MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
 

Posted by Sherry Ennis on Feb 22, 2020


 

Dear Members,
 
Last month, if you recall, I addressed the issue of my “Hopeless” chest. Several days after writing, I stepped up to the task and dove into the chest. By the end of the excavation, I had enough crafty items to make Dixie very happy, and I had unburdened myself of a lot of guilt as those UFO’s (UnFinished Objects) were about to become someone else’s problem. But the real bonus to this archeological dig was finding two sets of keys for which I had been searching for over two years! No, I didn’t hide them there; I hide keys in boots. Now you know my secret. They had been scooped up from the laundry room table when a project had been abandoned and sent back to the purgatory of the chest. Does my story of treasure make you want to dive into your “hopeless” chest? Dixie will love you. And who knows what you might find.
 
The other evening I had dinner with several of my “girlfriends”. I do hate to use that term, but “woman friends” doesn’t have quite the same ring nor does a couple of old broads. They all have the same meaning; it’s just semantics. Once again, I realized the golden value of these female friendships. Without them we are truly lost. I remember back in the 90’s reading an article that stated we should have X number (3? 5?) of friends that we could call at 2:00 a.m. if we needed them. I could count out the requisite number, but now I feel that I could double or triple that number. Of course, living in Bonner County, one does consider proximity. Are you going to call the friend that lives 40 minutes away or the one that is 7 minutes away? Something to think about. Aside from circumstances, our female friends can be so life-affirming. They are smart, clever, funny, caring and, on occasion, appropriately, or not, snarky. And buried inside, and not so very deeply, they are still all girls!
 
Thanks to Leslie for bringing the Sandpoint Middle School student members of the Design for Change club to our meeting on Wednesday. Those young people were impressive, so articulate and so passionate about what they are doing.
 
We are still looking for hosts for our CAL Mixers. If you’ve attended one or two, you know what fun it is to get together with a small group of CAL gals for no particular reason at all. You can host on your own or get a friend to host with you. You set the time, date and place. There are signup sheets on the counter at Bizarre Bazaar.
 
Sherry Ennis
President