Showing posts with label christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label christmas. Show all posts
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Merry Christmas!
Wishing a wonderful Christmas to all my bloggy friends! And, to my RA friends, may this Christmas find you un-swollen, pain-free, well-rested and mobile enough to dance around any tree! Thank you for all the support this past year. I hope Santa is good to everyone :)
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Quiet house
After a wonderful, fun and food-filled week and a half with family, we are all alone again :( It's amazing how quickly time goes. One minute it's Christmas Eve and folks are just arriving, the next they are leaving, and work is looming. I don't want the season to end. It was pretty special sharing Christmas in Labrador with family from the south :) Fortunately we got totally dumped on by snow, and it dipped down to some frigid temperatures (-28 C with the windchill). Why come to Labrador if you can't experience some true cold?? Just to be noted, it definitely gets colder :) I got to eat some good Mexican food, made by a Mexican, some good Quebecois food made by a Quebecois, and lots of good Labrador food made by Labradorians (Including me! I actually cooked!!). Oh, and chocolate. Lots and lots of chocolate.
Now, I am off to search for some good basal body temp charts on-line that suit me. Yup, that's right! The time is upon us as I am officially taking my last bc pill tonight :D :D :D I'm feeling apprehensive and ecstatic at the same time. I currently have three friends pregnant (three!). In my usual over-thinking way, my first thought is, "uh-oh. There is no way that we'd all be pregnant at the same time. Things just don't work that way. I'm not that lucky." Another part of me is all, "Of course I'm going to get pregnant asap! We'll all be pregnant together and it will be wonderful!" Though I don't normally make resolutions, I am determined to remain positive throughout it all, even if it takes a while. Plus, I have no choice. For the first couple of months Dom is going to be doing quite a bit of travelling, so good luck to us at actually being in the same place when I am ovulating. Fingers-crossed :)
Now, I am off to search for some good basal body temp charts on-line that suit me. Yup, that's right! The time is upon us as I am officially taking my last bc pill tonight :D :D :D I'm feeling apprehensive and ecstatic at the same time. I currently have three friends pregnant (three!). In my usual over-thinking way, my first thought is, "uh-oh. There is no way that we'd all be pregnant at the same time. Things just don't work that way. I'm not that lucky." Another part of me is all, "Of course I'm going to get pregnant asap! We'll all be pregnant together and it will be wonderful!" Though I don't normally make resolutions, I am determined to remain positive throughout it all, even if it takes a while. Plus, I have no choice. For the first couple of months Dom is going to be doing quite a bit of travelling, so good luck to us at actually being in the same place when I am ovulating. Fingers-crossed :)
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Fa la la la la, la la la la!
Wheeeee!!! Okay, it is no surprise to anyone who knows me, but I LOVE christmas!! I love the snow, the food, the family time, the time off from work, the music and the movies. My sister and I have already done our long-standing tradition of watching "The Santa Clause". She slept through the whole thing, as usual. What's unusual is that I stayed awake :). Domino didn't have to watch it by himself this year.
So much love and giddiness. We kick-started things last weekend by decorating the house. I actually realized how many decorations we have, and I guess didn't previously put out due to living in a one bedroom, basement apartment. Now that we are having our first christmas in our ridiculously big house, there's plenty of space for every knick-knack.
This weekend we are going out on ski-doo to cut our tree down. This is not a new tradition, but exciting none-the-less. We'll possibly throw the dog in the komatik, though last year she was not too impressed about sharing space with a tree. Despite the fact that she is pretty big, she demands to be lifted in and out. Except when a tree is involved, then she is as agile and high-jumper-esque as they come. We'll see.
Also, all of my in-laws may be coming in boxing day! Driving for at least two days!! Over a snow-covered highway!!! After just returning from Mexico!!!! Should be fun times :D And involving some serious acclimatizing :) I sincerely hope they make it, the parents have only been once (in may), and the brother and his girlfriend has never been. In my opinion winter is one of the best times to come to Labrador. Mind you, I like snow. Mind you, again, I don't shovel it.
Despite being a self-described "non-cook" I'm itching to do some kind of baking. Which is not helping my not-wanting-to-gain-any-more-fat plan. Hmmm, any easy ideas for those of us that are kitchen-challenged?
So much love and giddiness. We kick-started things last weekend by decorating the house. I actually realized how many decorations we have, and I guess didn't previously put out due to living in a one bedroom, basement apartment. Now that we are having our first christmas in our ridiculously big house, there's plenty of space for every knick-knack.
This weekend we are going out on ski-doo to cut our tree down. This is not a new tradition, but exciting none-the-less. We'll possibly throw the dog in the komatik, though last year she was not too impressed about sharing space with a tree. Despite the fact that she is pretty big, she demands to be lifted in and out. Except when a tree is involved, then she is as agile and high-jumper-esque as they come. We'll see.
Also, all of my in-laws may be coming in boxing day! Driving for at least two days!! Over a snow-covered highway!!! After just returning from Mexico!!!! Should be fun times :D And involving some serious acclimatizing :) I sincerely hope they make it, the parents have only been once (in may), and the brother and his girlfriend has never been. In my opinion winter is one of the best times to come to Labrador. Mind you, I like snow. Mind you, again, I don't shovel it.
Despite being a self-described "non-cook" I'm itching to do some kind of baking. Which is not helping my not-wanting-to-gain-any-more-fat plan. Hmmm, any easy ideas for those of us that are kitchen-challenged?
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