4 days of Christmas!  Today consisted of a little more shopping,(Thank you, Hannah, for wrapping them for me.) baking my husband’s fruit cake, painting and firing 2 times the ornaments that I need for tomorrow.  The kiln just turned off so they will be ready for me to give them away in the morning. 

Tomorrow we will go to church in the morning.  I can hardly wait to go and to hear the message our pastor has for us. My soul is ready for a time to be quiet, bask in the presence of the Lord, and be fed from His word.  I know He is always present with us but this is a special longing to be aware of His presence.  This intense desire to be fed from His word and to feel His presence should be a daily yearning. 

We will be having our family Christmas on Christmas eve.  I will have to make the Cranberry Salad tomorrow afternoon.  You can see my own recipe for the salad here.  I call it simply “Dixie’s Cranberry Salad.”  How original is that?

This is a 6 12 inch salad plate i painted an apple on.