Tis the season to be jolly...

Fa la la la la la la la la! Matt had to work today and I just woke up from a little nap. It is so cold and windy out, and I have the Christmas music on inside and my trees are all lit up. I am thankful to be safe and warm tonight. And for some time at home. Let me recap last week. I know I have a lot of catching up to do on this blog. And I will, soon. What's been going on in the Whelan household?

We had our first party of the season. Matt's office party. We had a good time and got to take home one of the centerpieces.




I finished most conferences and started on these. Ornaments galore. The flu also hit my classroom this week.



We got a twin bed. We have needed one in this room for a while now.


Matt attempted bow tying. Oh my!


We had friends here this weekend and my heart is full. I feel refreshed and ready to take on these last 5 days of school before our winter break!!

Friday night we went to Victorian Christmas downtown. We ate dinner outside under space heaters and next to a fire pit. Most of us had shrimp and grits. SO good! We tried fried oreos...also good! We chatted in our pj's and laughed, laughed, laughed!






Saturday I fixed brunch for everyone. Then we ate and got ready and left for Tallahassee. We shopped ALL over, ate at the Olive Garden, and made a Starbucks run for our late night drive home. We never got to bake like we wanted to. We were supposed to have a baking extravaganza. Oh well. We laughed, cried, and shopped until we dropped.






We also found some $1.50 purchases!


Tonight I'm going to walk over for our next door neighbors yearly Christmas Party...they will be up really late...and we can't hang that late on a Sunday night, but it will be fun for a little bit. Then I'm going to lay out my clothes for the week. PJ's for Friday! Take a nice hot bath, work on my Bible Study, add a few scores to my matrix, then watch a Christmas movie with my husband.

Galations 1:3
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.