Breakfast at Tiffany

This morning, Liz and I went out for breakfast at a cute place near our house called Breakfast at Tiffany. Inside, there is a piano, and china figurines throughout, with a couple photos of Audrey Hepburn gracing the red and pale yellow walls.

Liz is not a breakfast person, but I've been at her a few times to come check out this place with me, so we made plans to go this morning. It's really sweet of her to do that; she is on nights tonight so had to go home sleep after.

What a great way to start the day, I think:) Two cups of coffee later and a Canadian breakfast (I gave my meat to Liz) and I was on my way to work. If you're ever in London, you should check it out:)

I cannot believe Christmas is upon us so shortly. Up till now, I had the best of intentions to follow the Advent journal from church, and I also got an idea in a book to do something special every day of Advent (eg. baking cookies), but these have both gone by the wayside. Maybe it's not too late to start, there are still a few weeks to go. I still have some Christmas shopping to do but most of my family is done, just some friends and folks around here as well. I wanted to knit some mittens for people as I've done in other years, with mixed successes:) , but I've been having some wrist problems from typing so much at work, so thought I should give them a break.

I'm looking forward to visiting with family, although it is always a hectic time and draining as well! With that many people in the family, it's hard to avoid that though! It's usually a time of staying up late chatting, and making lots of food, and playing in the snow (if there is any at that time!), so it should be a riot. I'm sure all my siblings are nearly all taller than me by now, but at least there are a few still shorter:) I would hope I'm taller than a 9-year-old, I tell ya. (I'm sure you hear me on this, eh, Nat! :) )

On the way to work, I stopped at the mall on the corner to buy some Christmas cards at the Hallmark store. The sweetest Korean couple runs it, and the lady always slips a poem or a verse in with the cards, about hope or joy in Jesus, things like that, and it never fails to make me smile.

Every year around this time, I get the urge to write a Christmas short story. It's kind of embarassing, really, as I've never written any I'm actually proud of, and don't have any ideas presently. That's putting it mildly- I've written some pretty terrible ones actually! We'll see if it actually happens this year, it may remain an idea at this point:)

Well, I've run out of things to say for the moment- take advantage of it, this doesn't happen often, haha!

Have a lovely day, everyone!

Oh wait, I do have something else to add- yesterday I received some info from a friend about the situation in the Congo, and there is a campaign asking for donations to get the EU leaders to intervene. If you would like to check it out, it's at avaaz.org- I encourage you to take a look. It is sobering stuff but fueled by our own electronics industries as well, so we are also responsible for what's happening.

Another excellent website is womenforwomen.org, which is doing some great work with women caught up in the conflict and left destitute by it. Really, it is worth checking out.

Thanks!

...It's not that I wanted to just tack this on the end, it's that I don't feel I do the situation justice, you know? It's a pretty big deal but not much is being done about it. I guess it has shaken me up and I don't know how to verbalize it very well.