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Weekly update: holiday celebrations, small finishes, and OMG December + reading from With Strings Attached

The social whirl is underway!

The GFWC-IL District 10 luncheon was on Wednesday. We played Santa bingo. I won $41 in the split-the-pot raffle.

There was a Christmas tree trivia quiz. The average artificial tree is used for 6 years (and is in the landfill forever).....Christmas trees are grown in all 50 states....Calvin Coolidge began the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in 1923.

Friday evening we enjoyed dinner with Rotary friends prior to the Carthage College Christmas Festival

Familiar carols and other old and new songs, with splendid choral and instrumental music.

Saturday was the AAUW Waukegan Area Branch ...

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Weekly update: holiday concerts + goal progress from With Strings Attached

There's a flurry of Christmas/holiday festivities the first two weeks of December and then things quiet down. I had two luncheons -- GFWC District 10 on Wednesday and Lake County Women's Coalition steering committee on Saturday. At both I sat next to women I'd met but didn't know well. The conversations were very pleasant.

The huge cross in the Carthage chapel

Friday evening Stevens and I and our friends Debbie and Bill went out to dinner and then to the annual Christmas festival at Carthage College. The concert has become a holiday tradition. We noted fewer ...

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Weekly updates: tote bags, counter tops and frolics (holiday and quilting) from With Strings Attached

The tote bags I made for the school children in Nepal have been delivered. Margaret, my friend who supports the school and asked if I could help out, sent this photo of the kids. It was taken by the school's U.S. coordiantor. (The sign says, "Thank you dear Nann Hilyard.")

[For those who are interested in the school and the parent organization: Impact Schools ]

The counter tops were installed Friday. I had no idea there were so many choices for faucets until I had to choose one. (The first one I sort of liked was $1400. The second ...

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