Showing posts with label Letter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Letter. Show all posts

Monday, December 16, 2024

2018 Christmas Letter Activies

 Well, another year has come and gone. Hope you and your family had a good year!

We had a lot going on this year. 

Enclosed are some of the activities our family did this year. 


(We had lots of cold weather in Jan & Feb)

Jan 9, Day Trip Hubby and I rode to Decatur Wildlife Refuge

Jan 15, Day Trip Hubby & I rode to Dodge City

Jan 25, Attended Wade Hall Post Cards @ Florence Library 

Jan 31, Trip to Saraland & Dolphin Island with my friend Wanda

FEBRUARY 

Feb1-4 Cruise to Cozumel, Mexico with my friend Wanda 

Feb 1, Boarded Ship 

Feb 2, Fun Day @ Sea

Feb 3, Spent day at Cozumel, Mexico 

Feb 4, Fun Day @ Sea
Feb 5, Traveled home 

Feb 9, Worked @ Killen Book Store 9-1 PM

Feb 19-21 Trip Hubby & I stayed @ Christmas Inn Pigeon Forge, TN

Feb 14, Valentine Brunch @ CBS

Feb 21, Grandson Jake Hughes's BIRTHDAY DINNER

Feb 24/25 Trip Hubby & I stayed @ Joe Wheeler Lodge for Wildlife Photo Weekend.

MARCH

Mar 2, Children's Museum of Shoals with Great Granddaughter Ava Grace 

Mar 1, Attended Get Dirty @ Library Petals & Pollinators

Mar 6, Hubby & Rode to Waynesboro  

Mar 8, Attended Get Dirty @ Library Vegetable Garden & Seed Swap

Mar 9,  Worked @ Killen Book Store 9-1 PM

On March 10, I attended the Coloring Alabama Class by Laura Murray @ Florence Library.

Mar 11, Attended Wedding Shower Granddaughter Hannah
Mar 12, Attended Bi-Centennial Party Florence @ Wilson Park 

Mar 19, Bought Nissan Murano @ Landers McCary Nissan Huntsville

Mar 22, Attended Get Dirty @ Library Garden Landscapes & Pest Management

Mar 25, Attended @ Help with my dad’s 91 Birthday party @ Cloverdale Senior Center

Mar 27, Attended Appreciation dinner @ Killen Senior Center 

Mar 28, Day Trip to Huntsville with Hubby to Landers McCary Nissan, ate lunch @ Mama’s Taco Community of Providence & Red Stone Arsenal  

Mar 29, Attended Get Dirty @ Library Urban Forestry & Tree Maintenance 

Mar 30, Served @ Passover Sadar @ Killen Baptist Church 

Mar 31, Attended Ava Grace’s 3rd Birthday Party 

APRIL

April 1, Easter Sunday Service

April 3, Day Trip Hubby & I rode Lawrenceburg Davey Crocket Park 

April 4, Hubby & I played Bingo at Chick-fil-a

April 7, Walking Tour Florence Federal Courthouse, Library & Kennedy Douglas Museum

April 10: Had tint put on the new car & Attended Hansel & Gretel Play @ Florence Library.                                                   

On April 11, Hubby and I attended the Social Security Retirement Dinner at Red Lobster.

On April 12, I worked at Killen Bookstore 9-1 PM

April 13, Stormed all day

April 17, Day Trip Hubby and I rode to  Huntsville UAH, Ditto Landing, and Red Lobster.

On April 20, Hubby and I attended Hansel & Gretel Play at UNA 

April 21, Attended Blue Star Dedication Train Depot Museum Decatur 

April 28, Attended Walking tour Athens State University Library, Delmore Museum & Founders Hall

MAY 

May 2, Music in Wilson Park with Justin Holder

May 7, Dolores Hydock @Muscle Shoals Library It’s The Little Things

May 9, Music in Wilson Park with Mike Curtis & Garrett Mile

May 11, Worked Killen Book Store 9-1 PM 

May 13, Mother's Day: I enjoyed a steak meal@ Ron’s Wind chimes, flowers, a gift card, and a potting plant. 

