Thanksgiving Week-end

This was by far the loneliest Thanksgiving I can remember. Besides being away from friends and family, Arne wasn't feeling up to par so we didn't do anything all day except for an hour at the driving range. I didn't even cook as I thought we were going out to eat but that didn't happen. We did get calls from Nick, Taylor and Lisa as well as a nice text message from grandson Aaron. I'm not looking forward to a lonely Christmas. I did decorate the house a little today to at least get into a festive mood. Christmas is really supposed to be about Christ so maybe it's not all bad to just focus on Him this year.

Friday we drove up to Ocala and looked at lamps and coffee tables. Did order a lamp but couldn't decide on the tables.

Saturday morning I was surprised to see myself on the front page of a section of the local paper. These pictures were taken the day we packed bags of food for the local food pantry.I'm the one in green. :-)

Saturday afternoon we had a visit from a high school classmate of Arne's. He and his wife drove up from Tampa. The two guys spent all afternoon reminiscing of their prowess on the baseball diamond. Jack was the pitcher when Lane Tech won the Chicago City Championship and Arne hit in the winning run. We took them to lunch at Arnie Palmer Legends Country Club about 2 miles from us. Can you believe...I forgot to take a picture and I had my camera in my purse!

Besides decorating today, I went to volleyball. I've been hitting the ball incorrectly so other players have been kind enough to show me the proper way to avoid broken or sprained fingers. One gal told me to practice in front of the mirror all week and to visualize the ball coming over the net. Hopefully, I will be better next week and the big knuckle on my index finger won't hurt as it has every other time I've played.