The local fire & rescue department held a fund-raising pancake breakfast with Santa Claus this morning down at the community center.\u00a0 They asked me to help out, so I went down there and helped serve the pancakes and sausage.\u00a0 It was a nice time, seeing a lot of neighbors that I haven’t seen since my parent’s funeral.\u00a0 I got a lot of invitations to come drop by and see them during the holidays.\u00a0 Of course I said I’d try to work it into my schedule.\u00a0 It was fun seeing how excited all of the children got when Santa arrived to hand out a few gifts that parents had brought in ahead of time.\u00a0 Of course Santa arrived (and left) on a fire truck, sirens blaring!\u00a0 I’m thinking about learning to drive an ambulance and volunteer to be a driver for them since I live so close by to the station.\u00a0 I’ll have to make a point to talk to them about it more when we’re not busy serving up breakfast!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The local fire & rescue department held a fund-raising pancake breakfast with Santa Claus this morning down at the community center.\u00a0 They asked me to help out, so I went down there and helped serve the pancakes and sausage.\u00a0 It was a nice time, seeing a lot of neighbors that I haven’t seen since my … <\/p>\n