Wow, I've been slacking in the blogging deparment!

To be perfectly fair, I have been busy! So here's the synopsis of the past month. I have been to London to visit Michelle at her new apartment. She's settling into Grad School and teaching Biology labs. She hasn't poisoned herself yet with her own cooking, which is a good thing! Michelle has also been home, for Thanksgiving. We hosted a dinner for 23 on Saturday and a breakfast for the same folks on Sunday morning! (Luckily Debbie & Robin did most of the breakfast work!) A great time was had by all. Ann, Joe & Tyler came all the way from Toronto for this.

I've had a very lucky couple of weeks. I won tickets to The Wiggles. I'm giving them to a couple of cutie pie kiddies and they will love it I'm sure.

Bob was called back to work after 10 months of being laid off! That was a nice surprise and beats the heck out of seeing your old job posted in the newspaper with the line "previous employees need not apply!"

Thanks to Patty, prior to the public event, I got to sit and chat with Judy Collins for 1/2 and hour or so. (Yes THAT Judy Collins of "Both Sides Now" and "Send In The Clowns" fame. She is a lovely and gracious lady and very, very tiny! She's happy Obama won the Nobel, she despairs over the state of US health care, or lack thereof and she speaks very highly of Canada and Canadians. She is also a friend of Leonard Cohen, whom I love and that is likely as close as I'll ever get to Leonard! Then I got to listen to her interesting and inspirational talk. What a special night that was for me! (I can't believe I forgot to ask to have a picture taken with her.)

Bob and I went to another antique shop where I bought some stamps for $5.00 and found that the minimum just a few of them are worth is over $78.00. (Not too shabby eh?) I bought quite a few but haven't checked them out yet.

I've had neighbourhood meetings, City Hall meetings and well... meetings!

So, that's why I haven't blogged. I don't like to leave it dormant for this long though and will make a concerted effort to be more prolific.

County trip with Bob

I told Bob yesterday that I wanted to go with him for his "Sunday drive." We'd go see his brother in Amherstburg. He whinged. Today, I told him I'd be ready in an hour and we'd be off. He whinged.

On our way out the door, I told him I wanted to go out to Harrow to a little antique shop. He replied with, "don't get the idea that you're going to be spending every Sunday with me just because I'm taking you today!" I ignored him. On our way out of town I was commenting on things we were passing, he replied with, "are you going to talk the whole trip?" I ignored him.

We went to the antique store and he was a prince. He wandered while I sorted through old post cards looking at stamps. I fell into a box of US stamp plate blocks from the 70's, some Canada plate blocks from the 40's, some First Day Covers and I now own Icelandic stamps, for only $15.00! He feigned interest, but didn't whinge!

We went to his brother's. Had a lovely visit, and HE chatted all the way home. I made no snide comments!

My other blog

I have started a blog about my stamp collection for you philately aficionados out there! I now have stamps from Israel, thank you Ann & Joey! xo

www.postageposts.blogspot.com/

(if you want to take a look)