Greetings and good morning one & all. I hope & trust everyone had a good weekend preparing us all for the adventures of the week.
Pondering: whether I'll send Christmas cards this year other than those I can hand deliver. Canada Post workers are engaged in rotating strikes across the country which has several retailers worried about sales for the Christmas season of gifts & cards. Amazon.ca has even spoken to the government about loss of sales. SO, our federal government has been debating in parliament whether they should legislate the workers back to work - oh that makes the postal workers very angry! I think this is a situation with no winners & I don't want my cards caught up in the dispute of no delivery or work to rule banter, especially since making cards is a lot of work, a labour of love yes but to be lost in the mail ...
Receiving: lots of emails reminding me about picking One Little Word for 2019. After I get over the shock that it's going to be 2019, I realize I haven't given any thought (yet) to picking OLW. I've liked this year's choice of Focus - I may just keep it & re-use next year. What about you? Given any thoughts to picking one little word for the year?
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Watched: we recently saw two movies at home on the TV movie network; Christopher Robin & Crazy Rich Asians. We liked both, there was no violence, no swearing. Christopher Robin was our favourite of the two, a really sweet movie.
TV Watching: While folding laundry, I've watched a few back to back episodes of the Christmas Cookie Challenge, which is most appropriate as I've been assigned to baking a few dozen cookies for our church Christmas Bazaar this weekend. I'll be making nothing as fancy as the bakers on this show. Some of the cookies are works of art & I would hesitate to eat them. I don't like to try anything new when I'm baking on this scale - tried & true is my motto; Lemon Chocolate Chip & Eggnog Cinnamon Bar (cut into shapes).
"an apron is just a cape on backwards"
I'm probably keeping the same OLW - fulfil. It was definitely the right choice for 2018 and I can see that it will still apply to next year as well.
ReplyDeleteEileen I like your OLW of fulfil. There's nothing wrong with recycling a word especially if it's a word that you liked & worked well with.
DeleteI do hope Canada Post sorts itself out quickly ...
ReplyDeleteThat Christmas concert sounds lovely. We're going to the Royal Albert Hall with friends for a Christmas singalong. The Boy Child and I saw Christopher Robin and enjoyed it.
Have a good week!
I imagine the concert at Royal Albert Hall will sound delightful as the acoustics in there are perfect, mind you if you're sitting next to someone like me, who cannot sing a note, no amount of perfect surrounding will/would help :)
DeleteWhat a bad time of year for the postal workers to be in dispute. This could backfire on them, I don't think any parcels I have ordered recently have come through Royal Mail, seems like more and more websites are using private courier companies. If you have spent a lot of time and create energy making cards, you really want to be sure that the recipients are going to receive them! So I can understand that you may be hesitant about sending them this year.
ReplyDeleteThe last time they were on strike they did not come out ahead & they were then ordered back to work by the federal government. I have noticed that the UPS & FedEx delivery trucks in the neighbourhood a lot more.
DeleteI can understand your reluctance about losing Christmas cards in the post! I have given thought to the next OLW. Some yearsthe fit seems to be so much better than others. This year's, nourish, was OK, but didn't call to me the way I hoped it would. I have one in mind for next year, still thinking about it. Over the years, the two that had (and still have) the most impact were simplify and mindful.
ReplyDeleteI used mindful as a support word to my OLW of Focus. It is something I am trying hard these last few weeks is to be mindful & present & not get tangled in the "what ifs".
DeleteWhat are they striking about? I suppose if you want to make the most impact with industrial action, then this is the time of year to do it - but it doesn't win much public support and does actually seem a bit mean. Well thanks for flagging it up; I will keep an eye on the situation/think twice before sending stuff to Canada.
ReplyDeleteThere were walk outs today in Vancouver, Edmonton & Scarborough. The government is sitting tonight to vote on whether to legislate them back to work. I believe what they are striking for are a few issues but main ones are around same rate of pay for rural workers as the in town workers; most rural workers are women, in town workers, men & job security (doesn't everyone wish for that.
DeleteI'm looking forward to Christopher Robin. Somehow our planned outing to see it fell apart lol, but we'll figure out a way. I've heard a lot of good things about it and am happy to see you recommend it :) I've been hearing about the strike from a Canadian Facebook friend. I see it it is causing quite a problem!
ReplyDeleteI do hope you got to see Christopher Robin - as I said it was a nice movie. Oh & our postal woes are flaring up again with the workers & the government but it's us little folks that get hurt by this; mis-directed mail, mail lost ...
DeleteI've just looked up Bara McNeils and will be buying a few Christmas tunes. Enjoy the concert.
ReplyDeleteI really didn't do much with my OLW this year - haven't decided if I should reuse this year's word and actually work with it or try to find another. I'm leaning towards reusing it.
Some Cyclamen are hardier than others, but I suspect London hardy (or even Scotland hardy) is warmer than your winter lows!
Well since that post we attended the Barra MacNeill's concert. Good although for me not enough Christmas tunes ..
DeleteI'm playing blog catch-up and just had a lovely read here. Still trying to find my OLW for 2019. I had PLAY for 2018 and it worked well for 6 months then fizzled quite a bit. I don't have a clue yet for next year!
ReplyDeleteCheri I have started to give some thought since this post was made - I'm mulling on two, not sure which feels comfortable; nourish or participate. Hope you find a word that works for you. I read one word post & she picks a word for every month! That would be too much for me.
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