Only 24 shopping days to Christmas!
PatO: There was a discussion on the radio this morning about Black Friday having spilled over into the preceding and following days and even weeks. Watch out! It will soon by Cyber Monday, to be followed by Giving Tuesday. (Today is Small Business Saturday.) Then it will be When Will-It-Ever-End Wednesday, Thoroughly-Fed-up-with-It Thursday and For-Heaven's-Sake-Enough-Already Friday! etc., etc.....
Lindybird: Hope Tomasz had a super b/day and that you had a good ride home.
OG: No speech necessary to Chat here!
Raining again today. I went down to Ventura to look for a couple of things early this morning. Found them all at TJMaxx after fruitless and overwhelming brief stop at the nearby mall, which was still very quiet that early. If you know Ugg boots, the company that makes (Deckers) them has its corporate headquarters a mile from us just across the freeway - and an outlet store in Oxnard, where things are half price or less. This morning, they had Ugg ankle boots for $14.99 - all in large sizes (didn't need any; didn't buy any). I watched a couple take an entire stack and load them into their car, presumably to sell somewhere else for more money, which I though was a bit rude, but nobody asked me.
Anyway, have a good Sunday all.
OG - In the Olden Days, builders took 3 weeks holidays in January (our summer & school holidays). However nowadays some seem to continue regardless.
LINDA - Colours & hence photos on computers can be different, as are on OH’s & mine. I think it is something to do with settings.
ANNETTE – We don’t know design of house. It is wait-and-see unless I hear our other back neighbour in her back yard and yell over the fence. She may not know either.
2010 was the wedding year in our family. Also the year I started seriously photo-ing churches.
I have tried to cull my books, donating unwanted novels to nearby charity bookshop. I have been through bookshop C-mas catalogue and noted all the books I would like to read – but borrowing from library. Cheaper and no storage problem.
No nanny duty this week. I have an important date at twins’ kindy – their end-of-year concert this pm. Photos may only be taken after the event, not the outdoors performance, as one parent objected. I don’t photo other kids and if anyone accidentally appears, I crop picture or blur the faces. I even blur car number plates when parked in front of churches etc. Once again minority rules because some idiots misuse social media.
AQ: Oh my, I sympathize with you re the sole objecting parent. I'm sure some parents will sneak photos though - we typically take videos! Re the business with color reproduction, etc. I took my photo of the flames on the iPhone, which typically does a good job rendering true colors; didn't bother to move it to the laptop.. Not sure at what point Lindy's photo paled.... Do have fun at the end-of-year concert. Kiddies put so much into them - and the teachers too.
Heather: My external drive is also My Passport I periodically copy all my Docs and photos onto it (but probably not often enough).
Lindybird: New bookcases equals another opportunity to downsize. My OH has a small bookcase in the bedroom - also jammed - and now we have two piles of books on his bedside table :-( Like AQ, I keep the library in business.
Nice and sunny today.
Today's view.