For those of you who would like to see what kept me so busy last week, I have posted some wedding pictures down in the photos section. Enjoy!
Monthly Archives: November 2003
On the Front Pages Again
Pretty good when the “old guy” makes the front page again – this time twice on the same front page. Two different topics but both health related. One on a new strain of flu and the other on the Smoking Bylaw committee. Check it out here. At least the story on the flu so far.
Not only that but in the same issue my brother makes the sports news – named to the Prince Albert Sports Hall of Fame.
Update: Well, Leo isn’t too pleased with the stacked committee he has been named to to draft a smoke free bylaw. At least four of the 7 or 8 committee members are adamantly against making Prince Albert smoke free. Seems our new mayor’s true colours are showing. Leo spent a good deal of his evening drafting a protest letter.
And on a better note – thought you might like to see my illustrious brother as pictured in our city paper.
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Recipe – Chocolate chunk orange shortbread
This was one of the squares made for the wedding. I promised to put the recipe for it on this site so here goes:
It is basically a shortbread to which chocolate chunks and orange zest ahs been added. You could probably adapt this to any favorite shortbread recipe.
3/4 cup butter
1/2 cup icing sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/8 tsp salt
1 1/3 cups flour
1 tsp orange zest or orange peel
1/2 cup bittersweet chocolate chunks or chips
Beat the butter till smooth, add the sugar and orange peel and beat till light and fluffy. Add the vanilla and salt.
Stir in the flour and the chocolate chunks
Bake in an ungreased baking pan at 300 for about 30 to 40 minutes – till light golden brown.
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Disappointing news
News today really knocked me for a loop. We have been waiting on something for a long time and got news today that it was not going to be possible. I knew this was likely to happen but still when the news came it seemed so wrong, so unjust and unfair. And the news has made my day simply a miserable one. It was hard to work keeping the bad news inside. The news still had not been passed on to the people who will be hurt by it the most, so I couldn’t even share my feelings with people around me.
Life goes on around me but it seems like it shouldn’t. It makes me want to scream, but I am an adult so I can’t act out my outrage too vocally – so it has been stored inside all day. I am not one of those people who find it easy to cry but this is one of the times I would appreciate the relief that a good cry would bring. This is one of the times I wish I felt free enough to call up a friend and just go talk – and then I probably would cry and get it out. But I’m also one of those people who doesn’t like to impose because everyone else has busy schedules too.
So the internet sits just waiting for such moments and you guys, if you read this will probably just wonder what on earth is the matter with me. I will tell more later and have a good rant about certain injustices in this world, but for now, I want to break this bad news to the ones who need to know in a more personal and gentler way. Just have to figure out how to do that.
Prayers would be gratefully accepted!
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Getting back to normal
By yesterday afternoon at the gift opening, the accumulated fatigue of the weekend hit. All of a sudden I could hardly keep my eyes open. Had to fill up on caffeine since we still had clean up to finish. The cars were loaded up with the leftovers, the decorations, all the containers, and carted home. Most of it sits in my kitchen still.
When I got home I went and slept, even missing the Grey Cup.
Now it is Monday evening and I’ve had a full day of work. The guests have all gone home and things should get back to normal again. Just have to put some large trays into storage for the next big event which won’t be for awhile – although Grace caught the brides bouquet. But since she is only 16, I hope I have a few years to get ready for her wedding!
Now we are working at getting photos printed, etc. But all of these things can take some time getting done. Tonight, Leo and I are going out to a movie. It’s been a long time – in fact, I haven’t yet gone to the new cinema we have had in town for about six months. We’re going to see Radio. Our kids say we will like it – and they know just about everything!!
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Happy
Yesterday was a day. I was tired by the time we got home at 2 am. And we didn’t even clean up at the hall very much. But we had a great day and the end result was just what we had wished for – a very happy couple. 
We have so many pictures. I’ll put some on here in an album later.
We still have a gift opening today and lots of food to finish up. Tell you more about it all later too.
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Getting there…
There are still many things to do. There are still flowers and hair and make-up and dresses and pictures. And a CD – but I think it is ready. It will all come together I am sure. But what a production a wedding can be. My son seems to have inherited my rather casual approach to organization – that is not always a blessing to those around us. However, I am sure that the event will happen however it comes off and we will all have a good time. We may be exhausted but we can always recover later.
