This is another post from November that I never published!!: Well, and now Lily is officially a teenager. No matter how many times someone says 'it goes by so quickly,' it never becomes a cliche. We celebrated with dinner at her favourite local restaurant as well as watching this show. Also, this coming weekend is the big move. My brother is having two different Hanukah things and it looks like I will miss both of them. Speaking of which, happy Thanksgivukkah! That doesn't happen every day!

Well, it's been a while again, but here is a November post I never put up: My Toronto home is moving from here to here And I have been putting on crock pot lunches here at my other home!! Today it was pumpkin soup and I have a spicy spinach lasagna dish for next week!! In the country, we've even had a few snowfalls. Tomorrow major MAJOR cleanup in my room out here. Fortunately we hadn't accumulated much stuff in the city apartment. Went to Lily's dance class today but parent viewing day had been moved to next week so we all came home. Tomorrow she goes to something called We Day with her Global Issues group. Oh and we had another shopping spree last Friday, this one just me and her, in Waterloo...mostly at a store called Icing where she got makeup. We had all-you-can eat at Spring Rolls beforehand.

Well, it's been fun. We had a trip to Pittsfield in September and a mind-blowingly fantastic Thanksgiving with a trip to Canada's Wonderland in the rain (no line-ups) where Lily and Paul rode the Leviathan twice, the Behemoth, and pretty much everything else. I loved roller-coasters as a kid but- it might have something to do with an ear condition- ever since Lily got old enough to ride roller coasters (i.e. when I got old) I have found the deep plummets really unpleasant. So I stood in the rain and had a blast watching my loved ones get tortured. Then we had dinner at Red Lobster- a place none of us had been in ages. We had to take most of our food to go as Lily and I had to get on a bus back to Kitchener. That was Sunday, Paul was in an accident that Friday just as he was about to go home for the day. This isn't Paul but it's interesting. Paul had a sprained thumb and road rash, pretty minor for a guy who has two scars on his arm from where a bone exited almost twenty years ago when he was just beginning his career- and many scars acquired since then. However, he hasn't been so excited about going back to work since Friday's incident. Roller coasters were no issue, though, they are safer than being in a car, indeed. We decided the most dangerous part of the whole day was the taxi where the driver talked on his phone the whole time and couldn't understand why buses slowed down at bus stops. Today I went to a gathering of friends and family in Waterloo and now I am at my country home. Paul is in Toronto and he's sick. I think it's just a bug, but I feel badly about leaving him nonetheless. However, it was really important for me to see everyone tonight -it seems like my niece and nephew have changed every time I see them- and I will be spending time with Lily until tomorrow afternoon when I head back into the city. Lily is having a Hallowe'en party tomorrow. Honestly, I think Paul will appreciate the quiet time in the bedroom to sleep.