New Year

Hello Ladies,

I don't know if anyone signed up for hosting next year at our last book club gathering. I forgot to send around a sign up. If anyone knows....will you send me an email and I'll update the blog or set up sign ups for next year.

Molly

Hi Friends...

Book Club is this week at my house...Thursday the 16th. Please rsvp and let me know how many of you can squeeze in an extra event this week!! Thanks

December Book Club

Hi Friends,

I am going to be out-of-town the first part of December to help my parents. I can have Book Club on Thursday the 15th. Please let me know if this date will work for you. I am sorry to have to schedule it so late in the month and so close to Christmas.

Love you all,
Janet H.

September book club

Book club will be at my house this coming Thursday Sept. 30th. Jenny was nice enough to trade with me since I will not be around in October.

I also had a wrong address for Julie and no address for Molly or Jenny, can you please pass the word.

Thanks, Christa

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Hi Ladies! I just finished Scarlet Pimpernel and really enjoyed it! I've LOVED the Broadway musical of it for years, and it was fun to finally read 'the real thing'. I think both the musical and the movie followed the true story pretty well. I have the movie if anyone wants to borrow it after reading it. I also have the soundtrack to the musical... Yeah, I pretty much love this story... Hope you enjoy it!

Book Club This Week

Book Club this week will be at Wendy's at 12:30. Please RSVP to her.

Good Reading

To all my friends who love to read. Here is a blog written by a 20 year old girl working in a leper colony in India. I wrote about her on my personal blog but think the thoughts are worthy of sharing with you. The link is www.sewpurple.blogspot.com

If you have the time I recommend reading Anne Marie's blog - see to my right sidebar. She is just finishing a 3 week experience of working in a leper colony in India. Anne is a dainty, feminine, pretty, girly girl. She has a heart of gold and has every desire to be and do good. My 3 favorite posts (and are best read in this order)are HANDS written on May 28, I can't even begin to explain her experiences and insight, it's better to just read them yourself. One line that really touched my heart was, "They may not have hands, but they all have gratitude." The second post is LOOK UP from June 1, and the final sentence sums up her tender feelings at the end of this day, "I try to remember to look up to my Heavenly Father who never lets the prayers of my heart go unheard, no matter to what sky I LOOK UP." And the third post is SEEING. Her experience of seeing a small disabled boy who was ignored by all the passing crowds and her response to him just softened my heart. The sentence, "He was made invisible by the visibility of his differences.", makes me want to look more carefully with my eyes.

Many times I have been inspired by music or dance, but perhaps more inspirational is to see someone's heart trying to be good.
I hope to be like Anne Marie when I grow up.

I need a book.

Do any of you have a copy of the Outliers that I could borrow? Since I don't get notified of blog entries, could you just email your answer to me? kathyrcallister@gmail.com. Thanks

April Book Club

Hi Everyone,
Book Club will be at my house on April 29th at 12:30. I'm looking forward to seeing all of you. We will be discussing Dragon's Gate by Laurence Yep. Please let me know if you will be there so I can plan accordingly---Sue

Remember When.....

Aloha all, Marv sent me this picture as he found it while cleaning up his laptop on vacation. He wanted to make sure everyone saw it. Also, just so you know - emails from the blog only go out to 10 people, so we can't count on everyone receiving messages just by posting on the blog. I guess when you have something posted, send an email to everyone so they can check the blog.

Change of Venue

Ladies...Sue has jury duty this week and has not yet been released. To play it safe, she asked if I would go ahead and do book club this month and she'll do it next month. So..... both Janets, Molly and Jenny Rowan have RSVP'd yes to her, and Laverne won't be flying back from Hawaii for the event.... but it would be very helpful to me if you could let me know as soon as possible if you will be able to come or not. (Like tonight...because I need to shop tomorrow.) Thank you for your help on this. I'm excited to have you come...same time... on Thursday. Thanks! Nese.

Lunch on Thursday

Hello Everyone,

Lunch will be at Sue Chambers home this Thursday at 12:30. Please call to let her know if you are coming - 383-9049.

Book Club on Thursday, February 25th

Hi gals. Book club will be next Thursday, February 25th at 12:30 p.m. at my house. Please let me know by Sunday if you will be coming.

Thanks so much
Kathy

I need to borrow a book!

Do any of you gals have a copy of "Have a Little Faith" that I could borrow today (Sunday--Valentine's Day) or in the next couple of days? Please call me or email me, okay?

Book for March & Recipes from Jan. Luncheon

Hello everyone, Book Club was fun. We missed those who could not be with us. The book decided for March is The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss

Here are the recipes some of you asked for:

Hearty Minestrone Soup (Raley's Magazine)

Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 45 minutes

3 stalks celery, sliced
3 medium carrots, peeled and sliced
1 large onion, chopped
2 (32-oz.) cans beef broth ( or I use bullion cubes)
1 can kidney beans, rinssed and drained
1 (6oz) can tomato paste
1 cup Prego Traditional Spaghetti Sauce
2 tsp. Italian herb seasoning
3/4 cup small shell pasta
Preparead basil pesto

Place all ingredients except pasta and pesto in a large stockpot.
Bring to a boil; cover and simmer for 30 minutes. Add pasta
and cook, uncovered, for 15 minutes longer. Spoon into large
bowls and swirl a teaspoon of pesto into each.

Makes 8 servings

Nutrion per serving: 127 calories,
7 g. protein, 3 g. fat, 19 g. carbohydrate,
3 g fiber, 1 mg cholesterol, 775 mg sodium



Poppy Seed Dressing (Karen Fife)

1 cup sugar
1 cup oil
2/3 cup apple cider vinegar
2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. poppy seed
2 tsp. prepared mustard

Blend together

January Book Club

Dear Book Club members, I am trying to use this site for the first time. I hope this gets to all of you. This Thursday, Jan. 28th is Book Club at my home. I think the time is 12;30. Let me know if you can make it or not. If you have any good books you think we would all like to read, please bring them. That would be helpful. See you on Thursday. Love, Janet Weed

Calendar Ready to Go

Hello Everyone,

The calendar is now filled in for 2010. We will be at Janet Weed's home for January. Kathy, you were the only one to not sign up so you ended up with February, hope that works for you.

A Few Empty Months

The months of January, February, March and July are still available for hosting book club. If you have trouble signing up on the blog, call me or send an email and I will put your name in for you.