"Group Petroff" Luncheon Today

 

L-R: Linda Petroff, Roberta Meyer, Belinda Alkula, Maggie McDonnell

The "Group Petroff" met for lunch at Mici Handcrafted Italian Restaurant in Lafayette today. There were smiles all around when these Sisters got together for good food and conversation!

Newly Revised Book Club Discussion Schedule

 

Please note this newly revised schedule for book discussions in the upcoming months. (It was revised so that Cindy and Annette could switch their months to discuss the books they selected for discussion.)

"Food" for thought

 

Thank you, Geneva Fisher, for sharing this with us!

"Group Gaddy" Quarterly Connection Gathering

Foreground - Clockwise: Jill Hyde, Annie Gaddy, Belinda Alkula, Vicky Hughes, Joyce Kozeliski

Charcuterie Board: Foreground - Clockwise: Butterfinger Candy Bars, Black Licorice, Apple Slices, Glow-in-the-dark M&Ms, Grapes, Almonds

Group Captain Annie Gaddy orchestrated today's gathering. 

"Group Gaddy" met at Jill Hyde's lovely home for good conversation, coffee, hot spiced cider, an assortment of sparkling fruit-flavored water, and fabulous "nibbles!" Annie shared her homemade Scottish shortbread. (She kindly shares the recipe in the blog post just below.) Jill presented a seasonal charcuterie board (with a fun autumnal/Halloween theme).

It was wonderful to spend time with one another! We talked about "The three P.E.O. Secrets," what we do to keep ourselves "young," and remembrances of the best jobs in our lives. The blessings bag was passed around, as we celebrated some of the many blessings in our lives, one of which is our P.E.O. Sisterhood!

Members of this small group are Annie Gaddy, Vicky Hughes, Jill Hyde and Joyce Kozeliski. The only group member who couldn't be there was Judy Lawrence. Belinda Alkula was happy to join in on the fun as the group's guest.

Thank you, Marylee Zurick, our "Social Hyjinks Captain," for organizing our 2021-2022 small groups!

Annie Gaddy's Fabulous Shortbread Recipe

This Scottish shortbread recipe was given to me when I was in school in Switzerland. My fellow students came from all over the world, and my friend, Julie, was from Scotland.

This is a family recipe Julie received from her great-grandmother,

and I've been making it since 1977. Enjoy.

4 c. flour

1 lb butter (room temperature)

1 c. sugar

1 T cornstarch

Sift flour, sugar & cornstarch and add to butter. Knead with hands.

Press into a large cookie sheet. Cut in squares and prick each square

twice with a fork. Chill for half an hour in the freezer. Slide tray into

oven preheated to 375. Bake for 5 minutes, and reduce heat to

300 degrees to bake for 40 minutes more.

"Group Petroff" Invites Sisters to a No-host Lunch

Group Captain Linda Petroff is inviting Sisters in her small group, "Group Petroff," to join her for a no-host lunch at the "Post Chicken and Beer," 105 West Emma Street, Lafayette, Tuesday, October 26th, starting at 12:30 pm. 

As hostess for this event, she has extended an invitation to all the Sisters in our P.E.O. Chapter JI to join her small group that day. Yea!

If you would like to join “Group Petroff’s” luncheon that day,  please R.S.V.P. your “yes” to Group Captain Linda Petroff.

P.E.O. Chapter JI -- Small-groups Streamlined

Greetings, Just Incredible Sisters!

Our most marvelous "Social Hyjinks Captain," Marylee Zurick has streamlined our small groups. And I couldn't be more pleased. The revised small-groups chart is listed above.

But, wait ... there's more good news!

The "new news" is this ... 

- We are suggesting that whenever one of the small groups is planning to meet, the group's captain will email Belinda Alkula and let her know about the details of the planned gathering. The group captain, on behalf of the small group, will serve as the hostess who can then issue a "welcome" to any of the other Sisters in our chapter to join that small group's planned activity. 

- Belinda will share this news in a blanket email to our chapter's Sisters, asking them to R.S.V.P. to that group's captain/hostess for the event ... if they intend to join in on the fun. (Please always R.S.V.P. to that group captain, so it will be easier for her to orchestrate the event.)

Wow, Sisters! We will have so many fun times to meet in a small-group setting! This COVID-19 pandemic is not going to stop us from connecting with one another, whether it be on Zoom, at an in-person small-group gathering, or via emails, texts, phone calls, notes, etc.

Love always finds a way ...

Lovingly in P.E.O.,

Belinda Alkula, President, P.E.O. Chapter JI

Book Club Schedule Revised Today

Since so many Sisters are unable to participate in tomorrow's scheduled book club gathering, via Zoom, we cancelled the event. 

We have shifted book discussions by one month. That is, the book we planned to discuss tomorrow -- it will be discussed the first Wednesday morning in November.

November 3: "Plain Jane," by Fern Michaels. Hostess: Linda Petroff.

December 1: "The Rose Code," by Kate Quinn. Hostess: Cindy Weber.

January 5: "Open Road, A Midlife Memoir of Travel and the National Parks," by T.W. Neal. Hostess: Annette Oakley. 

February 2: "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo," by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Hostess: Tanya Lynn.