DDA Chapter 27

[my3princes]

I'm going to cheat and just copy and paste my FB post, this is really amazing to see, and has had many of my co workers in tears to see such kindness. (me too)

Working in retail during the holidays is a real bummer to say the least, but this year I've been able to witness first hand a new form of sharing Christmas joy, "Layaway Angels" have been visiting the store all week and paying off layaways where people have their kids Christmas on layaway and are struggling to pay for it. We've seen many tears of joy because of the kindness of strangers. It's nice to see that there are people who care about others.

That is so nice to hear. There is still some good in the World

 

[mommykds]

Merry Christmas Eve everyone!!!

 

[PNO4TE]

Merry Christmas Eve, DDA!

 

[Tammi67]

Merry Christmas Eve! I hope everyone is enjoying the day with family and friends. Even though I'm at work, to me I'm with "family".

 

[my3princes]

I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas Eve and that Santa is good to all of you

 

[Blueeyes101817]

Merry Christmas everyone

 

[Tammi67]

Just got home from Midnight Mass with the kids. What spiritual nourishment! While the congregation and choir were singing Silent Night, I closed my eyes and was immediately transported to the Candlelight Processional. I have to admit, I got a little teary.

Merry Christmas to you all.

 

[PNO4TE]

 

[bear74]

Merry Christmas to all.

 

[bear74]

So thinking of going to Disneyland in September of next year. We will be married 10yrs. We honeymooned at WDW. Original thought was WDW but I not sure how much of fantasyland will be open. We have never done Disneyland so am considering it. Glynis and Tia I will welcome any and all sugestions if we do go.

 

[bethbuchall]

Merry Christmas, DDA! Thanks for being some of my best gifts!

 

[my3princes]

 

[MrsHeg]

Merry Christmas Friends,

I hope each of you had a wonderful Christmas, ours was simple spent with our children and grandchildren a various extended family members, couldn't ask for anything more.

I'm feeling much better, I go Tuesday for chest xrays to make sure everything is clear.

Christmas Eve at the store was filled with even more Angels, one in particular had us in tears. One of our coworkers is a single mother, her youngest is in hes first year of college, but she is also raising her 11 year old granddaughter. She works two jobs to make ends meet and doesn't have any money to spare after paying bills. She had already told the kids it was going to be a "light" Christmas this year. She had put a game system in layaway and was going to try and pay it out after Christmas and give it as a family gift. A man called the store and said he would like to be a Layaway Angel because he and his wife were never able to have children and wanted to make Christmas a little brighter for a child. The manager told him about our coworkers situation, he said he would be in to pay off her layaway and for her to go shopping and spend another $200 on the kids. We called her back to the office to tell her, she couldn't even talk for the tears. She was able to get a camera for her granddaughter, which was the only thing she had asked for and a coupld of things for her son. She told me that now she was excited about Christmas. Seeing all there acts of kindness this year has been a special blessing to me, Thank you so much to all of the Angels out there, you really did make a difference.

 

[Tammi67]

What a heart-warming story, Debbie. With all that is going on in the world, it sure is nice to hear some about "good". I'm also glad to hear that you are feeling better.

We had a nice, quiet Christmas here too. The kids were happy with their gifts, then we went to a friend's house for dinner. Good food and great friends.....who could ask for more?

 

[PNO4TE]

Happy Boxing Day, DDA!

 

[Blueeyes101817]

Hope you all had a nice Christmas. It was definitely a bit weird without Joe here, but we skyped and opened presents together so that was nice. Technology can be wonderful at times!
Today looks to be a lazy day-I don't have anything really planned so Im looking forward to a lowkey day!

 

[my3princes]

Merry Christmas Friends,

I hope each of you had a wonderful Christmas, ours was simple spent with our children and grandchildren a various extended family members, couldn't ask for anything more.

I'm feeling much better, I go Tuesday for chest xrays to make sure everything is clear.

Christmas Eve at the store was filled with even more Angels, one in particular had us in tears. One of our coworkers is a single mother, her youngest is in hes first year of college, but she is also raising her 11 year old granddaughter. She works two jobs to make ends meet and doesn't have any money to spare after paying bills. She had already told the kids it was going to be a "light" Christmas this year. She had put a game system in layaway and was going to try and pay it out after Christmas and give it as a family gift. A man called the store and said he would like to be a Layaway Angel because he and his wife were never able to have children and wanted to make Christmas a little brighter for a child. The manager told him about our coworkers situation, he said he would be in to pay off her layaway and for her to go shopping and spend another $200 on the kids. We called her back to the office to tell her, she couldn't even talk for the tears. She was able to get a camera for her granddaughter, which was the only thing she had asked for and a coupld of things for her son. She told me that now she was excited about Christmas. Seeing all there acts of kindness this year has been a special blessing to me, Thank you so much to all of the Angels out there, you really did make a difference.

You had me crying. How sweet those angels are.


We also had a quiet Christmas. The boys decided that we should open presents slowly and see what each person got. That was wonderful. We stayed home all day. We had expected my parents in the morning, but they decided to stay home until around 2 PM as we were having dinner. They stayed until 8. It really was nice to be home, enjoy the quiet and not feel like we had to be some where or doing something.

My brother asked on Christmas eve why we don't go someplace warm for Christmas so I wouldn't be suprised if we do a family trip someplace warm one of these Christmas' to come

 

[mommykds]

We had a nice quiet Christmas. The kids LOVE their Kindles & have not put them down for a minute. Now I want one!

Dana took the dog to a dog park & I got alot of cleaning done. I also booked all our dining for spring break. We will be eating at 50s Prime Time (my kids love this place), Yak & Yeti, Liberty Tree Tavern, Crystal Palace, & Sanaa. Can't wait to try Sanaa, heard so many good things about that.

 

[PNO4TE]

Good morning, DDA!

We also had a fairly quiet Christmas and I got to cook a lot more than I normally have time to do.

Since we are not into a large-screen HD television and I gave my Wii to Kristin when she moved to her apartment, we have never had Netflix. One of the gifts I gave Bob (knowing I will use it also) was a ROKU streaming media player. It is a wireless device that uses our home network to access Netflix and Hulu and Pandora and other sites like that. Kristin gave Bob the first 6 months of Netflix and I signed us up. It may very well be the best thing I have given him in years! He has found all the old Star Trek episodes and movies he loves but that we don't own and has been having so much fun. This makes me happy because I know he gets bored. One can only read so many books and watch so much TV, you know. I also got him a CAD program like he had when he was designing and he has started designing steam trains, of all things!

 

[my3princes]

Good morning, DDA!

We also had a fairly quiet Christmas and I got to cook a lot more than I normally have time to do.

Since we are not into a large-screen HD television and I gave my Wii to Kristin when she moved to her apartment, we have never had Netflix. One of the gifts I gave Bob (knowing I will use it also) was a ROKU streaming media player. It is a wireless device that uses our home network to access Netflix and Hulu and Pandora and other sites like that. Kristin gave Bob the first 6 months of Netflix and I signed us up. It may very well be the best thing I have given him in years! He has found all the old Star Trek episodes and movies he loves but that we don't own and has been having so much fun. This makes me happy because I know he gets bored. One can only read so many books and watch so much TV, you know. I also got him a CAD program like he had when he was designing and he has started designing steam trains, of all things!

I guess you know what tour to book next time your at WDW


Tomorrow is my 7 month window for Aulani. Please keep your fingers crossed that I can book what we want.