This year, two young girls at Calvary Lutheran Church wrote and directed the children’s program. It was great! 
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OCD
I told myself not to open the jigsaw puzzle box, but I did. Then I couldn’t leave it alone. I even forgot to eat sometimes (that’s a miracle). Every spare minute, I was looking for a piece to fit in. The minutes became an hour, then an afternoon, then …
four days went by and I was done! 1000 pieces. Then a little panic set in – what Christmas tasks have I ignored and must get done in the next 3 days?
Tricks Christmas performance
Avery goes to gymnastics at Tricks every Saturday. Today all similar classes got together to show families all the skills students have learned.
50 years ago today …
.. my brother Doug was killed in a car accident. What a tragic event for my family. Doug had just finished his first football season at the University of Utah and came home for Christmas. The first night home, he went to a basketball tournament with a friend and was killed when a car ran a stop sign and spun Doug’s little sports car into an oncoming car. He was gone. The tragedy was compounded 8 days later when a woman came to the door to tell my parents that her daughter had a baby that night. She claimed Doug was the father. After a lot of fact-gathering and investigation, my parents decided Doug probably wasn’t the father.
This past Thanksgiving, I received this comment (in the profile section of this blog) which needed approval before it could be posted:
My parents were right! And I’m glad Doug Harrison found his true family.
St Ignatius Christmas program
We filled up one entire pew at St Ignatius plus a few seats along the aisle.
Sophia’s 5th grade class (she is in the front row, second from left):
Avery’s 2nd grade class (he is in the front row, center, his face partially hidden by a cellphone):
This little girl kept escaping to run down the aisle until her mom found an effective strategy.
Retired teachers’ luncheon
The people who attend are all retired from Rio Linda Union School District (or Twin Rivers USD if it was after 2003). The group is definitely shrinking as we all keep getting older.
Northridge Country Club
Ade, Jim Potter
Linda, Kathy
Kay Potter, Diane O’Brien
Georgene Cooper, Terry Barto
Avery and Charlie
Sophia is the best puppy caretaker, but after a couple of hours, she insisted it was Avery’s turn. Avery’s preferred arrangement for playing with Charlie:
That didn’t last long, however. He decided he needed to do his homework – where Charlie couldn’t bother him.
Dinner at Adrienne’s
Ade had a few friends over for dinner tonight.
Linda, Joan, me, Sandi, Ade
Sports Saturday
Go #3! St Ignatius won their first game in today’s tournament.
During the break between games, Carson went to gymnastics.
In the afternoon, the girls from St John’s the Evangelist won the tournament.
Walnut delivery
Romona Willits used to go to Calvary Lutheran Church but recently moved to Placerville to be closer to family. Today she drove down with her daughter Carol to go to an event at Heritage Park, a perfect opportunity to give her some walnuts.
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