the Santa's turned out really cute. I had some White Fairy Frost for the beard ( think it is called fairy frost - had it so long do not know now for sure). I came home exhausted so I took a nap before going to the Weight Watchers meeting. Sometimes I wonder about this leader we have. She works hard at her job but sometimes she is not clear about the how and why of the program. Apparently they are having a new program starting next week and that is why they were selling off the Food List books and the points calculators. I guess starting a new program is a good way to boost income for WW because so many people do not think they will have success unless they have all the toys.
Tuesday 20th Nov. I went to Zumba class with Tiger. This girl must eat red hot chili peppers for breakfast - her feet go a million miles per hour and I have a hard time keeping track of where my feet are or should be. After class I made lunch for Bill and I and then settled down to work on the presentation of the rudiments of Roots Magic to present at 6.30pm. Only two people showed up but Bill was the third and this is amazing since this is Thanksgiving week.
David was supposed to come up for Thanksgiving but he opted to spend his bus fare on something else. It was a very sad and lonely Thanksgiving for us this year.
I made three Weight Watchers recipes for the feast. Stuffing, Pumpkin Flan and Green Beans. They were ok but I think we missed the traditional recipes.
We decided to go driving after we rested and we went to see the Ginger Bread Village up at the Resort. There does not seem to be as many entries this year as usual and they do not seem to be of comparable caliber. There is one resort in Phoenix that turns out a spectacular entry each year but they were not entered this year. the Sterling Ranch entry was remarkable. This ranch caters to adults who are physically and mentally challenged but their entry was superb.
Friday 23 November is dubbed Black Friday. There were no classes at the YMCA but it was open for people to use the Gym, so I went walking around the neighborhood while Bill worked out. what luck, I ran into a garage sale of a quilter who was selling off her fabrics. For a quilter to sell her fabrics is akin to giving away your own baby. Each fabric is considered and caressed and thought about and then purchased. At lease, I do not just rush in to the store, grab fabrics willy nilly and get them measured off and run home. I stand there and consider which fabric would go best with the project in hand and take my time. It looks like she took her time as well. I picked up two bags of 5inch squares - what luck! I am amassing 5inch squares to try out a new quilt form.
Saturday 24, I went to Zumba in the morning and in the afternoon I worked on preparing my Sunday School lesson for my 5 yr olds. We went downtown to see the Parade of Lights - this is the first time we have gone to do this and it was pretty good all round. We lucked out and found a parking spot at the Albertsons parking lot and the lot was jammed full. We were not the only ones who thought to park there and walk up to the parade venue. We got a call from Elena and the kids and they were expecting to be here around 8pm. They eventually arrived at 9pm and Tania sat down to my computer to stress out over her homework that she neglected the whole time she was in California. I have no idea what time she went to bed but I went to bed at 10pm.
I got them all up at 6pm and after they had showered and packed up, fed them breakfast. Bill and I had to be to church early because we were speaking about our mission experiences and had to be there on time. The bishop presented us with our missionary plaque that has been in the glass display case while we were gone. Elena wanted to attend to hear our talks, but she and the kids left soon after we left the house and I hope that they got home to Durango ok.
The talks in Church went ok and then it was off to the Primary room to be with my 5yr olds. I had the plaque on my lap and the little boy sitting next to me studied it for a while and then said " Was it a while ago that you had this photo taken?" Thanks kid! I did not think I had aged that much.
The Sunday school lesson went ok until we had to sing a song "Tell me the stories of Jesus". One part of the verse that says "things I would ask him if he were here." I asked the kids what kind of things would they want to ask Jesus if he were in the room. I was not prepared for one answer which went like this, "Well, I would want him to tell me how he puts babies in mommy's tummy and she does not know about it." I assured him that this was indeed a valid question and moved on. I guess I will get lots of fresh insights while teaching this class.
Monday 26th November dawned earlier than I expected. Bill went off to the YMCA and I went walking for a short walk prior to breakfast. I then left for the YMCA for the Water Aerobics class just as Bill was coming home. Just after he left for work, Kitty came over to "play paper stuff" with me and then at about 3pm we went over to her house to see what she had amassed and see if we could put our heads together to make some interesting cards by combining both stashes of paper and cutters etc. I came home at 4pm and got ready for WW. I gave it a good old college try this week, but it is unfair to expect too much at Thanksgiving. Perhaps I should have stood on the scale with one foot instead of two? Might have given me more weight loss.
The blender is still whirring away and keeping me on my toes.
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