Things

I got a new game for Christmas & it is hands down the best game I've come across in a dang long time - Things! The game is a blast. We had seven of us playing it and I think the more people the better.

Here's the write up:

Want a Good Laugh?Well it's as simple as opening the box and playing THINGS...™ the hilarious new game that presents players with provocative topics, like:

• THINGS...™ people do when no one is looking.
• THINGS...™ your parents forgot to tell you.
• THINGS...™ you can never find.
• THINGS...™ dogs are actually saying when they bark.
• THINGS...™ you shouldn't tie to the roof of your car.

...and allows each player to say whatever comes to mind. Pick a topic, get everyone to write a response, read them out loud and then guess who said what. There are no right answers. There are no wrong answers. Just a lot of fun.

You won't believe the THINGS...™ you'll hear.

Merry Christmas!

From my blog to yours!

The Chimes are Changing?

More realistically, the times have changed!

Listen closely. The sound you may not be hearing this holiday season as you stumble from mall to mall is the tinkle of silver bells.

Of course if you live in a big city like Toronto, you may not be able to hear much of anything over the din of harried holiday shoppers and the incessant sound of cellphones with their Babel-like ringtones.

But listen some more. It's a subtle thing. Where is the chingle, chingle, chingle of the Salvation Army bells?

The Sally Ann bell-ringers themselves are there — in most of the big malls and by the subway stations and liquor stores — with their distinctive red kettles.

But check out their hands (it can be easier, sometimes, than looking them in the eye). Most have no bells. No little leather belts of jingling chimes to draw attention to their existence.

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For the record, I hate the annoying sound of those bells and have NEVER rung them while volunteering on a kettle!

Traditions

One of the many things I love about our family is our purposeful time spent together. Leslie & I have created or adopted traditions for our family that happen at various times & seasons throughout the year. One of those traditions we came by unintentionally our first Christmas season in Calgary when we were given theatre tickets to see "Treasure Island".

Last year we decided we'd take our kids to see a production of "A Christmas Carol".

Today we once again took our kids to the theatre. This time it was to the Storybook Theatre production of "The Sound of Music". We had never been to Storybook Theatre but I must say it was quite good. We all enjoyed ourselves. As a youth, year after year avoiding my older sisters invites to annually watch "The Sound of Music" when it came on TV - today I delightfully sat through it!

P.O.D. Christmas Greeting

Do They Know it's Christmas?