A Little Treat for the Book Group

I belong to a book group.
Most, but not all of the women are from our church.
We meet on the second Thursday of the month at each other's homes...
rotating every month. We discuss the book we've read for
that month and we have lunch provided by the hostess.
In August David & I host a cook-out for all of the Book Groupettes,
as my friend Anne refers to us, and our spouses.

Last week was the last get-together of our Book Group until September.

We are a fun-loving bunch of women (15 now!) 

I took my camera with me last week to snap some pictures and ended up having so much fun that the camera never came out of my bag. Oh my!

Over the summer, we don't have an assigned book to read, we just read for pleasure and then when we gather in September, we can each suggest a book for the coming year.

I love this group!

We have a good time, sure, but it's so much more than that.

We are like sisters, laughing together, praying for each other and sharing Christ-centered  fellowship.

I decided to make a book marker for each of the ladies. They can use it over the summer and then put the list of books we decide on for next year on the back.

I used all layered digital elements...playing with digital images is a lot of fun!

Our book for June was the one pictured, Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B Ross.

It is the first of a series and we all enjoyed it very much.

I already ordered the next few in the series from my favorite source

found HERE.

Half.com is a great place to show for used and sometimes new books.

Getting together once a month gives us a chance to share information

that is useful or fun. This is what I learned last week from Lois.

When you buy fresh berries (I had cherries), rinse them off and then

fill a large bowl with cold water and a small amount of vinegar.

(I used 1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar)

Pour the fruit into the bowl and let it soak for a while.

Drain the fruit in a colander but don't rinse.

Line another bowl with a paper towel and dump the drained fruit

in the bowl. Refrigerate.

Doing this will keep the fruit about 3 times fresher than

just washing the fruit. Try it. The fruit does not have any taste

of vinegar, either.

Now I have a question for you. Do you take your own picture for your blog profile and Facebook?

My daughter-in-law is an expert at that

 hold-the-camera-away-from-you-and-take-your-own-picture thing.

I spent waaaay more time than I should have working on that today. I finally got so tired of looking at my own double chin and crow's feet that I gave up.

Maybe that's the trick...that 20+ year difference in our ages!!

Now if you really want to see some cute pictures...how 'bout these 2?

Charlie is 4 1/2 and Miles is 19 months.

We miss them lots!

xoxo

Joyce