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I'm here and wondering the same thing.

Lucille

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Lucille

"Lucille" wrote

Gone to the mall??? I know I can't find a parking space when I go to work. I'm here, with some sort of cold thing which is causing me to bark like a seal surveying a bucket of herring, getting ready to go to work, but looking forward to leaving early 'cause I'm owed a few hours, and heading home to a bubble bath, a martini, and a good book. And a good rummage through my stash trunk, just to get reacquainted.

Dawne

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Dawne Peterson

I know that sound and it isn't fun so take good care of yourself.

I'm stuck in doing some work on my computer and all sorts of odds and ends. The weather is dreary, rainy, hot, humid and gray. I know Dawne that it couldn't possibly be as bad as where you are, but it's all in the eye of the beholder.

I'm going to try my best to finish the little Mirror, Mirror piece that almost done and that I put on a little piece of leftover fabric with tiny holes. I wanted it to fit in a 5 x 7 frame and it will, but I have no desire to know exactly what the thread count is because I don't want to have any nightmares over it. Heartfelt thanks to whoever discovered magnifying glasses.

Lucille>

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Lucille

Just sitting here, wasting time on the computer, with the rain making a lot of noise from beating on the skylight. A gloomy, rainy day is sort of nice for a change. Constant sunshine gets boring .

Maybe I might even start on Mirabilia's "L" fairy for Lauren's belated

13th birthday gift. It's not even two months late yet, so I really don't want to rush things.

Gillian

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Gillian Murray

Definitely not at the mall, only two shops on the island and not one of them is playing Christmas carols. They will probably put up Christmas decorations in a couple of weeks time. The island's Christmas Tree lighting ceremony is on 12 Dec when the Silver Darlings (music group, average age about 18) will accompany the Stronsay Singers (local evening class in singing techniques) for some community carol singing. Up here Christmas is for the children and Hogmany (New Year) is for the adults. Maureen is currently knitting me a sweater, her first bit of knitting for several years hence the occasional outbursts of non-ladylike language emanating from her pig-pen (workroom).

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Bruce Fletcher

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Been ferrying DM to dr, picking up prescriptions, scheduling more dr appts., trying to finish Celtic knot bookmark for college roommate, and generally trying to figure out when I can hit the mall. Oh, and the extra cleaning we used try to do before DM has bridge club, but since she doesn't belong anymore finally getting around to it and hoping to finish before doing the Xmas decorating. And of course we used to do it together but now I'm doing it all. At least DB is finally getting some energy back after his bout with mono. The next three weeks are going to be crazy.

Did find a wreath for the front door today. One thing crossed off the list.

Nancy

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Nancy

I may need to move to your neighborhood. I would love to not be inundated with Christmas - carols, music, cookies, decorations, fill in the blank - for months before Christmas.

Donna in Virginia

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Donna

I'm not a guy but this woman was out at the Ortho Clinic, there is plenty of parking but it seems/feels like ten million miles away from the Clinic.

I have learned something about being disabled these past few weeks. When you have to walk with a frame, many people give you no quarter at all, drop the door on you, push past etc. get exasperated because you are slow moving, almost like being on the road ! I have graduated to a cane now but much the same still applies, I am cautious so I don't get shoved over. It's mostly younger people, the Me Generation and I think they have been brought up to believe they are wonderful and anyone with a disability is inferior. In my day my grandmother would have clipped me over the ear if I had behaved the way some of them do. There were many people who were very kindly, I should add that, but a few too many of the other variety.

I think next week when I am out and about I am going to develop a nice slash with my cane for those people, I'll practice over the weekend, it brings out the GOW in me.

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lucretiaborgia

Yep !!!!

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Lucille

"Bruce Fletcher" wrote >

Christmas decorations went up in many stores even before Remembrance Day, which is too bad. At my store, we have some little surprise or treat for the staff every day in December, since the stress level can be very high. I make up a little Advent calendar type thing, and each day we open a door. In past years, one of the more popular prizes was 2 hours without Christmas music. We had a multichannel thing, and would just switch to jazz or something else. But the corporate powers that be have taken that away, and we have a "media player" that plays preselected programs. The saving grace is that it has a CD player attached. So this year, some days a winning staff member gets to be DJ for an hour and play the CD they prefer. Huzzah--no "santa baby" for

60 minutes. Although I must say, I enjoyed the Bob Dylan version of Here Comes Santa Claus, if only for the shock value.

Makes me happy to have the slower rhythm of Advent, with my wreath and candles, to leave the commercial jollililty behind.

Dawne

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Dawne Peterson

Either enjoy the impending (and much justified GOW spell), or look up the Mr Bean episode where he is on holiday and extremely impatient to get downstairs for supper before the mostly elderly hotel guests.

Dawne

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Dawne Peterson

I don't believe I have seen that episode !

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lucretiaborgia

Color me exhausted - between work and the joys of being the leg man for hockey boosters and lots of driving over the long weekend, I haven't been here or anywhere.

Haven't taken up a craft of any kind in my sweaty little hands except to buy the beads to hopefully finish a project in the next few days.

Oh and I have to find my stash of Xmas cards....

C
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Cheryl Isaak

I understand that. At least two radio stations that I listen to for local news/weather/traffic have gone all Xmas all the time. Gack! I purposely avoid sitting in the cubicle area where the 'supervisor' plays carols at her desk - the same three disks over and over and over.... C

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Cheryl Isaak

Honey dear - I just whacked DS last week for not holding the door for someone with a cane. DD will stand and hold the door for ever.

Cheryl

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Cheryl Isaak

I will say that 'spoil everyone" spirit is alive and well at my job too. Now, through the end of season, people will be bringing snacks, tasty treats of all sorts, just to keep everyone fueled and cheerful for the odd grumbling caller. (I'm doing telephone orders at a catalog company through the 22nd)

Cheryl

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Cheryl Isaak

I was taught to hold the door open for anyone right behind me, disabled or not. You don't necessarily have to wait for them to walk through, but it's nice not to have to have it close in your face.

Lucille

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Lucille

It truly has been an eye opener - I suppose because I always did it I never noticed others were not - I am militant now ! However I held a door this morning for a young fellow on crutches - we both had a good laugh.

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lucretiaborgia

Ditto but if the person was elderly, disabled etc then I was told to stay there holding it open etc until they were through.

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lucretiaborgia

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