Hi Pat,
Thanks for sharing your lovely Christmas story with us.  It sounds like 
great fun and when you are with friends you love, it makes it even better.
Huggs and blessings,
Virgie and Hoshi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Ferguson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 6:56 PM
Subject: A sweet Christmas


> Hi Everyone,
>
> I hope and pray that you all had a very wonderful and Blessed Christmas.
>
> I thought I would briefly tell you about our wonderful Christmas.
>
> It was truly sweet and filled with so much love and peace.
>
> Okay, yes I was bad. I opened a few gifts early. lol. I totally love my 
> new Nu-Wave oven. I got it in October, I think. lol. Vernon ordered it on 
> line for me. It uses Infarrered, Conduction, and Convexion cooking. It's 
> cool.
>
> Then the day after ThanksGiving, we were up stairs having our breakfast. 
> Vernon had just cooked the bacon, brought up the breakfast. I new where he 
> was. lol. The Microwave started. lol. I told him, and he went down and 
> shut it off. We agreed it was time for a new microwave oven. lol. We had 
> not planned on going shopping the day after ThanksGiving, but we did. He 
> bought me a new Sharp Microwave oven, and I really love it.
>
> One day about 3 weeks ago, I got an email from one of our suppliers. lol. 
> The subject was "An Order Confirmation." I opened it, as I had not ordered 
> anything from them, but I had thought about ordering something from them, 
> but I didn't. I read something about phones in the email. I saw no 
> reference to a credit card number or anything. I saw a shipping tracking 
> number. lol. I asked Vernon about it. He wasn't too happy that they sent 
> the email. He was not mad at me. <smile>
>
> He told me the story about the phones, and that I would love them. lol. 
> Sure enough, I do love them. All 5 phones. lol. Yes, you heard me right. 
> One base and 5 hand sets. It's so cool. We programmed them all to play "We 
> wish you a Merry Christmas." lol. That is on line 1. On line 2, which is 
> the business line, we programmed them to play "When Irish Eyes are 
> Smiling." It's so cool to hear them all ring. lol. Each hand set has their 
> separate charger.
>
>
> Then we had our Christmas party on December 9th. There were 7 of us here 
> and we had a lot of fun. We had lots of appetisers and someone gave me a 
> neat box of Margarita glasses. lol. This is a friend who comes over often 
> and yes, we do have a Margarita now and then. lol. We made some that 
> evening for our little happy hour. Some just had cokes, but 4 of us had 
> Margarita's in the new glasses. Oh, you all should have been here. We had 
> breaded mushrooms, breaded mozarella sticks, mini chipotli tacos, bread 
> sticks with cheese in them, meat and cheese on tooth picks, veggies and 
> dip, dill pickles, and lots of squeezings and laughs. lol.
>
> Then we had our main meal which consisted of spaghetti, garlic bread, 
> salad, and wine. Then after we finished eating, I played the organ and 
> Vernon and Kari did the cleanup and started the dish washer. Then we 
> played a really fun card game with white elophant gifts. It was a cool 
> game and everyone ended up with something. It was all good and clean fun. 
> <smile> Then we visited, and passed around the goodie boxes for everyone. 
> They were all surprised. Yes, we did it, fudge and peanut briddle. I made 
> the fudge and Vernon made the peanut briddle. It was a fun time.
>
> Last Friday Kari and I went to a party here in town. The Country Club was 
> closing it's doors, there fore they had a party for everyone in town. Kari 
> and I went, but Vernon did not want to go. It was very nice. We didn't 
> stay too long, as it was really crowded. The food was excellent. When she 
> brought me home, it wasn't long and some of our Menonight friends came 
> over to see us for a short visit. They brought a bag of buns. Well, let's 
> see, I think there are 6 in the family counting the parents so I got twice 
> that many squeezings. lol. They really love to squeeze. They invited us 
> for dinner on Christmas day.
>
> Saturday I wrapped Vernon's Christmas presents. It was fun. When I took 
> them down stairs to put under the Christmas tree, I saw another package 
> there. I laughed.
>
> We always open our presents on Christmas Eve. Sunday morning, I couldn't 
> wait. I'm worse that a child. lol.
>
> I opened my present, and it was a beautiful fiberoptic angel. It is really 
> beautiful and it is 20 inches high. She is wearing a beautiful dress that 
> hides the plastic peace that makes her skirt flair out, and that hides the 
> motor and wires. The wings move back and forth, and she lights up with 
> many colors. It's sweet.
>
> Then, I fixed ham and mashed potatoes for supper. It was nice and we had a 
> quiet loving day. Then we watched a movie together. This was one that I 
> bought him for Christmas.
>
> Monday, we went to Linda and Wesley Toews house for dinner. It was so 
> beautiful. The love was incredible, and God's presents was really there. 
> Oh, the lovings and squeezings, I couldn't believe it. We had a sweet time 
> with them all. We were given very practical gifts and munchies as well. 
> The food was excellent, and everyone was so sweet. I'm so glad they 
> invited us and they did let me help in the kitchen.
>
> Someone asked me where I got so much love. I told them that I don't take 
> any credit for it, and it was all from God.
>
> Then, on Tuesday night, we went to visit some more friends. They have 
> remodeled their house and it was really beautiful and the food and 
> fellowship was excellent.
>
> Okay, I've rambled on long enough. I want to hear aout all of your 
> Christmas's.
>
> I pray that you all have a very blessed new year and that 2007 is a much 
> better year for everyone.
>
> God Bless you all.
>
> Love,
> Pat Ferguson