Scattershooting Sunday

In other words, it's time to play some catchup. Christmas has come and gone, and it was a nice one this year. We had a nice music program Christmas Eve at 4:15 followed by services at 5:00 and 7:00. Christy wrangled the music program, and it turned out really well - especially considering that it was the first time Holy Shepherd had done one. Pastor Bramich then had a good sermon Christmas sermon at the 5:00 service.

Afterward, we headed over to Brother Robert's house for food and the traditional gift exchange. It was great to see everyone again, and we had a great time. Here are some pictures from the gift exchange.

Granny got Damon's handmade tank piggy-bank

Brother Robert is bummed that his B&N gift card got swiped on the final play

Then, we celebrated Christmas Day with Christy's parents. We started by exchanging gifts, but then the focus quickly turned to food. While we didn't have Christmas Dinner, Christy and Jeri were busy in the kitchen most of the day with other goodies - pie and cookies, of course! We then had a nice steak dinner that Okey and I enjoyed with a glass of red wine. Here are a couple of pictures from Christmas morning.

Christy and her new earrings from Damon

There's a new Clone Trooper in our house

I've also reviewed a couple of Vine items over the break. Check out my write ups on Ethics for the Real World and Back to Nature's Summer Berry Blend Cereal. I used to think that food items would be difficult to review, but they are actually pretty easy. I've got quite a backlog of books going so look for a few more reviews to come in the weeks ahead. In addition, I've written up a couple of folk CDs as well. Check out Ingrid Michaelson's CD Girls And Boys and Melody Gardot's CD Worrisome Heart. They are quite different, but I liked them both.

In other news, I am now on Facebook as you may notice by the link to the right. It's a social networking site more focused on quick updates and keeping in touch than the longer posts that you will see on Philip's Corner. I plan to keep both active so don't feel obligated to register for Facebook if that is not your thing.

Until next time...
PH