May 16, Music in Wilson Park with Shannon Knight

May 17: Enjoyed listening to Kate Campbell Music Hall of Fame from 3-4 PM and Josh Goforth Florence Library from 5-6 PM

May 18, Attended Storytelling Festival at Shoals Theater at Legends

May 19, Attended Storytelling Festival at Shoals Theater at City Hardware

May 23, Music in Wilson Park with Joseph Baldwin 

JUNE

May 29-June 2 Trip to Gulf Shores

June 2 Birth Anthony River Hughes Great Grandson

June 8, Worked Killen Book Store 9-1 PM

June 8, Wedding Rehearsal Hannah Hughes & Chad Menard

June 9, the Wedding of Hannah and Chad Menard

June 9, Lecture of Winstons @ Helen Keller Library 1:30-11:30 AM 

June 10, Day Trip Nashville Airport 

June 16, Day Trip NASA @ Big Spring Park & RSA 

June 29, Crows, Chirp, & Bray Wildlife @Helen Keller Library 11-12 PM

JULY

July 6, Echoes and Howls Wildlife Program Sheffield Library 10 AM

July 10, Day Trip Veterans Museum & Rollo’s Cafe Huntsville 

July 13, Killen Book Store 9-1 PM

July 18, Day Trip Franklin Toured Carter, Lotz House & Carton Plantation Museums

July 23, Summer Solos with Tosha Hill 11;30-12:30

July 24, BEHIND THE MUSIC – SONGS & STORIES OF THE KGB SERIES 1 2-3 PM

July 25, BEHIND THE MUSIC – SONGS & STORIES OF THE KGB SERIES 2 2-3 PM

July 26, BEHIND THE MUSIC – SONGS & STORIES OF THE KGB SERIES 3 2-3 PM

July 27 Songwriters Showcase Series #4 2-3 PM MARK NARMORE & 

Aug

Aug 6-8 Trip Little Rock, Arkansas 

Aug12, A Brief History of Education in Florence 2-3 PM

Aug16, Day Trip South Haven, MS 

Aug 22, Day Trip to Tupelo, MS 

Aug 23, Get Dirty at Library Fall Vegetable

Aug 30 Get Dirty at Library Cut Flowers

Sept

Sept 2, Kept great-grandson River Anthony Hughes

Sept 6, Get Dirty at Library Backyard fruits

Sept 14, Worked Book Store 9-1 PM

Sept 15, New Bethel Reunion 9-3 PM

Sept 16, Lecture Native Americas at Indian Mound 

Sept 20, Kept great-granddaughter Ava Grace

Sept 22, Day Trip Toured Weeden House & Huntsville Depot  

Oct

Oct 5, Day Trip Oktoberfest and Museum Cullman with sister-in-law

Oct 6, Oktoberfest St Florian

Oct 7, Lecture Life in the Highlands with George Makowski 

Oct 9, Day Trip to Dickson, TN 

Oct 12, Worked at Book Store 9-1

Oct 14, Tuscumbia Art Museum lecture Truths and Legends TVA

Oct 15, Day Trip GPS System checked & Oil change at Nissan of Huntsville ate Red Robin at Bridge St 

Oct 19, Took Ron and Ava Grace (great-granddaughter) to Home Depot, Lowes & Halloween Store to see Halloween Displays 

