Yesterday was a mix of sun, clouds, and showers. The high got to 18C. This morning it is cloudy and 6C. Today is suppose to be cloudy with a high of 7C.
Lifestyle
We were off fairly early to Christmas at the Halifax Forum. We had to drive to the University of Dalhousie to pick up a student first. The trip to there was uneventful. From there to the forum, we went through a big construction zone. It was interesting as I got to see where the ships unload and where the naval base is. There was construction around the forum which made it hard to get to the buildings. Daughter-in-law let us off and went to park about a km away.
Inside the forum, it was busy. I left our neighbour and the student to shop as they were stopping at every booth. I knew standing and waiting was going to make me hurt so I slowly wandered through the booths. I did the first building and bought one item. I also stopped and talked to one of the exhibitors as she was selling doll clothes. She knows one of the designers I have tested for. We had one wonderful talk about her and sewing doll clothes.
I then went into the second building where I met daughter-in-law. We knew there were 2 booths in there that we wanted to go to. The first was the yarn booth in which I have knit several skeins into socks since finding them last year. The wild purple socks are from their yarn. They saw the picture and I am to sent them pictures once the socks are done. They have never seen the yarn knit up. I bought 2 skeins of yarn from them.
We bought some Christmas ornaments at another booth and had them personalized. After that it was wandering and looking. Our friends caught up with us at that time or should we say we found them. I stood and waited for a bit and had to start walking around as my hip was starting to get sore.
Daughter-in-law and I then took off to look through the last 2 buildings. We found one booth that we enjoyed looking at the mugs with crazy sayings on them. We bought nothing and finally decided to leave. We walked down to the car which was lovely. We took our time and talked about the fairy houses we saw in some of the trees. We moved the car to the grocery store near the forum, bought ourselves lunch, and texted our friend to say where we were and that we were ready to go. They arrived about 30 minutes later.
While we were sitting in the car waiting, there was a lot of sirens -- police and fire trucks. We soon found out when we left. Roads were blocked and we could smell propane or natural gas. We had to take detour after detour to get to the university. What is normally is less than a 10 minute drive was 3 times that. When we left the university to come home, the route we took was crazy. The street lights were out and every intersection was a four way stop with lots of people not knowing what to do. We kept turning left to get closer to the harbour and finally got to where we wanted to be and we had street lights. The rest of the trip home was quiet which is what we needed.
Daughter-in-law and I have decided we will not go this craft bazaar next year. Instead we will go to some small ones close to home and one bigger one about 20 minutes from us. It isn't worth going to the city and fighting the traffic and crowds for a few Christmas gifts.
Sewing
I picked up the box daughter sent me. Inside was the shirt I am to embroider, a panel for a quilt, and the fabric for placemats for her sewing room. There was also a bag of fabric scraps which I sorted through. Most will go to the quilter's group my friend is a part of. Some will stay for doll quilts. There was a lot of ribbon with paw prints on them. I guess I will have to figure out bags for pet's Christmas gifts.
Knitting
I did not knit last night. I was too tired to think about knitting.
Thoughts
The forum has about 375 exhibitors in it. There is a lot of talent showcased and I am sure they do well over the 3 days the bazaar is on. I looked at the ornaments that have vinyl on them using a Cricut. It gave me ideas for what I can do with the ornaments I have. Other booths didn't interest me as I don't do their crafts. But all were beautifully displayed. I realized how much equipment these exhibitors have to haul around when setting up at bazaars. Even the small booths had a lot of items used for setting up their displays.
I was thrilled that my hip didn't hurt as much as I had expected it to. By moving slowly through the buildings and not standing too long I was able to keep it from compressing and hurting. Even the long walk to the car was okay. I did stop and stretch once on our way to the car. I was tired when I got home but more from how far we walked and from the crowds. Not from the small amount of pain I had. Hurrah for that.
Today
I am hoping to go to the small bazaar in our community this morning. I want to snoop around and ask questions. Once home, I need to do a few things upstairs and then try to sew a mug rug or two. I would like to knit tonight. I am having a more quiet day today with most of the day being alone.
Until the next time....................................................
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