Sunday, December 18th

Chilly morning in the Valley where it seemed someone had turned off the sun, although it did warm up to be a pleasant day.  It was a jacket day, well for me anyway, although I did see some guys in shorts, I was not one of them.
  Got up and around early and went to the church service.  The regular pastor was away and his regular stand-in conducted the service today.  He does a good job and this was one of his better efforts.  The hymns last week and this were pretty much what we know as Christmas carols and when sung by a larger group were very nice.  We also had a special part of the service where Cale Moon http://calemoon.com/about/ did one of his own songs and another by a well known singer.  At the end of the service instead of the planned hymn, he consented to a 3rd song and opted for Joy to the World in which the congregation joined to make for a stirring finish.  A nice young fellow trying to make his way in the music world and although he seems to be making a go of it; it's a tough career path.  They seem to like the RV park here, so are staying over to have their Christmas here.  Check him out.
  After Marg & I took her buddy, Lynette, out looking at carpet.  It seems her daughters want to get together on a joint gift of new flooring for her trailer.  Marg wanted to help her, fearing she would just put it off and knowing how much she wanted a new floor.  We made the rounds to Lowes & Home Depot where she found a couple of selections she liked at a price she seemed satisfied with.  I believe she wants to think it over, but she seemed to value Marg's input on the colors and the match to a piece of tile she had brought along.  She took home a couple of carpet swatches, so we'll see.
  After dropping her off we went to Fry's as we needed a few things.  Marg always buys the specials there and today was no different.  We needed some ginger ale as we drink it when we have an upset stomach.  They had pop on 4 cases for $8.88 and there are no can deposits, so a couple cases of Canada Dry came home with us.  I could take the empties home and pay for it with the deposits, if it wasn't against the rules and we had endless room.  Then I stopped at the pumps to fill up as we had enough points to get a 10 cent discount and ended up paying $1.89 per gallon, about 50 cents a litre and I made the most of it as the low fuel light was on, so I took on about 26 gallons.
  Returning home [well our winter home anyway], Marg delivered the Christmas cards she made for other people in the park who have already given us one.  While out she picked up tickets for the performance Cale is putting on here Wednesday.  Apparently they only had a few tickets left and it was only Friday he decided to do it.  I did some clean up in my shed and built a place to mount the bench grinder I bought.  Now I just need something that needs grinding.
  We went to happy hour as Kenny & Doris are leaving tomorrow and we wanted to see them off as did everyone else there.  They are driving back to Kansas in the morning.  Always makes me think of Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, you're not in Kansas anymore!  Then stopped at their place on the way back as Kenny wanted to give me a key so I can check on it while they are away.  We will also pick up the paper as they will be gone a couple of weeks.  Even though his truck is 4x4, we all worry about them driving this time of year and our hope is they have good roads.
  Cheer up although it's chilly [well mainly at night] we have warm coats and it's supposed to warm up tomorrow here and be in the 70's [21C plus] all week and I am playing golf tomorrow morning.