I've finally got some time to sit back and relax. Not for long, mind you, but at least a couple of days.
Sadly, I had to quit my part-time job as it was getting too hard for me to stand for any length of time. With Christmas coming, the customer service booth is going to extended hours and I just can't do that anymore. My knees and my back are just too old for me to stand for anymore than 2 hours. It's too bad because I really did enjoy my job.
Baby Koah is growing quickly. He is now 2 months old and smiling like there's no tomorrow!! I don't have any new pictures but as soon as I do, I'll be posting them.
My grandgirls are getting excited about Christmas. I will have Kylie for the day tomorrow and that should be fun since it's just her alone. A real Oma and Kylie day. She's become quite the little girl! Loves to dress up and nail polish and lipstick so it looks like I've finally got my little girly girl!
The Craft Fair unfortunately, did not pan out like I thought it would and sadly we didn't make a whole lot of money. I worked so hard for those 2 days but I think people are just being very careful with their money this year. There were a lot of people but not many of them were buying. I also think they're waiting for a little bit closer to Christmas for spending their money. So now I have a whole pile of Christmas cards just sitting there. However, it will come in handy for next year as it means I won't have to make as many as I did this year!
So that's it for me. I will try to get some pictures up hopefully with the kids and some of my Christmas cards.
Until next time...
Monday, November 15, 2010
Monday, November 1, 2010
Hallowe'en
When did Hallowe'en become all about how much candy the kids get?
I had to work yesterday afternoon at the Mall and the kids converged on the Customer Booth like flies to honey! I couldn't believe the amount of kids (and adults) that came up with their bags open wanting candy. Well, surprise, surprise we didn't have any candy and instead handed out balloons! Pink and blue balloons - colours for gender specific kids! Although with some of the costumes, it was hard to tell if boys were boys and girls were girls. After the "rush" was over and we had closed everything down and I was on my way home, I had time to reflect.
When I was a child we would dress up and take a pillow case with us to go trick or treating. Usually, we made 2 trips home before the night was over to empty our pillow cases and then back we would go for more. We always said, "thank you". Always! What's happened to kids today? Instead of a "thank you" we received snide remarks like, "is that all we get?" or "where's the candy?" And most of them pushing to get to the front and then didn't even bother saying anything! And parents coming up for their kids and then yelling out loud..."all they have are balloons, let's go to the next store!" What happened to good manners? Kids pushing, shoving, pinching, yelling...what is that all about? The adults aren't much better either as they make smart remarks in front of their kids and then wonder why their kids make smart aleck comments to them.
It's a sad society these days. I have just one thing to say to all those kids (and parents) yesterday who weren't happy with a balloon...there are lots of reasons why you only got a balloon...one being Management were going to cancel the give-away altogether! Be thankful you got anything at all.
Until next time...
I had to work yesterday afternoon at the Mall and the kids converged on the Customer Booth like flies to honey! I couldn't believe the amount of kids (and adults) that came up with their bags open wanting candy. Well, surprise, surprise we didn't have any candy and instead handed out balloons! Pink and blue balloons - colours for gender specific kids! Although with some of the costumes, it was hard to tell if boys were boys and girls were girls. After the "rush" was over and we had closed everything down and I was on my way home, I had time to reflect.
When I was a child we would dress up and take a pillow case with us to go trick or treating. Usually, we made 2 trips home before the night was over to empty our pillow cases and then back we would go for more. We always said, "thank you". Always! What's happened to kids today? Instead of a "thank you" we received snide remarks like, "is that all we get?" or "where's the candy?" And most of them pushing to get to the front and then didn't even bother saying anything! And parents coming up for their kids and then yelling out loud..."all they have are balloons, let's go to the next store!" What happened to good manners? Kids pushing, shoving, pinching, yelling...what is that all about? The adults aren't much better either as they make smart remarks in front of their kids and then wonder why their kids make smart aleck comments to them.
It's a sad society these days. I have just one thing to say to all those kids (and parents) yesterday who weren't happy with a balloon...there are lots of reasons why you only got a balloon...one being Management were going to cancel the give-away altogether! Be thankful you got anything at all.
Until next time...
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