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I know. You don't care for any more mice stories, so I won't go there. (Just wait... I'm thinking hard!)
Christmas mail is coming in now! Oh-oh! Caught off guard! I need to get myself in gear to produce my Christmas mail and get it out.
Often I've done a few pages of photos from garden scenes over the summer, but my instamatic wee cameras were not working then, so I may not have many photos to offer. My new iPhone might be able to take good photos, but the garden Is snow-covered.
I will definitely have to take time to hunt through my stash to see what I could use.
I used to make creative Christmas cards too, but do I really have enough time for that?
I better be careful of what promises I make as the month of December is clicking away at a steady pace!
Dare I ask you for suggestions?
I got one in the mail that is a photo of my friend and her husband. It is printed on glossy paper and made to look like a Christmas card. But I don't have a good photo of just myself - so how could I adapt that idea?
I am very tired of this messy room - so I don't want to turn it into a long-term memory-keepsake photo.
How about if I beg off so I can brainstorm until the end of this week. Maybe on the weekend I can whip up a batch of cards/letters with photos...or what- ever. I do get creative ideas when I stay at it long enough.
P.S. How about a gallery full of past Christmas card ideas? No... okay, back to brainstorming.
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Have you ever been the recipient of a supply of ready-made meals?
All you need to do is take a container out of your fridge or freezer, and heat it in the oven or perhaps in a frying pan with just a bit of oil or water in the bottom, and in a few minutes your meal is ready to eat.
I knew Joanne teaches a cooking class in the church kitchen - mostly for Chinese or other newcomers to Canada so they can learn to make good Canadian food. I assumed the students got to take all the food they prepared home to their families.
When word got out that I had a fractured spine, and could hardly be on my feet more than a few minutes at a time, - one of the women called and asked if they could bring me some meals - which would just need to be heated up and then be ready to eat.
When this couple came, I was on the phone, on a long distance call - but I got up and showed the couple where they could put this big cardboard box full of frozen meals on my table in the kitchen.
When I was off the phone I went to the kitchen to slide them into the freezer compartment and the fridge shelves - and I counted 17 containers full of food! What a blessing!
When I was about to prepare one and took the lid off of heavy tin foil tray, I found a chicken pot pie big enough for four meals for me! The label said to defrost in the fridge for a day before I put it into the oven to heat. Truly, I had 4 meals of each of such containers! (including lasagna roll- ups, etc.)
This food has tided me through five weeks so far!
I checked this morning, and found one more chicken-pot-pie left, and I've just had the very last super-sweet cinnamon bun for a break.
I've started cooking for myself again. On Friday I cooked a large pot of summa borscht, which includes smoked sausage, greens from my garden, diced potatoes and some sour cream. (This borscht is my childhood favourite!) I've already had at least 3 bowels full, and there are about 3 bowels full left in the fridge.
What a feast theses continuing meals have been for me! I am so grateful to those dear woman who did so much cooking and baking!
Apparently this happens often when they hear someone is laid up at home.
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This time I'm asking you for a tip. What is the best way to transfer funds abroad?
I have supported a poor pastor family in Pakistan for the past 15 years - always through MoneyGram, but when I tried to use it last week, they suddenly closed my account.
I've been trying to find another method to transfer funds to them, for I know they can't feed their four children and the two they took in when their mother died without my help. Which is only $100/month as a rule. Sister Shazia and I have become good penpals. I feel I know them quite well, and feel badly that I am not able to send the funds I have ready.
If you have no suggestions, would YOU join me in praying that this need will be met very soon?
Thank you.
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