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Hey Everybody -

Welcome to “FreePlay Friday” … where we can just come together and talk about ANYTHING we want.  This is the first post after upgrading to the new WordPress 2.7.  Hooray, I know that means SO MUCH to you all!

This has been a light week in blog world for me – I’m preparing for our final worship services this year @SSCC.  I won’t be leading this Sunday, I’ll be playing the role of Schroeder in our Jingle Jam production of “A Charlie Brown Christmas”.

To complicate matters, I went to see a retina specialist on Wednesday because of some issues I’ve been having with my right eye.  The examination revealed I had some tears in my retina which is pretty serious because it could come detached.  Since that can cause permanent blindness, I took the DR’s advice and had it treated immediately.  So they did “cryotherapy” on my retina which is where they go in with this probe and freeze the tears of my retina to prevent them from tearing more and detaching.  Best I can tell (weak stomachs, you may want to stop here and go to the next paragraph), they dilate my pupils really big, look through there with a magnifying glass, and stick this probe THROUGH the side of my eye (I guess you just poke right through that white stuff?) and zzzzz, zzzz, freeze away.  I’m the idiot-type of patient who sits there and asks those questions while they’re doing it to me.  I wish I cold’ve watched it on TV.  Maybe.

Today, I have a sore, red, swollen right eye and it looks like Schroeder will have to wear eyeglasses instead of contacts.  I’m so ready for it to be healed up.

Next week I plan on recapping my annual tradition of sharing the “O Holy Night” saga with you here.  Some of you are new readers, and this will be fun, trust me.

For now, allow me to leave you with 2:15  of some of the most incredible, heartfelt Christmas thoughts that are near and dear to me:

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