Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Finishing Christmas letters .. and off in the mail

Today being the 11th of December, it best be the day we finish our Christmas Newsletters and Notes and get them off in the mail on or before Thursday. It seems nowadays our life is so busy what with local family has their needs as well as Hubby's part-time work schedule.

Granddaughter and Daughter's birthdays/Christmas gifts was taking several rolls of film to Wal-Mart for developing. There is the option of smaller size picture which can be developed and then those which are needed to be put on the computer can be scanned into the photo program. Sure beats making copies for family, etc. With their permission any of their pictues can be added to our family web album. Hopefully within the next year we can talk other family members into setting up a webalbum and that way we can see what other famiy members are doing.

The webcam came in the mail today .. now this will be another challenge to this senior citizen's brain cells to learn how to "talk" over the internet. It may be the first of the year before I learn this one. It took me a week to lean how to create a blog plus a web photo album. Just do not expect me to learn all the language the younger generation uses. Coming up to speed with the digital camera plus the computer program plus now the web album has been quite a leap for me.

Here abouts most of the family is cutting way back on their Christmas spending this year. It doesn't seem to be any one thing .. it just seems to be the tide of the times. Maybe after the first of the year we can get another picture taken of just us and give our children and significant relation.

Yesterday was a sunny-bright day and today we woke to a dreary-snow-threatenting day .. but it sure beats living in Oklahoma or KCM (Kansas City, Missouri) as they are having ice storms .. reminded us of being in Georgia the end of January 2005. Having lived thru such a tremendous onslaught of Mother Nature as what the people are experiencing now - well, let's just say that it puts another slant on what it feels like. One newscaster said that it was pretty when the sun shone .. I sure don't recall any beauty in having the vehicle encased in ice so thick that the key would not go into the door lock! And walking was treachorous .. and the sound of tree limbs breaking and falling .. some experiences in life do not have to be repeated .. at least on purpose.

Well, best get myself around and get ready to run errands when hubby gets in from work. Shalom.

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