Holiday Highlights
Happy New Year! Just getting back to the swing of things this year and I thought I should take the time to reflect on the highlights of the holidays.
December 23: Spent the night at the wonderful Elora Inn, about two hours outside Toronto.
December 24: Drove back to Toronto in +13 degree weather and sunny skies. Is it spring or what? Prime rib roast dinner with Lynne and Tony. Phone calls to Calgary and Nova Scotia to wish the family a Merry Christmas.
December 25: Blueberry pancakes with real maple syrup and bacon for brunch. Turkey dinner with all the fixings at Carol's! Trifle and plum pudding for dessert.
December 26: Did our bit for the Canadian economy and purchased electronic equipment. Jon got himself a new MP3 and he got me a new sexy Sony Vaio! Yippee! For dinner, we had leftovers from Carol's dinner -- ham, scalloped taters, roasted root veggies.
December 28: Jon awoke to discover his MP3 headphones in three pieces. Apparently, the cats heard his remark that the headphones were c$#! and they exacted violence on it during the night. Don't know if it was a tag team effort or what, but we have two guilty-looking cats and they won't "rat" on each other. :-)
December 31: Rich's house for pork roast, baked potatoes, mixed vegetables. Dufflets caramel apple cheesecake for dessert. Stayed up till midnight to drink some sparkling (I mean why waste the good stuff on a pregnant woman!) and to bang pots and pans on our front porch.
January 1: Pancakes again with ham for breakfast. Went for a walk in the afternoon then hosted an impromptu tea time/drinks with the neighbours. Gave the neighbours kids lots of sugar in various forms (cookies and cake). I have a feeling they will get us back for that someday.
In between the feeding, shopping and visiting was some knitting, napping, and general relaxing. I had the luxury of having lots of time off but poor Jon had to work.
It was tough getting back into the groove of work. When's the next holiday?
December 23: Spent the night at the wonderful Elora Inn, about two hours outside Toronto.
December 24: Drove back to Toronto in +13 degree weather and sunny skies. Is it spring or what? Prime rib roast dinner with Lynne and Tony. Phone calls to Calgary and Nova Scotia to wish the family a Merry Christmas.
December 25: Blueberry pancakes with real maple syrup and bacon for brunch. Turkey dinner with all the fixings at Carol's! Trifle and plum pudding for dessert.
December 26: Did our bit for the Canadian economy and purchased electronic equipment. Jon got himself a new MP3 and he got me a new sexy Sony Vaio! Yippee! For dinner, we had leftovers from Carol's dinner -- ham, scalloped taters, roasted root veggies.
December 28: Jon awoke to discover his MP3 headphones in three pieces. Apparently, the cats heard his remark that the headphones were c$#! and they exacted violence on it during the night. Don't know if it was a tag team effort or what, but we have two guilty-looking cats and they won't "rat" on each other. :-)
December 31: Rich's house for pork roast, baked potatoes, mixed vegetables. Dufflets caramel apple cheesecake for dessert. Stayed up till midnight to drink some sparkling (I mean why waste the good stuff on a pregnant woman!) and to bang pots and pans on our front porch.
January 1: Pancakes again with ham for breakfast. Went for a walk in the afternoon then hosted an impromptu tea time/drinks with the neighbours. Gave the neighbours kids lots of sugar in various forms (cookies and cake). I have a feeling they will get us back for that someday.
In between the feeding, shopping and visiting was some knitting, napping, and general relaxing. I had the luxury of having lots of time off but poor Jon had to work.
It was tough getting back into the groove of work. When's the next holiday?