This has led to me putting up my Christmas decorations, a process that took about 90 seconds!! I have arranged my 5 candles to form my Advent crown. I have also placed Mary and Joseph into their positions in the nativity, to await the arrival of the infant Jesus.
Yesterday saw my mother depart back to the UK after four very enjoyable weeks here in Karachi. She has had an absolute ball and has thoroughly enjoyed every minute of her time here. She is already planning her return trip, when she has saved enough for the fare!!
One of the jobs we managed to do whilst mum was here was spend the rest of the money I inherited from my grandmother. Mum and I went with Maria to Afghan carpets
and bought a couple of ru
gs. We were very grateful that Maria was there as she is a whizz at bartering. With her help we managed to reduce the asking price from Rs 104,000/- to Rs69,000/- and, as you can see, I am now the proud owner of two fantastic carpets.Last week was a busy one at school with meetings regarding parent handbooks and parent involvement in school on Tuesday and Wednesday. These were followed by the PTA Meet and Greet on Thursday. Normally this would have happened early in the year. However, the first couple of weeks of this term was Ramzan and so we waited until after Eid, then sadly there were security concerns and so it was postponed until last Thursday.
There are now only 3 weeks until we finish for Christmas and I am really looking forward to the break. We do need to give a bit of a kick start to the rehearsals for 'Hobson's Choice'. As ever, some of the cast seem reluctant to learn their lines! Also the accents are causing some what of a problem, the lad playing teh Scottish doctor, sounds as if he comes from Mumbai, and the lad playing Willie has a fantastic Tyneside accent, it a real shame that Willie is from Salford...
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