Sunday

Every other month hubby and I serve at our church all 3 services welcoming people. Our church has lots of new people and we want everybody to feel very welcome. On the odd months L is in charge of the welcome team. I really hate getting up and being ready to go before 8 am on Sundays, but once I am there, I do enjoy it. There is something in me that really likes greeting people and remembering random facts about people. I stand near the front door with another person and shake hands or greet folks as they come in. I try to look them in the eye, comment briefly on something (like the weather if I do not know them) and then let them go on by without much fuss.

Today was FREEZING for us Texans. Yesterday was actually rather hot as it hit around 80 degrees in the afternoon. We slept with our window open, but sometime in the night the cold north wind was blowing and BRRR! We were burrowed deep within the covers and it still was freezing, so got up and closed the window. L turned the heat on when he got up this morning.

After church L and I went by ourselves out for lunch with a giftcard we'd gotten to On the Border for Christmas. Yum! I always eat so many chips and salsa whenever I go out for Mexican food that I can't eat even half of the main dish. So it was today...I'd skipped breakfast and had a glass of juice at church and was really hungry. So when the chips and salsa came...mmm mmm! I had a big takeout box of leftovers to bring home so youngest son was able to have that for dinner. None of the rest of us were hungry. The girls had gone out for chicken with their friends and then older daughter headed off to work at 4. Younger daughter took a nap. Tomorrow is back to normal for both me and the non-college kids. I was fortunately this year with both Christmas and New Year's Day being on Thursdays as they decided to give us Friday off, too! So I had two weeks of only 2.5 days each. I did work a little from home, though, but not that much. There is a chance of icy streets tomorrow, so we'll see what happens!