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