December Meeting, 12-15-13

Karen M. hosted our December meeting which was on Sunday afternoon at 2:00. We enjoyed a wonderful lunch. Karen provided the main dishes and drinks and our members brought appetizers, side dishes and desserts. Karen set a lovely holiday table. We had a wonderful meal and then selected books for 2014. We decided against our ornament exchange this year and instead we donated books to Christ's Haven for Children in Keller. I think we will continue this next year as it seemed very popular with our members. Unfortunately I forgot to take any pictures so these will have to do for now. If anyone took pictures please send them to me and I will replace these.

  Diane and Barb, Angie and her Mom, Karen and Linda

November 2013 Meeting

Our November meeting was at Linda's house. We had the possibility of sleet and icy weather but there was a good turn out. Angie's mother joined us to discuss the book Light Between the Oceans. We had a great discussion about what the couple should have done and the consequences that followed the decision to keep the baby. We dodged the bad weather and had no problems getting home.

We also discussed our December meeting and we decided to bring a children's book to the meeting instead of exchanging ornaments. We will meet at Karen M.'s house on Dec. 15th at 2:00. 

October Meeting

The October meeting was at Joyce's new lake place. This proved to be quite an adventure for some of us who are directionally challenged. Not that Joyce didn't go above and beyond with het great directions, which she personalized for each of us. It was just that we had never been there before so it was a new adventure for some!

After a tour of Joyce's guest home we also got a peek at her beautiful new home, which was under construction. Afterwards we sat down to enjoy a wonderful lunch. This was one of our Sunday afternoon meetings which we are trying out in the winter months so that we don't have to drive in the dark.

The book for our October meeting was Those Who Save Us. Besides having a great discussion about the book we learned that most of us have German ancestors. Angie taught us how to pronounce some German words and Barb had compiled a comprehensive list of who saved who in the book.

Next year we will be visiting Joyce in her new lakefront home.

September Meeting

Our September meeting was at Gloria's house. We discussed the book, Birds of a Feather. Everyone enjoyed the book and we had an English high tea for refreshments.

August Meeting

The August Meeting was held at Debbie's house. We enjoyed a light dinner of home made chicken salad and a mixed green salad. This was followed by strawberry and blueberry vanilla yogurt sundaes. Delicious!

We discussed the book The Night Circus. We had a wonderful discussion about this fantastic fantasy.

Gloria, Karen and Linda dressed in black and white to go with the color scheme of the circus.

We also talked about bringing a children's book to share at our December meeting. Barb volunteered to take these to the St. Vincent de Paul Society. We all decided that we had plenty of ornaments and so we would probably discontinue that tradition at our Dec. meetings.
We followed up with Barb telling us the latest news about her Little Free Library. She was happy to report that it has been a huge success.

July Meeting

The July Meeting was held at Corinne's home. We read Killing Kennedy. Following a wonderful dinner, we had a very lively discussion of the book and also a competition .Two teams answered questions about the book and the time in general. The winning team received Smarties candies and the losing team received Nerds candy! I won't reveal who was on each team but let's just say I enjoyed my Smarties.

June Meeting!

 It was great to have such a wonderful turn out for our June meeting. We discussed the book, The Forgotten Garden, by Kate Morton. I was afraid that not many would have finished the book, since it was so long but everyone seemed to enjoy this month's selection and had finished it. We had a wonderful discussion about why a four year old would be abandonded on a wharf in Australia in 1913. On Nell's 21st birthday a secret is revealed to her by her father. This led to a long discussion about what happened to Nell and what was discovred hidden in the secret garden.