Sunday night

Amy at Escape into my Thoughts tagged me on this cool photo meme. Go to your pictures, choose the 4th folder and the 4th picture. So this is mine:

This is me & my sister, Donna, in Houston in 2001

And yes, I'm tagging YOU!!!

Well, we have had an eventful weekend. Friday night, some of my graduate school friends & I got together for dinner and our annual white elephant gift exchange. Things were a little different this year, because only 4 out of 6 of us were able to come. And one of the 4 didn't get there until late, so my friends, Becky & Judith and I exchanged gifts and had dinner, then waited for Kelly to get there. The gift I got is a cool Fleur de Lis bowl and some slippers. I love them!! One of my friends had some news that had us all in tears, so no pictures were taken. And the news is ok, just a life changing event that is about to happen, but I have been asked not to mention it just yet, so that will have to wait for another post.

Here is LSU's Christmas tree that is near the parade grounds on campus. I had to stop and take a picture when I saw it!

Then, Saturday night, Walter & I went to Brent & Cathy's Christmas party. They live on our street, so we were able to eat, drink, & be merry, and boy were we!!! It was a great party and we had so much fun! I took a million pictures, so I will post a few of them here for your entertainment. We also had a white elephant gift exchange there, but neither of us got anything too interesting.

This is Walter & I

Vicky, Wendy, Cathy, & I

I just love this picture! This is Gene & Cathy

Me & another neighbor, Judy

Me & Vicky

Cathy & Brent

Ok, and the highlight (or lowlight) of the party was Cheryl. She is my neighbor and former housekeeper that I fired several months ago. I haven't seen Cheryl since all that happened, so I figured it might be awkward, but fortunately, she got so drunk that she probably wont remember any of the awkwardness.

Today, I went out to the church where I have been working with the Youth Minister to raise money for the adolescents in the transitional living program and we collected all of the gifts and delivered them to the young men and women at the group home! They weren't all there, so they didn't open the gifts yet, but they were so excited to see that we had brought gifts for them! It is so rewarding to help others when you can, so I encourage you all to do it when you are able. Look closely at this picture and the looks on these young ladies' faces!!

Walter and I went to lunch at Hilltop with Brent & Cathy, and now are just spending a quiet evening at home. It is supposed to get down to 29 degrees here, so we are going to stay inside by the fireplace! Have a great Sunday!