Good Morning and Welcome to Monday the 18th day of January, 2016.
It is snowing outside ….. not quite globe like but very pretty all the same.
The temperature has warmed up from the weekend and that is a good thing.
We cannot complain our winter has been quite mild thus far.
I will say thus far because you never know what Mother Nature will throw at you.
But for today …. it is warmer and snowing.
I see shovelling in my future …..
Nothing like shovelling after a day at the office.
Exercise then supper.
Yesterday was an odd day for me.
Started out having a cup of coffee with my neighbour and a quick visit.
Followed by a 1.5 hour Baptismal/Communion Mass at a nearby Catholic Church
My friends “G” and “K” were baptizing their two young boys.
The mass went a bit longer than expected.
It was nice.
One young girl had on this white dress and veil.
The dress looked like a designed wedding dress ….. very pretty.
Her brother had on a white suit.
The whole family was dressed very designer-like.
It has been a long time since I visited the Catholic church.
I do not belong to that particular church and did not remember about the wedding like dresses for the girls and white suits for the boys.
However, not every child was dressed like that.
We were chatting at my friend’s house afterward and I asked about the cost to buy something like that for the children.
Apparently the suits and dresses can run in the hundreds.
Yikes.
They did look slightly out of place as they were dressed so fancy.
I guess each to their own.
But does make one think ….
After the lovely ceremony we went to my friend’s house.
My other friend “G” and her daughter had picked me up and I went with them.
We had a lovely visit and awesome lunch.
Another friend had made some beautiful cakes for the boys.
One was a bible and the other a cross.
Very nice.
I finally met the rest of the family …. which was nice.
Afterward I came to me Alvin …. I always feel guilty when I leave him at home.
Actually truth be know other than work and the grocery store …. I seldom leave him.
But it is did not help me feel any better.
After supper I was invited to another friend’s house to celebrate Ukrainian New Year.
She had her family, myself and another friend from the neighbourhood.
I realized quite quickly after arriving that the dessert and drinks turned into lots of snacks.
So more food.
There were two “crystal glass accidents.”
I was helping taking trays of food to the basement and had set my tiny crystal glass onto of the tray.
Not thinking that I had set it on a ceramic part of the tray and that it was slippery.
Well you can guess the rest.
My sweater smelled like coconut for the rest of the evening.
Good thing that I had layers on …… so the drink spilled on the black top ….
Afterward when we were back upstairs to have “dessert” one of the guys picked up his glass and the top came off from the stem.
Thank goodness that she has several hundred glasses …. truly she has hundreds of glasses.
But that did not take away how badly I felt.
It was a great evening and although I had decided to stay for only one hour that magically turned into over two.
Again the guilt …. but this time mellowed with a bit of alcohol.
Good thing I am not a drinker …. yikes.
Anyway it was an odd Sunday for me but most enjoyable.
The alarm came early or so it seemed.
Well that was my Sunday …..
Back to reality …. early mornings ….. work …… early mornings …. work.
I hope that you had an awesome Sunday.
See you later.
Special Hello to: all my Ukrainian friends …. hope you had a great Christmas and New Year’s.
Always, Carol and Alvin
My New Life @ 51 