12/20/2020

 

Update 12/20/2020

This week, I finished everything I needed for the Christmas holiday.

Monday, I went to the post office and mailed packages to Ishy and Allen. The gifts are kinda lame, but I got that done. I also mailed cards to the granddaughters. This year, I sent them less money, but bought Toys for Tots instead, and made cards to explain. The girls were all very kind and when they read the cards, they agreed that they didn’t mind a little less for themselves and a little more for other children.

this is that card I made to send to the girls:

this is the tree at the club house with my little contributions by the arrows:

Tuesday was zoom book club. It was OK, but I’m a little disenchanted with the Pooler Page Turners. Maybe it’s the holidays, or maybe no one wanted to read short stories, but there were not many people who joined this time. I hope it gets better next year. Then, I did my cookies. I had mixed up some dough last week to put in the freezer. I sliced and baked those, and then made the Hershey kiss cookies that I love. So, I had three kinds of cookies that I packaged and had ready to take to friends.

On Wednesday, I took a plate of cookies to Sylvia and Charles (I miss them terribly since the COVID has made it impossible to visit for almost a year, and now I’ve moved quite a distance away) and then had another plate to take to The Creek House when I met friends for a final Wednesday evening glass of wine before the holidays.

On Thursday, Green Square was canceled. Two friends couldn’t make it, and it was cold, so we decided that we’d meet next week instead.  Instead, I went downtown to buy corks. When Kay and I were there last weekend, we wandered into The Cork Store. They sell all sorts of things made from environmentally friendly cork. There were footstools that looked like wine and champagne bottle corks. I thought about them and thought about them, and decided I wanted two to use for my “coffee” table. They are expensive, but they were perfect for what I could use them for. Now I don’t have to have my ipad, phone, book, or glasses (a disaster waiting to happen) on the floor next to my couch, and a wine glass that I’m sipping from looks great there.  

After that shopping, I met Barbara to do the Gingerbread House Trail.  We tried last week, and were disappointed, but since we both really would like to see the houses, we went again this week.  (interesting aside: I could find nothing when I googled for the Trail, but got a link from Lisa in Wales who found it on FB!).  Instead of all the houses in one hotel, the Westin, they were spread across five hotels on this side of the river.  One hotel only had one, one had two, and the other two each had five.  So the number of houses were fewer, and they all seemed to be professionally created, no Girls Scout troops or school classes this year. These are my favorites:

This is the one that won first prize (I like it, but prefer ones that have a more holiday theme): 

And there was one that was big enough to walk inside! All made of Gingerbread! The photo is of Barbara standing next to it, so you can see how big it is. Inside was all gingerbread, too. Amazing!

this is Barbara next to this big house, so you can see how really large it was:

and this is looking through the window to the interior:

 On Sunday afternoon, I went downtown to the historic Savannah Theater for the Christmas Spectacular. I met Jane and a couple of other friends. The musical was entertaining, and very nice.  

I zoomed with the Wahl family and Allen on Sunday night.  It was really nice to wish them all a Happy Christmas. I wish you all a very merry season, too.