We are in Okeechobee, Florida for the winter. We have been here a week and so far, we're loving it. We bought a lot in this rv park last winter and this is our first time to actually stay on it. So this week we have been pretty busy making it ours. We have begun putting up a vinyl fence at the back of the lot. We actually have a highway behind us--a pretty busy highway. Then wherever there is grass on our lot, we are getting rid of it. We will be putting down pavers and some lava rock. We have also ordered a pretty storage building to sit behind the motorhome where we will put a washer and dryer. YAY! It's all moving right along. So we are working our butts off right now.
It's so nice here. It's been getting down in the 60's at night and in the 80's during the day. So this makes it hard to feel like Christmas. It actually makes it hard to feel like winter--which is why we're here. We don't like cold, snow and ice. I brought a very few Christmas decorations--some very small stuff but have not taken the time to set anything out. The day we arrived in the park, one of our friends came by with a Christmas card and an ornament that she had made. So we have this one Christmas ornament up.
Then another friend from the opposite side of the park welcomed us with a loaf of banana bread made from bananas grown here in the park. This was our breakfast for several days.
We got all our Christmas gifts for the grandchildren and Mama mailed off, so we're done. We don't exchange gifts ourselves but we do have a tradition of eating Chinese and going to the theater on Christmas Day. Last Christmas, we came to Okeechobee and went to the beach with some friends from this park.
Not sure what we'll do Christmas Day this year. They do have a small theater here so we may go to the movies and eat Chinese. Anyway, whatever we do, we will have fun doing it and we will keep in our mind the true meaning of Christmas . . .
Thank you, Father, for sending Your Son so that we could have eternal life in Heaven with You. Thank you for loving us that much. May God Bless you all this Christmas and New Year.
We love and miss you all.
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