Okay bloggers, I need your help. An organization that I belong to is donating 2 giant gift baskets to our local VA nursing home for Christmas. We’ve decided to add items to the baskets ourselves instead of going to a florist or gift company to create the baskets for us.

Now this is the part where I need your help. I need a list of items for the elderly to add to my basket. Also keep in mind, some of the elderly may be diabetic and/or have false teeth. For instance, I thought about adding some cans of Ensure. And Amn.eris came up with the great suggestion of adding crossword and suduko puzzle books.

We are taking these baskets to the nursing home next Friday, so I need suggestions well before that day. Thanks in advance!

For the past couple of years, I’ve sponsored a Halloween party for the kids in my neighborhood.  Well, this year the party has expanded, so now we’re having the party held at the community center.  And every year my friend Dre and I have dressed in different themes.

Last year we went with a Star Wars theme.  This year we’re going with a Matrix theme.  And my brother is even getting in on the act.  I’m going as Niobe, Dre will be Neo and my brother is going as Morpheus.

I really wish that some parents in the neighborhood would volunteer to take over one year because this is really wearing me out.  As much as I love the kids, I can’t keep doing this forever, nor am I guaranteed to keep living in this city.  But for now, I’ll play hostess again this year.