win,win

Ray and I went shopping this morning and got our free turkey. It is 7.76 Kilos frozen. We had to give up 18,000 points for  a "free" turkey , but we save our points from year to year just for this purpose,some years we go out for dinner at Christmas so we had  40,000 points saved and had lots as you can figure. It is far too big for us and Jim and Sam but we can send some home with Sam and Jim eats lots.  We love turkey for the few days following  Christmas too. So all is well!!
I finally figured out how to do the backing on Ray's quilt and got started on it. I cut the piece so it was even on all sides and started the framing of it.
Then we decided to go to the casino later in the afternoon. It was a good day for me ,because I won around  1300 dollars , gave several hundred to Ray and came home with over $900.
That is all we did today and so my blog is kind of short.
I was reading a good article in the paper about refugees that are allowed into Canada right from refugee camps. It said how happy they were to be in a safe country , to have clean bedding, no bugs ,clean new clothes, money from the government and good food to eat. That was just for the first two weeks and then they had to go out and find accomodation for themselves. It is not an easy task for them as you know just how hard and how expensive it is to find housing in Vancouver. Learning to speak English is another hurdle for them. They have experienced the darker side of life and hope to establish themselves  in Canada . It will be difficult for them.
I remember what  my mom and dad said about coming to Canada from  Britain after WW1 and how they could only afford to go as far as northern Manitoba . It took a decade before they could manage to find the money to come to Vancouver. That was during the Depression and times were tough for them too but they had savings and could speak English. 
No photos tonight unless I take a couple tonight .
Have a good evening, I have heard it is going to snow so enjoy it.
Bon soir.