Christmas 2008

I was blessed to be able to travel to Richmond and spend Christmas with William and Elisa and their children. Nancy also came down from New York and that was extra special also. Chris and Elaine, Elisa's parents, shared their home, food, and love with all of us and Chris' mother, affectionally called Nana, was also present. It was a wonderful trip.

Of course, I do not have normal trips anymore. On Christmas Eve, William and I went out to do a few last minute things and decided to go through the drive-thru at Hardee's. As we went to pull up to the window, the car made a loud clanking sound and died. William was able to push it into a parking slot, and the manager said we could leave it there as it was after 2 pm and everything was closed or closing for the holiday. The day after Christmas, we had it towed to the Ford dealership and I have "blown an engine". William is being very good to me and he is going to see someone about our getting a rebuilt engine as a new one is $5600!

Elisa, her mom, Phillip, and Jamie brought me home on the 30th. Thank you all.

My plans have been to visit Nancy sometime this summer. Last May when I went to visit Daniel, Brittany and Spencer, I got pneumonia, went to the hospital, and had to stay there an extra week. Now, in December, I had to stay extra days with William and Elisa. Needless to say, Nancy is "rethinking" a visit from me. :-)

I truly enjoyed my time with those present, but I missed Keith, Cynthia and Adam, Daniel and Brittany with Spencer and Jakob, and Linda. It was not the same without them.