Another Burn's Lunch

   The storm held off until the drive home but made for a rather slippery ride. I think it has stopped now but I will wait until tomorrow to shovel the driveway.  

   You can probably tell that in my neck of the woods we take Rabbie Burn's birthday seriously. Today a local church put on a lovely lunch to which we were invited to "dance for our dinner" (and it was a tasty one!). It came complete with the Piping in of the haggis, the Selkirk Grace, Toast to the lassies, followed by the toast to the laddies and, after the dancing, a Scottish sing-a-long. I will leave you with the Selkirk Grace.

"Some hae meat but canna eat

Some wad eat that want it

But we hae meat and we can eat

Sae may the Lord be thankit."

A Bit of Excitement

   As I was dropping off a prescription at my local drug store this morning everyone at the plaza coffee shop was agog at the sight of 5 police cars parked any which way in the parking lot. They seemed to be interested in an abandoned car which they were emptying and searching. Perhaps we will find out more when tomorrow's newspaper arrives.

   Another good find, bookwise, this time at this morning's Probus Club book table. This is strictly a book exchange so you drop off any books you are done with and take as many as you want. I always take my hard cover books there as we only take paperbacks at the other book sale.

Although looking like biographies, they are actually fiction. They are both around 900 pages in length so will require quite a bit of uninterrupted spare time. I am particularly interested in reading the Mary, Queen of Scots book as I missed the movie on her life that came out this past Fall. I won't be starting either book for some time as I have so many books lined up already. Just keeping up with my Book Club books is a challenge! 

   Another day of dashing from the house to the car and back again - it was minus 10C again this morning. I had a dentist appointment first thing and the car barely got warmed up during the drive there. However, I was just glad I didn't have to take a bus!

A Lucky Find

   At our monthly lunches we have a used book table at which people donate books and we sell them (50 cents) to raise money for a Women's Shelter. Mostly they are fiction but at this Tuesday's lunch I found this:

Although I am not a "Weight Watcher", it has quite a few interesting recipes and, for 50 cents, is quite a bargain. 

   Pretty cold today, especially the strong wind. Another demo under our belts (it went well) so only 4 more to go. I think I will survive!

A Day at Home

   Still cold (-11C when I got up this morning) but no snow so, still not wearing boots! At least it was sunny so the house warmed up a bit.

    A rather quiet morning - just some housework - then a couple of hours at demo practice in the afternoon. We have three demos coming up this week and by next weekend we will really know the dances perfectly. I think this will be my last year as a member of the demo team as I am finding it increasingly difficult to do a full program of dances. I am puffing and wheezing before we are half way through the program.

    Coverage of the Australian Open has started on TV today so I watched one of the early round matches this evening. It's daytime in Australia and extremely hot. I hope the players can survive in the heat.