- the phone is attached to the wall (read "not a cordless or a cell phone") but it can still reach to about 80% of our cabin
- ice machine on deck 3 is back!!
- private photo albums on facebook
- "ask and you shall receive" (a night of uninterrupted sleep)
- "what was lost is found" (Africa Mercy style starbucks giftcard)
- "do not fear your weakness, for it is the stage on which My power and glory perform most brilliantly." - jesus calling
- watching (and listening to) eli sing during "carols by candlelight" (and again at the Christmas Eve service)(one has to be careful to make sure he doesn't know that you're looking or listening...)
- AMAZING grilled chicken and potatoes on the dock
- lovely evening (weather wise) to be on the dock
- caroline's christmas gifts for her friends (i am really grateful when our kids have generous and thoughtful streaks)
- envelope of cards & notes from Kingdom Kids
- finding eli asleep with this light on and "story of the world" open
- walk with nick
- didn't have to wash a single dish today (thanks to water restrictions AND one of nick's christmas gifts to me)
- "many hands make light work" (really thankful for the hands that helped wrap "christmas shoe" gifts for the crew...and the hands that helped deliver them!)
- CHERRY COKE BY OUR DOOR!!!
- another sweet trip to the Island
- this was my view most of the day saturday:
- laundry restriction lifted! (we were getting awfully close to completely out of clean clothes...)
- getting to read other people's thankful lists
- hearing silent night sung in so many languages (what a sweet picture of our community!)
- eli has minecraft (we have officially made him the happiest boy alive...for now.)
- christmas brunch - what a spread!
- one small box of Christmas trash
- shoes in the hallway (i like that ship tradition!)
- christmas eve with nick
- nick's "creative presentation" of my gifts (for example: he wrapped up lego peole -a little girl and a little boy holding 2 drinks...and there were 2 coke bottle tops with them....the gift = a date/walk into town to get 2 bottled cokes.)
- a bottle of "happy" from yaya and grandaddy!! i can smell pretty!!
- eli's idea of ringing the bell in the dining room for Jesus' birthday (he didn't actually ring it...but he had the thought...)
- i got the running shoes i wanted off of ebay for a lot less than i thought i'd have to pay (and they have a suitcase to come back to the ship in next week -thanks, erin!)
- walking into the girls bedroom at early o'clock in the morning to find caroline painting emma's toenails
- our candy stash is officially stocked (another perk of Christmas!)
- nick doesn't have malaria (or strep)
- really i'm thankful that none of us has malaria (or strep)
- Christmas Eve morning edition of the workout class (sweet piano music to accompany our sweat)
- mocha punch turned out well!
- my meme called!!
- lady selling potatoes (it's a long story...but basically i was thinking about the possibility of buying some potatoes the other night...and then there was a lady who walked by selling them this morning when we went to the store...very thankful that God remembered that i was interested in buying potatoes even though i had forgotten)
- nice little walk to a market - complete with icecream!
