Is It Really Thursday Night at Bedtime Already?

WOW...where did the week go?

Last thing I remember, I was cutting out Little Lamb nametags! It was such a fun morning with the little boys and girls. Amazing...how much last year's little three year olds have matured into orderly humans who know the Little Lambs routine. I took my lunch to church and cleaned in the afternoon. We had a funeral today and worked with my friend Carol yesterday. We were on the road doing landscaping and pruning. We brought 3 quarterton truck loads to the burn pile at the farm.

I got all mixed up with my days this week. I guess THAT'S been going around!!!! I thought all day that the choir was coming to practise on Wednesday night but they don't come til THURSDAY. I usually just wipe the place clean and spot vacuum, (YES that IS a technique!) when they come, because I have to clean all over again when they leave. Plus I put AAAAALL the tables and chairs away only to have to drag them AAAAALL out again this morning. I am just glad my deodorant didn't let me down, and it wasn't even Degree.

And just so you know....Ray did return home on Sunday. I failed to mention that in my previous post. He and our neighbour Rick encountered much moisture on their trip. The new rainsuit stayed nice and dry. Ray said he would really like to have it out of the bottom of the pack next time. There was a series of misadventures, miscues, sleeping navigators, and the like.... They were behind schedule and rushing and on an afterthough Ray kept on his splashpants and poncho which he usually keeps in the car and spent much of the trip out to the lake wearing that. (They took a 2o minute watertaxi up to the North arm of Lake Opeongo, I include the names because I know you all look it up after reading here. ) They had a great time fishing but to this day he has never caught a fish up north. He is quite discouraged in this but vows to head out again to put the drought to an end once and for all. WHich is kind of funny, considering it poured buckets!!

SO we are all together again, the laundry is hummin' again....and I ended up cooking with hamburger AGAIN. It was chili. I cooked the hamburger tuesday night, and tossed everything in the crock pot on wednesday morning before work. What a fun way to come home!!!! And enough for leftovers today, along with some fresh soft kaiser buns left over from the funeral. Yummo!!

Wednesday night Ray and I went to hear Orchestra London perform Kostakovich's Symphony No. 9 and Rimsky-Korskov's Scheherezade. It was sooo cool... Ray liked it too. It was the first time either of us had been to a full orchestra performance. I really liked the first piece but Ray preferred the second one. Lots of hoity toity people around. You can hear all the rookies in the audience because they clap between movements...one person did it. Good thing I was holding Ray's hand or there would've been two! ...nooobs!! (I'd been to a string quartet performance before...and .....you don't clap.....until the intermission and at the very end. And even if you KEEP clapping, they don't do an encore, like they do at rock concerts. So much to learn....)

Tomorrow night we are going to see the London Knights play hockey in London. They are our nearest OHL team and the place is sold out all the time. Again, so much to learn. Season ticket holders....DO NOT do the wave. I mean...isn't that half the reason for going??!!! It's way fun!!!! Fuddy duddies!

So there's lots of work that has to get done but there is lots of fun too. Ray is hard at the books...and he gets frustrated how quickly the time evaporates. I've gotten a few cards made between shifts to clean up the ideas I got on monday and sometimes people cross your path, and the Spirit nudges you. So ....you better answer and make a card and send it.

The boys have been busy too. Craig had a cross country meet in Brampton on Tuesday and placed in the 50's out of 90 something. He was so pleased for shaving a minute off his previous time! Their school got the team award for highest finishes and they were all sooooo pleased for that! Today he had practise... Joey went to basketball for the first time of the season tonight. THAT is really Joe's thing! He loves it!!! He met some really nice fellows this evening. This lasts til December and is just recreational.

My bed is calling me....I woke up before 6:30AM. Might have something to do with the chili....might not. AND the phone rang with the call that there was a two hour bus delay due to fog. I kid you not. There have been a number of fatalies in our rural regions, not bus related, so we wait for that fog to lift. Most of the time the sun burns it off in an hour.....and sometimes it is only foggy out in the sticks and not in town. I took the car in for an oil change this morning and it was still a bit foggy out there.

Lekker koese every one.... I too have missed y'all. So nice to read up on you and thanks for telling me you miss me!! Love you! T