Recent Happenings

I have been busy the past few days. Life away from the computer was winning. Although I sometimes was near to it and needing to get responses back for things I was doing, I did not have time to sit and think. I don't now either but will take a moment to reflect.

We went to supper on Thur nite with friends. A very nice little restaurant that opened in Jan of this year - The Melting Pot.  It is a fondue place. Expensive but very nice. Definitely enough food and there was great conversation with friends as well.

Friday we left early for Bonnyville to go and visit John's mom. It was a short visit (round trip-just for the day) but a very sweet, early Christmas visit. She seemed to like her gift of a new sweater but was all smiles when we also hooked up her new 40" tv! She was like a little child when the picture finally came on after initializing for what seemed like forever!  It filled the whole screen with bright colours - the Smurfs were on! Bright red and blue! She was mesmerized. However, when I turned to the next channel showing"100 Huntley Street' she settled in and become more serious! Now this is her favourite show.  She was quite taken with the whole effort and wanted to know right away how to turn it on, turn it off and turn it up!

Sat morning I had my ladies brunch with a few close friends. A nice time of chatting, lots of laughs, serious discussion and gift-giving. Oh yes, lots of food too! Fellowship and food. That's what it's all about!

Sat afternoon I had to do some serious shopping and got quite a bit of it done but not all of it. It's always nice to leave something to the very end - just to get into the spirit of it all!

Sunday we went to church and in the afternoon, we both went to watch the Children's program . Even though our own grandchildren are not in it, we love watching the antics of these young kids. So cute - all dressed up and singing for all their might!

Monday it was back to work and in the evening we went out with our neighbors to a favourite restaurant that had moved last year and it was our first visit there for a year or two. There had been a fire in their complex (not their place) but the whole building was condemned and their restaurant with it.The Bistro Praha is excellent and it feels like the same place as they brought the chairs and tables and full sized wall mural with them! It only moved around the corner but it took them over a year to do so.  After supper, which was excellent (weiner schnitzel) and then a peach crepe for dessert, we headed to the First Presbyterian Church downtown to catch the 8 pm performance of the Greenwood Singers and the U of A Handbell Ringers. A very nice evening. All very Christmasy!

Tomorrow is our windup brunch for our Time For Ladies at our church. It's the last meeting until January 18, 2012. That will give me a few weeks in there somewhere to finish the reading and prepare the next lesson and get the new book read for the 1st of February to begin a new session on 'The Power of Prayer'.

Tomorrow is also the evening that our daughter and grandchildren arrive. Looking forward to their visit as they will be here for over a week. Excitment is mounting for Christmas! I also have a Commissioning Service for my Stephen Ministry program so will miss picking them up from the airport but will see them all when I get home. What a welcoming sight they will be!

I tried loading some pics but it was not working tonite. Guess my computer has taken some time off too.  Well, my 'down time' is up and it is time to do a few things. Mostly...go to bed! Pictures will have to wait for another day!