Blog 1 of November

    Hmmm. It's the 3rd of November and I am having difficulty with this blog account. Not sure what planets are out of sync, or if have messed something up in the system. Hopefully this will work.
It has been a busy week. The new job is going great. Last week I worked Tuesday and Thursday at the preschool, but now I have two children I am working wit in the class.  Tomorrow I start a new preschool with two more children.  I am still working my card stores (only two more months on that) and of course it was time to take down Halloween stuff and put up the remaining Christmas supplies. Thursday night Bill and I attended the Dixie Chicks concert with some friends. It was really good but I do think their last appearance in Calgary was better.
Saturday during the day, we moved more stuff over to Ashley's new place. Because she now has her computer and internet set up, I believe she is ready to settle in. Painting her old  room is now on my list of things to do.
 Saturday night was a birthday dinner/party for my Mom's 90th birthday. And what a gathering it was. There were 50 people in total and despite the snowing conditions, everyone was there.  It was a very informal get together and I think that made for a relaxed atmosphere. The biggest accomplishment of the evening, in my opinion was having all of Mom's children, grandchildren and great grand children there (except for Patrick who is in the midst of exams at University). This is the first time this has happened in 20 years. And 20 years ago I was pregnant with Patrick so there have been an addition of 8 new members of the family since then. We gone from a group of 17 to 25.

There have been get togethers with us kids, but of course as the kids grow up, not everyone can always get together.

This is a picture of us from 2001

And this is a picture from 1996. I find it ironic that the last two pictures were both taken in Carmangay, Hmmmm, maybe we need to meet more often in Carmangay to get us all together.  Bill and I gave Mom and her friend Bev a ride home after dinner, and I'm guessing from the giddyness from Mom, that she had a wonderful time.

This morning I awoke to a time change (end of day light savings)  I'm not really sure what time I woke up as some of the clocks are changed and some were not.  I was still tired from a busy day yesterday but managed to get a lot accomplished.
Next week is going to be a busy one.
Stay warm.
Stacey