Yes we are, QNS! Very blessed...
I am baking today too. Found out in Sunday School that my evening group is having a little Christmas party tonight, so I came home and started baking. I felt warm, loving memories of my mother at Christmas. She loved to bake cookies at Christmas and always had a nice array. So I got out her Christmas Cooky Book and made one of her favorites: Pecan Pie Cookies. Also whipped up the dough for some chocolate M&M cookies. I put on the Pandora Christmas Carols station that I love to cook and bake to. It's all real Christmas music, not the pop garbage they play on regular radio. I even wore an apron-- a standard for Mom, but I never use one! Just feeling nostalgic, like she was here.