Two weeks later, Christmas was suddenly upon on us, but it was relatively quiet for us, with get-togethers or dinner at friends’ homes most evenings. We had our now traditional Christmas tree decorating party bringing Christmas cheer to our little place with good friends. And the tree was PERFECT covered in its mish-mash of ornaments and fond memories! Christmas day itself was very relaxed: after an eggs-benny breakfast we sat in the snow on the beach enjoying the White Christmas, drinking hot chocolate and baileys – looks like it’s becoming a Christmas day tradition for us! Later we had delicious mouth-watering turkey with friends Aaron and Katherine and their family, followed by games… and more eating!
Boxing Day we braved the Sales. In North America Boxing day sales start at 6 or 7 in the morning. Two and a bit hours of freezing cold at 4.30am in the queue was not much fun let me tell you! It had it’s merits - the people around us were nice enough and knowledgeable about electronics, helping us seal the deal in justifying our intended purchase of a new telly! Our current 13 year old telly was going to replace a broken tv for our Big White renters. We had done our research from all the Boxing day flyers out on Xmas eve and knew which bargain we wanted. Once the doors opened only 20 people were allowed in at a time and as we were 19th and 20th in the queue, we were in the first group; we obtained a sales slip for the TV at the door, then headed over to the till. That easy! Even though the whole experience was extremely dignified and this was a big purchase for us, I think this will be my first and last Boxing Day sale. Getting up at some ungodly hour and standing in the freezing (-15C) cold has to be really worth it! Thankfully, Martin and I love turkey and later that day we drove to Summerland (about 45 minutes away) for more Christmas turkey with his Nanny, and Auntie and Uncle. (His parents winter in Arizona). So it was a relaxed and pleasant afternoon, but we were definitely wiped out from our early morning start!
Recent storms have been dumping lots of light fluffy fluffy fluffy snow so we have been enjoying the snow up at Big White - the ski hill. Unfortunately, I was back at work this week while Martin, whose work was closed, skied for a number of days.
New year’s eve was great; a party and sleepover at Nicole’s and Don’s. Quite a few families with lots of kids running around. We had fun playing twister in the garage (Nicole and Don had epoxyed coloured circles onto the garage floor!), but as we’re all getting old , it was pretty tiring. This was followed by endless games of Hula Hoop and tight-rope walking on the Wii. I crashed at about 2am! Martin at 4.30am. * Mush
Photos to follow.
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