Weekend Wrap Up
I had a good weekend, accomplished plenty but because there was no big deadline, I feel like I didn't. Must be used to the adrenaline rush of the past few weeks.
Gretchen and I had breakfast with Dad Saturday morning at Steve's Place.
I had lunch with Crissy, Kathy and Nancy at Kim's house. These are the women that used to work with me, with whom I gather every 2 months or so. Kim's French Onion Soup is to die for, as is all her cooking and baking.
On Sunday I went to the Holiday Bazaar at the Rochester Museum & Science Center. It's one of my favorite shows and one I try not to miss. It's mostly hand crafted stuff. I bought 3 things for Christmas gifts (hi Dad!). I'm 99.9% sure the other two never read this journal but still, I'll show you the things I bought after Christmas.
Speaking of Christmas, did I tell you what we're doing this year? My family - and Steve's family too - has decided to donate the money we would have spent on gifts to whatever charity we choose. My family has decided to give each other one under $20 gift, just for fun. This idea came out of the Katrina crisis but it's something I've wanted to do for a long time. None of us really need or want anything and others have so much less, it just seems like the right thing. The kids are exempt from this, by the way.
I believe Steve's family is going to donate to The American Red Cross because Steve's company matches funds for that. My family seems to be favoring Habitat for Humanity, The Red Cross and The Heifer Project. Each of us is making our own donation for however much we want to wherever we want. After reading the newsletter from Lollypop Farm, our local humane society, and their animal rescue efforts in the south, I might make some of my donation there too.
Otherwise, I processed accumulated mail and worked on designing my holiday card for this year. Oh - after the craft sale, I stopped at JoAnn's to buy some copper paper for some cards to fill an order (hi Stephanie!). Can't have a bad time wandering the aisles at that store!
Oh that's right, I also baked two batches of cookies. One batch is butter cookies - those thumbprint cookies with the jelly inside. A man at work gave me an early Christmas gift on Friday - a cookbook from Meals on Wheels, which is part of Visiting Nurse Service, one of his customers. He usually gives me chocolate - like last year's memorable dark chocolate peppermint bark. This cookbook is such a great idea because it supports a good cause and supports our customer. These are recipes from area restaurants and I've had fun thumbing through it because for the past few years I get all my new recipes from friends or online. There aren't any food pictures in this cookbook but it's still neat to turn the pages to see what's next.
The batch of cookies is chocolate chip for a work birthday tomorrow. This is also the guy who will be moving our desks around when we do the desk switcheroo - hopefully this week since so many people are out and it will be slow business-wise too. So I'm going to stop at the store on my way to work this morning to pick up a 12-pack of Diet Cherry Coke, to sweeten the deal. Flattery and bribery will get you everywhere, I hope.
Hope your weekend was swell too.
Gretchen and I had breakfast with Dad Saturday morning at Steve's Place.
I had lunch with Crissy, Kathy and Nancy at Kim's house. These are the women that used to work with me, with whom I gather every 2 months or so. Kim's French Onion Soup is to die for, as is all her cooking and baking.
On Sunday I went to the Holiday Bazaar at the Rochester Museum & Science Center. It's one of my favorite shows and one I try not to miss. It's mostly hand crafted stuff. I bought 3 things for Christmas gifts (hi Dad!). I'm 99.9% sure the other two never read this journal but still, I'll show you the things I bought after Christmas.
Speaking of Christmas, did I tell you what we're doing this year? My family - and Steve's family too - has decided to donate the money we would have spent on gifts to whatever charity we choose. My family has decided to give each other one under $20 gift, just for fun. This idea came out of the Katrina crisis but it's something I've wanted to do for a long time. None of us really need or want anything and others have so much less, it just seems like the right thing. The kids are exempt from this, by the way.
I believe Steve's family is going to donate to The American Red Cross because Steve's company matches funds for that. My family seems to be favoring Habitat for Humanity, The Red Cross and The Heifer Project. Each of us is making our own donation for however much we want to wherever we want. After reading the newsletter from Lollypop Farm, our local humane society, and their animal rescue efforts in the south, I might make some of my donation there too.
Otherwise, I processed accumulated mail and worked on designing my holiday card for this year. Oh - after the craft sale, I stopped at JoAnn's to buy some copper paper for some cards to fill an order (hi Stephanie!). Can't have a bad time wandering the aisles at that store!
Oh that's right, I also baked two batches of cookies. One batch is butter cookies - those thumbprint cookies with the jelly inside. A man at work gave me an early Christmas gift on Friday - a cookbook from Meals on Wheels, which is part of Visiting Nurse Service, one of his customers. He usually gives me chocolate - like last year's memorable dark chocolate peppermint bark. This cookbook is such a great idea because it supports a good cause and supports our customer. These are recipes from area restaurants and I've had fun thumbing through it because for the past few years I get all my new recipes from friends or online. There aren't any food pictures in this cookbook but it's still neat to turn the pages to see what's next.
The batch of cookies is chocolate chip for a work birthday tomorrow. This is also the guy who will be moving our desks around when we do the desk switcheroo - hopefully this week since so many people are out and it will be slow business-wise too. So I'm going to stop at the store on my way to work this morning to pick up a 12-pack of Diet Cherry Coke, to sweeten the deal. Flattery and bribery will get you everywhere, I hope.
Hope your weekend was swell too.
posted by Stefani at 6:03 AM
5 Comments:
The donation idea is great! I've been struggling with what to do about the office people and I think that's the answer. I'm going to be making some cookie mix in a jar for everyone, but I think that I'll also include a note that I've made a donation. Thanks for the great idea!
Von - you're welcome!
We've done that in my department for the last few years. Otherwise, you end up with high calorie food and dollar store crap! I think for two years we gave our donation to the local animal shelter and last year our choice was The Make-A-Wish Foundation.
I wish I could get my husband's family to donate to charity instead of giving each other an excessive number of gifts. They're so materialistic, it makes me sick. But if I rocked the boat my husband would flip out. (sigh)
Once again I will try to convince daughter to donate to a charity. I will send her the url's for NY SPCA, and Michigan, and Houston TX SPCA. She likes to wrap things though.
Once again I had to come back and put those flippin letters in.
Making charitable donations in lieu of exchanging material gifts is a wonderful thing to do. Good for you and your families!
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