School will be out in a few days for the Christmas holidays. I pray all school and college students and faculty members will have a safe and fun vacation from school for a couple of weeks.
Ginger Harrison and her husband, Phil, along with their Aunt Linda Harrison, had a great lunch at Diane Nail Hill’s Sunday. They were celebrating Phil’s birthday (the 16th) early. Belated happy birthday, Phil!
Deborah McCool texted and said her son’s mother-in-law, Mary Howington of Senatobia, passed away Sunday morning, Dec. 14. Mary had been sick for a long time and lived with her daughter, Samantha and Chris McCool.
Deborah and Tommy McCool were in Leland this past weekend and took Tommy’s sister, Alice Kellum, with them. A little early Christmas with Tommy’s sisters.
Diane Dukes said her grandson, J.R. Dukes, took his girlfriend, Ashlee Juilian, deer hunting and she killed her first deer, an 8 point. “She was in hog heaven,” Diane explained. “J.R. just took her to see what she could do and she showed him. I think J.R. was as surprised as Ashlee!”
George Payne Cossar State Park had a really good turnout for the children to have cookies with Santa Claus. Pictures were also taken.
Martha Box had a great visit with family and friends at Pine Grove Church Saturday night. She said there was great food prepared by great cooks, adding, “The Christmas decor and singing really lifted our spirits.”
Martha Box also said she enjoyed a “wonderful Jesus message” Sunday morning. “Bro. Darby put the exclamation mark on receiving and keeping salvation from our Lord! And what a Christmas meal! Talk about Southern cooking and a great time. So love getting to worship with and visit with my lifelong friends and family! So loved all the Christmas decor everywhere. John Box is quite an artist! And his Arica, too.”
Lila Myrick said to please add her niece, Katelyn McClanahan (Joey’s wife), to your prayer list. She went to the ER the other night, and tests showed she has a very rare kind of E. coli and there’s nothing they can give her to treat it. They said it has to run its course. She’s really weak.
Thank you so much, my sweet daughter Donna Garripoli, for coming up two days and cleaning house, decorating my tree and helping put things away that were only collecting dust. Thanks also for the delicious chocolate fudge and for the coconut balls.
Happy birthday to sweet Lynlee Moorman, who celebrated her 5th birthday Monday, Dec. 15; to Kristie Hartley and Angie Waldo on the 18th; Mae Brannon White on the 21st; Steve Bailey and Chase Newman on the 22nd; and Angela Purdy on the 23rd. I hope you all have a wonderful time celebrating your special day!
Recipe of the week:
Cranberry Salad with Jello
Ingredients:
1 pound fresh cranberries
2 cups white sugar
1 ½ cups water
2 (3 oz.) packs cherry-flavored Jello gelatin
1 ½ cups chopped celery
1 ½ cups chopped, peeled apple
1 cup chopped pecans
Stir cranberries, sugar and water together in a saucepan; cook over medium heat, stirring often, until most of the berries have popped open (about 20 minutes). Remove saucepan from heat.
Stir gelatin into the cranberries mixture until dissolved completely; add celery, apple, and pecans and stir. Pour into a glass 13x9-inch dish. Refrigerate until set in the center, 10 to 12 hours.
Thought for the day: When the grandmothers of today hear the word Chippendale’s, they don’t necessarily think of chairs.
