Dec. 23, 2014

Busy, busy, busy; everyone is busy - shopping, baking, sewing, Christmas concerts and sending in my column. Then on top of all this I've started a 2,000 piece jigsaw puzzle which is mostly a snowy grey and blue Christmas scene. I've had a number of helpers, friends Julie Hildebrand and Hilda Wiebe and granddaughter Amber Wolfe came to help but it's far from finished. Oh well, we have a long winter ahead of us so there's lots of time.
Just when a person is into the Christmas mode along come the seed catalogues. What's a person to do? I've stashed them under a pillow. I need to concentrate on meal menus for the upcoming celebrations: family and friends will be coming over and the groceries need to be in the cupboard and freezer.

Concerts

The MCI Christmas concert was absolutely fantastic. I was good to hear some German Christmas carols included. Even though the schools no longer teach German, the grammas and grampas enjoy hearing it. My favourites for the evening were Mary Did You Know by the Resonate Choir and Carol of the Bells sung by the Senior choir. The Hallelujah Chorus at the end brought the house down. Wonderful concert.

The Rosenfeld School concert was a gain a smashing success. The audience was captivated with the student's performance whether it was the Jingle Bell Rock of playing ceramic bells to Jingle Bells and Joy to the World. The play entitled Carriers of the Light  and Brock Harms was wonderful in the angel role. The rest of the cast had worked hard to memorize lines and moved flawlessly through the play. The students and staff deserve a huge round of applause.

May everyone have a safe and happy Christmas and eat, drink and be merry. There's so much sadness in the world, take the time to celebrate all the good things in your life.