Today was preparation day to get tables set up and food on them for tomorrows Christmas for the Children Day. The people who reside at the campground, both long and short termers, raise money throughout the year to fund this day. When Kathy made Nachos the other day the money from selling them went into the Childrens Day fund.
We were supposed to meet at the clubhouse at 9AM to set up tables and get ready for the guys to go pick up the food and other things (toilet tissue, laundry soap, bar soap, and more) that had been purchased. I walked into the clubhouse at 9AM to find that set up was nearly complete. When finished each station would have 2 long tables and a card table. Each station was set up for a specific family. I think there are 15 families.
The food was supposed to start arriving at noon but at 11AM I did manage to help unload some of the cold things (mostly meat).
About 6PM I walked through and took this photo. In the morning the meat/cold stuff will be added to the tables. The quantity of stuff at each station is based on the size of the family. The table in the foreground must be for a small family. The tables were full and things were piled up on one station that is for a large family. Under each table are presents for the kids and for Mom's and Dad's.
I'm sure that a lot of other campgrounds that cater to Winter Texans do something similar. I previously mentioned during the year 100,000 Winter Texans pump over $1 billion into the local economy, this is one of the ways they do it.
There is an awesome flowered bush that we drive by on the street that leads to the campground. I took a couple of photos today but my camera doesn't come close to doing it justice. The red one is nice but the purple one is awesome.
It was a rough day for Kathy. She knew that almost everything that was going to happen today required lifting. She knew that if she went to the clubhouse she wouldn't be able to resist doing things she shouldn't, so she stayed home until late afternoon.
In the afternoon I went over to Planet Fitness and got in a 90 minute workout.
Today was another good south Texas day. Part of the day was a little to breezy to classify it as a great day. It was mostly sunny, only occasional wispy clouds here and there. The high was 83. With the breeze it was very nice sitting outside. When Kathy came in and started cooking supper she turned the AC on. We will probably leave it on all night since its only supposed to get down to 68 overnight.
God is good. I pray that He blesses you and yours. He has blessed me.
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