Road Trip
Written by Mary Stephenson
All the makings of a road trip.
Reluctant to accept an invitation a few weeks back. Did not want to commit to something that at the time was iffy about doing. With tooth extraction and then suffering a little with vertigo afterwards, the thought of an unfamiliar setting was not my idea of fun.
Back to normal and when they still needed volunteers I said okay.
Jim, Ernie, Gary and I all decided to go together.
Lessons I Learned From Kids
Written by Mary Stephenson
The vision testing in the local schools has been a very interesting experience. Not only the frustrations of the technical nature which we have experienced for the past month but being an observer.
Innocence of small children can leave you with warm fuzzy feelings and smiles.
One recent experience was Jim trying to get kids to laugh. He was joking around with a couple of twin boys. After 4 tries and not even a smile, although their classmates were laughing so much they couldn’t sit still. He couldn’t even get an annoyed reaction out of them. The take away from this… some people are just not born with a sense of humor! Probably easy for their parents to raise them as they would not be inclined to try pranks. Continue reading
November – Stuff You Probably Never Knew!
Written by Mary Stephenson
Winding down the end of October and wondering what to write. With our Riverfront Playhouse Event on the 22nd and Thanksgiving shortly after…wondered what also happens in November.
Google is the go to place for many a perplexing issue and sure enough there was more than I had bargained for.
November 1st, this one is for Jim. National Authors’ Day. Also, besides many others on the 1st is National Cook For Your Pet Day.
Party Time and Culinary Delight
Written by Mary Stephenson
Ah, my second time playing Bunco! A year ago I was introduced to the game. Heard of Bunco Squad before but never knew what it was referring to, until the other week when trying to find history on the game. Wikipedia is a great source for about any questions you might want an answer for.
Potluck is a great way to go. Always thought they were fun and definitely easier on the hosting home. There was plenty of wonderful delights to choose from. Hot dishes, salads, bread, crackers, meat, cheese, even “spider” deviled eggs (which brought a chuckle). I know I didn’t try everything, but what I had was delicious.
Waiting For the Rain
Written by Mary Stephenson
We had District Governor Jamie Hart visit us on October 6th. The question always remains…”were we on our best behavior?” Probably not, but our Lion President made up for it by wearing shirt and tie (3 stooges tie)! But what can you possibly expect from the “wild bunch” anyways!
Some of us went and had another meeting with Susanna Winstead of Sycamore School on October 10th. There will be a follow-up meeting on November 7th.
On the 10th we also went to Redding Library and presented them a check, for the Shasta County Library Literacy Program.
October 11th we did vision testing at Grant School and the 17th we will be at Manzanita School.
Coming up on October 22nd is another fun night with potluck and Bunco. Starting at 4:30 pm.
