SHEs Organized

We are back home. I'm exhausted but it was a very good day.

We got to the Arts Centre and the orKIDStra stringed group (a children's orchestra) was just starting. They played for about a half hour in the lobby. There were other activities as well, bell ringing, a keyboard you play by jumping on it, crafts to make and a map of the world marking Vienna and Ottawa.

Dd and dsil arrived just as the lights were dimming the first time to tell us to take our seats. We were standing half way up a staircase, watching for them, and a little girl at the top called out "Daddy!" Dh literally transported in time back 25 years and spun around to greet his daughter. Except it wasn't his daughter and he came hurtling back to 2015. He's still struck by how that one sound transported him through time. Distracted by that, dd and dsil actually came right up to us on the staircase without us seeing them come in.

The boys were good for the concert, especially since I didn't know it was bilingual - presented 3/4 in English, 1/4 in French. Dh, dd and the middle boy understood it all, the rest of us only caught a word here or there of the French, partly due to the speed. My knowing the story helped me a lot and the actors acted out what they were saying as much as they could but there was little repeat unless it was a particularly important point to the story.

Afterwards we walked 4 blocks and had beavertails, then sent a note to the parents to meet us at the restaurant. Dd and dsil took off by bus and arrived just 3 minutes after us (the boys still had to finish their Beavertails and then we walked back to the car.) We had a delightful dinner, lasting almost 2 hours.

Then we drove dd and dsil home and came home ourselves. We won't be going to church in the village tomorrow, but will try out our closest United Church. Not sure it will be a good fit. The building is also where my classes are and the sanctuary doesn't feel like home to me. The congregation is affirming (which is 'code' for welcoming outcasts, especially LGBQT members, but those with addictions as well) so it will be an adjustment from our white, upper middle class, current church home. I have a lot of friends that attend the church and our neighbour has been trying it out as well, so we'll know people there and I did move into the city in order to be part of a mission church. It is time to start considering a switch and to start church shopping (there are two mission churches and two middle-class within a reasonable drive from here - all are larger than our current church.)

I'm on the treadmill now, just topping off the steps for the day and working off the dinner. I didn't have a beavertail to myself, but had bites of each of the others.

Ok, Kathryn, what are Beavertails?

so cool d lady (re lo from mr. anxiety to mr. confident) very cute. I remember those chucky cheese days very well.

hi dee

d kathryn it IS amazing how a sound or a smell can trigger our memories. have a great evening too.

sweet dreams everyone. I am so tempted to continue my work but need to stop for the night.
tons done, more detailed work yet to be done.

I googled bever tails food float fried dough, a food chain and catering truck came up with pastry pics.

Game us on. Pizza is in the oven. 10 min. Done on gazelle.

I have spent most of the day in slow gear putting things away, etc. Also, sorted through a lot of paperwork. Since we just changed insurance on the vehicles, motorcycles, motor home and the house, I put all the older insurance papers in the growing shred pile. I need to go through my files that are in a wicker basket, file size. I need to get last years medical papers and put them with the RX receipts. I always keep last years medical papers and then shred them the next year.

This afternoon while dd2 was napping dgd5 decided to cut herself some bangs. She has/had long strawberry blonde hair with a side part. Dd2 said they are too short and a lot thicker than she would have cut them. Dd2 and dgd18 also cut themself bangs but they were younger than 5.

At least I think that I have the house where I can just clean tomorrow afternoon. I am anxious to get it back to normal after being decorated for Christmas and then the last week in put away mode.

Last night dsonil took dgd18 with him and bought F it Bits for both of them. Today dgs18's boyfriend went and bought one. At last count dgd18 had 13000 steps and dd2 was over 15000. We will see how long this challenge craze lasts.

your sweet little strawberry blonde grand daughter - now with very trimmed bangs. d lilac yes my dd's cut their hair too about that age...

Home, home... glad to be home.

We won the basketball game, and I only had to drive for about 30 minutes, but still it was a long day. And I'm feeling guilty for not talking to my dmom since Wednesday. No one to blame but me... I just haven't called her. Of course, she IS able to place outgoing calls herself, you know... so it's not ENTIRELY my fault... but still -- I always feel like a bad daughter when I let more than a couple days go by without checking on her. I'll talk to her tomorrow.

at Lilac's dgd... * sigh * Yes, I guess almost all kids do that at one time or another. (((HUGS))) for your dd.

I almost bought a fitbit the other day and dh talked me out of it. Says he doesn't think anything like that works accurately. He (and I) have been very disappointed in previous attempts to use pedometers. Can y'all tell me how the fitbit will work better?

Congrats to you Seahawk fans... I was thinking about y'all, although of course, I had to be pulling for Carolina and Cam Newton.

Big congratulations and WTG to LO -- I was sooo happy to hear about his good game today and his change of attitude. That is wonderful!
(((BIG HUGS))) to LadyM for too much time at Chucky Cheese. * whew *

Good luck w/the church search, Kathryn. I know that must be a hard thing to do.

And WTG, Dee, on getting your church stuff done. Getting my stuff in order for church was one of my OMM Tasks for this week. VERY FEW of those tasks got done. That was one of the several that did NOT get done. * sigh * Oh well... I will start again Monday w/a renewed hope. Thank goodness for Mondays.

Waving to all, and hope everyone in "sick bay" is feeling better by now, or at least by the time they read this.
Hope you all have a good day tomorrow, too.