Today is Thanksgiving in Canada. My mom and I had a sort of Thanksgiving dinner last weekend when we went out to a restaurant. One of my brothers and his wife was in New York this weekend as they were going to a concert (not sure what one). My other brother, his significant other, and their son (my nephew) stayed in Halifax and had Thanksgiving with Angela's parents. Today, I went with someone special out to a Thanksgiving lunch. It was good, but not quite as good as home made. My mom had decided that since it was only going to be her and I this year, she didn't want to bother having a big turkey dinner. That's ok.
We had rain for a few days recently, and on Saturday I waited for it to let up somewhat (so that it was more of a mist), put a plastic bag around my camera and went out to try to capture raindrops on flowers, leaves, etc. I got a couple of pretty good shots, but most of them didn't turn out all that well. It's the first time I really tried doing this, so I didn't expect to get anything really good this time around. It's something to practice though.
Yesterday's church service was good. The sermon was on being thankful, not only for things on earth, but to also be thankful for things to come in Heaven. A week or two ago, the pastor had told us the food kitchen in the church (the one they use to help those who don't have enough food) was quite low. He said Thanksgiving would be a good time to restock the shelves (though really, any time is a good time), and help those less fortunate. So, what they did yesterday, was have people bring in non-perishable food items for the kitchen and set them up on the front steps. There was a lot of food, thankfully. Unfortunately I had totally forgotten about this, so I didn't bring anything in. I felt bad about it when I walked into the sanctuary and saw the food at the front. I'll have to bring something in another time and put in the donation barrel they keep.
I talked to my friend Gisele yesterday at church about my elbow. I've been having problems with it in that it hurts when I bend or straighten it. I described the feeling to her and showed her where on my arm/elbow the pain was, and she said it sounds like it's what is referred to as being tennis elbow (caused by repetitive movements...in my mind I associated it as being like carpal tunnel only in the elbow). She's an occupational therapist, so I figured she'd have a good idea what the problem might be. I was concerned that maybe I was getting arthritis or something, but she reassured me that it probably wasn't. She said arthritis usually affects the hips, knees, ankles/feet, hands and not usually the elbow. She told me about a band you can get for tennis elbow that you wear when you are doing the things that affect it (for me it would be knitting or being on the computer). It's supposed to help so that the tendons don't rub together or something like that. She said the problem won't go away over night, but might take awhile to start feeling better. So, after church, I went and got one. Hopefully it will help.
Well, not much news this weekend. I hope anyone from Canada who reads this has a happy thanksgiving, and that everyone has a blessed and Christ-filled day!
