Christmas is here!

It is officially Christmas in the Jeffrey household.  Lights are up outside, the tree is up with presents underneath and the house is decorated.  I'm almost done Christmas shopping.  Still a few more things to get, but basically I'm done.  Here's a picture of the tree and the fireplace...

oh...and a year ago this weekend, we were moving into our new beautiful home.  I can't believe it's been a year already!!

Break please...

It was a long weekend...I'm glad it's over.

Got more Christmas shopping done on Friday.  I think I only have a few more things to get and then I'm done.  I've done really good this year with getting it done early and not spending too much at once.  

I finally got to see the husband on Saturday for a little bit.  We did a little shopping for ourselves  and then after that Steven went back to work.  He's been working a lot lately.  I'm hoping it will slow down soon.  I hate seeing him working so much.  I know he is tired, not only physically, but I think spiritually too.  I pray that God gives him strength and patience everyday.   I hate spending the evenings by myself.  I feel like we haven't been able to talk or spend time with each other the past couple weeks, but like I said, hopefully his workload will decrease soon.  I don't know how much longer I can take of not seeing my husband.  

Last night was the pie auction at our church.  I'm so glad it's finally over.  I was so afraid I didn't get enough food and that there wasn't going to be a lot of pies, but everything came together and it was great! Plenty of food and 4 tables full of pies to auction off.  We raised over 8,000 dollars for missions!!  PTL!!!

We have a pretty busy holiday week.  We have to see Steven's family on Thursday, stay the night at my parents Thursday night and have thanksgiving with my family on Friday.  Saturday is the day my fall decorations come down and the Christmas decorations go up!  I'm so excited!  Last year we rushed to get the house decorated because we had moved into our house in December.  This year I think we can enjoy it more.  

I hope everyone has a great holiday!!  Don't eat too much!!

Lonely Weekend

The weekend has been uneventful so far.  Steven is gone this weekend which has left me alone by myself.  He went to Kansas City to help one of our friends move.  That whole thing is a bad situation, but that's a whole other story that I'm not getting into.

So far this weekend I have cleaned my house, baked cookies, gave myself a mani and pedi, and have watched all of my shows off of the dvr.  It was a great "girl"movie day.  I woke up to find that Steel Magnolias ( which is my all time favorite movie) was on this morning followed by other great movies that Steven would not watch me me...haha.

I love the time by myself, but after a while I really start to miss Steven.  I slept horrible last night without me.  I lined pillows up on his side of the bed to make it feel like he was there, but it didn't help much.  

That's about it for my weekend.  I figure the sooner I get to sleep, the sooner I get to see Steven.  His flight lands at 11:30 tomorrow morning.  Hopefully it gets here soon.

Oh and we are going to see Coldplay tomorrow night....be jealous...haha.

What a relaxing evening....just enjoyed an amazing cup of hot chocolate (made by the hubby) while sitting next to our fireplace.  I love the cold weather.  I love wearing layers of clothes and wrapping up in blankets.  

We had a great weekend.  We got to keep our nephew for the weekend and spoil him...as always.  We love keeping him, gives us practice for when we have our own.  We got to show him off at church the next day and I think everyone thought he was cute.  We got to visit our old church Sunday night.  It was great to see everyone.  It's always a good feeling to walk into a room and people rush to say hi to you.  We miss everyone so much at Life Fellowship.  They are like our family.  We have so many memories there with everyone.

I want to decorate for Christmas.  I had Steven agree to decorate the Saturday after Thanksgiving.  Last year I rushed to decorate the house because we moved in the first weekend of December, so this year I want to enjoy it.