When we finally got there, Christmas was great. The massive power outage on Christmas Eve made things rather tricky (we usually have a fair bit of the meal constructed before Christmas morning) and my uncle turning up three hours early didn't help, but we got there and it was a fun day. Phew ( Read more... )

Believe me, Christmas Eve is not the day that you want a nine hour power cut! Apparently a large part of the province was out, including most of the city, but that somehow doesn't make it better ( Read more... )

In two hours and fifteen minutes I am out of here for Christmas. I love a company that gives us Christmas Eve off ( Read more... )

I lost power yesterday just after lunch, but thankfully just after we established that my sister's plane had indeed landed in Moncton. Phew! She spent the night safe and warm in my cousin's house being spoiled rotten and then another cousin is driving down here for Christmas and has found her a seat in his van. So hopefully she'll be here by the ( Read more... )

My sister's plan is in the air! It took off twenty minutes ago, according to the Continental website, so she should be in Moncton in around two hours. This is such a relief. Getting her anywhere from Newark was going to be a nightmare if this didn't go, but getting her here from Moncton is much easier ( Read more... )

Apparently, my family cannot travel in December without thousands of issues ( Read more... )

Yuletide is posted! With eight hours to spare. Phew!

And the proof is under the cut.

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Last night we went out and bought our Christmas tree. Note to self: trees are better bought during daylight ( Read more... )

My parents are here! Woot ( Read more... )

The bad news is that they won't be here tomorrow ( Read more... )