Weekend/Holiday Recap on Monday....

Monday has rolled around again.  I just have to mention that it means something totally different to me now that I am retired!  Monday means a 9:00 a.m. meeting at the clubhouse here, fondly called Ladies Monday Coffee.  What it is, really, is a meeting of the Mas Verde movers and shakers (40+ women attend - it's a nice group).  Calendars are more important to have than a cup of coffee and volunteering is mandatory.  It's all good, though!  These morning coffee women plan and/or organize all of the events that the MV homeowners enjoy.  This week, on Wednesday, there is a luncheon that will raise money for Camp Braveheart.  I am on the clean-up committee.  A worthy cause and no one wanted to help clean-up. Someone has to clean-up so I will be helping do that.  Click HERE for information about Camp Braveheart.

Last week, several women worked to put together a BIG garage sale and raised $1,080 to donate to clean-up and supply efforts in Puerto Rico.  Our women here make things happen and I'm having fun!!  Have I mentioned how much we love it here?!  (grinning)

Now for my holiday/weekend recap....

Our son, Joey, and daughter-in-law, Darlene, arrived on Wednesday with our two grandpups, Brooke and Zoe.  They were just here two weeks ago and we are so blessed to have them close enough to visit more often!  I made grilled cheese sandwiches for our lunch and we ordered in Chinese food for our dinner.  I had been baking most of the day and was happy to not have to worry about dinner.

I had Brooke on my lap for awhile.

Thanksgiving day found me up early to get the turkey roasting by 8:30.  Most of the baking was done so finishing everything else by 1:30ish was pretty easy.  Blessings were counted.  We ate well and were all full, though I sent turkey home with Helen and Cheryl and we all had a turkey sandwich around supper time.  YUM to leftover turkey and desserts!

On Friday, Joey helped us get our Christmas decorations down from the loft in the shed.  I won't let Joe get on a ladder anymore and it hurts my knees too much so we were blessed to have Joey's help.  We stacked them in the den/catch-all room and Vinny made himself a new bed!  Silly cat!

We picked at leftovers all day. More turkey sandwiches and later some stuffing warmed over. Still good!  Al and Theresa popped in later that evening to say hello and meet the kids.

Joey and Darlene left on Saturday morning.  They wanted Sunday to relax before going back to work on Monday.  After they left, Joe and I started decorating outside and shuffling the boxes around inside.  Al and Theresa stopped in again while out for a walk.  They helped us finish the red velvet cake and had a cup of coffee/tea.

Yesterday, I did get the Christmas tree up and decorated.  We aren't quite finished outside and it will take me another day to finish inside but we will get it done!  I'll take more photos to share.  Here is our skinny "pencil" tree. Sorry, it's a little blurry.

So the new week has begun!  Thanks for your visit!!  Peace & hugs!