THEY DIDN'T COME

Yesterday was a huge disappointment to twelve from The Home. We had planned our annual Halloween potluck and only twelve showed up. Potlucks are the largest attended event we have each month. So—there was shock and dismay and disappointment and a ton of food left over. They spent most of their time trying to figure out what happened. I think I know.

One lady who loves to dress-up and who is in charge of the kitchen suggested we encourage our people to get into costume. While there was no demand such as “wear a costume or die,” it did say, “Please wear a costume.” I guess “please” is a very powerful word. I suspect that scared them off. Few ever want to do anything out of the ordinary! On the bright side, there were twelve people having a wonderful meal all dressed in costume. And of course, I was not one of them.

I have been staying with my grandson the past two days while mom and dad were at work. I love hanging out with him. Because of his surgery, he was rather listless, but just as talkative as ever. He is usually content if I will sit and watch him play video games. Since I have a terrible time figuring them out, I am content to watch. He did try to teach me to play a couple games. In reality the games were not that difficult, I just couldn’t get my fingers to move as fast as necessary. Great, now I have another part of my body that needs exercising.

I got him into something more my speed yesterday. We made dough Christmas ornaments. He is rather artistic and had a blast. He has good ideas and had fun adding little twists. The most fun was a bear shape we had. The bears ended up with noses, hats, and extended belly (like papa), socks and funky little cut marks. Other than powder and some dough globs on the table and floor, it went rather well.

I should have distributed the November newsletter two days ago but was not here. I must do that today. I am sure the twelve apostles who ate at the Halloween potluck will be very nervous about the Thanksgiving potluck we have scheduled. The big difference is that they won’t be required to come in costume. However, coming as pilgrims or Indians might be fun.