What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.

The company I work for sponsored an Angel Tree for the local chapter of the Goodfellows. Here are some pictures from the event that actually took place last Friday night. Some of the expressions I captured were so funny, I could not resist challenging my creative Mindsay friends to take a stab at adding their own captions. I don’t have time to be creative. I had no money for Christmas shopping until payday this past Thursday, and since then, have had no time…until late yesterday afternoon, when I was sick as a dog with some mysterious and sudden digestive thing that hit me midday, complete with a fever. Sooooo, guess what’s on MY agenda today?! Haven’t even bought the food stuffs for Christmas dinner…there’s nothing like taking it to the wire, is there? Keeps life exciting. God knows I really need all the excitement I can get in my life (yes, that was sarcasm).

So here goes Mindsay…let’s see what you can come up with!

This is one of my co-workers, Mary, and her son, Jack.





This is one of another co-workers’ children…talk about an authentic looking elf!



This little guy was the sibling of one of the gift recipients. And he was zooming around the place like a little ham throughout the entire event…he was HILARIOUS! This was the closest I came to capturing him in pixels…of course, still on the move.



These 2 were related, though I’m not sure how. This little redhead was one of the recipients, as well as an older sibling. Don’t these 2 look like they’re totally synchronized in their reactions and expressions?!





If there is any hope for even the remotest of successes today, I'd better slather on some makeup, don my elf hat and get started on my shopping adventure. Take it over, Mindsay…













BTW, in the event that I collapse in a worthless heap upon getting home from my epic shopping adventure this afternoon (and thereby do not make it to the computer), here’s wishing all of you wonderful folk in Mindsay land a wonderful holiday that leaves you all with happy faces like these…