Cold yet sunny Christmas Day

We had Christmas Eve Day breakfast with some of my old fifth grade pals yesterday morning. It was great to see them and find out what's been going on and how they are planning on spending the holiday.

We saw "Saving Mr. Banks" Sunday night. Wow. Who knew there was such a backstory for not only the making of Mary Poppins, but the author as well.

The Book Thief

Yesterday was so much fun. I finished the book, met with my book club and went right to the movie...at a new theater with comfy seats and free popcorn and soda! Whoo hoo!

The book was good and added more dimension to the movie than I would have had without having read it first, but I have to say I liked the movie ending better.

I am now library book-less. I may have to turn to the Nook. :-)

Party Time

It's getting to be that time of year....

Last week we were treated to a wonderful Holiday Party for the Eastampton Seniors at the Boilermakers Union Hall. Local 28 is in our town and they  hosted the party, organized by our favorite activities coordinator, Officer Ernie Rogers. Home Depot "elves" were on hand, too, with lots of goodies in their sleigh for us. What a wonderful treat.

Yesterday was the DKG Holiday Dinner. After a somewhat disastrous ride and parking experience, I really enjoyed the Tavistock dinner and Sigma (and guests!) company.

It lasted way later than anticipated so I had to pass Prospectors and Tom right by and meet him at home instead.

I'm ready to dance now ...but it is REALLY cold out!

December already? Wow!

So right now I am in the middle of making SHIP calls to the people I was given today with questions about Medicare.  Later I am heading out to a Kindercare location to assist in a Tax Talk for HR Block. Tonight we dance!

Tom headed out to golf (and there's 8-10 inches of snow currently somewhere out west.....!) after his water therapy appointment.

Our latest adventures have included attendance at cousin Beej and  Mike's 50th wedding anniversary and Black Friday/Cyber Monday purchases in the area of phones and tablets and headphones...oh my. (No, we still haven't gone to the smart phone (dark) side.....!)

The party was a lot of fun and we sat with great people-Kenny and Susie, Roxanne and Craig, and Francine and Bruce.

We saw Delivery Man last night and enjoyed it. We've also seen Thor and Hunger Games-Catching Fire, and About Time. I am looking forward to seeing The Book Thief....but not until I finish reading it! (and probably will go with my book club....if I can wait that long!) [On the subject of book club books, I also read and really enjoyed The Husband's Secret...just sayin']

Procrastinate Much?

Why, even as I type this, there are things I am putting off....:-(

 Anyway, we saw the movie "About Time" late last night after I got home from the Contact suicide in-service. (Statistics are rising...over half the world's deaths are suicides! Very sad)(In Burlington County in 2012 we had 5 suicides and 28 suicides!)

 I had high expectations for the movie, but it wasn't really that good. It was sort of slow and not that much fun. Maybe everything just went too smoothly for their lives, I don't know.

The really big disappointment, though, was that Regal tampered with the AARP popcorn/drink deal and it's not such a benefit for seniors anymore. (We bought it anyway, of course!)

 I am looking forward to dancing tonight, lunch with Gee Gee tomorrow, and lunch with my DEAR friends Friday. :-)

Disappointed, but okay

So here I thought I would be supporting the Friends of the Library and having a good time tonight, but when I looked up the flyer for the After Hours Wine and Cheese to share on Facebook, it wasn't there. It turns out it was cancelled. Boo hoo. I guess I should have gotten a ticket ahead of time. I wonder how many other people were planning on trying to pay at the door like me? It's beginning to look less and less like we are going away in the near future...that's sad, but kind of a good thing because my calendar has been filling up with "stuff" while the decision making was going on.... I will probably be sad when it's cold (wait...it is already cold!) and I am thinking of warm sandy beaches.... I tried to help a friend sign up on the marketplace for health insurance and we bumped into a temporarily not working, try again in 30 minutes stumbling block...twice so far. Now I see what they are talking about....

Subsidy calculator for the marketplace health plans

I found this in a great ACA/Obamacare plan cost calculator on facebook posted by Upworthy. It's produced by Kaiser. I'm posting it here so I can find it easily to share as a starting point for people who need health insurance and will be using the Marketplace.