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No longer on the river and, again, an empty nester. Back to living on Fleming Island and making some more friends!

Monday, December 14, 2009

Everybody in the pool!

Yesterday at church, Paul told me how Sarah, my God-daughter, climbed into bed with them that morning and asked if they could go to Miss Kim's house and swim in the pool. They chuckled and said it was too cold right now to go swimming but when it gets warmer they can come over. Sarah said, "Well, yeah....." as though she realized that weather was an issue. It was quite warm Sunday, particularly after it stopped raining. In fact, when I walked from my door to the elevator on my way to church, I was actually walking in fog! I cannot recall having that happen before, or at least, not that I ever noticed. My church friends nicely pointed out that I am always walking in a fog......thanks, guys!
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All the exterior surfaces at home and at church were still damp, especially noticeable was the cornerstone marker near the breezeway door, where one of the kids even wrote their name in the wetness. It was nearly 80 again Sunday, humid, of course, and will be for a couple more days this week until the temps decline once again to the 60's. Mom told me Lynn, Jill, and she drove to Sheboygan Saturday to the wonderful bakery (delicious sugar cookies) on washboard roads after the rain and snow from last week froze onto the pavement. That must be tough on tires, I don't remember. I do remember getting my car into a rut in the road and nearly hitting a car parked along the street because I could not steer my car out of the rut, like the car rides in theme parks. Really, I do not miss that one bit!
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Olivia, our family friend, attends college in Maryville, TN, which was featured on the news this a.m. Fox and Friends had a segment on where, at the annual tree lighting ceremony, a man was forbidden to read the CHRISTmas story from the Bible, as had been done for a couple decades previously. Until she went to college there, we had never heard of this place before and now, it's on the news! She is due home very soon, perhaps is already here, and I know we will be getting together to enjoy some time during the holidays with Owen and Sandy, her folks. I had better get busy and invite them for CHRISTmas dinner, since I really do not mind making two feasts. On TV last night, believe it or not, HGTV, one of the decorators was giving advice on entertaining over the holidays. She said to stick to what you know, keep it simple and do not experiment with new recipes on your family and friends. I can make a very nice meal for us without going nuts. Done!
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On the way upstairs after church, I had my laundry basket with me, which had been used to transport the goody bags for the kids the day before. It was helpful with getting my groceries upstairs plus a mess of junque from the back of my car. I stopped at the mailboxes and got my mail which also was loaded into the basket. Now I won't mind stopping for the mail since CHRISTmas cards are coming fast and furious. Several came yesterday, or likely, this week and I was thrilled to get one from my friend who lives near Maryville, TN. Judy and her family moved up there about five years ago. I feel like giving her a call just to chat, although she is often hard to pin down, being a busy mom. Her daughter was a friend of Timmy's and I have mentioned before about how Rachel buried her face in my lap during the pre-service viewing at the church at Timmy's funeral. Anyway, Judy sent a lovely two-sided postcard with photos of her family and I just love it! I see some photos on Facebook but very few of Judy herself. Somehow, she looks younger than when she left here, so living in the mountains of TN must be the way to go!

6 comments:

Rosalie said...

Hi Kim,
Don't feel like the lone ranger as far as the weather is concern. We are not having much better weather at this end. It is very gloomy and chilly. The weatherman says, if you want to believe him or her, although he/she has been pretty much on target these last few days, it will be get warm, then cold, and more on and off showers. Oh well, it is bright inside--our hearts with Jesus, I mean. Sounds like you are having a ball with all your CHRISTmas activities. We have a live nativity this weekend at VOTL which keeps up busy. Take care. Love you my friend, Rosalie

Kim Lahaie Day said...

Hi Rosalie!!

No, I guess north Florida is not alone with this wild ride of weather. Linda J. reported more snow today in Manitowoc but here we had hight temperatures and some blue skies---finally!

I would love to hear more about the live nativity as one of our members wants to do this next year. We shall see!

Blessings and love to you!!!

Kim

Darla said...

Judy has been breathing that mountain air is why she looks so young and I bet the scenery is beautiful...

Sounds like your busy as ever! How is your knee?

Wanted to touch base with you and say hi!

Kim Lahaie Day said...

Hi Darla!

So great to hear from you again!

Yes, you likely correct about that fresh mountain air preserving Judy's beauty! She is also gorgeous on the inside, as you might imagine...

The knee is fine, just as Jessica had predicted. She gave me exercises to do and I am quite cautious in what and how I do things because I sure do not want to hurt myself...

Hugs,

Kim

Rosalie said...

Hi Kim,
I was trying to surprise you and find you on Facebook but as green as they come with that avenue. I received your Christmas card and letter. I just wanted you to know we have good taste in Christmas paper but I'm sure you realized that. Enjoyed your letter. Congratulations to Justin. He is doing great. Gotta run; it's bedtime. Love you

Kim Lahaie Day said...

Hi again, Rosalie!

I thought the very same thing about the choice of papers we shared! The secretary at Victory liked it, too, and said she never thought to look at Office Max!

In the morning I will try to remember to write on your Facebook page and then you can just reply to me...If I remember....

Blessings and love,

Kim