Owensville: Merry 2010 Christmas!!

As we end 2010, we want to wish all of you who read this very happy holidays! Our year was a good one. Still have not sold our house in Michigan, which continues to be a bit of a financial drain for us, but we have good health and really are very fortunate. Mike had his left total hip replaced this fall and his thoughts about that are further down in this blog. Various pictures of some of our other activities are also posted here. I found a good part time job as a public health nurse in a town about 40 minutes from here and think I will grow to love it. We have not been able to see our St. Louis friends either out here ...or in there...as often as we would have hoped...but are loving living here in Owensville. And are making new friends here. Mike has become a bit active in the local theatre group and we are going to join both the Arts Council and the local Democratic club. We have found a wonderful church which we are now members of. These folks have been so friendly and welcoming to us in every way....and we look forward to developing lots of friendships with them. We have joined the choir and love singing in harmony with their lovely voices. We have said to each other many times....how glad we are that we chose Owensville as a place to live...and look forward to having many happy years here!

Below are some pictures of our Christmas Decorations. We got two new electric heaters and have loved having mantles to decorate. This Christmas besides giving and going to parties with our friends...both new and old, we will have Mike's kids and grandkids out on the 26th for gifts and dinner. They are predicting snow on Christmas Eve so to go to the 11PM service at our church should be lovely! We can walk if it gets too deep!! Love living in a small town. Hope all your days are merry....and that 2011 is a wonderful year for us all!!