How is December half over already?

I cannot believe that winter is fast upon us here in New Hampshire.  It's been a hot minute since I got on to talk about SPIN, so I wanted to get everyone back up to speed on the last few months.  Is it just me or does time fly by sooooo much faster once the kids go back to school?  So in lieu of our usual monthly gathering (I've decided calling them gatherings instead of meetings feels much more inviting) we had planned a reunion cookout.  A few of our former friends that have moved on or gotten married were going to join us to catch up! Unfortunately, mother nature had other plans, and we got rained out.  The gathering was quickly relocated to a local coffee shop where I heard it was a huge success!  Fast forward to October where we hosted our annual crockpot meal exchange.  This event is a favorite among our moms because it's fun and it takes the mental load off of the endless question of "what's for dinner?"  When you have school aged kids in activities it's just one less thing to have to juggle.  What happens during this event is we team up to make multiple batches of one recipe into freezer bags.  Those bags are then distributed among the moms in attendance, and they go home with 5 or 6 meals (with recipes) ready to go into the freezer which than just get thawed and tossed into a crockpot for a later meal.  I may or may not be guilty of throwing the meal in mostly frozen and it still worked!  "Blessing" and "God Sent" doesn't even come close to describing how huge this is for a single mom trying to juggle life like an octopus.  I personally think that I only have one meal left in my stash and they were all delicious.  So quickly hopping over to November where we had our first SPIN Friendsgiving, and it was a total hit!  SPIN provided the usual Thanksgiving staples, and each member brought something to share.  It was so much fun and so special.  We also had a couple of guest speakers which was a total treat as well.  We're working hard behind the scenes to do as much as we can for our members and to be a constant beacon of support.  We hope to see you soon at your first meeting or as a continuous participant.  

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