I believe I have all my shopping done ( Read more... )

Had a lovely Christmas as always. Stayed over at my mom's for a couple of nights. My two nephews and neice were there overnight for Christmas, the two boys were both sick, one with tonsilitis and one with a stomach flu but they both still enjoyed the holiday. My sister and her husband cooked Christmas dinner and it was lovely! I ate a plate full, ( Read more... )

Four days to work this week then i'm off until the new year. I always enjoy this week even if i don't do much. while i love my vacations with Graham, we're always busy doing and going. This week i can veg out and take lots of quiet time. It would be nice, of course, if he was with me and we could do nothing together or decide on the spur of the ( Read more... )

It's almost HoHo day, boys and girls! If you celebrate, are you a last minute scrambler or are you hugely organized and are all decorated, bought and wrapped by now? I'm pretty organized for the most part. I do have to wrap things, or put them in gift bags and as i said recently, i didn't put my tree up which i miss. I need to nag the ( Read more... )

Last year i read 35 books. This year i've hit over 80 so far and i may reach 90 by the end of the year. That's all thanks to the eReader mainly because i've got back in the habit of reading before bed now and I often read at lunchtime as well as on the bus. Before, i mainly just read on the bus to and from work. With that in mind, book 82 is The ( Read more... )

Had a very nice Christmas. Spent it with my family as always and it was great spending time with my nephews and niece. We had a nice dinner and everything helped out. I made a trifle and that was really good too, with lots of cream and amaretto, strawberries and raspberries. Nom! Christmas night Mom and i went to my aunt's where other family ( Read more... )

I get the Movieentertainment magazine with my subscription to The Movie Network (pay tv movies) in Canada. In this month's issue was a very tongue in cheek article on predictions for 2011. Here's the full list. The one that had me chuclling the most was "Tom Cruise's latest attempt to regain his popularity will see him on Dancing with the Stars. ( Read more... )

Didn't do that interview after all and now i hear they're interviewing a friend  of mine tomorrow for something on the news about Corrie tomorrow night. Not surprised, though, as  she lives up near Toronto so it's more convenient for CBC plus they do prefer to forget the rest of the country ;) that's not really fair, i know. I don't mind not being ( Read more... )

Taking a break from decorating my Christmas tree to write about a local telethon called Christmas Daddies. This organization grew out of a conversation in a pub back in the 60s where a group of friends, businessmen, decided to raise some funds to help give local kids who were from underpriviledged families a proper Christmas. It started out as a ( Read more... )

Mom and i went to the Metro Centre yesterday to see a touring production of Mamma Mia and we really enjoyed it! This was my early Christmas present to her. I've never seen it on stage before so i don't know if the set is similar to a permanent stage but it was minimalist, with two pieces of "walls" that spin around depending on whether you are ( Read more... )