April Meeting with Friends

The Girls From Ames was our book this month and the inspiration for a friendship celebration. I made an Iowa inspired meal to share including glazed ham, corn and cherry tomato salad, corn muffins, and friendship cake.
We played a friendship bonding game called "What's a Dame to Do?" which just was a fun activity to see how well we knew our book buddies. It turns out we DO know each other pretty well.
We discussed the importance of women friends to our health and happiness. The internet video was shown and as always we learned a little bit more about each other.
So here's to our friendship that started out as a "side by side" activity and has grown into so much more because women have face to face friendships and love to support one another. I'm grateful for my WOW friends!
Respectfully submitted by Margie

March Meeting

I'm a little late getting the inforamtion about our March meeting posted. Our March meeting was held at Linda's house. We discussed Angie's book selection for March, The Lace Reader. This was a fascinating book that takes place in Salem. It was very different with several plot twists and a surprise ending.
Linda and Barb pitched in when Angie had surgery and was not able to host her month. Everyone had a good time with Barb and Linda outdoing themselves with a delicious dinner and dessert.

February Meeting 2010

At our February meeting we had a full house, with only one member missing. (We missed you Stephanie) We had a great discussion of the book Sarah's Key. Everyone loved the book even though it was a difficult topic to discuss. We also enjoyed a delicious dinner of homemade soup and bread followed by Angel food cake for desert. Thank you so much Debbie. You are such a wonderful cook.
After the book discussion the group talked about our future 25th anniversary. We discussed where we might like to go for a special celebratory trip. Right now Washington DC is at the top of our list.
Someone suggested we all wear some type of WOW shirts with a Texas logo or theme aded to showcase our "gang".
Next month we will be meeting at Angie's home to discuss The Lace Reader. Hope to see everyone then. Although I took many pictures at our meeting I think this one of Angie turned out the best.

January Meeting

The January Book Club Meeting will be at Diane's house on Tuesday, Jan, 26th. The time for the meeting is 7:00pm. Light refreshments will be served. The book discussion will be about the book, The Little Pink House, by Jeff Benedict.

DECEMBER 2009 MEETING

Our December meeting was hosted by Gloria on Sunday afternoon, December 20th, at 2:00pm. We enjoyed a wonderful lunch and then had an ornament exchange. Several members stole each other's ornaments in the Chinese Exchange and a lively time was had by all. Following the exchange we discussed our book selections for 2010. After that, we discussed the December book, Christ the Lord, by Ann Rice. Several members mentioned Ann Rice's previous books which we have read and we discussed her different style of writing at this time in her career. We all agreed that this book was a perfect one for the month of December. We ended our meeting with dessert, which was a delicious pineapple upside down cake and fruitcake cookies.

Christmas Gift Ideas?

If you are looking for a gift for someone who loves reading this link might be useful.
It's called Gifts for Literacy Geeks.
http://www.choiceliteracy.com/public/1046.cfm

December Meeting Reminders

Our December Meeting will be hosted at Gloria's home. The meeting is on Sunday, Dec. 20th at 2:00pm. Her book selection for December is, Christ the Lord, by Ann Rice. Besides discussing the book, we will have an ornament exchange and we also need to bring our book selections for next year. See you then.