We had a wonderful Christmas with Sonia and Annette and Kaleigh and Maddie after a sort of surprise arrival time at least! It was hugs all around and something like "Liar Liar Pants on Fire! " from Sonia regarding our arrival time ! We all had good laughs and looked each other over for signs of aging and new wrinkles..ha-ha!
After a rousing game of stocking stuffers, we opened the rest of our presents and then sat down to a most delicious organic home grown turkey dinner complete with stuffing and gravy and fresh cranberry sauce as well as the prerequisite turnip and brussels! ( Corn for Maddie and Kaleigh)!
The last few days have been delerious with Annette packing many many boxes and with us helping where we could.
Oh my, now the moving truck has arrived and it is at least nine miles long! Holy mackeral! !!!
Annette is pretty excited to get this last part done today. I think she is exhausted more than anything, but as well, she is ready to move on to Halifax for a new life with her fiance Shawn. By the way, the engagement ring is awesome in real life...a beautiful cushion cut solitaire as in the photos from my last post... but more beautiful up close!
She had a nice send off from her current job with warm wishes from all of the staff at all the branches that she worked with while in Victoria. To top it off, she received a lovely call from Atlantic Credit Union to say how they were looking forward to her arrival at work on the 4th of January!
That made her feel so good... me too.
It all seems like a bit of a dream, but I think the reality will really hit when the cleared out basement suite is revealed after the movers are done!
(Seems like the movers forgot to bring the wardrobe boxes, but something will be done to alliviate the problem. )
Ok , looks like the driver found two wardrobe boxes so now they can begin to pack them up and start hauling!
Kaleigh is off to see Sherlock Holmes and Maddie is at a sleep over. The night before we had four girls sleeping over night here!
Last night we watched Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia. She made an excellent Julia Child! Emil dozed off...that is how excited he is about a show centered around cooking!
Now I`ll have to watch this other foodie movie called `Big Night`. It is supposed to have a nice Italian Soundtrack that will make you think of food each time you listen to it!
ok...better see whats up, down in the basement.
I may not be back blogging until vacation is over. Also, I`d appreciate less than average emails, jokes etc while I am away. Thank-you and sorry about Santa Claus being the header for another few weeks!
Happy New Year to Everyone!
"The Creator"
