Well I missed a few days of blogging with Christmas and the craziness, but I’ll try to catch up on the holidays first, then will write a second blog about my training………..
Christmas Eve was a wonderful night spent with friends – a tradition we’ve had for at least 25 years! Our group has grown as our dear friend Ralph’s daughter Jill married George, and now they have 2 beautiful children. We miss Lucille terribly, though. She always enjoyed our annual gathering, and it’s still strange without her. This year, our close friends Shelley and Bernie couldn’t be with us, and of course they were missed as well. But we did add my daughter’s boyfriend, Chad, and that was fun! All in all, it was a great evening of eating, celebrating, exchanging gifts and chatter all around. Always one of my favorite Christmas activities!
During the day on Christmas Eve, a bunch of volunteers wrapped purchases at Border’s in Riverdale. Thank you to all those who helped! I didn’t even wrap this year because of my dreadful head cold, but thankfully I had enough volunteers to wrap for me. Over the three days we wrapped, we raised almost $500 for Push to Walk! Excellent!
Christmas Day was very nice, with my sister, her husband and daughter staying at our house. And Chad, too! We opened presents for a LONG time, taking turns and showing everyone what we opened. It was very civilized, but FUN! We did lots of eating, and entertained some friends in the Kasper family mid-day. After a very nice dinner (if I may say so myself!), we relaxed and took it easy. Then it was opening more presents when Darren’s girlfriend arrived around 10 pm. When midnight arrived, I was ready for bed!
What a wonderful day!!!
Cynthia
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