Nashville News

Still ill, still not Covid, and still grateful for that! Here is another blog entry that was in-progress and to be posted another time. 

I got a letter from Kate in the mail this week. I flipped it over to open and saw this little note on the back:

(I love the exclamation points turned into smiley faces!)

Smiling, I hung that blue envelope on my tree, feeling an understanding and even a kinship with a character that Jimmy Stewart had played in the 1980 short film, Mr. Krueger's Christmas.

It's a very obscure, dated, and cheesy Christmas movie made in 1980, but it has heart and makes me cry whenever I watch it. 

Her letter made me think of the scene where Mr. Krueger says, "You remind me of everything good about Christmas." (Go to 21:22 for the quote and to see what Mr. Krueger has hung on his tree.)

Kate's letter did the same for me. (Thank you, sweetie!)

I also received this picture of Susie with the Lego snowman she'd just made. I'd found several small holiday Lego sets at JoAnn's this fall and knowing that Cole's family always sets up a HUGE Lego Christmas village every year, I'd bought them for the family and gave them to them at Thanksgiving. They're working on their Lego Christmas village now.

I love his idea of putting the snowman into the Lego village with elves working on building it! 

A video of the 2021 Lego Christmas Village

Another view of the village by Emily. Unfortunately the sound will not work but the views are good and she has inserted some explanatory text.

Some sadder news came out of Nashville this week, too. Tornadic storms went through the area, and a deadly tornado swept through north of the city. We have thirteen family members who live in the Nashville area, so needless to say, we were concerned.

Pat and Carmen are Todd's parents. (Todd is Sarah's husband.) I'd also heard from Sarah about her in-loves' well being.

Because that area of Tennessee is thin soil over solid rock, very few homes have basements. So, when a tornado comes through, there is little shelter from it. Hendersonville, and the area around it, was fortunate that more people were not hurt or killed.

December 11 Advent Calendar Reveal

At last! I guessed right! A rider, although I was not expecting it to come with a saddle, too.

Look closely and you can see that the feet are sculpted into the stirrups for a more realistic effect.

I am really enjoying this year's advent calendar. Dare I hope that Breyer will put out a new one next year?