Martini Musings

  Pre-Thanksgiving Thoughts!   Today, we dropped off a few items at the Armory where they are collecting for the Afghan refugees. You may remember that I committed to #projectlaundrybasket and some essentials for these families. I hope to complete 200 baskets when I’m done. My donations have slowed down so I am supplementing some in anticipation of getting another 24 to them prior to Christmas. The donation site was different from the previous one, for a variety of reasons, but we felt really good leaving coats, toys and school supplies there. They were most grateful for our donations and we have more carloads to take to them. It is managed by the National Guard and they could not have been more kind to us. In December, I will be collecting school supplies at a party and I still have lots of toys ready to go! At this point, I’m doing my best to keep eyes and ears open for things that might be needed but my first commitment is to #projectlaundrybasket. I strayed from th...

  TWO JOYFUL THINGS! Last night (Tuesday), we hosted a drive-thru Thanksgiving meal for our families at Community Catholic. It was the second time for the drive-thru since covid hasn’t allowed large gatherings. We had a great turnout of families, driving up to our building to pick-up a meal with turkey & the fixings…including a large pumpkin pie! This event was my first one last year and it made my heart smile! About seven young men from Trinity High School manned the tables and when someone pulled up, the doorman called out the name, and the team sprang into action. It was a great night! Nearly 50 families requested the meals and we delivered them with a smile! In addition, each child in the family received a wooden ornament to decorate for our Christmas tree. Right before Christmas, they will be asked to bring their ornaments in to hang on our tree and they will pick up gift bags left by Santa! The generosity of the donors to our organization is amazing and it’s defin...

  It’s Class Reunion Time! The time for my 45 th class reunion has finally arrived! After about a year of planning, the weekend is upon us! As most of you know, I have always loved my classmates from the Class of 76 and I have loved these reunions from the first year we hosted a five-year gathering! It is interesting to observe what has happened over the 45 years, but trust me, many things have changed and yet some things have stayed the same. At the five-year reunion, we were just babies. Some had just recently graduated from college, some had married and were starting families, and some were well into their careers. We were just a little, frozen in time. There were classmates who had not changed. There were classmates that were not recognized. There were classmates who had arrived with their spouses, other classmates. The groups congregated similar to their high school gangs. Popular kids still popular and wallflowers still wallflowers. Fast forward to the 25 th reunion...