Oct 21, Lecture at Florence Library about James VI & I 

Oct 24, Lecture at Florence Library Doctors of Death 6-7 PM

Oct 25, Class Diabetes & Healthy Cooking 11:30-12:30 Florence Library 

Oct 28, Watched River and went to Renaissance Faire

On the 29, Hubby and I took Ava Grace to treat Elgin

On the 30, Hubby and I took Ava Grace to the treating Town of Killen

Nov 

Nov 1, Healthy Cooking Florence Library 11:30-12:30 PM

Nov 3, Forks of Cypress Tour, Shoals Business Expo and Cruising Wheeler Lake 

Nov 4, Athens Cemetery Stroll 

Nov 6, Day Trip Natchez Trace, Leipers Fork and Cool Springs Mall Franklin, TN

Nov 8 Cooking for High Blood Pressure Florence Library 11:30-12:30 PM

Nov 9, Worked Killen Book Store 9-1 PM

Nov 11-16, Trip to the Smoky Mountains with cousin Sherry & Aunt Bobby

Nov 16, Tidwell’s Thanksgiving dinner

Nov 19, Took Mike for Colonoscopy at ECM Hospital 812 Lunch Five Guys 

Nov 22, Thanksgiving Dinner @ Mike’s (my son)

Nov 24, Worked at Killen Book Store 

Nov 25, Trees of Christmas TVA Museum And Addressed Christmas Cards & Wrapped presents

Nov 27, Tinsel Trail Big Spring Park with Hubby

Nov 28, Legend of Toyland Roxy Theater Russellville with Hubby

Nov 29, Kennedy Douglas Art Museum Quilt Display

Dec 2, Trees of Christmas TVAA

Dec 2, Took Ava Grace to Santa Land Elgin with Hubby

Dec 4, Went to Nashville to see Grinch Ice, Opryland Hotel 3 Gardens decorated for Christmas and Opry Mills Mall

Dec 7, Took Ava Grace to Killen Town Hall for Christmas Program and see Santa

Dec 13, Christmas Dinner and Listen to storyteller Dolores Hydock at Club Florence

Dec 15, Hubby and I attended the Leipers Fork Christmas Parade

Dec 17, Hubby and I visited North Pole Christmas Tree Stroll, Madison Magical Christmas Tree Stroll, Madison’s Christmas Card Lane, Wheeler Wildlife Refuge, and Enchanted Forest Christmas Tree Stroll Decatur and enjoyed a Grinch Pancake at IHOP. 

Dec 21, Christmas Dinner at Tidwell’s

Dec 22, Christmas Dinner at Mike’s 

Dec 25, Breakfast at Mike’s 

I try to journal all my activities and take several pictures it helps keep my memories alive. 

I hope each and everyone enjoys the holidays.

May the new year bring good fortune, good health, and love.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from our house to your 

PS: MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR 2019






Me & Santa @Incredible Christmas Store in Pigeon Forge, TN 


2016 Christmas Letter Activies for the year

On January 1, 2016, Hubby and I traveled to Franklin, Tennessee, to the Thoroughbred Theater to watch the action, adventure, Sci-Fi, and fantasy movie Star Wars Force Awakens.


In February, I took several classes at the Apple store 

Stay Connected, Sketch, Draw, and Paint with iPad, Explore Apple TV, & Perfect Your Photos on Mac


On March 4, 2016, I toured the Rippavilla Plantation in Springhill, TN.

On March 8, 2016, Hubby and I traveled to Waynesboro, Lawrenceburg, Mt Pleasant, Columbia, and Spring Hill, TN. 


On April 1 & 2, I attended Mule Day and Mule Day Parade in Columbia, TN. 

On April 5, Hubby and I traveled to Red Bay, Alabama, to Tour the Tiffen Motor Plant.

On April 12, Hubby and I traveled to Elkmont, Alabama, to tour the Belle Chevre Goat Cheese Factory. 


On April 9, I attended the Walking Tour of Historic Downtown Athens, Alabama, and Earth Day in Sheffield, Alabama. 

On April 17, I attended the Athens Cemetery Stroll. 

On April 30, I attended the Stroll at Athens State University.

On April 23, Hubby and I traveled to South Pittsburg, Tennessee, for the Cornbread Festival.

On May 20 & 21, I attended the UNA Storytelling festival

May 20, That afternoon, hubby and I attended Jacob and Lindsey’s wedding rehearsal at East Florence Depot.

On May 21, Hubby and I attended the Wedding of Lindsey Smith and Jacob Hughes at Oliver’s Barn. 


