Lunch for the secretaries...

We had our Christmas lunch for the secretaries who work in my husband's office today. Just for two out of the three-- the third took vacation days this week. We've been doing this for a bunch of years now, and the ladies look forward to it.

This year, especially after Hurricane Ike blew whole neighborhoods away, the secretaries were very happy to be invited. Neither one of them is doing much for Christmas in their own homes. The older secretary lost her entire house and its contents to that hurricane. She's been living with her daughter, trying to decide whether to re-build where she lost her home, or move to another town. I'd be moving to another town if that were my decision to make. The younger secretary lost parts of her roof, and some of the enclosures for the animals she keeps on her property. She has nearly every animal that you can possibly keep on a residential non-subdivision property-- a goat, rabbits, dogs, cats, and birds.

We had a nice leisurely lunch, much longer than the one hour they usually get, which of course they liked. I made place cards and candy baskets, which they always take with them, plus we gave them gift bags filled with goodies for the holiday. I had shopped for them at the World Market store a couple of weeks ago, so I'm hoping that the things I picked out will be items they hadn't seen before.

Very warm today, and very muggy and humid. The sun came out for about an hour this afternoon, then quickly faded into a heavy fog. Oh well..... I'm not complaining. I'd rather have it warm and foggy than cold and snowy.