Yesterday was a GREAT day!

Will and I had a wonderful day yesterday! I just had to share it with you.....at least a little of it. We got the kids off to school yesterday bright and early and then went out to check out our Christmas tree that I had brought home. It is absolutely perfect for the size of the room! I am so tickled with it.
Oh yeah, right after the kids got on the bus, I ran my car down to our mechanic's shop. It had been wailing it's misery at me for a week or two. Will looked it over and could not see anything and I was just praying that it would not be anything major. You would have thought with all of the noise it made that it would be falling into pieces in the middle of the road. I was really praying hard because who wants a huge car repair bill right before Christmas? Well, come to find out that during all of the road construction that I have been dealing with this year a rock must have flown up and bent the cover on the CV boot and it was rubbing. They fixed it quick and changed the light bulb in the headlight that had gone out during one of my trips into the ditch. The bill wasn't bad, less than $75 for everything. It would not even have been that bad but it took a little while to get to the boot because they could not find a tool small enough to fit in the space so they had to take off the wheel. Anyway, the end of the story is I'm now driving a car that is not screaming in anguish every time the wheel spins.
After our Christmas tree discussion we went into Cranfest and helped to put together 2 grapevine deer that are lighted for our winter scene in Warrens. We wired and zip-tied and wired some more. Hopefully, they will not fall apart if we have a blizzard or some such nonsense. We then set up the scene and left Gale and Lloyd to finish as we went to pick up my car and head for LaCrosse. I had mailed in my tag renewal card and check and it never reached them or else it was lost in the shuffle. Of course that meant a 1 hour trip to pay in person and a late fee. Well, we got there and the lady waived the late fee and we only had to be there waiting less than 10 minutes start to finish.
We then snuck in a lunch out at Olive Garden. Will and I hardly ever get a chance to be by ourselves and eat lunch and just sit and talk. It was so great! We enjoyed ourselves so much. We came home and stopped at Walmart to pick up the 200' of lights that he has to put up today on the Cranfest building and then it was home to get supper for the kids and Will fit in a nap. Then it was church at 7 for Bible study and youth group. Home and everyone in bed at 9:00.
It was a great day!
The best thing of all was I spent the day with my hubby. He really is my best friend and the best company I can think of. If we ever get the chance to retire, I don't think that we will have a problem being bored. There is too much to see and enjoy. The 16th anniversary of our first date is coming up and I can honestly say that I love him more today than I did then. I can also say that he has grown into one of the finest men that I have ever known in my life. I sure picked a keeper!
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