Blogidays-December 21- Star of Bethlehem

I’m guessing you’ve all heard about the very rare space occurrence this evening - some are calling it the Star of Bethlehem or the Great Conjunction.  

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/the-great-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-saturn

Ever since I heard about it,  this song has been playing in my head and I have watched both of these on Youtube almost daily 

Star of Bethlehem with lyrics in captions 

And Star of Bethlehem sung by 3 young sisters 

We are planning to watch the southwest sky around sunset tonight and I just might keep listening to Star of Bethlehem whenever I want 

Merry Christmas everyone 

❤️Rhonda 

Blogidays December 20 - Merry Christmas sign

Hello

I entered a Facebook contest last week from a new business that does yard sign greeting cards..

I was surprised when I won and thought the prize would just be the 2 elves with the ‘we miss you’ and tree. 

The company just sent me this photo of the sign they put out at my parents retirement home.  They live on the 2nd floor and can see it from their balcony.  Many of the residents walk daily on the sidewalk and I think they will enjoy seeing it too. 

These yard cards are great!  The company sets up the ordered message and then also removes it, usually in the evening so the sign is a surprise to the recipient.  

This business is called Sign Gypsies-Stillwater 

Isn’t this  a fun greeting? 

❤️ Rhonda 

Blogidays December 19 - birthday fun

Hello everyone, 

First I want to thank everyone for the sweet comments about my granddaughter’s project.  She was on the front page of our newspaper today and now has more orders for ornaments - several of them were from people with families that have been through Covid and want the ornaments to commemorate what they went through in 2020.  In fact she has so many more ornaments to make,  I’m going to help her tomorrow.  

I’m still amazed how much she accomplished and how many people it has made happy ❤️

And thank you all for the loving comments about her 

Today we celebrated my birthday and it’s been a great day.

I went to see my parents first thing and my mom crocheted this adorable snowman for me.  

I talked to or saw all my grandchildren and children today.  

We ordered Panera catering for our lunch -salads, soups, baguettes, sandwiches and desserts.  It was delicious and there was so much, we had it for supper and will have it tomorrow and maybe Monday too.  (I know everyone is not a fan of leftovers but we are) 

My children gave me some wonderful scented candles, wax melts, potpourri and  hand lotions.  

And my husband gave me a beautiful pearl necklace. 

I took a few more photos at my parents retirement home.  

  

Both of these smaller trees have lighted gifts around the base.  They look really good in person.  

If y’all have read my blog any length of time,  you know I like to grow succulents. 

I saw this mini succulent that hangs on a car mirror on Mercari and it may be cute buts it’s ridiculous and would most likely block a lot of the drivers vision.  

But it is really cute 😊

Good night everyone. 

Hope you all have a good day 

❤️Rhonda 

 

Blogidays December 18 - our little philanthropist

Hello everyone 

This will be a brag post about our oldest Granddaughter- 10 year old Elizabeth 

I think these photos will explain what she did 

She ended up selling 97 ornaments and raising almost $600

Below is what she bought (with Walmart grocery pickup) 

We helped her family pick up and deliver all this to the hospital.  

They loaded the snacks into their van and the drinks went in the back of my husband’s pickup.   

Our former next door neighbor is the Public Relations director at our little hospital and she was just so happy with this donation. 

She said there are 90 workers in the Covid unit (at this little hospital😳) and she said this will really help them be more comfortable and help raise their spirits.  

Little people can do big things and I’m very proud of her and happy that the workers will get a little boost

❤️Rhonda 

Blogidays December 17 - lunch and a school program

Hello - I didn’t forget to post today, it was just a busy day.  

Some of the grands were here for the afternoon after they did their virtual school work and zooms. 

This was our impromptu lunch - 

fruit, 

little frozen pizzas

French fries because the kiddos asked for them and they baked with the pizzas

Chocolate chip muffins because Elizabeth wanted to make and eat them

 Chocolate Chip Muffins is on of the first recipes I ever got from the internet and have been baking them since 1998. 

In the evening, we drove out the the country school where 2 grandsons go and saw the 6th grader play his trumpet in a Christmas concert 

A friend of ours is a single foster mother and has adopted 4 of her foster children.  She posts some of their activities on FB and this one was so funny,  I thought y’all would all laugh at it.  

She has lots of confidence,  doesn’t she?  

Good evening everyone 

❤️ Rhonda