Baby It's Cold Outside

Hi there, welcome!  I braved the frigid weather today to drive the 26 miles to the Eastmoreland Golf Club to attend the Portland Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution meeting.  We brought an unwrapped toy for children of incarcerated parents.  We also brought canned and boxed food for the Oregon Food Bank for those in need.  Then we each brought something for a silent auction and we will donate the funds to the DAR Project Patriot is the official Daughters of the American Revolution committee that supports America’s service personnel in current conflicts abroad.  I was the winner in the auction of 4 really neat items - a Snow Baby box, a Dept. 56 coal wagon, an orange and cinnamon scented oil diffuser and a really cool L'Occitane basket filled with lavender sachet, 4 bottles of shower gel and a neat bar of soap. :-)

We were served a sumptuous buffet luncheon of salad, rolls, teriyaki chicken, roasted salmon, mashed potatoes, roasted winter veggies and a big juicy prime rib!  It was all delish!

I looked out the window and was charmed to see several Canada Geese on the golf course!  

I do love these big birds, but they sure do make a mess wherever they hang out.  If you know what I mean.  :-)

It was so fun today as one of our newest members brought her little girl and wants her to join too!  Our youngest member, I dare say. :-)

I thought I'd show you my "haul" from the silent auction.  On the left is a scented oil diffuser, cinnamon orange aroma.  I can't wait to set it up!

I scored with this L'Occitane gift basket with 4 bottles of shower gel in yummy scents (I can use these in my swim bag!), plus a bar of cool soap, a lavender sachet and a bag of verbena sachet.  

I got this authentic Snow Baby "box".

This is my Dept 56 item - "Delivering Coal for the Hearth".  It's a retired piece and will look nice next to my North Pole Village on the piano.  I'll show that to you soon.

I met Dayle at a auto repair shop as he had to drop off the truck as we need new U-joints, alignment and adjust the emergency brakes.  Then I brought him home with me - when we went over the Stark Street Bridge, I quickly snapped a photo of the icicles that form each time it gets to be freezing weather.

We arrived home and I snapped a photo of our poor frozen pond and waterfalls.  The boys are worried about the fish.  Poor fish!  But it's amazing how they live through this.  I'm sure they are hiding in a hole.  Every year we're happy to see that they made it.

My sister asked me to send her some old photos of Dayle and I going to the prom - he was one and a half years older than me so I got to go to his Jr. and Sr. proms and he got to go to mine, so we got to go to 4 proms.  :-)  This is the first one we went to together, Dayle's Junior Prom, my mother made the dress of pink satin underneath and pink sheer fabric over the top.  Gosh we were young!

This is my sophomore year and Dayle's senior year.  ::sigh::  My mom made this dress for me too.

I'm having a girls holiday lunch here tomorrow.  That is if the weather cooperates and doesn't snow or give us freezing rain.  Wish me luck that the roads are clear.  They are predicting "freezing drizzle".  Have you ever heard of such a thing?  We'll see.  

I hope you are having a good time during this busy and fun season.  

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((hugs)), Teresa :-)