Mom and Dad's Jan/12 - 2

We don't get up to too much the first night as I arrive in the evening

next day Dad wanted to go to the mall

I never shop at Sears but the sales were enormous, an additional 40% off the last ticketed sale price, gotta love it

first undertaking, ice cream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream

shoes, shoes, shoes

thought it was a great time to funk up Mom.  Betty, I regret to inform you, you are not able to shop with Mom anymore. I hear your the one responsible for the jeans with the elastic waist band (finger wag, finger wag)

OMG! I love Mom in these pants, she ended up getting them in black, grey and blue

Oops, forgot to ask Dad's opinion, as he yells out, spend, spend, heh heh what an endearing quality you have young man

I kept wooshing Dad away from me fast then hanging back to take this picture, I wanted a shot of the whole wagon train, Mom with the cart and goods in front and me with Dad.  it finally donned on me, "I wonder if I'm making him sick doing that", I asked and he said no so he continued speeding down the aileway away from me

Mom is adorable in these tights and hot new black, almost to the knee boots

little bum bling

call me the closest to being.. but not, vegetarian alive, I get meat maybe twice a year if i'm lucky

yum, hamburgers and fries

later alligators

Mom and Dad's Jan/12 - 1

Good times, good times

started off like it usually does, up before the sun and a stop at Tim's, at this time in the morning "I Love you Tim!"

Airport art, hey whats with the wall of water? meaning where is the water!

this is a pretty airport

I just love this line, but soooo expensive

got lucky this trip, a window and an exit row, look how much leg room I have

years ago when I worked for the airlines I saw a terrible crash along this river. at the time I worked in the hangar in the bottom just above the engine  of this picture. our crew van driver started screaming into the radio that a plane was going to crash so we all went outside and ran after it along the river. it was a float plane so took off on the water, the pilot realized he wasn't going to make it and circled to the right in between two buildings so as not to hurt anyone and thought he could ditch in the water but just came up short and hit the dike, then burst into flames. it was quite tramatic.  just then a van raced up to us and man got out crying and yelling who the pilots were as he was the owner of the company. turns out it was two of our pilots moonlighting for a much smaller operation.  how grim that was to have to go back inside and call the Chief Pilot, who I happened to be dating at the time. one pilot was severely burned and passed away, the other.., it was years before he flew again.  his wife was a flight attendant for yet another airline and had just taken off for overseas so could not be notified straight away

when I leave the sun is rising

when I see it setting, i'm there

when we broke through the clouds this is what I saw,  all white, snow as far as the eye could see

I then take the train

Mom picks me up at the same train station Pake and Beppe and the family came into when they arrived in Canada

They took a ship to Quebec City, then the train along the same tracks i've travelled to the largest metropolis around, which by the way is 22,000 so who knows how many back then. what must they have all thought? Mom says they had to wake someone out of bed in the middle of the night because no one showed up. then there were so many people and lots of luggage they didn't all fit. Mom and Grace stayed behind at this train station all alone waiting for them to be picked up, sounds scary in a new Country and all

there is a bit of a debate right now, the city is trying to rent out the old station in the near future, but it is up for demolition and the city folk don't take too kindly to that

its all run down of course, the bricks are falling out from the bottom up

more later

Look alike but better price!

Jimmy Choo pumps = 1,750

Walmart = 43.89

Sorel Ladies Winter Boots = 180.00

Walmart 40.00

gotta love a great deal

T and My Christmas 2011

There is no formality about it with us, we just look at each other, realize we're in the house at the same time, break out the nog, and dive in

here we are eating the mother of all chocolate covered jube jubes

a Guess necklace, how did you know

T know's I love this flower, its like the Chanel flower on the sandals I want

 

 

and guess who sent me a Christmas Card........The Chateau Marmont.  never did I imagine I would get mail from them

I believe its a picture of Mata Hari, did you all know she's from Leeuwarden?

poor thing, quite a colorful life though, if your interested you can read more about her here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata_Hari

Christmas Antics 2011

Here is whats happening around

both Margo and David and their families went to Mom and Dad's for an early Christmas

T went to her work Christmas Party

T is going to the annual ugly Christmas Sweater Party at the Commodore (fabulous venue). Her and her friends bought thrift store sweaters and glue gunned all the ornaments on

and I went to the Christmas Carol Project, which I've already blogged about

other than that, I will be working as much as possible over the holidays to make up for lost time

All the best and Merry Christmas to everyone!