We woke and met at our church early, to pack Christmas food bags to be delivered to our community schools. The counselors at each school do a wonderful job identifying those families who need a little extra help and our church works with them year round, but always had special bags for a holiday meals. This time they were given ham and all the sides for a complete Christmas dinner, including a cake mix and frosting for dessert.
I think what I like most is once the bags are delivered to the schools, they are kept in a holding spot, unseen from the front of the school for the families to come and pick up with total privacy.
After we came home from delivering them, I started making bows. I have 2 lit trees on either side of the front door and the bows that were on them were a little sad looking. Since I had a box of ribbon (found during the room of horrors excavation) I figured they could use a little touch up, and I truly like using what I have on hand.
I also finally found my colored lights for the den tree. I never found them in the room of horrors because I did not put them with the other Christmas decorations last year. Instead they were in the very back of the coat closet. Why you might ask. I have absolutely no idea why, but it was an incredibly stupid idea, which I will not repeat.
I had some more touches I wanted to do on the decoration front and then I needed to start some serious deep cleaning. Being typical to my "I hate housework" personality, I opted for goodie making instead. It is something I needed to do also, but it could have waited a little longer, at least until the main level was cleaned. Oh well!
TheHub ran to Chicken Salad Chick and brought a dinner plate for each of us. It is not my favorite place, but their holiday cranberry jalapeno chicken salad is right up my alley! Not cooking is even better.
After we ate we watched a Christmas movie, then headed to bed.
That chicken salad sounds delicious. I deep cleaned today only because we have company coming over. LOL I'm glad you found your colored lights. We had to buy some new ones this year as all of ours from last year stopped working.
ReplyDeleteIt really is delicious chicken salad. I had decided I accidentally threw the colored lights out last year. My tree is happier now with all of them on it.
DeleteWe don't have Chicken salad chick here but I had to look at the menu. The Fancy Nancy looks delicious and I could do damagecwith it on a croissant. I'm starting treat making too to avoid cleaning.
ReplyDeleteI will do almost anything to avoid housework.
DeleteI can only imagine how bright and cheerful your house must be, all decorated for the Christmas holiday!
ReplyDeleteAs for not putting the lights away in the room of horrors, that sounds like something I would do too. Nor would I recall why I happened to do it.
I had exhausted every place I could logically think they might be. Then I had to resort to skewed thinking which is when I finally found them.
DeleteAww, Perry Como. I do miss that voice.
ReplyDeleteCSC can hold the 'cranberry', but I'd be all in for jalapeno! I might have to check it out before year end.
I think I might just buy Costco's chicken salad and add my own dried cranberries and japs to it. It would be cheaper and I could have it much more often.
DeleteI love the fact that you helped assemble the food bags for the families in need in your community. I'm glad you found your colored lights for the den tree. I still have to look for the extra strands of lights for the Christmas tree.
ReplyDeleteWe had a minister (now retired) whose theme was "It's a blessing to be a blessing" I try to remember that , not that I always act on it. There are a small group of us who do it regularly, but it is small potatoes compared to the larger volunteer group who man the food bank every other week. They provide groceries for hundreds of folks 2 or 3 times a month.
DeleteI love that concept of privacy for the kids & families, while still getting them what they need. Awesome volunteer opportunity. I've never heard of the restaurant, but checked out the menu & I love all things chicken salad, so would definitely enjoy it! Your days til Christmas countdown gave me a bit of a start. I mean, I guess I know, but ... it doesn't seem quite real!
ReplyDeleteI love that they keep it private.
DeleteI love chicken salad too, and now that TheHub is here a lot more often its been kind of nice to see he really likes it also.
Oh, and that was me, Hawaii Planner. Since Blogger only allows me to be logged in once in a blue moon
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