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Musings on anything. |
 My blog was filled up. I'm too lazy to clean it out. So I started a new one. |
| I just spent a few hours helping a small group of people set up pop up tents with tables and chairs and get a general plan for an event we're holding at church tomorrow. It's open to the community, residents and employees, just to let them know we're there. We're not going to proselytize of enroll choir members, nothing like that. We just want to share in the fun, being good neighbors. We will have a bounce house, face painting, yard pong with prizes, a version of pickle ball, corn hole, live music-a local band, free tacos (food truck_, cookies, water and sodas until we run out. We have coolers for ice, water stuffed in the refrigerator. Trash cans and recycling bins are ready. Hula hoops are available for the daring. I'm in charge of yard pong (beer pong without the beer) and have over 5o prizes of varying values; the winners choose their prizes. I have seen this done for all ages, from four to grandparents. So I have prizes for different ages. We've enlisted as many people as possible in our small church to sit and smile and give directions to water, etc. We've also decorated with mums and scarecrows and pumpkins. I have streamers and will get some helium balloons this afternoon to attach to the road signs. (We're up hill and not so plainly visible.) I also arranged for the water company to give us some swag with reminders to conserve water. They gave me small frisbees and helmets, and so on, and a poster about a contest for kids under 12. That's part of interacting with the community. We also have about 16 door prizes, including $25 gift cards for a restaurant, and $20 gift cards for a doughnut shop. It's just a learning experience for us. I already have some plans for next year. It's great at my age to be out there planning, advertising, and playing a big event. I hope we have so many visitors we run out of goods. |
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I marvel at the things I'll be able to tell my grandkids about someday. Life is accelerating - or maybe it just feels that way!
I completely sympathize with your desire to declutter. I have more stuff than you can shake a stick at that didn't actually belong to just my wife or myself throughout the house.
