Amy's 'momentary trouble'

As Christmas draws near, we've been decorating the house piece meal. The first night we set up the tree, but didn't put anything else on it. The next night, I discovered that half of our Christmas lights failed to work, so I went out to fetch replacements and decided it would be nice if I got a few of those light up candy canes for the front walk (BIG mistake!), so when I got home, I started right in on those, but it was bitterly cold out that night with a bit of a wind added in. Those canes have a plastic stake that requires them to be pounded into the ground... hard...frozen ground. After snapping two of them right in half, I decided to take it out on the ground and pounded it with the rubber mallet...and found out that pounding the ground actually helped, so I'd 'soften' the ground by pounding it and then I could get the rest of the stakes in without breaking any more of them. I got them all put together and then discovered that half of them didn't fit tightly on the stakes and the wind would blow them right over...like I said, BIG mistake. So, I moved inside to thaw out and put up the lights and angel, enough for one night! The next night I hung the glass ornaments and setup the mantle and top of the piano. And that's where we're at. We'll get there, but the older two have been busy and they need to be here to put up their ornaments (family tradition) and we really don't have that much more to do. Although I can't find the hooks I used last year to hang the stockings and I KNOW there's several other boxes that we didn't get at, but that's OK. It doesn't ALL have to go up.

Once again, I want to thank each and every one of you who have held the kids and I up in prayer and for those of you who have helped out in any large or small way, to us, it's always large and I know it comes from your heart. Through your help and prayers, I can feel God pressence through your love.

For the love of Amy - V