JOY

Well Christmas 2009 has officially come and gone. Hard to believe, but true! We had a wonderful day...quiet morning at home opening gifts and talking with family in Ontario and Nova Scotia. We headed over to the Exell's for an awesome Christmas dinner and a few games on their Wii system. I need much more practice before I should play again in public! Fortunately, Taylor got a Wii system from Santa this year...maybe I can practice in private! Any newbies on board?

Bill and I did not exchange anything too fancy as we just recently purchased a new TV and stand! We finally had to get rid of our big "klunker" from Indonesia as the teak was drying out and cracking. Actually was nice to open up that corner of the family room and move some furniture around!

I am back to work on Monday, and lucky for Bill and Taylor, they have next week off. Guess the will be my "kept men"! If I'm lucky I'll have dinner made those nights I work??? Time will tell!

Wishing lots of HaPpInEsS to everyone for our coming New Year...2010! HUGS to all!

BRRRRRRR!

We are about to head into another deep freeze...these temperature DO NOT include the wind chill which is heading our way! I have hear temps around -41C with windchill by Sunday! Time to hunker in!

December 10th already!

My life seems to be whizzing by me these days! Last time I checked I was sure it was Halloween, now we are into December already! November was a blur to me. We had way too much on our calender, with no time to think. I don't function well like that. I need down time to refresh and organize things, it's what makes me me! Needless to say I was quite happy to rip that page off my calender to bring in December!

Although I am behind on my Christmas to-do list, I am enjoying my evenings at home! Our tree is up and loooks great. I always love hanging up all the little ornaments that I have collected since I was about 15years old. Everyone seems to have a story associated with it...I love that! It is by no means a "Home & Garden" tree but it is ours and I'm not trading it in anytime soon!

Tomorrow my carpets are getting cleaned...a well needed task! Miss Bella should be done tracking in dirt from the garden for a few months as we are well into an Alberta deep-freeze! Winter has hit with a vengence, I am tired of it already...and officially it's not even here yet! ARGHH! I look forward to moving the furniture around a bit tomorrow to freshen things up a bit.

Stay warm and drive safe on our crazy winter roads!