It's Getting Closer!

Well, I am exhausted from work! Thank goodness I took the bus that first takes the other route before heading down my street! I woke up when I was nearly to the mall where the bus changes what route it goes on! I would have slept right past my stop if I had taken my regular route! Plus at -35 degrees, I wasn't waiting outside for the bus for my route when I could hop on that one! Okay, my "intention" was to get off at a stop close to my house along the section that both bus routes travel and then hop on the next one for my route, but that didnt' happen. I guess that's what you get when you leave your house at 6:08 AM to catch the bus to work (which didn't arrive until 6:20 AM instead of 6:10 AM - grrrrr) and work with preschoolers who are absolutely hyped up on the fact that it is almost time for Santa Claus and Christmas!!!

As for me, I feel like I am scrambling to get everything done with working, preparing for Christmas, and trying to get other things accomplished at the same time! Augh! A co-worker asked for 12 more sets of dishcloths, 6 sets of were of a color that I have here, but didn't have them crocheted, I am trying to sew up two things for Nora and Levi, and I have the usual house stuff as well! And this year I am excited about having to clean my house (yes, you read that right, excited) because Mom and Dad are staying here (which is why I have to clean my, well technically apartment). Selena and Curtis are 'hosting' Christmas festivities, and Curtis's parents are coming from Saskatchewan as well, so it will be a full house, but also alot of fun times!

At least I work 7-3:30 tomorrow and then don't head back to work until Monday December 29th! Other people I know are off until January 5th after working tomorrow, but they will remain nameless! ;-)

Anyways, I wish you all a Merry Christmas as this will likely be the last post until after Christmas Day!

Last Craft Sale

Well, this past weekend I had my last craft sale of the year! It was held at The Bay in Downtown Winnipeg here and it went pretty well. I sold more dishcloths at this sale than I did at the other sales, but that was all I sold. I did however, get a custom order for a queen-sized blanket, and gave my name and phone number to two other people who were interested in a blanket in the near future. It will be interesting to see if they do call me and order a blanket.

Other than that, work is going okay, keeps me busy and on my toes. I had three days of vacation time last week (on Mon, Tues, Wed), and the children were very happy to see me back on the Thursday.

I am, as always, looking forward to the Christmas holidays and the time that I will be spending with my family!

I Pulled a "Dad"

So, let me start out by saying, "No, I am not playing hooky from work!" I have three days off this week because there were days available, and when my supervisor approached me to ask if I would like the first three days this week off, I thought carefully about it and then agreed. After all, I have another craft sale this upcoming weekend, Christmas is rapidly approaching, and there are going to be some big changes in my living arrangements in the New Year! So yeah, I needed some days off.

So today, Stacy and I headed for Sobey's because we needed a little bit of groceries, and it is "Dollar Days" right now.

Now I can almost hear you asking, how did I pull a Dad? Well, you see......

At the end of my transaction, the cashier looked outside and saw the snow falling, again, and wondered out loud why we were getting snow. I just simply looked at her and replied, "Well, it is December!" Stacy let out a small gasp and said, "Charlotte!!"

Now, I didn't say that to be smart-mouthed, rude, mean, or otherwise negative, I was just stating a fact. It is December. We are in Winnipeg. There is going to be a high probability of snow! (Just like in January there is a high probability of extremely cold temperatures!)

I guess I could have quickly made a "Stupid Sign" and handed it to her, saying "Here's Your Sign!"

But instead, I just pulled a Dad - stated a fact. And others felt it was inappropriate to say!

Ah, I learned from the best! ;-)

Life Lessons from playing Mexican Train

As I have been playing the game Mexican Train on Facebook recently, I have been struck by the realization of a few points to ponder that relate to the game of Mexican Train, as well as life.

1. The pieces that have the greatest points need to be played as soon as possible.
2. Just when you have everything lined up perfectly for your own train, someone else plays a double and leaves it open for you to have to cover it, thus messing up you own train.
3. When you see no way to get and keep your own train running smoothly for play, someone else steps in and helps you out perfectly.
4. Playing a double that you can’t cover tends to add several dominoes to everyone else’s playable pieces, thus messing with their trains.
5. It takes a bit of strategy, a bit of luck, and a lot of observation to play the game well!
6. Even if you do not win every round, try not to be concerned because after all, in the big scheme of things it isn’t really going to matter!

Craft Sale

Well, yesterday was my first craft sale that I participated in. The middle section of the table was my area, since Selena and I shared the table. Her items are displayed on and in front of the taller racks to the sides.
We had a lot of people who were browsing of the few people who actually came out to the craft sale. So I spent more of the day just having fun with Selena, making a new friend for the day (who I also started to teach how to crochet), and just generally enjoying the time out of the city.

Nora and Levi didn't get to see me much over the weekend, even though I stayed at their house, but what we did spend together was good!

Next craft sale is this weekend, and hopefully that one is busier!

When Things Go Different

So, I was strongly encouraged to update my blog, and I will start out with a little story from Friday night. I had stayed downtown to have supper with a friend while they were on their break from work (they work retail and were closing the store that night). This is of course, Halloween night, so on the bus ride home afterwards I was seeing children everywhere going trick-or-treating.

The bus turned the corner, but the buildings outside my window were all wrong. There was an apartment building but my street (which is the street the bus goes down) has no apartment building right after the corner. Well, the bus had turned down the wrong street, 1 block too early. So, he had to get turned around somehow and he turned another corner into what I thought would be a through street to the proper street. WRONG!! He had turned into a little cul-de-sac street, and had to get himself turned around in there. Well, there are of course cars parked on the street, but he managed (somehow) to do a proper three-point turn with that huge bus in that tiny little cul-de-sac. As we were leaving the cul-de-sac there was an onlooker who was shaking his head at the bus driver.

The passengers directed the driver to the proper street, and away we went on the correct route!



Oh, and if I don't update much in November there are two reasons:
1. I have two craft sales on back to back weekends
2. I am participating in NaNoWriMo again this year - basic idea of this is to write a 50,000 word novel in one month. I'll let you know how it goes!

Youth Rally

Yes, I know, I am not technically a "youth" anymore, but this year, as with the past couple of years, the Saturday night lesson and Worship Time was held at another venue and anyone in the congregation could buy tickets to go to it. This year there was a drama duo performing, as well as a lot of singing, and a lesson from this year's speaker.

It was an absolutely incredible night, and I was really glad that I went to it instead of continuing to fight with the bears that I am trying to get them to be made the way I want them to instead of the way the pattern says. After all, I'm only trying to modify the pattern, shouldn't it work on the first try??

;-)