Car Shopping...

Yes...it's THAT time. We are in the market for a new car and did some looking around on the weekend after doing some market and internet research. We already knew what we wanted and on Saturday.....we found what we were looking for ....A 2007 Hyundai Sonata (pictured is the 2009 and we don't have the sports rims but the stick on hubcaps...just so you have the proper mental image...) We looked at several, test drove them, and today I drove to the dealer to fetch it and take it to a really nice retired mechanic/Pastor in our congregation. Then I was supposed to return to the dealer and pick Ray up in London, but he called while I was at the mechanic to say that his meeting was already done and to ask if I could pick him up in the new car. Then we drove the dealership together. It was a fun date! Ray told me all the funny things that have been happening at his work, and even a few things that happened a while ago that he had forgotten to mention.

I realized that soon it will be a month since I blogged...well, not quite... But the next few days and weeks are really busy. I'm so excited though!! It's fun busy too, but even though there is a lot of fun, there is a lot of work that has to be done in between. I have a lunch date sometime this week, Thanksgiving visuals to gather and put together, and a great visit while my friend and I do that, my house to tidy up as I prepare to host Thanksgiving dinner (the turkey is in the freezer!!), a field trip to Niagara Falls, MCing to get ready for, a fun trip to Ottawa, meeting, and a card making workshop to prepare for.

Cooking a turkey, I have found, doesn't need to be intimidating. Butterball has this wonderful product called "Stuffed frozen turkey". You pop it in the oven and 6 hours later you open the oven door, haul it out, plop it on the table, carve and serve. Now that's my kind of turkey. Peel a pan full of potatoes, some veggies, and voila! Everyone who is coming is bringing something...from buns to salad to wine to dessert....and that covers all the bases. I'm so excited to have everyone over. We borrow a table from church...you should have seen us transport it last year....a table...as you know...does not fit well in a Corolla... We had to drive with one passenger door open....hazards on....and kind of slowly. People do a 'double take' when you go by, but then again, they've also seen Ray walk up and down the street with his canoe over his head. Really not so unusual.

SO that's what's new and exciting....Ray is working on his trip log for Wabikimi, so don't give up on him yet. He has finally joined Facebook, but only because he and some buddies from Redeemer are getting in touch with each other and they like to talk about canoeing. Ray was using my account but there are just some things and reminiscing that I REALLY don't need to know. And when it's a thread in YOUR inbox, it's like they are having a conversation in front of you that you don't want to listen to! So...go get your own!

Wow...everyone is just bouncing off the walls over here!!! Are we getting a storm....? Maybe just an indoor one....

It's lunch time...