Most area schools closed Monday in anticipation of snow & ice that never quite materialized. Here in the High Country where we live, we had this magical ice display on trees and grasses. It stayed with us for three days, finally melting on Wednesday night as temperatures increased and hovered near freezing. 
Rick and I took a drive Wednesday afternoon and came home via Lone Star Road. We stopped at Lone Star Church and took pictures. This is in the cemetery where the lightning struck tree still stands watch in the corner. No ice on the trees there, but you can see that ice is still on the high hill nearby.DOGWOOD ACRES, 12/15/08, ELANE CRUM
Hello friends. After much anticipation and preparation for snow and ice, I don’t know whether to be relieved or disappointed. Now, it will probably come when I am least prepared. Rick just got off the phone with his mom who said they had 4” of snow there in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, so I guess she got our share.
At bedtime on Sunday night, Rick was just sure the deer would be out prowling around in the snow this morning, so set the alarm for 5:30 a.m. Of course, the alarm woke me up first so I got up and turned on the TV for all the early school closings. There was a big list and I saw that Ashton was getting a reprieve from the history test she dreaded. When Rick got up he went out on the deck to check the thermometer, decided it was too cold and went back to bed.
I missed Lone Star Saturday night as my sister-in-law, Dawn, had invited me to Tri-Lakes Church for the service with CeCe Winans. Dawn’s mom and sis came up from Oklahoma and it was really good to see them again. Christie came too after going to Silver Dollar City so we just had a girl’s night out there at Tri-Lakes.
I did talk to Connie Hammond this morning and she said that all had a good time at Lone Star. 
They started the evening with singing of hymns, then blessed the food and had a sweet time of fellowship and carol singing. St. Nick did make an appearance and could only promise to “see what he could do” about all the wishes presented to him.
Sean Tilley and daughter Makaylee joined Grandma Christie with Colby Biggs, his fiancée, Jennifer, and her son, Jordan, at Silver Dollar City on Saturday evening. The Christmas train is always a highlight for all. They saw other local people including the Randy Shelby family spending quality time with their kids and grandkids. Silver Dollar City offers the word of God and the birth of Jesus more so than you would expect from a commercial venue.
There was a good turnout for the Christmas Dinner at Sandy Church Sunday afternoon. Kendra Harris put together a picture show using 450 pictures of the past 70 years at Sandy Church. Everyone enjoyed watching that and some had to identify the older ones for those of us who have not been around that long. Pastor Neal read a few letters from former church members and former pastor, Floyd Roberts.
Juanita Menzies is our meal coordinator and asked me to bring a salad and dessert. I went to my Taneyville School cookbook for Anita Biggs’ recipe for Cornbread Salad. It always seems to be eaten although I was glad there were a few bites leftover to bring home. For my dessert, I used Barb Casey’s recipe for Butter Pecan Lush, using Pumpkin Pudding instead of the Butter Pecan. I will post those on my blog, for those of you who have asked.
Remember, that website is:
www.dogwoodacresOnline.blogspot.com This is the last column that many of you will see before Christmas, so I want to wish you a Merry Christmas and trust that you will have time to make some special memories with family and friends. Bye for now.
ELANE CRUM
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