it is, Thanksgiving Week and I haven’t written anything! I can only think of two things I did. For For CWJF, I worked at our Pavilion for a Wood Fest Program for Title One schools. The program for the public, not free, was the weekend before. There is an exhibit hall and stage that hosts all kinds of things throughout the year. After our program the exhibit hall will be turned into an ice rink, not free, and the stage will be readied for “A Holly Jolly Jingle” Christmas program. This, like several others, are free to the public. It was 5 hours of herding 80 children from the bus to the exhibit hall where they donned lab coats to do 3 science projects. They were all so well behaved. They ate their lunch then we took them to the pavilion to see a musical teaching performance. Afterwards we had to lead them to their buses, 3 of them. Once we filled the buses, took a count, had everybody and gave the drivers a thumbs up. Not a bad way to get 5 hours credit without a lot of physical effort!
I also attended the general meeting of CWJF. It has been quite a while since I attended one. I am making a concerted effort to get out of the house more. We did play Shanghai. I think Ted won, I came in second. Lost at Hand and Foot and was busy on 3-13 day.
Ted has been shooting and working at Blackwood Gun Club. That and his Bible Study, plus taking over the cooking and grocery shopping keeps him occupied.
We are on our way to the Rio Grande Valley to do a few things since we had no other plans. We are due for teeth cleaning, want our wooden outside address sign restained at the flea market and will pick up a few meds while down there. We hardly know any one there anymore but we may have a chance to say hi to the few still there.
Throwback Thursday. This is Ted’s parents 39th anniversary party in 1974 (I think). It popped up for no good reason so I decided to post it.
December will keep me hopping. The first two weeks are piled up one thing on top of the other! Doctor appointments, cards, Christmas lunches. another André Rieu Christmas concert will be shown in movie theaters two days in December. Can’t miss that!
The third week 12/20 we are sailing on NCL Viva out of Galveston. We had just been with the kids, the plane situation was a nightmare and here we sat, 85 miles from a port with the #2 ship for NCL waiting to take us to Mexico, Honduras and Belize. With a discount, and a $1500 credit from our fall cruise, it was about 75% of the cost of two plane tickets to Detroit or Orlando. We are planning for Easter break to go visit. I keep reminding them the roads go both ways and the planes fly both ways!
Well things went to sh*t quickly after we returned home. I ended up with such a cough that I pulled my back muscles. I had so many Dr. appts. and social things that I jockeyed around like a carnival barker trying to keep all three rings in motion. So far I have only had to skip one lunch. I got all dressed but just ran out of steam before leaving and I just cancelled and went back to bed.
This last week I have 5 Dr. appts., all shoved into this last week before our cruise. I may need one more round of a bit stronger antibiotic since this cough just won’t quit.
I apologize to my Christmas card list! No card designed, no plans to send cards. I am so behind I finally took my pumpkins down off the porch yesterday! Put up my wreath on the front door and I am done.
Hang in there with me! Hopefully the sunshine of Mexico will chase these last coughs away! See you in the new year.
