The coffee is brewing, the house is quiet except for the chatter of the coffee dripping and I am trying to get motivated to make a list of things to do today! We have had such a wonderful time in Lima despite the miserably cold and dreary weather. We have had sun out 2 days in a row and though my Aussie tan is fading I still have hope that the sun will continue to shine through the cold!!!

We celebrated Chris’ 49th birthday again yesterday with a lunch at The Inn at Ohio Northern with Bryan and Colleen and Meredith and had a really nice time. Took a tour of the facility which is really nice, by the way–(makes me want to move in there! )and then walked over to MacIntosh to check out the bookstore. Merry Christmas to us!!! Stocked up on ONU merchandise and had a great time. Chris went back to Dad’s and then I went with Colleen and Meredith shopping. Aaron came in from North Carolina in his purty car and he went with us to the mall to look for a coat and some sweaters. He is such a skinny thing it is hard to find stuff but since he shipped most of his cold weather clothing by sea mail from Melbourne and has no idea when it will get here he decided he needed some warmer stuff. So all is good—we are spending today doing who knows what and just being together. Tomorrow we drive to Columbus to pick Micah up at the airport before driving down to Freeport, OH to be with my sister and the rest of my fam for a few days. Should be a great time with a lot of confusion, noise, animals and fun!!! Can’t wait!

Hope all have a very merry Christmas!!!