Wordlady: Sing a long what?

Hi Everyone!

One of my other interests is grammar and spelling. Through my job at Victor Travel, and my friends there, I met Canada's Wordlady, Katherine Barber.

She does Ballet Tours with Victor Travel.

I actually met her at my book club, or Reading Group, as we called it.

 I like to follow her blog, and this time I thought I'd share it with you. Click on the link below to read about a spelling issue that concerns us. While you're there, click on "For Ballet Lovers" at the top. It'll take you to her Tours en l'air page.

Wordlady: Sing a long what?

Yours in harmony,

Renate

YRCC on Facebook

The Choir on Facebook

The York Region Community Choir Facebook Group is updated and now we have a Facebook Page too! So, we can chat about stuff in the Group and we can post information on the Page.

Wow! Our online presence certainly is growing!

I love Facebook

I am in contact with friends and family all over the world: Canada, the US, Germany, Iran, and Australia, and places they travel to. I get to see pictures and follow what everyone is doing and I can let everyone know what my family is up to.

I’ve connected with old friends from school days. It’s fascinating to see what those kids look like as adults (the same!) and what they do and what interests them. Fascinating!

I bet they’re also interested to see that I’m married with kids, still singing, still connected to Victor Travel, still look the same (?).

I’ve connected with cousins that I only know about from stories my mother told, letters she read to us. Far-flung cousins in Australia and Germany whose names I heard but never saw are now real people. I look at their pictures, read their profiles and find lots of family resemblances. So cool.

I love seeing pictures of my Facebook Friends’ holidays. You see them on vacation with their spouses and children at the beach, hiking, camping, touring cities. You see beautiful places all over the world from the perspective of a friend and their families, with sunburns and sore feet. Love it.

Choir friends on Facebook

I’ve already connected with lots of choir friends on Facebook, so I know much more about them now. Heather’s not just an Alto, she’s an amazing baker and a Glee fan. We have lots in common besides the choir. Tracey’s not just a Soprano. She’s an operating room nurse and her sons play hockey and soccer. Like so many of us in the choir, she bakes beautiful cakes! The bake sales at our concerts are always a big hit. We have social time at choir, with coffee (decaf) and treats and time to chat. It’s nice but too short. So, it’s good to have another way to get together.

Facebook Settings

It takes a while to sort out what settings you like on your account. When my husband gets mad when he gets too many emails from Facebook, I tell him to adjust his account settings. I set my account so I don’t get any. If I want to see what’s happening on Facebook, I go to Facebook. I don’t want email notices. I recommend to everyone to review your account settings regularly so things are set the best way for you.

Make sure you like the choir pages, so you can find them on the left panel of your home page.

I’ll keep you posted!

Yours in harmony,

Renate

My job

Hi Everyone!

It’s funny. I have a job, but I’m still a stay-at-home mom. Most of the time, I’m still at home, and I was at home full-time for close to 14 years.

My Job

I work part-time, Mondays and Fridays, at Carlson Wagonlit Victor Travel. So, today, I’m at work. I sit at reception and answer the phone, directing calls. I do a little secretarial stuff, but mostly I write. I love the writing I do for Victor Travel, the travel agency, and Victours, the wholesale side of the company.

Writing for the travel agency

The thing I love to do most is rewriting the English translations of products from Italy and France. They’re so much fun. Greece, Spain and Turkey are great too. The products we deal with the most are hotels and tours. Tours are the best.

Tours

Every time I write a tour description, I get to travel vicariously to the most interesting places! All the highlights of a city or country are there. I research them to see if the spelling is correct, and check out the facts too. When things are translated, sometimes the facts get messed up. This is when it’s the most interesting.

Food and wine and Ferraris

I like to read about the enogastronomic tours (food and wine) and the special motoring tours best. We sell these really cool Ferrari Tours where you tour around Italy for a few days driving Ferraris from place to place. So much cooler than a tour bus! And, there are motorcycle tours too.

Use a Travel Agent

I’m learning quite a bit at Victor Travel, but if I have any travel-related questions, I go to one of the agents. They’re amazing- such nice people, so knowledgeable and very patient! I highly recommend using an agent when you travel. It’s really worth the few extra dollars, and often the savings they find make it much cheaper in the long-run! You should hear some of the stories of the messes they’ve been able to get people out of.  I’ll have to share some another time.

Websites

In case you’re interested, I’m adding the websites to my links. I recommend you have a look at the brochures on the Victours site. They’re beautiful.

Maybe I’ll be able to go on a trip myself again some day and blog about it. Until then, I have memories of travel in my youth and my vicarious travel here at work.

Yours in harmony,

Renate