Wow!  What a Christmas you had Pat.  Thanks for sharing it with you.  You 
made me feel as if I was there.  Only, I didn't get any of those goodies. 
Grin.  We had a good Christmas too, and I'll write more--snow and all.

Vicki

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Ferguson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 4:56 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