In The Deep Mid Winter

Yesterday we had a few snow flurries in the air and we thought that we might get a little bit of snow, but nothing that would stay. Then when we went to bed there was a few inches on the ground. I kept thinking, it won't stay, it never does. What a surprise it was to wake up in the morning and have about 4 inches of snow and that it was still coming down. We also heard that all the London buses were canceled and most trains in the South East as well. Which meant that there was no way for me to get to work and I officially had a "Snow Day". I've not had one since I was in High School. We had fun in the morning taking photos and then Peter cleaned off the car and headed for work. He was the only one who managed to make it in, but he got a few things done and then headed back home earlier. It's still lightly snowing, so will have to wait and see what tomorrow holds. In the mean time we will continue to sit inside, wrapped up warm by the fire and enjoy watching the snow fall down. I hope that you are all safe and warm as well.

Take Your Family to Work Day

Sorry there are not photos from yesterday. It was another busy day, but this time not doing the tourist thing, but taking my sister to work with me at Wesley Owen. I managed to find lots of little jobs she could do that didn't involve too much training. She did some data entry of invoices received to track our spending budget. As well my manager got her to do some mailing out for him of some book order he had from a convention he has just got back from. It was also a very special day, as it was our Deputy Managers last day, after working for Wesley Owen for the last 10 years. Lots of regular customers were coming in all day to say good-bye. His family of four lovely children and his wife also visited us making it a very lively day. At the end of the day we gave him a book will all sorts of comments in it from customers, staff and staff from other shops as well. Then we prayed for him and all departed. Everyone was very close to tears, but we managed to keep it up beat and a happy time.

We decided to have a nice quiet evening in. Peter cooked us a lovely meal of salt beef, potatoes and veggies. Yvonne had her first try of fresh cooked soy beans and enjoyed them very much. After dinner we went for a short walk around the neighbour hood to see if we could see any foxes. Yvonne has been wanting to see one ever since she came. Unfortunately, we didn't manage to see one. Then it was back indoors for a quick game of Monopoly cards and then to bed. I can't believe that today will be her last day here. I have to work, but Peter is planning to take her on a boat ride along the Thames. Stay tuned for hopefully more photo's and updates.

New Position!

Today I was offered the position of Senior Sales at my workplace. I was happy to accept and will start the position on the 1st of May. However, I have already booked the 1st & 2nd off work to go to Colour Your World, and Monday is a Bank holiday. So I'll officially start on Tuesday. Thanks to everyone for their support over the last few weeks as I pondered the decision to apply for this job. I'm both excited and nervous as I venture forward.

This may however mean less time for crafting, but will endeavour to still do as much as possible and post on here when I can.