So to bed. Tomorrow is the big day.
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Two days to go
Today was busy and long. I forgot to change the alarm setting from 5:30 am to a bit later hour so due to our force of habit and the alarm we got up and got going early. But I did get coffee in bed. I was supposed to be taking a day off. Frankly it is easier to go to work but I am so glad I did take the day off. Otherwise I would probably be back to my anxious state of last night.
Today was better in spite of all I had to do. Even the housecleaning went well. I got most of my errands done and was able to get all the food purchases taken care of.
Tomorrow will be spent getting decorations, setting them up, cutting all the cold cuts, etc, etc. Everything needs to be ready by tomorrow night. We will have a lot to do I suspect.
We will end tomorrow with wedding rehersal and then supper. By then we should be able to relax and enjoy ourselves. I hope that Saturday will be just a great and wonderful day that we can all enjoy.
I doubt much blogging will get done but we will get our kids started on their married life. And that will be a joy for all of us.
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Psalm 39
I think God has to have a sense of humor or maybe it is just good timing.. This psalm was my reading for this morning. ” I will curb my tongue…” Good words for me!
Psalm 39
For Jeduthun, the choir director: A psalm of David.
1
I said to myself, “I will watch what I do
and not sin in what I say.
I will curb my tongue
when the ungodly are around me.”
2
But as I stood there in silence–
not even speaking of good things–
the turmoil within me grew to the bursting point.
3
My thoughts grew hot within me
and began to burn,
igniting a fire of words:
4
“LORD, remind me how brief my time on earth will be.
Remind me that my days are numbered,
and that my life is fleeing away.
5
My life is no longer than the width of my hand.
An entire lifetime is just a moment to you;
Interlude
human existence is but a breath.”
6
We are merely moving shadows,
and all our busy rushing ends in nothing.
We heap up wealth for someone else to spend.
7
And so, Lord, where do I put my hope?
My only hope is in you.
8
Rescue me from my rebellion,
for even fools mock me when I rebel.
9
I am silent before you; I won’t say a word.
For my punishment is from you.
10
Please, don’t punish me anymore!
I am exhausted by the blows from your hand.
11
When you discipline people for their sins,
their lives can be crushed like the life of a moth.
Interlude
Human existence is as frail as breath.
12
Hear my prayer, O LORD!
Listen to my cries for help!
Don’t ignore my tears.
For I am your guest–
a traveler passing through,
as my ancestors were before me.
13
Spare me so I can smile again
before I am gone and exist no more.
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Patience Please!!
Today was my last day of work this week. Wedding preparations and events are going to occupy my time for the next few days up till Sunday. Tonight Sara and I did some more baking. Tomorrow will be housecleaning and stuff like that. All stuff that in all honesty I mostly hate doing. Especially the housecleaning. I am not sure how some people like doing it. I like a clean and tidy house but I hate the work – I think it is partly an organizational thing and that is not my forte so I do a lot of spinning my wheels.
The other thing that I am not good at is having a lot of people around. They encroach on my space and I begin to feel trapped. I feel like there is no where I can go to just be by myself. And I am worse when I am anticipating the full house than when my house is actually full of people. I manage fairly well once they are all here – it is never as bad as I anticipated. But I never seem to deal with this well.
So tonight has not been a good night. I have had one little meltdown and I hate that. I know why I get so uptight but it seems as if knowing is not enough to handle things. I just can’t seem to keep my feelings from exploding at the wrong people at the wrong time. And I live with a bunch of extroverts who do not “know” how I feel and never will be able to really. And there is always a bunch of stuff that would be fun to do and that I would like to be in on, so I probably take on more than I should say yes to. And then one of the extrovert social types that I live with will suggest having a friend over who shouldn’t be any trouble at all and I explode.
It’s stupid really and I hate when it happens. And after my little rant at everybody in my way then I end up having to apologize. But I am afraid sometimes that in my wild and rabid state that I probably hurt the very ones I love the most. This is the me I most dislike!
Maybe I will have gotten most of this out of my system and the rest of the weekend will be wonderful. I want it to be a very happy occaision for my kids. And if it is stressful for me, it must be way more so for them.
Oh! God, give me a very large, extra big helping of patience with everyone around me!
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