Crossed Oaks Haven

Hi Friends and Members,

I know that time has slipped away from me with updating and maintaining our website.  The Facebook page and email has not been nearly as neglected since I check on them every day normally.  It has taken me hours today to clear out some of the information gathered into our boxes even if some of it just got filed into folders for saving.

How about I go in reverse order of things that have been happening and the future.  First of all yesterday was one of our most successful and friendly pot luck meetings at what we call COH Central.  There was a record breaking 21 members and friends attending our Octoberfest pot luck.  With coordination and luck we had a ton of food with no duplications.  Many of us are on some carbohydrate or sugar limiting type diets and so we had a good balance of protein and veggies.  There was still a lot of sugar there to keep us all sweet and overeating.

The pool is getting really quite cool and did not get a lot of use.  It might not be long before we need to cover it up and turn down the use of the filtering.  Some solar heating might help.  The hot tub did get a little bit of use and was definitely the right temperature for relaxation.  I very easily could have slept there I think.

Let's see if on December 6th we can break the record again.  This will be our 5th? cookie meeting.  Last year we took some things to the salvation army for the soup kitchen and I think we should do it again.  This is plenty of warning time so every one should plan to attend.  We start around noon with food served about 2 and people can come and go through out the day until about 10 pm.  

Between now and the cookie party we have a cruise planned and a trip to Lake Como for patriots weekend.  Many members will probably also be attending Nude-a-palooza and the AANR golf tournament.  Halloween will probably find us at Sunny Sands.

Back to the past.  I have never even reported on our Anniversary party or our bowling event.  The club has been so very busy out doing things that I have not taken the hours it takes to put my brain to the typing.  Three years as an official club was celebrated at Sunny Sands on September 13, 2014.  The resort was the best part of our celebration that day.  They welcomed us with a discount and they provided us with the most guests at our party.  As large as our group has become we had only about 10 members show up.  The luncheon pot luck style was well attended though and we bought 44 hamburgers so it was wonderfully fun.  

Now the nude bowling was another great event.  We were honored to have Bill Shroer, the executive director of AANR, to enjoy an evening of fun.  There was a major buzz on FB about our event and I learned once again you have to be careful with the media.  Generally we don't cross into the world of the public in a negative way but it does occasionally bite us.  I think that our affiliation with several different venues is what brought us our success and in December will start promoting the next one.  January 16th will find us again at the alley with the same price and time slot.  I still need to write up an article for the Bulletin to announce how much fun it was.

So I think we are continuing to have Naturally Fun Times.  

Patti