Chaos...

Chaos…

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I was going to Linden this weekend to participate in a Virtual Stamp Night (VSN) at my sister’s house with my mom, sister, Yvonne, Cobi and Joni. Chris would be going on to Calgary with Gizmo to spend the weekend with his parents.

The fun all started on Thursday night as I was heading to pick up a craft order we were almost T-boned by this truck who was trying to see past a mini-van – luckily I was able to swerve into an unoccupied lane. Until 8 PM we were rushing around to get groceries, buy my sisters birthday gift and get home so I could prepare all of the things I needed to bring for the weekend. The VSN weekend was going to be a potluck weekend so when I got home I put my pumpkin in the oven to roast – I was making my (now famous) creamy pumpkin soup! And then the phone rang… it was our friend Chris A. who told us that the flat screen TV we wanted was on sale at Future Shop and that the sale was ending TONIGHT and if we wanted the TV he could pick us up in his van and take us there! We thought for about a minute and decided that yes we could afford the TV – I left my pumpkin roasting in the oven and we all went to Future Shop… It only took an hour or so, and we came home with a BIG 40” flat screen TV! I told my Chris that it was his Christmas present… and Birthday present… and Anniversary present… for the next 2 years!!! LOL!

My pumpkin was ready (more than ready) when we got home and I quickly made my pumpkin soup and put the meatloaf for dinner in the oven (it was already 10PM but we were hungry and I didn’t want to refreeze the ground turkey) I made gorgeous looking muffins (a small feat for me) and some awesome coleslaw to take with us for VSN. By now it was after 11 and we sat down for a quick dinner… Chris stayed up until 2AM packing his stuff for the trip and trying to find and download music for my sister’s birthday present – we got her a new CD/Cassette player with MP3 capabilities and I wanted to give her a CD that had the songs that were #1 on the Billboard on her birth date on various years throughout the years.

While Chris was busy trying to find and download music I was madly trying to make packing decisions for what craft stuff to bring down for VSN… Those who know me and have been in my house know that I have A LOT of craft stuff!! Narrowing it down and then packing it up was a huge challenge… I ended up packing a large suitcase, a duffel bag and a smallish flat Rubbermaid container with Craft stuff… By now it was almost 3AM, Chris had gone to bed at 2… I moved on to packing the food in the kitchen and making a list of stuff that Chris would have to pack into the cooler the next afternoon.

By the time I was finished it was almost 4AM and the front entrance way was filled with suitcases, containers, computer bags etc… I sank into bed and didn’t wake up until almost 7:30 the next morning – luckily I was going to a conference that day and it didn’t start until 9!!