thanks vicki.  it's actually a week from monday... i'm going to miss being 
26!
Jenifer gilley
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vicki and The Rors" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: A sweet Christmas


> Jen,
>
> What fun!  So, you had to go back to work to rest, did you?  Lol!  Happy 
> birthday, when ever that is, or shall I say happy un thirtieth birthday. 
> Hahahaheheheh!
>
> Vicki
>
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> From: "Jenifer Gilley" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 4:50 PM
> Subject: Re: A sweet Christmas
>
>
>> Hi pat.
>>
>> Your Christmas sounds wonderful!
>>
>> Ok... my turn!
>>
>> Friday we got out of work 2 hours early.  Jeremy and I decided to splerge 
>> and for part of our Christmas for each other, we got a limo to go to his 
>> parent's.  We spent friday with his dad, had chinese and played cards. 
>> Saturday we went bowling and relaxed with him and his stepmom.
>>
>> Sunday morning his mom picked us up and we went to breakfast.  We spent 
>> most of the day with her and her husband.  That night his dad picked us 
>> up and we went to his brothers for christmas eve.  We had fun.  Played 
>> games and had a silly-string fight.  And no... neither one of us started 
>> it!  It was a fun time.
>>
>> We went back to his moms that night to  spend the night.  We exchanged 
>> gifts sunday night.  I got a new robe, slippers, an ipod shuffle, a 
>> candle... and jeremy got me two beautiful hand-crafted dog ornaments. 
>> One is a black lab with jewls on her tummy... and the other is a yellow 
>> lab.
>>
>> Monday, we had dinner with his family and came back monday night.  We got 
>> home around 10:00.  Tired yet?  haha!  I know i was!
>>
>> The weekend before, we had christmas with my family!  Let's see.  I god 
>> windchimes from my sister-in-law, this really cool bowl that you put real 
>> popcorn in and pop it in the microwave, we both got a clock that chimes 
>> everry quarter hour, and on the hour it chimes for the hour-it's cool cuz 
>> it sleeps from 11:00-6:00, and we got our talking microwave!  We both 
>> asked each other what our favorite gifts were... and we're split between 
>> the clock and the microwave!  lol!  O yeah... i got two of my favorite 
>> movies, and a dvd also.  I must've been a good girl this year!  lol!
>>
>> All in all it was a lot of fun... busy... but fun!  For new years we're 
>> probably going to go to friends and just chill!  My mom's coming next 
>> weekend and we're going to celebrate my birthday which is... well i won't 
>> say when, cuz i'll be that much closer to 30!  uggg!!!  Can't i just go 
>> backwards instead??
>> Jenifer gilley
>> CHRIST came that we may have life everlasting.
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>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Pat Ferguson" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> 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
>>>
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