Church this Morning

Last night the family came in and we had our "Christmas Eve" dinner and opened gifts. We went to church this morning. Hadn't been there the past 2 Sundays because of the weather. Our street is covered in frozen ruts, main streets were bare but the church parking lot was solid ice and snow. Good thing we have a 4x4!! Instead of a regular sermon the choir performed the contatta that was scheduled for last Sunday but was cancelled because of the weather. It was supurb!!! It was just above freezing today so some of the ice and snow did melt...can't wait till the roads are all clear again!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2008

Merry Christmas everyone!!! It was so strange being at home without all the kids and grandkids last night! We usually get together Christmas Eve for Candlelight dinner...this is the first time since the first year we were married that my husband and I had Candlelight dinner by ourselves. At least the snow has subsided a bit, but my poor old blueberry bushes in the back yard are looking a little worse for wear. My husband dug a path out to them to knock some of the snow off them. There's 2 bushes, they're old but produce a LOT of blueberries in the summer. Sure would hate to see them break from all the snow on them!!

Snowy Christmas Eve

It started to snow last night and snowed all night and all day today. Yesterday I got creative and made tarter sauce, a cheese sauce dip, cheese fritters and a layered crab dip. The family usually all come here for Christmas Eve. This morning I phoned and told them I thought we should postpone Christmas Eve...too many cars in accidents...the roads are sooooo bad, and it's supposed to freeze more tonight! Our oldest daughter lives on a steep hill so she agreed and said she was glad we'd made the decision, so she wouldn't have to. A lot of church services are also cancelled for tonight as well.

It's a marshmallow world

Woke up to blue sky and sunshine. We decided we'd better shovel the driveway because it's forcast for more snow Tuesday evening and Christmas Eve day and the family is coming for dinner on Christmas Eve. There's about 18" of snow on the driveway now. Our driveway is huge so it was a lot of work and now I've got muscles I wasn't sure I had!!! It was so pleasant though, the sun was shining but as soon as the sun went down did it ever get chilly!!!

Snow, snow and more snow

Yesterday before we went to the get together at our daughter's and son-in-law's I phoned and made arrangements to take Mom to the store to get some groceries before we got snow-bound...it's supposed to start snowing late tonight or tomorrow morning. Had a lovely time at our daughter's but about 9pm it started snowing so we headed home. It was funny snow...more like frozen rain and it kept freezing to the windshield of the truck. We got Mom home then came home. We were sitting and having a hot toddy when we saw flashing red lights through the window. Looked out, the firetruck was parked in front of the house next door and was soon joined by an ambulance. Couldn't really see what was going on. This morning it was still snowing tiny little flakes, but it never stopped all day and is still snowing. I started doing a jig-saw puzzle so I wouldn't look outside all the time. It's hard to believe it was a week ago last night when we got the first snowfall! For an area that rarely gets snow we've certainly had our allotment ...and the forecast is for more white stuff. The Christmas lights do look pretty in the snow though!

Interesting evening

I made a big pot of soup today and made a layered dip to take up to our daughter's tomorrow night for a get-together. I was feeling tired so came down to play a couple of games on my computer before getting supper on the table. In the midst of my game everything went totally black. I felt my way upstairs and managed to light some candles. The soup was still hot so we had candlelight supper then I got to do the dishes by candlelight...that was quite the thrill!!! I phoned and got a recording that the power should be restored by 8pm. Twenty minutes to 8 the microwave beeped and the lights came on, only to go off again. Good thing we have a wood heater & gas stove. We also have a power pack that we use when we go camping. It will power a radio, TV or computer for about 3 hours so I plugged the radio in to see if I could find out what happened...never did find out...guess it just wasn't important enough to warrent news coverage. Power came on, went off again then finally came on again. We were without power for just over 4 hours, but it's amazing how dependant we are on electricity!!! If it wasn't so cold I would have gone out to the trailer...we're used to not having power in it! It's been -5C all day, now it's down to -11C and going down even further tonght. Anyway, that was my exciting evening!!! Now it's time for beddy-bye. Night night!!!

Calm before the storm?

Yesterday was such a perfect day! We met our camping friends R&C and M&S at the casino for an early breakfast...how can you beat a $2.22 breakfast buffet??? Came back to the house for a longer visit then after they left, my husband and I went to our youngest granddaughter's Christmas concert. She's in French immersion Kindergarten. The school teaches both English and French so the concert (grades K-7) was in both English and French. It doesn't seem like Christmas until we've been to the kids' concerts and the bonus was it wasn't snowing. Still nice this morning but the forcast is for more snow starting on Sunday. The muffler on our car is making lots of noise so my husband decided he'd better take it in to get fixed before we get another dump of snow.

Didn't want it to snow....

I couldn't sleep so was up at 4:30am...it's snowing!!!! It snowed all morning so we cancelled going out to see the grandkids' Christmas Concert...Boo, hoo, hoo. I hate missing their concerts but with the snow falling and the wind blowing we don't want to take a chance on driving out there. I was feeling all sad when my husband found this taped up margarine tub on the front porch...what could it be??? My very good friend from Everett WA had sent me a gift...a lovely set of Christmas Tree earrings, which she had made for me ...Thanks so very much D., they're lovely and really brightened up my day!!! I noticed there was a yellow tape on the tub saying it had been opened by Canadian Customs. Wonder what they thought when they saw the tub???

No snow....yet

Both my husband and I had Doctors appointments today and got our flu shots...don't have time to get sick this winter. Anyway, being sick is no fun!! When I told the Dr. that I was feeling really cold, he suggested it could be a bit of dehydration, so I've been drinking more water today. Did a bunch of last minute Christmas shopping, came home had an early supper then headed out to #1 granddaughter's ukelele concert. She's in grade five and learning to play the ukelele at school...she's also been playing the violin for 5 years. The grade 6 band also played several Christmas tunes. She certainly didn't inherit her musical talent from me, so it had to be inherited from my husband. There was forcast for a dump of snow today but thankfully it held off till late tonight. Hope it doesn't snow too much because tomorrow is the Christmas concert for 3 of our grandkids and of course they want Grandma and Papa there!!!

Burrrrrr,,,,it's cold

Okay, so a high of -5C might not seem cold to some people but I've been freezing, especially when the wind is blowing so much. Saturday night we went to a lovely Christmas dinner at our church...great food, good friends and good entertainment. When we went to go home the car was covered with soft fluffy snow. Sunday was so cold and slippery we didn't go to church, instead stayed home where it was nice and warm and I worked on organizing Christmas presents. Today I made crostolli...basically a deep fried sweet noodle dough....takes awhile to make, but it tastes soooo good!!

sun is better than snow

Yesterday morning it was snowing, then it turned to rain. Snow is nice as long as it stays on the mountains where it belongs and where it'll make the skiiers happy! Last night we went to our daughter, son-in-law's and grandkids for dinner then all 8 of us went to a lovely Christmas production at their church. It's so nice to see the sunshine this morning, even if it is frosty.

I Love Christmas

Did some more decorating yesterday. All the lights look so nice. Off to do some shopping today then more decorating this afternoon. At this rate I just might be ready for Christmas...I'm so behind this year, I was beginning to think I'd be ready for Christmas about Feb.

first blog

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