You are probably thinking that I am going to talk about Christmas, but I'm not-well-I might in a minute, but not right now. What I really want to say is that, it is that time of year for me to be cold all of the time. I am a very cold-natured person! And during this time of year, it is all I can do not to shiver twenty-four hours a day. I like to walk around with a blanket wrapped around me! My poor husband and I try to find some type of happy medium, but it normally doesn't work out for one of us. My hands and feet are like ice cubes and my ears and nose want to fall off. However, the funny thing is that I hate socks, big bulky coats, and thick wool sweaters. I will wear them, but I am never comfortable. I feel like I am a buff football player geared up or a game or something.
Now that I have shared that with you, here are some random tidbits...
We have our house all decorated for Christmas! It feels so cozy too! My favorite part about putting up Christmas decorations is remembering past Christmases. We don't have a "themed" tree, but our decorations are mostly sentimental or have been made for us. My sister gave me a holiday shower before I was married and that is where we got the majority of our decorations. Everyone who came to my shower made a Christmas ornament for us, which makes them so special. I also have some ornaments that one of my childhood friends, Melissa, made for me. My mother and sister and grandmother gave us our tree. Kelli Brown gave us our tree topper. Carol, a family friend gave us our tree skirt and stockings, Stephanie gave me these really cool vintage ornaments. I could go on and on, almost every decoration or ornament reminds me of someone special. For a while, this townhouse hasn't really felt like home yet. But now since we have put up our decorations and we are really getting into the Christmas spirit, it is feeling a little more like home. No matter where we are though, SC will always be HOME!
Life in the "village" is good. I am still getting used to this house. For example, the toilets here are possessed. The toilet upstairs has to be flushed no less than two times before it will work, and the toilet downstairs flushes all by itself! (Can we say wasted water??) The oven is marvelous though! In our older house in Lyman, we had a much older oven. It really liked to burn things. With our oven here, we can set the timer for whatever the recipe calls for, and the food is done, no guessing involved. We have set the smoke detector off a couple of times, they are pretty sensitive. One thing that we don't have yet is a washer and dryer. We take our clothes to the Brown laundromat though, and it works out fabulous!
We are still "church hunting". We have found one church in particular that we really like, but there are still a few more churches that we would like to visit first before we make an decision. We really miss Wellford and all of our friends terribly!! We had such a great Sunday School class, and I was involved in an amazing prayer group with some amazing women! Hopefully soon we can find a church to serve in that is equally as blessing as WBC.
A couple of days ago I agreed to help the Browns take pictures for their Christmas cards. They got dressed up, and the girls looked adorable! For some odd reason, we decided to take the pictures at night though. We went to the SEBTS campus to take the pics. Jaime's goal was to take about 100 pictures. I managed to take 165 even though my camera was acting up. Of those 165 pictures, Jaime could only find 19 that she was willing to look at for a second time. Of those 19 she found maybe 3 that she decided to edit, crop, and pray about for their official Christmas Card. I don't know why I am surprised that it turned out to be one of the biggest ordeals of my life. It was a lot of fun though. Would you like me to post some of the outtakes?
I had a minor melt down a few minutes ago. (I must again tell you another story before I can explain my next thought) I don't have Facebook, I used to have it, but now I don't (long story). I have a MySpace account, and I haven't updated it in a long time. *I can barely keep updating my blog* So sometimes I sign on to Brad's Facebook to check out everyone's pictures and catch up on people that we went to school with. My future sister-in-law (Kayleigh's mom) has facebook and is one of Brad's friends. I was scrolling through her profile and found some pictures of that cutie patootie baby! Then I burst into tears. I knew it would be hard moving away from family, but some days are much harder than others. There were pictures of Kayleigh that I had never seen before, and for some reason, that broke my heart! I feel like I am missing her growing up! Whew, let's move on...I don't want to think about it. I get to see her in five days!
I am trying to think about something else to tell you so I don't end on such a depressing note! OK...here is something funny. Brad wants to buy me some golf clubs. He thinks it will be great if we can play together. He is going to teach me too. Sometimes I want to look at him and say, Hey! I'm Libby! Have we met before? Doesn't he know that I am not athletic, uncoordinated, and that I have been hit in the head with a golf club when I was in the third grade and it required 11 stitches, only after the doctor pulled back my skin to reveal to my mother my skull? Bless him. He reads my blog, so honey this next part is for you. I would love to play golf with you! I think it will be fun, if you can teach me to overcome my fears! I know that you will enjoy it, and you are a wonderful teacher! So, if you have confidence in me, then I will try it for you! Plus, its a good excuse to buy some golf clothes.
Okay, I have to go now, we have to run to the grocery store. Here is a picture of my fridge. We have butter, apple butter (from the Farmer's Market), tea, pickles, left overs, sandwich meat, applesauce, and a few random condiments. What do you think? We won't make it much longer if we don't go soon.
Hope everyone had a great weekend!
