Day 124.  If you remember back at day 100 I lost my glasses.  I got out my old pair and have been using them sense.  Today as we were shopping my glasses weren't fitting right so I was adjusting them and they broke.  Now I can't see to read, or blog.  All of my life I haven't needed glasses at all, until about 4 years ago.  Now it seems that I depend on them everyday, and what may not seem like a big change in my eyesight really affects the way I see and feel.  I am writing this a few days late because I couldn't see to do it, but, I will catch up to that.  All my life I have heard that you don't know what you have until it's gone.  If you don't understand that, just wait.  There are some things I pray that I never have to find out what it's like to be without. 

Day 123.  I can't believe these trees are still changing.  When so many trees are already bare these are still holding on.  It won't be too long now until they are red and then finally they will lose their leaves also.  When every thing seems to be dormant and lifeless there is still life waiting to spring up.  It' like the resurrection.  Just when the world thought that Jesus was dead, God raised him up to life.  Hold on, spring is coming.

Day 122.  I can't believe it is almost Christmas.  It is not Thanksgiving yet but the city has already lighted/lit up the street decorations.  Tomorrow night is supposed to be the official time to light them up.  Most of the decorations are candy canes or bells or trees, but their are two toy soldiers.  One on the east end of town and one on the west end.  This one is at our street, the east side of town.  Last year the light crew messed up and put him on the other side of the street.  We were pretty upset, and Annie was afraid that we wouldn't know where our street was.  This year they got it right.  It's nice to know that he will be standing guard once again where we sill see him every night.  

Day 121.  We had our Thanksgiving lunch at church today, and it was good.  The food was good, and the fellowship was great.  Then, we went to the community service tonight.  It was a great day and I'm going to leave it at that.

Day 120.  Saturday is a good day, a busy day.  At the end of the day I look back and realize I don't have a picture.  I had plans for one, but it didn't pan out.  I guess from now on I should really have a back up plan.  I take pictures that I think will be pretty good only to get them on the computer and find out they are out of focus or just plain blurry.  Needless to say, somedays are very frustrating.  Then you find that you took a really great picture, so you keep going.  This isn't that shot.  But, it was fun.

Day 119.  Yeah, we did it finally.  We made popcorn balls tonight.  They are so addictive.  I probably won't go to sleep for a while.  We use an old recipe that Stacy's Mimi passed down.  It uses white Karo syrup and butter and vanilla.   I don't know why we only make them around Halloween and Thanksgiving, except that it is for my own good.  Making popcorn balls has become a fall tradition for our family, and one I look forward to and hope will keep going.  Some traditions die because they are no longer relative to the family and some traditions continue because they bring the family closer together.  This one definitely brings us closer.  

Day 118.  The twins were both inducted into the Junior National Honor Society tonight.  It was pretty cool.  There are over 350 students in the eighth grade at their school and tonight there was 57 inducted.  That's pretty good I think.  They are in a good class.  I love that.  We have prayed for this all of their lives and God has been so gracious.  They will have good friends for life now and that is priceless.