Happy New Year everyone!

I'm so thankful for every one of my family and friends

hoping we all have a wonderfull 2011

so the story continues...

after the girls and I went for some air we came back to find the dinner festivities had begun

and what a feast it was

a tradition at their house is to snap crackers and wear the funny hats inside while eating dinner

the girls decided to stay in their pj's for dinner, myself pretty much as well only sweats

we ate and drank so much, pretty much collasped afterwards, the girls snuggled in for a movie

and I have given myself a lovely Christmas present this year. i've had the doggers for over a year now so finally made it official and adopted them, lucky me, they fit in nicely

as much as I would help any kind soul that needs it, were all filled up at the inn

Christmas morning

Wow T and I haven't celebrated Christmas on the 25th in so many years.  with just the two of us we more likely wrip our presents open around the 22nd or 23rd!

this tree I think is the best Christmas tree i've ever seen, it was perfect

Nancy's mom Betty was over as well, always nice to see her

Dave got an old arts and crafts clock, made around the same time as his house. Mom got the best deal ever on it and thought he should have it

after the fun of opening presents Dave made us a great breakfast, it was like being at a restaurant, he made exactly what you ordered. I swear breakfast is my favorite meal. I never eat until around 3-5pm. i'm a night owl and stay up all night then don't get up till around 11-12 the next day. I don't eat until I get to work and certainly not breakfast food. I LOVE breakfast food, note to self must have breakfast food more often

Dad on toast duty, only he likes his burnt so we had to remind him, WE DON'T

after that a must walk was had by myself, T and the girls. they took funny pics of themselves

love this one

we did the Abbey Road Beatles cover

one of the neighbours bought one of the Olympic Bears, they were auctioned off as well as many other things

more to come ...

Merry Christmas everyone!

Sorry for the slow going blogs. i've been so busy visiting and travelling but now back at home and back at it at work

things will still move slowly as i've not only gotten a new digital camera but a new laptop as well. Merry Christmas to my dwindling bank account. i'm working several 12hr days ahead so my learning curve will be dreadfully long

here goes

I dropped Mom and Dad at the ferry on Dec 22/10 and they went over to Daves in Victoria. T and I joined them for Christmas on the 24th

the food is unedible on the ferry so we brought our own

my camera has several options so trying some new ones out, I do love black and white. I tried putting hair gel in my hair, as you can see it looks hidious. I tried to soften the blow for you all by changing this one to black and white

the winds were high and the ferry rocking back and forth so thought an apple and cheese would help

we got lovely fake diamond rings at the terminal, such a good price

we arrived at Daves finally

he was waiting with drinkies and pie. they were lucky Nancy's mom Betty gave everyone a lesson in pie crust making and they made several pies

the girls together again, everyone is so grown up now

more as soon as I can muster up some strength between work work work and the doggers

oh and by the way I feel absolutely freakin huge! Christmas goodies have not done me any favours

Ask and you shall receive

My parents are the best. they asked what they could do to help me out. I didn't want to be greedy and have them do ANYTHING on this vacation. I have to admit though this is one of my dreams

I have few treasures in my life. this one was given to me many years ago. i've enjoyed it and been sad when it was packed away. but its back, lovely!

its a brass chandelier from the early 1900s, love love love

I asked my Dad if he could wire it so it was a plug in. i'm tired of hard wiring into the ceiling when I might want to move it different places. now here it is as a perfect living room light. i've always had to run around turning on all the lamps but now I can flick the switch and this beauty will behold me

it still needs to be polished to perfection and definitely some very soft low watt bulbs put in, i'm more than happy about this

Combining two days into one

Still having major difficulties with my computer, although I must say alot of it is just because the cat sleeps on it and keeps changing the settings.

so yesterday we went to a Christmas show at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Mom really wanted to go because she heard people from all over the world would be there and thought she could get some great ideas. it was unfortunately not what we hoped it would be

there was a German village built outside and that was the whole show. there were vendors everywhere around this village but their wares were quite expensive. we stayed under an hour then split

while I was returning the mug I used for my hot wine cider I dropped my camera. I was devistated because it appeared to not be working so my mission was to get a new camera. which quite frankly I needed anyways

these pics could be Christmas Cards

then home to continue T and Mom's baking

today we went thrift storing, T and I came downstairs in the excact same outfit, oh well we didn't bother changing

didn't buy this but thought about it

look at this lovely table cover, it took Mom's eye to spy it. glad she was there

a little closer of a look, its very rich looking

our bun and meat and cheese spread

thank goodness Dad took the time to unravel this mess, I was frustrated and ready to throw it away

some Christmas gifts for my friends kids