On June 25, I attended the Helen Keller Festival in Tuscumbia, Alabama.


On June 28, Hubby and I traveled to Scottsboro, Stevenson, Menton, Fort Payne, and Section Alabama.


On July 23, I attended several functions of the W. C. Handy Festival.


On August 19, Hubby and I attended the Watermelon Festival in Russellville, Alabama.


On September 1, Hubby and I rode to Corinth, Mississippi, where we toured several historic sites. 


On September 5, 2016, Hubby and I traveled to Smith Lake in Cullman to attend the Sweet Tater Festival.


On September 8, I rode to Huntsville to tour the Scare Crow Trail at the Botanical Gardens. 

On September 9, Hubby and I attended a performance by Arvel Bird, a Celtic Indian.


On September 10, I attended Oka Kapassa in Tuscumbia, the British Car Show in Rogersville, and the birthday party for Joe Wheeler at the Wheeler Plantation.


On October 1, Hubby and I traveled to Centerville, Tennessee, to attend the Banana Puddin’ Festival, Car Show, and Quilt Show. 


On October 5, I traveled with a group of women from our church to 

2800 Pittsburg Church Road, Petersburg, KY, to tour the Creation Museum. We spent the night in Dry Ridge, Kentucky.


On October 6, We traveled to 1 Ark Encounter Drive, Williamstown, Ky 41097, to tour Noah’s Ark. 


On October 15, Hubby and I traveled to Nashville to take a Monterey Fall Foliage Excursion train ride. 


On October 22, I rode to Lawrenceburg to take the Mimosa Cemetery stroll. 


On November 9, Hubby traveled to Huntsville to go to NASA and Bridge Street. 


On November 12, I took the Pathway to Prayer trolley Tour in Florence, Alabama. 


On November 15, Hubby and I traveled to Nashville to tour the Opryland Hotel's three gardens decorated for the Christmas Holidays and to walk through the ICE HOUSE with carvings of Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer and the Christ manger scene. 


November 24, Thanksgiving Dinner at Mike with family 


On November 26, My sister-in-law and I rode to Huntsville to walk through Christmas Tree Tinsel Trail, Madison’s Christmas Card Lane, and shop at Bridge Street.


On November 29, Hubby and I rode to Lebanon, Tennessee, to tour the town and Chad’s Winter Wonderland of Christmas Lights. We rode to Nashville to drive through Jellystone’s Dancing Christmas Lights, then on to Opry Mills for Shopping. 


On December 1, Hubby and I attended the Athens Christmas Parade.


On December 2, Hubby and I attended a prayer for Peace at Pope's Tavern and the lighting of a Christmas Tree at both Pope’s Tavern and Wilson Park.


On December 3, I attended a talk about George Colbert at the Visitors Center.

On December 5, I attended Christmas Dinner and exchanged gifts with my Church Class.

On December 7, Hubby and I attended a Christmas dinner and Christmas Program at our church.

That morning, I attended our Lady's bible Class Christmas luncheon.


On December 9, Hubby and I attended the Florence Christmas Parade.

On December 10, Hubby and I attended Dickens of a Christmas from 9-12, and from 2-4 PM, we attended the Leipers Fork Parade.


On December 11, I took my granddaughter's pictures for graduation.

December 12-14: Hubby and I spent a couple of days in Gulf Shores. We rode to Theodore to walk through the Christmas lights at the Bellingrath Gardens. We spent a few hours on the beach, watching a miniature train show and walking through Heritage Park.


December 17, My granddaughter Hannah Hughes will graduate from UNA on 12/17/2016 at 2:30 PM with a degree in Elementary Education.


December 24, We will have  Christmas with the kids and grandkids. 

December 19-24: Hubby is taking off for Christmas Vacation.

On December 25, My middle son will be celebrating his 47th birthday.


Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 


2024 Christmas Journal Activies

 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year  To all my friends and family Hope this year brought you lots of health and happiness.  Just a recap ...