Woman of Excellence???

Thursday was the last of the three classes on "Becoming a Woman of Excellence" I'd signed up for. I've really enjoyed that class but this afternoon when the mail came I realized I'd forgotten to pay our house insurance (thankfully it's not overdue yet), then I realized I hadn't taken anything out for dinner...by this time I'm definately NOT feeling like a "woman of excellence", at least not according to Proverbs 31. I did manage to get everything straightened out and actually made a very nice dinner, so things do have a way of working out! Not leaving anything to chance today...dinner is already in the crockpot!

Last night we decided to go to the local casino. The casino is very nicely decorated to celebrate Chinese New Year...it'll be the year of the rabbit. Both of us managed to win...what a bonus!! Also found out they're having another free pancake breakfast on the 31st then in February for 4 mornings they're going to have a free traditional Chinese breakfast consisting of congee with shredded pork & dry oysters plus Chinese Donut and stir fried noodles with green onion & bean sprouts...not sure if we'll like it or not, but hey...you never know...gotta try new stuff, you might like it!!

Hearts in the Snow

Woke up early this morning because I'm taking a three week course at our church on becoming "A Woman of Excellence". It's an interesting study and a real mix of ladies...young and older (like me). When I looked out the window...it was snowing!!!! Looked out the front window, and at the beginning of the driveway was tire tracks that had formed two perfectly shaped, intertwined hearts. It looked like someone had probably backed into the driveway to turn around, resulting in the two hearts. It was so neat! I was going to take a picture but by the time I got my camera another car had driven over the hearts and wrecked them! Sorry I can't show them to you, but they'll be etched into my memory for quite some time!!

Good-bye Christmas 2010

Finally, we got all the Christmas stuff, taken down, boxed up and stowed away till next year. I cleaned out a bunch of the boxes and threw away the stuff that is too old or that we don't use anymore...in doing so we eliminated two boxes...still have lots though. Every year I try to double check that I haven't missed anything before the boxes get stored away. Thought I was doing good this year, but no sooner were the boxes put away and I found a trivet grandson C made us a couple years ago...guess I'll have to put it in a drawer till next Christmas!

We got a several inches of wet snow last night, but it was melting by this morning. Our neighbours have a tent-like cover over their 5th wheel...guess the weight of the snow proved too much for it...today it had several bends and twists in it that aren't supposed to be there. It's times like this when I'm so thankful our trailer is snug and dry in the shop!

What Am I Going to Do???

On Saturday, Michael's had a big blowout sale on Cricut cartridges...the price worked out to something like "buy 1 get 5 free". Now tell me, how was I ever supposed to resist a sale like that??? I now have 6 new cartridges and NO TIME to try them all out...I have barely used the cartridge I got with the machine or the one #1 daughter got me for Christmas. I was thinking I should put them in a cupboard, then take one out for Valentine's Day, one at Easter and so on, but knowing me I probably wouldn't have the will power to leave them in the cupboard for that long! Ahhh, the problems we create for ourselves!

Saturday evening we got together with 6 friends to see a movie about a missionary who was kidnapped and how he escaped. Good movie and we had a great time visiting.

Last night B and I watched the movie "Grey Owl" starring Pirece Bronson. We'd bought the DVD a while back and hadn't watched it yet. It's based on a true story which takes place in the 1930's and 40's in the Canadian wilderness. What was really neat was the old movie clips you could opt to watch about the "real" Grey Owl. One of the clips showed the King and Queen with their young daughters, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose.

Dr.'s Visit

Took Mom to the family Dr. today. He's surprised that she's doing so well and commented on the orange glow of her skin...from so much carrot juice. She got some perscriptions renewed and he wants her to go for some blood tests.

It was nice and sunny, so off we went to the lab. What a wait there!!! I guess no one went to the lab between Christmas and New Years, because the girls were saying it's been crazy busy there all day. Went and got Mom another 50 pounds of carrots and stopped for some fresh veggies at the farm market. Can't believe we got all that done today! Mom was pretty tired by the time we got home though!

Relaxing (more or less) Day

Yesterday we were up early and met our friends R&C and M&S down at the local casino. They had another of their "free" pancake breakfasts...what a great way to get together with friends for breakfast...and NO DISHES to wash!!!! We had a great time then decided to play the slots for awhile. Three of us were up and three of us were down, but we had a good time, and the ups were greater than the downs! There was also a 1pm drawing for $500. The others couldn't come back but B & I did go back down. Didn't win the $500 but I was up another $30 and even though B lost, together we were still up! We even got to wish the Manager a "Happy New Year". Our son once told us that if he didn't know us better, he'd be pretty worried that we're on first name basis with the casino manager!!!

Got to sleep in this morning...heavenly!!! Did some laundry, cleaning, and froze the turkey broth I made the other day. B did some chores then went over and did some stuff for Mom, but overall, it was pretty relaxing! Tonight we're going to watch the new mini-series "Pillars of the Earth". Sure hope it's as good as the book. We've read both Pillars of the Earth and World Without End. They were excellent...could hardly put them down! Our daughter gave B the newest book for Christmas...can't wait to read it!

Happy New Year 2011

Hope everyone had a safe and Happy New Year's Eve. We had a lovely pork roast dinner with my Mom and sister last night. It was nice to be together. This whole Christmas season has had many bittersweet moments...we hadn't expected Mom to still be with us, so every day is a blessing, but we're constantly reminded that this will more than likely be the last Christmas/New Years with Mom here.

This morning we went to our friends' to partake in their annual New Year's Day champagne breakfast. This is the second year that we've gone and they certainly do it up nicely. Several of the people that were there are also Thousand Trails members so it was great to discuss upcoming trips, trips we've done in the past, our favorite parks and all that sort of stuff.

We've got two more days of scheduled outings, then maybe we can get back to eating normally!!!

Hope that 2011 brings health, joy and peace to you all!