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Western PA, US
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cruising, water skiing, photography
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RCI, Princess, Celebrity
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Caribbean
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What a beautiful, sunny day for us today. Enjoyed breakfast and lunch out with our grandkids, plus a little time exploring new life at the lake. Then, there is always time for ice cream. Meanwhile, our budding artist worked on her life size family chalk art. There may have been some tracing involved. Looking forward to granddaughter’s first traveling concert tomorrow.
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one of the newspapers I read this morning covered a fundraiser for a local food pantry, plus a food backpack program for one of the other school districts. They had a large turnout. We also usually buy cases of snacks at Sam’s Club, and give them to our daughter to take to her classroom. She gives them out to any of her students who don’t have snacks during the day. She was telling us that 40% of her class are on the list to take food home for the weekends.
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h20skibum started following Princess CC offer
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We got the card, only for the purpose of getting the OBC, and will cash it for our January cruise. As a bonus, they are currently giving 5x for purchases made before 5/15. Don’t know if that applies to all card holders, but that was in an email we recently received on our card.
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I started writing a couple posts yesterday, about some really strange things we encountered. After writing and reading, I would think ‘yes, that post will go poof, or could earn me a do not pass go’. So you all will just have to guess what still has me shaking my head. So probably best for in person conversations. Instead, I will share this story. Last night, Susan and I spent our Wednesday evening like we do every Wednesday evening. Packing bags of food for school age children to take home with them to make sure they have food to eat over the weekend. Our church sponsors this program, and we pack between 140 to 150 bags each week during the school year. Although we live in one of the wealthiest school districts in our county, most people would not think of the number of children who have food insecurities. We have been well aware, but probably because our daughter is a teacher in the district, and we have heard many stories since she began teaching. One of the teachers, who helps pack, had called during the week and asked if she could give out bags to four children who were not on the list to receive bags. They had approached her and told her they had not had a supper meal all week. Thankfully, the kids can get breakfast and lunch at school, but the numbers struggling with lack of food just seem to increase. I guess the purpose of my post is to make others aware of the problem if you are not already. It doesn’t matter where you live, the problem is there. Maybe look in to programs in your area and support them. I guarantee it will be appreciated. Ok, end of my thought for the day. And this is a better topic than the one that had me SMH.