I started this letter a couple of days ago but got busy with church bulletins and newsletter. Here I am again. I also had to make a note to defend myself in a decision I had made and ended up in a facebook comment.
I got the Sunday morning bulletin done yesterday and had the newsletter printed yesterday. I tried printing a draft copy of the special commissioning bulletin for Sunday afternoon done but couldn’t get it printed without paper jams over and over. I emailed a copy of it to Patti, and peer and friend at church, to see if she had any idea of how to set it up so the copier/printer would take 8 ½ x14 paper without jamming. She called me later and told me the trick she had figured out to get it to copy correctly. Simply change drawers that the paper was in. That shouldn’t be necessary....it’s a good thing we have a training session with Xerox next week. We have several complaints to solve. Anyway, I went in today to finish the printing. I got 116 copies of the 150 done when the electric went off. Tony discovered that a squirrel had been killed on the electric wires outside the church and that blew the transformer. He had me call the electric company. After I called them, I left and decided to go back before church Sunday to finish the printing. Tony called later to let me know the electric was back on. I was finishing the newsletter prep on my own without help from the other ladies so I didn’t go back today.
I got the newsletters done and promised the twins that after my soap operas were over today we would make banana cookies.
The word is break.
After I left the church for printing the bulletin and newsletter on the 24th, I stopped at McDonalds for a bite of lunch. I noticed one of their holiday decorations and took a shot before my turn to move up in line.
What a wonderful idea. Maybe more hospitals should consider this approach to fresh and healthy food for their patients, and guests if they are used in the hospital cafeterias. Today’s article about a hospital in Michigan started their own garden for the purpose of supplying for the nutrition needs of the patients, visitors and staff. The hospital bought twenty-five acres of land at the edge of the hospital property. The lawn was converted to spaces for greenhouses and barns along with garden beds and rows of fresh vegetables. They made entry to one the greenhouse wheelchair accessible. The staff in the hospital kitchen was getting ready to handle the larger supply of fresh food. Food is supplied as a farmer market in the lobby. A group was formed named “Produce to Patients” who provide fresh vegetables and cooking tips to patients as they are discharged. One of the purposes of this “farm” is to help people stay healthy and not have to return to the hospital. They also try to see that school aged kids visit the farm. After they pick and eat the food they find they like it when before they didn’t like vegetables. One of the staff also works as a nutritionist for the Detroit Red Wings and the USA Olympic hockey teams and continues to teach the value of a fresh food diet to them. It states in the article that some of her recipes may be sold at concert venues and sports stadiums.
Finally, my photo today. When I left the church after trying to get the special Sunday afternoon bulletin done, I wandered through the neighborhood looking for interesting possibilities. I was going down an alley to get turned around and miss a one way street, I passed by an old weathered wooden privacy fence with some weeds at the bottom and a tiny vine of flowers that seemed to be growing through the fence. I named it The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
The twins didn’t like the banana cookies and I have two dozen left to be ???
It has rolled around again.....Pizza night, thank goodness.
Joy
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