"In everything give thanks......." 1 Thess 5:18

Our journal and glimpses of an active, contented life in country Australia

Sunday, December 04, 2011

Into the "End of Year" functions

I do wonder why so many end of year functions, even "Carols by Candlelight" are held at the end of November, early December, and for many people, particularly elderly, coming up to Christmas there are a lot of days with nothing much to do, as many meetings and activities in Australia close down until beginning of February as it is the hot season with many taking their annual holidays. 

We are getting ready for the concerts and Christmas parties at the Aged Care homes now. We have 23 Christmas Carols and Christmas Songs and will include most of them. 

Changing the subject, we have been trying to keep up with the garden (and have not been able to complete the plans outlined in the previous post), and busy with our singing and activities, and Barry has been struggling with some health issues..... he just said "I take one step forward and two backwards" so somehow I was unable, in myself, to come here, I just didn't seem to have anything to say and felt particularly guilty not being able to get around all the posts that I "follow".

I think too, having my son and daughter-in-law move back to Queensland has given me a contentment that I didn't know I was missing, we've seen them every month since then, so we have been away a bit, when not keeping up our singing commitments, though we had to cancel some due to Barry's illhealth.

( Rob, Emi and Rob's daughter)


However I was admitted to a group on Facebook that has inspired me to reactivate this page, (Thank you Dorothy) and I look forward to writing my humble thoughts here again.




With love and Blessings,
Jan

1 comment:

Grandmabeckyl.blogspot said...

I'm glad you are back. I've missed you! And thanks for sharing the Celtic Women music. I decided to share it on my blog as well. You are an inspiration to me and God bless you!