The party's over....

Thank goodness. We did our thing and got the turkey and gravy down to the Arena by 5:30 pm as requested. The chaffing dishes holding the cut turkey went right into the table top heating pans that were all set up on the buffet table. And we bid them a farewell. What a circus there. In the midst of the Lions trying to get this meal made and out, to the 180 ticket holders ( that is the number of tickets sold apparently) there was some other event going on in the hall with lots of Air Cadets running around. I did not stay long enough to even ascertain what - I got out of there and back to the car.  Harry spoke briefly to the man in charge and his wife who were busy in the kitchen and this man just shook his head and said to Harry `we are too old, you and Ì to be doing this....`He owned the meat deli for years before selling out to another German couple, and now he still works part time at Foodland as a butcher. His wife works part time at the Village Bins store. Both are older ( he is turning 80 years this year) Now I have the tidying up here to do but that won`t take long. Wash a few pots and return the few contents back to the fridge - this will give me a chance to clean out the fridge I hope!
Then Harry and I treated ourselves to Chinese takeout. Before coming home to eat though, we drove down to the lake to see the marvel of Mother nature. In this case Cathy, Mother Nature was at her best. The lake is covered with a glaze of shiny ice - one fellow was actually skating around. And in the middle of this mirror like vision, sat the ice huts like little statues embedded in the ice. Along the shore line the power of the ice breaking up is evident in sheets of ice shooting up at least ten or twelve feet into the air all piled together and by the looks of it growing constantly.. Glorious to see. But I would not venture out on the ice for anything.
I received the $25.00 loaded visa card from Loblaws in response to my registering for the rebate following the class action suit about the price fixing for bread.  Harry was also registered but nothing has come back to him yet. We don`t have an actual Loblaws store near us but can go to No Frills, or ValuMart or Independent which are subsidiaries of Loblaws to spend it.
So take care all...watch that weather and stay off the roads.