Having a nice early Christmas with Mom, Kyle, Craig and Karen. Wish it could be longer, but they have to head back to Toronto today. We expect the driving to be better than it was for their trip up on Friday, thank goodness. Iain had a white-knuckle trip to Renfrew and back to retrieve me, that day, as well.
There's nothing better than time with friends and family. Yesterday, some old friends of Rod and Sheila came over for a little visit. Bev used to teach at the same school as Rod, and her husband Orville is an international consultant to governments on their healthcare needs. Very interesting and intelligent people, who it was a pleasure to meet.
Today we are having a slow, lazy wakeup: lots of coffee and snacks required. We did our best to sleep off the huge turkey dinner we ate yesterday evening. Compliments to Iain, Craig, and Kyle, who prepared the meal! We had to take a break before enjoying the plum pudding; we were just too full. Bedtime came early as well; we hit the pillow before 10 p.m.
Monday 24 December 2012
Saturday 1 December 2012
December the first
We are having a great weekend!
Friday night was just Iain and me fun - finished Lego Star Wars (as far as we plan to take it; we aren't doing the bonus rounds) and are looking forward to loading another game onto the PS3: probably Lego Batman next.
Today we had a day of shopping for Christmas presents, hitting Carlingwood and Bayshore, among other shopping places. We did accomplish a fair bit; got gifts for a few people and have ideas for others.
I love shopping for Christmas. I enjoy buying little gifts for people. It's the one time of year you can see something that would make a nice surprise for someone and not feel silly buying it! I love wrapping things up in shiny paper and putting pretty bows on top. It's the best!
It isn't about spending a lot of money. I just want people to know I'm thinking of them, even when they aren't around, even when we haven't seen each other for ages. I wish I could buy a present for every person who fits into that category, but there are so many!
Tomorrow, it is Christmas Tree Erection Day! I'm really looking forward to that.
Friday night was just Iain and me fun - finished Lego Star Wars (as far as we plan to take it; we aren't doing the bonus rounds) and are looking forward to loading another game onto the PS3: probably Lego Batman next.
Today we had a day of shopping for Christmas presents, hitting Carlingwood and Bayshore, among other shopping places. We did accomplish a fair bit; got gifts for a few people and have ideas for others.
I love shopping for Christmas. I enjoy buying little gifts for people. It's the one time of year you can see something that would make a nice surprise for someone and not feel silly buying it! I love wrapping things up in shiny paper and putting pretty bows on top. It's the best!
It isn't about spending a lot of money. I just want people to know I'm thinking of them, even when they aren't around, even when we haven't seen each other for ages. I wish I could buy a present for every person who fits into that category, but there are so many!
Tomorrow, it is Christmas Tree Erection Day! I'm really looking forward to that.
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