 sleep shirts to match.  We will head across the line next week - so I will see if I can score a couple mre.  When they are half price I can get twice as many  <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":thumbup:" border="0" alt="thumbup.gif" /> <br /><br />I also got a few more decorations (which I really needed - NOT&#33;&#33;&#33;) and a new table cloth and runner.<br /><br />Later today we have to run out for some last minute munchies for tomorrow&#39;s evening&#39;s &quot;soiree&quot;.  Then all I will have to do tomorrow is set up the chocolate fountain, the beverage fountain and pop all the goodies into the oven for a while.<br /><br />Sounds like all of you had a grand time.<br /><br />Ed - your evening sounds like so many we spent in church when I was younger.  I taught the kindergarten Sunday School class for a couple of years and they always got to sing at the Candlelight Service - most of them were pretty tired that late in the evening but they put on a great - though usually a little of key - show  <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":biggrin:" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> <br /><br />Well - off the the shower - take care all.