Whew !

I counted how many times we got in and out of the car yesterday and it was more than 8 times. Whew! Our day began with breakfast at home. Dee made some fantastic omlettes with ham, cheese and eggs. Then we went to the craft show at the Mars High School. They had so many vendors that they had to use both the HS and the Intermediate school (via shuttle buses). There must have been 200 vendors. Our friend Carlo Jean Keffer had a booth with very nice items she'd crocheted. With lots of homemade items and food as well. It was fun walking around and looking at ways people spend their time to make things to sell as decorations or jewelry for others to use. There must have been thousands of people there! But it was fun.

Next, we went to the Pine Richland HS for the "empty bowl" fundraiser sponsored by Rotaract, the Rotary kids in HS. The ceramics department made pretty bowls they sold for soup and you could eat all the soup you wanted. They had about 10 different kinds of soup with bread and dessert and beverage. The funds raised go to support the Lighthouse Food Bank. While we were there a couple of the kids came over to say hi as they recognized me from other Rotary events. That was nice. Last year they made about $2,400.

After that we went to check out a kennel in Mars where we plan to leave Bonz during Christmas week. It was nice and clean and closer than the other kennel we used. Next on our list was Costco to pick up a couple of items we were out of. It's always fun to go there. And the lines move along very quickly, even on Saturday. After that it was off to Joann Fabrics to pick up items to complete our creche display and also the village display Dee is putting on the fireplace mantel. Then, off to Loafers to get a free loaf of fresh baked bread, and Lowe's to get some potting soil a pot for Dee's orchid plant.

Then to Verizon to get Dee a new phone and renew her contract for 2 years. She also picked up her work schedule for next week. It's Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday then she's off the rest of the week. I went to Giant Eagle to return our movie.

Whew! We got a lot done. And learned that the best time to shop is during the week as Christmas gets closer. Since Saturdays are already crazy out there.

We finished the day by watching some Penn State and Pitt football as well as a couple of things she'd recorded. It was good to see Penn State win and qualify for the Rose Bowl Game!