Sponsoring a child

It's time I talked about Tani in this blog. She is a six year old Honduran child that I sponsor through Christian Children's Fund. This is the first photo I received. She had just turned two anos!

I sent her family $12.oo yesterday to pay their electricity bill, FOR THE YEAR! Helping her family is something that makes me feel really good. Folks are often leary of child sponsorship programs. Kent and I once sponsored a child through World Vision. It was much more expensive than CCF, and we only got one photo of the child and a description of his circumstances.

I get letters from Tani's father and photos all the time. It's great! Ill have to post more about them later because they really help me keep the spirit of Christmas throughout the year!

Letting go

I hate to throw out a beautiful plant, but poinsettias have their season. I take mine out to the compost heap and "set them free," but not without a final closeup.

More gift tags

In cleaning out boxes and ribbons that are no longer suitable for recycling, I came across a box lid I could not bear to throw out. Instead, I turned it into gift tags for next year. I may go ahead and order a roll of plain red wrapping paper to use with them (and for Valentine's Day, soon.) I have dozens of white bows I could use with them, too.

Recycled Christmas Card Tags

I may not get my postcards done this month, but I did go through my Christmas cards for candidates for gift tags. All of these tags were cut from the fronts of received cards.

Lunch Money

We were having lunch at Cracker Barrel today and four soldiers came in. We couldn't afford to buy their lunch, but Kent, my husband, gave them some money toward the cost of it and told them he appreciated them. I'm very proud of him. He's keeping Christmas!

Hiding Christmas!

Here's a way I "keep" Christmas (out of sight) till next year!

Snowmen in January

I think I'll leave these little guys up a while longer. I use red & white in my kitchen, anyway.