It's me, Charity

Whew! Look at me all caught up! Just in time for the New Year! When we last left off,  I was at the Farm with my nephews. Christmas Eve I got up bright and early again to get ready to head back to town to serve at my churches Christmas Eve Services. I was in charge of leading guest services for both services. I also had to run to both of our local police depts before church to drop off the cards my students had decorated for them and the treats i had made. That is possibly my favorite Christmas eve tradition! I love surprising them and how excited they get. Doing something nice for someone, when they don't expect it, is just really fun!  I made my deliveries and then arrived early at church. I waited by the fireplace chatting and got congratulated on my recent engagement by Pastor Dave. Except i'm not engaged. Or even dating. HA! We were both confused, but it became the joke of the evening. Bless his heart, he was excited for me. I would be too! HA HA HA!  It

 Wahooo! This was a GOOD week! It was my last week of work for the year, and Christmas party in your lesson week. It was a happy stress free week! Tuesday I had concert #4 of 4, and my last one for the year!!!!!  My neighbors daughters have been cleaning out his house, and putting stuff outside in a free pile. I was outside chatting with them and saw storage containers in the free pile. So I asked if I could have them, and they said yes, So I got a TON of containers. This picture is actually the second time I got containers. I don't even know how many I got but it was double digits.I am going to be SO organized!  There was lots of washing containers, and then after some dried I decided to use some of them for my Christmas decorations. I took my tree ect down before I left for home this year and it was a brilliant idea. I will totally be doing this every year now. It was so nice to come back to  a clean house and not to have to spend my vacation taking

 This week started off with me very excited that I had ONE more Monday to teach !   I had enough points to get my free Dunkin Donuts drink, and what better way to start off a Monday?!  That Sunday, the 9'th. I was in the shower getting ready for church and heard loud noises and Men's voices. After I realized no one was in my house trying to kill me and my heart started beating properly again. I saw that they were working on the railroad behind my house. They proceeded to do this for almost two weeks. Starting at 7 am every day. Even. On. Weekends. I am up at 7 several days of the week, but I was not a happy camper to hear them on days I didn't have to be awake that early. This was a busy week of teaching, and prepping for Christmas party in your lesson week. I made a double batch of my PB fudge and barely had enough for everyone's boxes! I also had my last Thursday of Bible study and showed up matching my friend Jocelyn. We took a picture but it w

 Week 49 started off with church on Sunday!  Monday the neighbor's trash bin got picked up, and It was really interesting to watch how they attached it and pulled it right up! I am easily entertained.  One of my Bible study friends is super craft and had made us each a cute little tree! I put mine in the studio! It's so pretty!  Tuesday brought Concert #3 of 4. I played for a Christmas dinner and it was so cozy! I play for this dinner every year and it's one of my favorite Christmas traditions.  The piano is on a riser, so when you are pedaling for an hour and a half straight it can really make you foot, leg and hip sore. So I brought books to prop up my pedaling foot with and it worked quite nicely!  And look who showed up at the end of the dinner? SANTA!!  And his wife!!  Thursday morning was my turn to bring treats to bible study, so I made my Apple Cinnamon Pull apart bread, with cream cheese icing. I might have gotten a little