And all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except Dad wrapping presents and Aaron unable to sleep. Yes, I finally made it out to get my shopping done. Although I haven't been very active in preparation for Christmas, the community has taken the initiative of bringing Christmas to my doorstep. I almost feel like Chevy Chase in the movie Funny Farm. All I'm missing is the carolers out on my snow-covered front lawn, though there's still a day left for that. Practically every day to every other day I've had an unexpected visitor bearing gifts, warm Christmas wishes, and baked goodies galore. A number of gifts have been anonymous and have left me wondering just how many friends we've made in the relatively short time we've been here.
In my last post, I wrote about our visit to the Law Enforcement Center to make a donation to needy children/families in Pennington County. Well, I received a phone call from April, a reporter at the local newspaper, the TRF Times/Northern Watch wanting to interview Aaron and Daniel. She had gotten a call from the volunteer coordinator at the Law Enforcement Center who was so touched by the boys' generosity that she thought it would be a nice human interest story. I drove the boys to the paper's office last week and they were interviewed (as best as you can interview a 6 and 8-year-old...) and had their picture taken together. Chances are they'll be in either Saturday's Northern Watch or next Tuesday's edition of the Times, so I'll try to get a copy of it to post, or if we're lucky, the boys will be on the TRF Times website itself.
We got a phone call tonight from the Wignesses where we're going for Christmas Day to tell us they have a hot tub and to bring the boys' suits. In case you're wondering the weather should be nice and mild for it, somewhere around 35 or 40 degrees, I figure. It was a sweltering 33.5 degrees this afternoon and we had our first slush on the roads in a month. Now I gotta wait for things to freeze again to go skating. We had freezing rain the night before, which resulted in several cars in the local ditches here. I did identify the minimum operating temperature range for the "Weasel," though. It won't start below about 5 to 10 degrees and I lose all defroster/heater ability below about 18 degrees, so I'll just have to plan around that in the future.
We will probably be going to the early service at Trinity tomorrow night as I can't imagine the boys at the 11:00 p.m. service... Aaron wants me to set his alarm clock tonight so he can get up at 7:00 a.m. by himself and open ONE present. I'm thinking he'll still be awake, though, when I go upstairs to bed. I managed to get all the presents wrapped save for a few stocking stuffers that I'll get done tomorrow night.
Merry Christmas to one and all and to all a good night!!
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