November 2020 Adult Day Program Dufferin County Community Support Services * 167 Centre St.* Shelburne ON*L9V 3R8 * 519 925 5452

Highlights of November, Let’s make this Month Memorable! Last month was busy! Good busy. Lots of fall family hikes on the Bruce Trail!! While October is one of my favorite months, so is November! November, we get ready for the holidays. Honestly, I’m not sure how long I can wait before we put up all the decorations and start making houses and all the bake goods we crave. Any A Man may work from sun to other Christmas fans out there? To me, November is such sun, A Woman’s work is never an exciting month and it usually goes by pretty fast. But, I done! am going to try to slow it down if I can and enjoy watching Poetry Club Memorabilia: the last leaves fall on this beautiful we’ve had!! Continuing to go out for evening walks letting the Shout out to Kurtis; stars guide us with the snowflakes melting on our faces. In We have this Guy, we call him Boss keeping with my “things to do this month”, We thought Kurtis is his name. we would share some simple things and fun activities you He says if we follow his advice He’ll lead us all to fame. can do in November! Starting with, Take deep breaths – He has a great BIG coffee cup the first Wednesday of November is National Which he fills up to the top Stress Awareness Day, and it is a great opportunity to take a But seldom gets to it all up step back and do anything that is stress-free! Start your He has no time to stop. holiday shopping – I’ve already got a jumpstart on my No one can get off the hook list, and I am happy about that, because by If they per chance should stray the time the holidays roll around things can get a bit crazy ‘Cause Kurtis runs things by the in our house. Slow it down and start your shopping earlier book; so you have time to browse and find thoughtful presents. It It’s called, the Kurtis Way.” also means more time sipping Rum and or Baileys His favorite stop on his morning and Hot Cocoa this Christmas season!! Take a serene walk walk – we’re having an awesome autumn here in Dufferin Is Pat Bachelor’s fancy Kitchen, Not too Sweet? County, but now the leaves are falling down, take And, “is anyone Bitchin?” advantage of walking on leaves before it snows and get lost He is handsome, tall and like us all, under the blanket of winter. Start watching holiday I say this, not in jest, movies – let’s be honest, one month is not nearly long But then again, who wouldn’t? enough to watch all the awesome holiday movies. You have We are the very best! to start early! Right now is the perfect time to begin marathon of the best holiday movies (and movies you watch Trivia; around the holidays. Decorate for Christmas – if you’ve made it this far without decorating, go for it! Christmas is a More water flows over Niagara Falls time for joy and happiness, and if decorating the whole every year than any other falls on Earth, house makes you feel happy, why not? Decorate, send PICS including the more spectacular Victoria Falls in Africa.

November 2020

This is Definitely The Email of the Thirsty for Customers Year… The Monday after , is known as A man was sick and tired of . It was created in 2005 by the going to work every day while National Retail Federation as a way to encourage his wife stayed home. He people to shop online. E-commerce businesses wanted her to see what he are sure to lure hungry holiday shoppers with went through so he prayed: exclusive Cyber Monday deals and sales. The “Dear Lord: I go to work every gimmick worked better than anyone could day and put in 8 hours while. My wife merely have hoped. In 2019, online sales surpassed stays at home. I want her to know what I go traditional brick-and-mortar store sales for the through, so please allow her body to switch with first time, showing just how far e-commerce mine for a day. Amen has come in the past 15 years. But not all businesses shared the economic success. God, in his infinite wisdom, granted the man’s wish. The next morning, sure enough, the man Fed up with the declining revenues suffered awoke as a woman. He arose, cooked breakfast by traditional stores, a local bookshop in New for his mate, awakened the kids, set out their Hampshire renamed Cyber Monday as school clothes, fed them breakfast, packed their Monday in 2015. In an effort to draw customers lunches, drove them to school, came home and away from their computers and back to main picked up the dry cleaning, took it to the cleaners street businesses, Toadstool Bookshops and stopped at the bank to make a deposit, went offered free cider to shoppers. It did not grocery shopping, then drove home to put away take long for not just bookshops but all manner the groceries, paid the bills and balanced the of small businesses across the country to follow cheque book. suit. If you venture out on November 30 to do some local shopping, arrive thirsty for some cider. He cleaned the cats litter box and bathed the dog. It was already 1p.m., he hurried to make the beds, do the laundry, vacuum, dust and sweep and mop the kitchen floor. Ran to pick up the kids and got into an argument with them on the way Email of the Year con’t…. home. Set out milk and cookies and got the kids organized to do their homework, then setup the The next morning, he awoke ironing board and watched TB while he did the and immediately knelt by the ironing. At 4:30 he began peeling potatoes and bed and said, “Lord, I don’t washing vegetables for salad, breaded the pork know what I was thinking, I chops and snapped fresh beans for supper. After was so wrong to my supper, he cleaned the kitchen he ran the wifes being able to stay at dishwasher, folded laundry, bathed the kids, and home all day. Please, put them to bed. At 9p.m., he was exhausted and Please, oh Please, let us though his daily chores weren’t finished, he went trade back.” The Lord, in his infinite wisdom to bed where he was expected to make love replied, “My Son, I feel you have learned your which he managed to get through without lesson and I will be happy to change things complaint. back to the way they were. You’ll just have to wait 9 months, though… You got pregnant last ***The Year is coming to an End, Please try to Night.”!!! ensure all outstanding accounts are taken care of. Feel free to contact our office today Voted Women’s Favorite Email of the 519 925 5452.*** Year!!!

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