Merry Christmas!

DH and I are enjoying a nice quiet Christmas at home for the first time in our 6 years married. Last night we attending a Christmas Eve service at Northside UMC. The music was really good and we enjoyed singing all of the Christmas carols. I always enjoy flipping to the front of the United Methodist Hymnal and reading John Wesley's Rules of Singing. We sat around some good singers, and some people who weren't singing at all. DH and I were trying to make up for some of the slack. I was pleasantly surprised at the end of the service when we wished those around us "Merry Christmas," that the woman in front of us turned and said to us, "We really enjoyed your singing." Ah, more people should follow John Wesley's rules!

We're working on a yummy dinner for two - grilled ribeye steaks, green beans, and sticky rice with mushrooms. I think we'll be having vanilla ice cream with apple bundles and cinnamon sugar cookies for dessert. I hope everyone out there is having a Merry Christmas!

I (heart) the GT Wesley Foundation!

We had our biannual board meeting at the Wesley Foundation tonight. Lots of complements on the renovation work that we did this summer to the main fellowship area. Being head of the building committee, that made me very happy. There's still lots to do, with the kitchen renovation hopefully happening this coming summer 2008 - keep your fingers crossed that we continue to move our alumni and friends to contribute to this worthy (and much needed!) cause. DH and I spent a lot of time in this building during our time at Tech, and it is a very meaningful ministry to us and many of our friends. Architecturally speaking, this building was designed by Sam T. Hurst and Paul Heffernan in 1959 and built in 1960. It is a significant piece of architecture on campus - very different from any of the other buildings. If you're interested in making an end-of-the-year donation, check out the website: http://www.gtwf.org/. You can even make donations online now! Ah...technology...