I'm Still Celebrating

The lights still come on every night.

The tree is still glowing fabulously.

And no, I am not tired of it!

You see, cousin Sarah is coming Tuesday!

I want her to see it all.

Let's see how many parties I had this year.

The first group was my Bible Study Fellowship

Class on December 11th. 

We had only 9, but that was actually

pretty good considering it was our

last meeting for 2013.

The second followed closely on the heels

of the first.

It was my Sunday School class.

Our group was again small but fun

and enthusiastic! 

Then on Wednesday the 18th, I had

perhaps my most special group--

Susannah and 7 of her friends.

They came on their lunch hour again 

and breezed in and out in a

deadline induced

whirlwind.

(Yes, one of those friends is Madeline, home from

the University of Texas!)

What a precious group they are!

Friday the 20th's activity might not qualify

as a party, but it was for me.

My beloved former sister-in-law, 

Jeannie Stovall, and I had

lunch together here so she could 

see the decorations I had talked about!

Then on the 21st my friend Becky Leffler

came over.  Instead of our usual

Saturday lunch "out," she brought

great leftovers from her party the night

before, and we had lunch "in."

Yes...partee!

The Stovall/Metzger Christmas party

took place on December 26th.

We had wonderful sandwiches made

from turkey Jay had smoked and

cornbread dressing I had made...with 

cranberry sauce on delicious

Kaiser rolls. 

If you haven't tried this, you should!

Then we had a very good time

opening gifts!

The only picture I took (boo hoo)
with Jay and Terri in their Harley
Santa hats!

This was the first year in several that

I didn't celebrate the New Year with

my travel club.

So...I revived my tradition of

hosting my "friends of longest standing"

for New Year's Eve.

We're gettin' a little mature for

this kind of thing, but 3 couples came--

plus me (and you-know-who,

the phantom pie crust thief!)

We wished for more but had a really

cozy, great time.

And we got smart and 

celebrated when the ball dropped in New York

with our Martinelli's sparkling cider in our

beautiful plastic champagne flutes!

So now, me and my fruit cookies,

(I know...my fruit cookies and I)

are waiting for Sarah to get here.

I hope our week together goes slowly,

cause I'm still not anxious to

pack away all the festivity!