There is one pic this week.

The weather continues to be a wild rollercoaster. The most exciting day was Wednesday. They were forecasting snow, and we actually got some. It ended up not sticking to the roads. But we knew that if there was more snow than predicted on the most heavily traveled day on the calendar, Danita could end up having a very rough time coming home from work. So she decided to work at home. We decided to go to Bob Evans for breakfast, using a week-day only BOGO. While we had breakfast, we did most of our Christmas shopping. (Thank you, Amazon). Everything except one item has already arrived. After breakfast, we went home and Danita started her work. That evening, I declared a snow emergency. It can be a hard life, watching TV, skipping the commercials, drinking that red wine, and eating those snacks.

Thursday was our smallest Thanksgiving ever. Bud ended up going to Danita’s sister’s house, so it was just Danita, Mark, and me. Friday was a holiday for Danita. She went down to visit her dad while Mark and I went to see a movie. We saw the Hunger Games, “Mockingjay Part 1.” We both enjoyed the movie.

Advent Hike

We officially transferred our Church parish from St. Louis in Clarksville to Our Lady of Perpetual Help (OLPH) in Ellicott City. OLPH is much closer to us than St. Louis, and their parish seems to be more active. OLPH has a hiking club. Today was their annual Advent hike. They walk through Patapsco park, then visit an order of nuns for prayers and singing. It was a lot of fun, and the weather was perfect. We went on this hike with about 40 other people. Here’s a picture of Danita and some of the hikers at the nuns’ graveyard.

I hope this finds everybody doing well.