Poinsettias, Recycling and Holiday Activities

December 13, 2007

Lulu

LuLu is having a wonderful time. We have brought down all of our holiday decorations. She is having a great time jumping in all the boxes. We are attempting to recycle some of our underused decorations that we have accumulated over the 42 years of celebrating Christmas. Some of them are pretty sad since I made them when I went through my hand-made period. Others have stood the test of time and would go to other families for use. I will be purchasing imitation poinsettias this year since we know Lulu like to chew leaves and the real poinsettias are poisonous.

Taking Care of Yourself

Recycling some of our holiday decorations is part of our effort to reduce unnecessary stuff in our lives. Although, I accuse my husband Alan of being the pack rat, I also have some of those tendencies about certain things such as magazines and dishes. We are also using more of our exercise tapes during these times, since we are attending our classes less due to the weather and other commitments. There is no excuse for not exercising since the tapes allow you to exercise without leaving home.

Exploring

We had a busy week. We attended Moonlight and Magnolias by Ron Hutchinson and directed by BoarsHead's own Kristine Thatcher. The play runs through December 30, 2007. The Boarshead website describes the play this way: "It’s 1939 and legendary Hollywood producer David O. Selznick has just fired the director of Gone With the Wind! The film is in trouble, the script is unworkable, and the crew is being paid $50,000 a day as Selznick tries to figure out what to do." This is a great comedy about the fictionalized tale of the writing of the script for the movie Gone With the Wind. It made us want to see the movie again so we are adding it to our Netflick list. The Holiday party for my exercise class was on Friday. We had a great potluck with all healthy food--ok we did have some cheese cake and fudge. The class at the East Lansing Prime Time center has been going since 1997 so some have been with it for 10 years. On Saturday we had the extended family Christmas with my sisters, our children and grand children. We had a great time. The grandchildren, my grand nieces and nephews, are growing up. They range in age from five years to fourteen years and are great kids. They all are in sports, skating, soccer, basketball, football, and baseball. Their parents are in constant motion taking them to these various activities.

We also went to Monty Python's Spamalot at the Wharton Center. This was an All Saints church activity and we had some appetizers before the show. It was great fun.

Giving back

Our family Christmas was calmer since we had limited the gifts due to our food bank contributions. We still encourage everyone to contribute to food banks and other organizations that provide essential services to those in need. Michigan is going through some rough times and all of us that have means should help.

Comments

[Honey Bentley]

would like to nominate as a Super Senior: Mrs. Ella
Hartman of Lansing. Mrs. Hartman is the Chaplin of
the Waverly 39Er's and past winner of the Citizen of
the year award for the State of Michigan. Ella is 106
years old and still going strong. She still knits for
her Grandchildren and is a very gracious young lady.
No one is more deserving of this award then she.

You can call me for any time.

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Honey Bentley