Steve and I were in Indiana over the weekend so this blog is a day late. We had a good visit with Juli and Alex and saw Stratton briefly. Didn't see Shiloh/Willow this trip. We arrived Friday evening and left Sunday at about 1:00 pm.
My Mondays have just gotten crazy with the addition of being at the women's meeting at the Welcome Center in the morning. We started doing embroidery with the women during the second hour this past week. I bought some flour sack dish towels and stamped them with simple fruit designs and brought a massive amount of embroidery floss in all colors (acquired several years ago at a free give-away at the church from a serious craft hoarder who could no longer do embroidery because of her poor eyesight and hand neuropathy). The women seemed to enjoy the project and we continued again this morning and will also next week - probably up to Ramadan when the Welcome Center shuts down for the month....
Wednesday was another crazy day because it was a Happy Hooker day and I had lots of things to donate that I had been working on for the two months since I had last attended. I brought six fleece baby blankets, six small zippered pencil bags, seven zippered large tote bags and ten nifty knitter hats of various sizes. At each meeting, all the women put one or two dollars into a community pot and when enough is collected, that money buys gas cards for families with patients in the VA hospital. Our total for the last several months had reached $180 so it was time to buy a new batch of gas cards. Here are all the bags of items ready to be taken to the various charities to which we donate (women's shelters, children's homes, schools, VA, etc). We have the meeting at a local restaurant/diner that has absolutely NOTHING gluten free on the menu except salads and I will be darned if I will pay over $10 for a food that I really am not crazy about. I always bring my own lunch.
Wednesday evening, Steve and I got to enjoy part of our Christmas gift from the kids. We attended concert #1 (of four total concerts) with the St. Louis Symphony. This was a chamber series concert featuring the four principal string players in the orchestra plus the principal pianist. It was held at the Sheldon, a smaller venue, and it was such a BEAUTIFUL performance!
Wednesday also was the beginning of me coming down with a cold. Blaaa. Thankfully, it has not been a terrible one.
Thursday afternoon, I focused on finishing up the civic orchestra program and I was able to get it sent to the printers by Friday noon, just before we headed east to Indiana.
When we got back home Sunday evening, we went down to Fred Olver's house to pick up his dog Stacy who we are dog-sitting until the 19th when he returns from Texas. She is a good enough dog and I am happy to say that, after having her here for twenty-four hours, she has calmed down and Sally has decided to tolerate her.
While we were in Indiana, Steve and I watched Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. I thought it was an excellent ending to the collection of movies and now I want to re-watch all the others...yes, even the fourth one! I also finished the book My Antonia on the trip. It was a beautiful story.
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