IF THE SHOE FITS...

The very best part of the Holiday Season is getting together with THE Girls. And what could be better than to have a day full of those people that share one's life? Tuesday, yesterday was that day. It involved more pre-planning than usual for change of clothes, gifts and timing for the day. BUT you all know it's worth it when you are doing something you want to do. 

The day started early as usual( I can't help it, I'm a morning person) but it was a special activity of finishing up the Grinch Fruit Kabobs to bring for the Jazzercise Christmas Party's Potluck. Yep, the grape is the Grinch's head, the banana slice the fur part of his hat, the strawberry tip the hat's body and the mini marshmallow its pompom. All held together by a toothpick. They did look cute but try finding uniform/ small fruit at their time of year to make it look symmetrical. I 'potch'kied more than necessary but as one of my friends said it's the artist in me.

Instructor extraordinaire

First stop was Jazzercise class where our instructor Debbie had her Christmas routines and an outfit to accompany them. Debbie has 35 years under her belt as an instructor and is the epitome of one of this month's song's lyrics which states "Do what you love and love what you do." 

What an assortment!

And we took her holiday cheer onto the morning class's potluck afterwards where we had some 30 folks donating to the soiree with food and a gift exchange of socks. Isn't it amazing how there can be so many items with no duplicates? 

We eat healthy too.

We exercise hard so we can also eat well. There were different serving areas for appetizers, hot dishes, salads and of course, desserts.

This is the first time we had a sock exchange and there certainly are a lot of fun socks out there nowadays. Only one snowman duplicate.


We really appreciate our instructors so we use this opportunity to bestow our thanks too with gifts. 

Jenny and Debbie our a.m. instructors

 I  found these great Suessical hats on line after seeing them last year in Little Rock  (thanks Kaye) and knew they had to hit the La Crosse scene so I had to have two for our instructors. 



Debbie's also entering a new decade so she got both Christmas and wonderful birthday gifts.



Early afternoon had me heading home to change, catch up on some correspondence before heading back to town to co teach some English with some lovely amigas. One just had a baby and we are still having class in her home. The kids loved the leftover Grinch Kabobs. We will have a 2 week break and got some very big hugs with wishes of Feliz Navidad and Prospero Ano Nuevo. Love these gals. Sorry no pic. :(

The Happy Bookers strike again... our hats didn't stop bobbing

I arrived at 6:30 on the dot for my Happy Booker's Christmas party at a Tapas restaurant and you guessed it I had the Suessical hats for this group. I swear every single table in that restaurant must have stopped by to compliment us on our whimsical hats. We were the entertainment. 

We laughed a lot, caught up on our lives and had our traditional book exchange where we roll die to choose a wrapped used book. Then there's a lot of stealing as we roll for our preferred favorites with a lot more laughs. The 10 minute playoff was never ending. They are all good books so there are no losers... I ended up with "Unbroken."

 I think it was my early morning choice of my red shoes that should have been the indicator of the "perfect" day that would ensue with the girls. AND lo and behold the restaurant's Christmas tree was decked out with miniature red high heeled shoes no less. Were we at the perfect place or what?

It's always perfect when you are surrounded with friends. Blessings to you all this Holiday Season.