Holiday Blogging

Christmas weekend will be hectic and my posting will be somewhat interrupted and not on its typical schedule. Today's been crazy with events with the boyfriend's parents and friends and tomorrow morning we are making the drive up to Charlottesville which is still recovering from more than 2 feet of snow last weekend The Rotunda on the UVA campus is pictured above). I will post as and when I have an opportunity and wish all my readers a Merry Christmas. I also want to thank all of you for supporting my efforts on this blog. Your positive feed back means more than you will ever know.

Merry Christmas!

I want to wish all my readers a very Merry Christmas!!

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The boyfriend and I had a wonderful Christmas Eve with friends in Williamsburg last night and then attended a beautiful traditional Christmas service at St. John's Episcopal Church in Hampton (pictured at left) not too far from his home. We did this rather than drive all the way back to First Lutheran in Norfolk. St. John's is an interesting church since it is the oldest Anglican parish in continuous existence in America, dating from 1610 - yes, 10 years before the Pilgrims even landed in Massachusetts. The present church building dates from 1728 and is a beautiful cruciform structure.

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Later today we will drive up to Charlottesville to visit my mother for the weekend. My children are out of town - the girls are in New York City with the ex-wife's parents and my son now lives in Prescott, Arizona - but I will be calling them later in the day to wish them a wonderful Christmas. The boyfriend continues to be a sweetheart and a treasure and I am so fortunate to have him in my life. So far, our first Christmas together has been wonderful.

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Again, Merry Christmas to all of you who visit this blog.

Charlottesville, Christmas Eve

I made it here safely and luckily had no bad traffic to contend with - hopefully I will be lucky on the return trip. The photo above is of Jefferson's Monticello by candlelight (I drove past the entrance on the way to my mom's place). My mom is fine and I brought her a double chocolate cake from Rowena's - a specialty bakery in Norfolk owned by a friend of mine I know through the Ghent Business Association. My mom has pretty much everything she wants or needs, so a food gift is always welcome.In fact she has already sampled a piece.

We will be going to church with my sister and her family this evening and she will be hosting everyone at her place tomorrow. My brother and his wife and daughter will be doing an Episcopal service with my sister-in-laws parents tonight. I will miss not being at First Lutheran's midnight service which is gorgeous, but it will be nice to be with family even if it is at a Catholic Service. I forgot to pack my pride bracelet from this year's Pride, so I will not be visibly protesting.

I spoke with the ex-b/f on the drive up. We still miss each other a great deal. He is going to a Lutheran church tonight down in Charlotte. and will have dinner with his sister's family tomorrow. I also had a nice conversation with my son - he is working this evening and thinks the tips (he is working as a waiter currently) will be good from all the folks going out before going to the late church services.

I again hope that each and every one of you have a wonderful holiday. Dave, thanks for the phone call -I hope you day tomorrow is peaceful. Coming out and still living in the same house is NOT a fun experience. You will be in my thoughts.