Thursday

I met a friend for coffee this morning. No, I'm not a coffee drinker, but a shot of espresso with lots of chocolate works for me.   It was great to sit for an hour and just chat.  She asked me 'what do you want to do in 2012?' Great question. An answer didn't pop into my head.   I told her to go first (smile).  She did and I love that she takes an issue and really gets involved in it.  That is so important and was eye opening to me. Today. Today I realized that is what I need to do. Not just send money somewhere or donate some socks. I need to get involved in something and spend my time pursuing the end of the problem, if a problem is what I'm working on.  With that said, my friend told me of a meeting happening today at church at 2:00.  I decided to go.
At that meeting, we talked about 42 kids at a nearby elementary school who don't eat on the weekends unless they get food from the school on Fridays.  It was a preliminary meeting but a problem that can be solved with community effort. A mult-generational mission project for our church was one of the suggestions.  We could ask the older folks who may have time on a Friday to takeTthe bags of food to the school.  The Sunday school classes could divide the list of items and try to work a week ahead, so if we were short one week, we could take offering to shop to fill the gaps. I'm glad I went and really do want to follow through on this project.
I picked the kids up from school and we came home and played a new game I bought (at Goodwill).  Gobblet Jr.  It was a blast. Only 2 people play at a time, but it is fast and we all took turns.  The afternoon is so much more peaceful when the TV isn't on. I'm happy that the kids aren't immediately going for the tellie these days. They know that homework comes first.
I made dinner for some neighbors that have a new babe. I made chicken tetrazzini and I lucked out that it made a double batch, so I've got dinner for us ready for Friday night.
It was Spirit night for our school, so our family made our way to ChicFilA.  The classes all compete for the big panther mascot.  Another 1st grade class has consistently won this year, so Alex's class had put out a challenge to have the most classmates present, so they would win. They did it! The kids were all sweaty when we left. They had a great time seeing their friends.
What a good day! I hope yours was also a great one.