[nfbmi-talk] Fw: Western Wayne County Chapter Christmas celebration

Mary Ann Rojek brightsmile1953 at comcast.net
Sun Dec 13 19:28:50 UTC 2009 

Donna, congratulations on your perseverance and on a job well done. We must 
continue to stand united in changing what it means to be blind.

Mary Ann
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna Posont" <donnabutterfly50 at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Michigan List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 12:41 PM
Subject: [nfbmi-talk] Fw: Western Wayne County Chapter Christmas celebration


>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Donna Posont" <donnabutterfly50 at gmail.com>
> To: "Donna Posont" <donnabutterfly50 at gmail.com>
> Cc: "Karen Simmons" <karenbethsimmons at gmail.com>; "Katie Tonarely" 
> <ktonarely at gmail.com>; "Sharon Kingsbury" <sharonkingsbury at gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 3:45 PM
> Subject: Re: Western Wayne County Chapter Christmas celebration
>
>
>> It is time for me to share another celebration.  This very week I 
>> completed my chemistry lab at the University of Michigan Dearborn. Many 
>> of you may know that I was very challenged by the administration when I 
>> needed and wanted to participate in my regular chemistry lab.  It is 
>> finished. Thanks to many of you for your encouragement, love, and 
>> support. You may not know that 35 years ago I was not welcome in my 
>> chemistry or biology lab when I entered college so I changed my major to 
>> social work. That did not turn out to be a bad thing, but this time 
>> around I was determined to stay in the class. That determination has come 
>> from my involvement in the National Federation of the Blind.  Every day 
>> we are changing what it means to be blind and I appreciate the 
>> opportunity to contribute to that changing attitude about blindness. 
>> Let's keep helping one another. Take care and be blessed, Donna Posont
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Donna Posont" <donnabutterfly50 at gmail.com>
>> To: "NFB of Michigan List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: <donnabutterfly50 at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 11:53 PM
>> Subject: Western Wayne County Chapter Christmas celebration
>>
>>
>>> Last call to one and all to attend our annual Christmas party meeting 
>>> this Saturday at the Senate in Dearborn. A highlight will be the drawing 
>>> for a fifth generation ipod nano and the Christmas Stocking full of 
>>> goodies knit by Laura White. There will be lots of meat balls, mashed 
>>> potatoes, and gravy along with brosted chicken, Greek green beans, lemon 
>>> rice soup, pie and rice pudding and all you can drink. Free gift card 
>>> give aways, a Christmas package auction and plenty of making music will 
>>> help make the occasion a good time to be had by all.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Fred Wurtzel" <f.wurtzel at comcast.net>
>>> To: "'NFB of Michigan List'" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 4:14 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] more christmas tree light questions
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I just talked to Larry, and it is hilarious that he said to start at 
>>>> the
>>>> top.  I guess it is what you are used to.  I plug them in and start at 
>>>> the
>>>> bottom, as I mentioned.  Regarding getting them to stay, this is no 
>>>> problem.
>>>> They do not need to be at the very ends of the branches.  I just lay 
>>>> the
>>>> wire across the branches on the first tier that I have arbitrarily 
>>>> decided
>>>> to start on. On an artificial tree, the branches are pretty uniformly 
>>>> lined
>>>> up from left to right.  It is like a shelf and the wire lays on there 
>>>> and
>>>> the needles provide enough resistance to prevent them from sliding off,
>>>> unless you have a cat who gets rambunctious.
>>>>
>>>> Regarding working bulbs, this is a visual thing, unless you have a 
>>>> light
>>>> detector.  Our newest color identifier has a light detector on it.  It 
>>>> has
>>>> come in handy several times, though I would not have purposely 
>>>> purchased
>>>> one.Another way may be to plug them a while and touch them to see if 
>>>> they
>>>> are warm.  These little lights may not be as easy to test that way, I 
>>>> am not
>>>> sure.Here in Lansing, the electric company is exchanging 2 strings of 
>>>> lights
>>>> for free for  2 strings of LED lights.  I have no experience with LED
>>>> lights, but I assume they are much more reliable than incondesscent 
>>>> lights.
>>>>
>>>> As Larry and I said, everyone critiques their own tree and thinks how 
>>>> they
>>>> would improve it.  It need not meet some unwritten standard of 
>>>> excellence.
>>>> Trial and error is a really good teacher.  By the time you are my age 
>>>> it
>>>> will be eligible for the House Beautiful Tree of the Year competition.
>>>> (smile)  Christmas is a family togetherness activity.  Creating 
>>>> traditions
>>>> and collecting ornaments each year that remind us of people and events 
>>>> is
>>>> what makes a tree a joy.
>>>>
>>>> One year, we had a 2 foot tall tree that I bought a few days before
>>>> Christmas.  I brought it home when we lived in Ypsilanti and put it on 
>>>> top
>>>> of a table.  We had 1 string of lights and maybe a dozen or less 
>>>> ornements.
>>>> The next morning all the needles had fallen off.  It was just a bare
>>>> skeleton of a tree.  We loved that tree and all our friends had fun 
>>>> looking
>>>> at it and talking about it.  Here I am 32 years later retelling the 
>>>> story.
>>>> That is what Christmas is all about.
>>>>
>>>> I love Christmas.  I make it a point to tell everyone Merry Christmas. 
>>>> I am
>>>> not offended if they tell me happy some other holiday that is 
>>>> meaningful to
>>>> them.  Sharing our traditions is a good thing that we all may benefit 
>>>> from.
>>>> This may give me an opportunity to share my faith in Jesus with them, 
>>>> or
>>>> not, depending on their openness.
>>>>
>>>> All that to talk about having fun putting up a tree.  Don't worry. 
>>>> Have fun
>>>> and enjoy your time with Nick and anyone else who happens to be around
>>>> during the decorating process.
>>>>
>>>> Warmest Regards,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Fred
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org 
>>>> [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>> On Behalf Of trising
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 1:06 PM
>>>> To: NFB of Michigan List
>>>> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] more christmas tree light questions
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Larry and Fred for the ideas. I am still not exactly sure how to 
>>>> do
>>>> this. Sorry for being dense. The thing is, everyone has always urged me 
>>>> to
>>>> stay away while they were stringing lights, so I would not 
>>>> inadvertently
>>>> step on them or tangle them. I have three boxes of lights, so we can 
>>>> fill
>>>> the whole tree, but I do not really understand how they actually go on.
>>>> Ornaments have hooks or loops that go over the tree. The lights do not 
>>>> have
>>>> anything like that. I wish I could do this once with someone who knows 
>>>> what
>>>> they are doing but would not mind showing me. How do you get them to 
>>>> stay on
>>>>
>>>> with no fasteners? How do you know the strand is working with no 
>>>> vision. Do
>>>> you start at a plug or at another end. Sorry I am being dense. I have 
>>>> never
>>>> tried to do them before. Nick can reach much better than I, and he is 
>>>> going
>>>> to try and help Grandma with them. She helps us a lot, and means well, 
>>>> but
>>>> she is not at all good at explaining in words.
>>>>
>>>>
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