A miserable day of cold, damp drizzle all day long! Met Claire and Kathy at 8:00 Mass and then 2-hour breakfast and chatter at Coffee Hound. Kathy and I then took dinner to a long-time friend, Cathy, who is recovering from surgery. It was so good to see her and that she's doing well.
Home for a bit; and what a surprise to come into the kitchen and see food sitting all over the place. Saturday night at Mark's family Christmas, he was talking to his brother, Tom about expiration dates on food and what can happen. Tom told about a recent story of a little boy who had pancakes and unknown to the family, the date on the pancake box had expired and the little boy became very ill and almost died. The doctor told the family to always follow expiration dates. So.........Mark decided to go thru all the cupboards, pantry, etc. and check all dates (most all cans and packaged food items have a date) - we were shocked at how much had expired. We are gone so much and things just kind of accumulate, get pushed to the back, etc. We threw out a bunch and will try and control this. Just wanted to share this!
We went to Meijer's for a few groceries and other piddlies. This evening we picked up 2 large pans of green beans and took to Safe Harbor to serve to the homeless (70) with my Exchange Club. They had plenty of volunteers, so dropped off the food and came on home - always a humbling experience seeing these folks lining up to eat and very grateful for what may be their only meal of the day.
Still raining out - ugh! Sunshine is to be back tomorrow! December sure has been mild!
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