Changes

 

I think they have changed some things since I posted six weeks ago. I wonder what it will look like when I publish it. Things have also changed at my house. I now have a 9-month-old living here. My granddaughter Sara and her litle boy moved in about a month ago. Ethan is crawling now and pulling himself up, but hasn't started walking yet. His favorite plaything seems to be the plastic wine goblets that are on the bottom shelf of the cart my toaster-oven sits on, and the plastic soup bowls on the middle shelf. He hasn't started pulling down the melamine plates also on the middle shelf, but that will probably come soon. I started accumulating these plates when his oldest cousin was about 5 and spent a good bit of time here. With them being on a low shelf, Lexi could help set the table. She is now a sophomore at the University of Kentucky, so that was quite a few years ago. The Walk through Bethlehem that I mentioned in my last post is scheduled for the first weekend in December. It will be a bit different than in past years. Instead of the visitors walking around at will, groups of 15 or 20 will be escorted by a member of the church and will stay on the path between the market stalls. The children will be given 'goody bags' as they leave rather than 'shekels' as they enter to spend at the stalls. The visitors also will not go into the fellowship hall for refreshments after they visit the village. I have told them that I will supply at least 500 mini-rugs for those 'goody bags'. I have 369 done so far. The warp I have on the loom currently should take me over 400, and three more 8-yard warps should get me to my goal.