The Christmas Carol Project

What a lovely day we had!

we started off at Granville Island, its Dad's old haunt, he not only use to work a stones throw away but his yacht club was there as well

sweet memories

I must say i've eaten more today than I do generally in 3 days

we started off with this

oh and then this

ugh

I got the most wonderful gift from my parents. I would never in a million years splurge on such a thing for myself but have honestly been looking for one for years

a fedora

we shopped around and found this quaint little shop for tarts it says, well i'm a tart, or a tart wannabe anyways

Dad wanted to go right in, we're like no, its not real tarts

there was a wonderful little courtyard with shops and these great iron gates, thats me talking to someone

we came home to change and take some pics, went outside where it was cold and chilly for that, I love this one of mom and dad

this is what I settled on wearing, changed my mind because I now had a fedora to compliment

 then went to The Christmas Carol Project, it was awesome, great, fabulous everything I wanted it to be

this group of guys I know from Edmonton have created this show based on A Christmas Carol. it plays out musically. they wrote their owns songs based on their characters. about 10 years ago I sang back up for my friends band. we travelled around as a back up band for these guys. such lovely times

we started off in the bar and ate this

you've met Karen Stu and Jessie before I believe, very good people. they have their own studio so we jam into the wee hours

my camera SUCKS!

these are the pics I got of the show, apparently i'm on acid. they started out with a 60min round table so to speak. they all played one of their own songs. i'm sure you'll get a warm and fuzzy feeling for it from these

then a 15min break and onto the Christmas Carol itself

somewhat ok pic, thats Scruge in the middle and the sexiest stage man alive on his right, Al Brandt, he mezmerizes me with his stage persona, he's even better standing, but this was a sitting show for the most part

another great day today, i'll tell you about it tomorrow

Finally, my parents are here!!!!

So fun to wake up and know i'm going to see my parents today

they flew into Abbotsford airport, funny its like landing at an airport 30 years ago. very tiny and unbusy and in the middle of a cow field really

they arrived just on time

we came home to relax and when T got home had my usual spinach pie, only this time I had some help making it

we snuggled dad in

got our eggnog and dark rum on

then got cooking

mixed everything together

poured into the pan then into the oven

and found a way to take a group pic, will definitely have to work on that

my favourite dessert

after dinner drinks and photos

don't know if you've noticed, my house is pretty cold and at one point or another we all end up with blankets on. not sure why, I am cheap with the heat but really, I don't think my furnace is running efficiently. I think it needs to be cleaned out. I have an oil furnace and I think its full of soot, yum

Dad is always making new friends

oh thats why my close up photos are always so crappy, my arm isn't long enough, you can usually see up noses with mine

see, longer arms

night night

The craziest place I ever worked

From 1986 to 2000 I worked at AirBC. when I started it was just a floatplane operation but over the years grew and grew to add dash-7's and dash-8's and eventually BAE-146 jets. there were many changes over the years and the ultimate end came for me when they FINALLY offered buy outs.

to tell you the truth I could not get out of there fast enough. I got what I wanted and that was extensive travel around the world. I would have left earlier but my father convinced me to hang in there for the buy out. there are however many people that made it there lifes work and did not want to leave and in many cases have not left

I came across a site put together by someone for those that yearn for the old days. there are over 800 pics on this site, quite incredible

here are a few for your viewing pleasure

these are my reservation department co workers, I was away this day at another site



our building here is a bunch of trailers put together. there were so many stray and ferrel cats around that the fleas would come right through the floorboards and bite you, in the summer it was so hot we threatened to wear our bathing suits to work

the lady in red was my manager Betty, she would walk around and hand out glasses of wine to us while we worked. on any given day our fridge was full of beer and wine. Darrel to the left was ex air force and many years later became our COO

our Vancouver harbour float service

me looking quite hidious on the bottom left, just back after having T. I only took 8weeks off with her, was afraid in those days I would lose my job so back as quickly as possible

inside our trailer we all had these little work stations

Linda my old supervisor on the right, funny 20years or so later I ran into her as she has a cottage on the same street as mine on an island off an island, what are the odds?

old Vancouver skyline

to tell you the truth this place was nuts! partying like there was no tomorrow, so crazy I actually  stopped attending any gatherings for fear of what would happen next

our old hangar which was right across the parking lot from the old trailers we worked in. we would party all night then I would sleep in my car and at 4am the maintenance guys would knock on the window and up I would get and go inside and start work

well, there is a trip down memory lane, yikes! can't say I miss it though

Patio pick of the day

this is the best so far, now we're rocking!

photos: desire to inspire

Christmas is coming

My parents are coming for Christmas this year. so as Scruge would say "i'm going to be rather merry"

just trying to get all festive. we haven't had a tree for the last two years. with the crazy twins I thought it best. unfortunately their gone now, so here we go

I went to storage to get the decorations and tree, thank goodness for my clear tubs they were easy to find

our stockings are hung with care


my cousin Gina bought me this lovely tree bird to add to my Christmas collection





well its a start, i'll add on as I go along

Happy Birthday T

Can you imagine, my baby is 24, she was born 6 pounds 14 ounces and at 330am on November 25th

thats her 3rd birthday. we used to have children adult parties back then, they were a big event and lots of fun. T is the one in front with the pink tights. others in the pic for those of you who know them... Tracy, my Mom and Dad, Mike and Janice, Pat and son Tim, Marty and his daughter Nina, Grandma and Grandpa, me, auntie Shiela, Paul and Barb and their daughter Jackie, Lauren, Carla and daughter Melissa and I think its my brother uncle Dave that took this picture

This is the beauty I woke up to this morning
too bad it messes us up so much

I know you people back east are laughing at us, 1 inch of snow and its outta control. gotta say, lots of work for me heh heh, but to tell you the truth working too much as usual

this is what I wore today

i'm trying to incorporate some color into my wardrobe, I don't know...