A quiet holiday.

[jennlk]

We did not have a white Christmas, although we have snow now. Sang and rang bells at church on Christmas Eve. EC (the new church pianist) sang a solo. Sunday church was Lessons and Carols, which are a lot of work for the songleader. Thursday (yes, New Year's Day), I trundled off to church to do some setup for the women's group event -- moved furniture, set up tables for registration & food, set up a couple of small seating areas, got assigned a speaking role for the event ("here, read this on Saturday"), etc. Saturday I got up early and made cornbread 'gems', then went over to actually do the event. I was not in charge of anything other than song leading (I like when that happens). I spent time chatting with people I've been emailing for a decade, and talking about the history of the church. Then we spent an hour moving everything back/doing dishes/taking the trash out/etc.

I am staying home today -- it's the first Sunday since mid-November that I haven't had at least one thing I needed to do.

Friday I ran proper errands for the first time since before Christmas, although I bailed on Costco. There was nothing on my list that I need that badly. It can all wait 'til next week.

J wandered off to Ishercon on Monday, so it was just me and the cats for most of the week.