'Tis The Season Of Friends

As I sit here with writer's cramp from addressing Christmas cards and juggling our schedule to get in all the holiday invitations, I am just overwhelmed by the good fortune to have so many wonderful friends in our lives. We should be having a bad year having both gone through layoffs and having to rework our budget a few times, but between being surrounded by great people--and having an attorney to keep the ex wife away from us so we're not receiving the hateful letters every week/day--we're having the most marvelous holiday season I could imagine.

Thursday night we had dinner with some friends--an older couple who grew up during the Great Depression--and besides just being wonderful people, they could teach us all a lot about being happy with who we are and what we have. They grew up with large families and little money, and learned to enjoy card games because cards were inexpensive. Board games were not. They taught us a marvelous game called "Hand and Foot," and we're going to have them over here shortly for another round. We're also getting a group together for pinochle and they've invited us to join a supper club. How cool is that?

Monday is the next Soup Night, and we have ornament exchanges, Dutch Oven cooking parties, Christmas parties, and even a Winter Solstice bonfire party to enjoy. We might have had to cut back on spending money this holiday season, but we still have what's truly most important in life. I hope you do as well.