ToY StOrE

Today we watched the movie "Big". Tom Hanks is my favourite actor, and I like all movies with him. But I didn't want to write about Tom today. In movie "Big" we saw scene when he was in toy store. I would like to share today with you my friends that I was growing up in toy store :-) My parents have toy store for this day and it is their job. Many times I heard from my friends ( when I was little girl of corse) how cool I have that I can be in toy store everyday. It was like a dream for some children. For me it was something absolutely normal. I really spent a lot of time in store with my parents. I started to sell by myself and stayed alone in store when I was 15 or 14 years old. I liked commerce very much. I missed so much this store when was the Christmas Time because on this season in store is a lot of customers and we have to sell very fast. I like advise toys. I was really good in recommended articles. I knew for each group of children which toy will be the best. I felt happy when customer bought somethnig and after couple days he or she came back to store and told me that "my child loves this toy". Many customers knew me from begining because I was always there as a small girl to be woman. It is store with family tradition. This store is in same age like I am :) I always arranged articles in store and I made expositions. This store doesn't look like Toys 'u' us . It is much smaller store but this store has own spirit and like I said - tradition.

Good luck

Today I played Take 5. I know that it is dangerous because everyday you want to scratch more and more ;-) but I tried, and I won just 5 extra coupons and $5 hehehe. It is not big fortune ;-) but I have to start from something ;-) I remember that when I was small girl, and sometimes when I was with my mom in post office she was buying for me coupons. I had fun with that but I never won anything. I just won 2 times in other things. One time I wrote articule for newspaper , they choose this articule and they sent me money for that because mine was best. Second time I catched a t-shirt in hockey game which is almost impossible to catch it with couple thousand other people in stadium ;-) but I catched ! My husband could't believe that I did that... ;-) Also I have another story with newspaper. When I was small girl in primary school I wrote letter for Santa Clause. Later I put this letter to special box in city. They collected all letters from children and the prize for best letters was that they will publish these letters in newspaper. After couple weeks , when I forgot about it my friend asked me " Ilona you have canary bird, yes? And I said yes , why do you ask me. My friend said that she read letter in newspaper about girl who wants from Santa Claus one gift . She wants that her canary bird start to sing again. Signature after letter was Ilona that is why she asked me. And yes, it was my letter. I really have just one request to Santa Clause. My canary bird stoped to sing because he had accident so I wanted singing canary bird again :( It was original for newspaper, and that is why they choosed it :) Now you know all my stories with newspapers and my luck ;-) I wish you good luck my friends too . Bye Bye :-)

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Alleluja Alleluja ! :-) Today is Easter. It is the most important holiday for Catholics....

We come back now to home from next birthday party ;-) . Of corse everything was nice.


Tommorow we are starting school again. I can to say that I am happy because I will learn again something new which I like it :-) See you tommorow bye bye my friends!

custom

Today is Holy Saturday. We have Polish custom in this day. We go to the church to bless food. Exactly it is a basket with the food. We put inside eggs, kielbasa, bread, salt and pepper, cake and what ever you like to eat. I know that in Ukraine they also put the vodka inside ;-) because they have same custom. Tommorow in 6 a.m. in church we have the resurection mass. I have to wake up very early. So I am wishing to everyone Happy Easter. Tommorow I will sing Alleluja Alleluja :-)

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Hi everyone ! I feel that when I have a free time I have less time than used to when I have to go to school. I sleep longer and that is why day is shorter. Everyday from Monday I try to clean my windows in home but wheather doesn't give me a chance. Rain and rain and cloudy. Tommorow I have to do it. It is almost Polish tradition that before Easter you have to clean windows ;-) and home has to look like brand new.

nephew

Today we were on birthday party my husband's nephew. My sister in law made really nice party and really delicious food. We spent nice time. Michael (nephew) is an apple in our family eyes. Now he is 3 years old. It is sad story about Michael but I don't want to write about this here. I can just tell you that each his birthday means a lot for all memebers from our family.

John Paul II

I come back from mass. We rememered about Pope John's Paul II life. Yesterday was fourth anniversary of his death. All Polish people really love John Paul II. I think that main reason is because he was also Polish but we love him not just for that. We love him because he was really good person. He was giving perfect example for everybody. It is difficult to say in English everything about him what I think. I am using just simple words but I know that for Christians I don't have to explain what kind of person he was. Specially for us, Polish people. He gave to us big hope many years ago and this hope came thrue.... Thank you for everything ....