Started writing at the end of Christmas Day and continued this morning. Well, it certainly has been a very long time since I last wrote in this blog. Many things have taken place since that last posting. My birthday came and went very quietly. I applied for a permanent job as a Recreation Program Coordinator, passed a most gruelling test, got an interview of a 5-person panel...and I was successful. The sadness was having to leave Dogwood but the excitement of once again working with Helga at the brand new Glen Pine Pavilion. Many postive things to start 2008 with! Caiti came home for Christmas and James too after his final exam. We have had a very quiet Christmas this year....Caiti and James left on Christmas Day to fly to Ottawa to spend New Year with his family.
We went to Helga's on the 23rd, and then on Christmas Eve we spent it at home including James into our Pyjamas tradition so everyone unwrapped those from under the tree. We had a Prime Rib Roast dinner with Darcy starting out by browning it with the blow torch. He made yorkshire pudding from a recipe from Sharon and it puffed up beautifully.
We also got snow...after we dropped Caiti and James to the airport. James was feeling weird as he has never had a green Christmas before in fact he just cannot get over the fact that people golf during the hoiday season down here. So, it was too bad he missed the snow falling on Christmas Day afternoon in Port Moody! The rest of the day was spent lounging around the house with Darcy and Chrissy and the dogs playing Mario Party on the Nintendo Wii...that is a crazy thing, and my arm does get sore from all the vigourous activity! No turkey dinner but we made a huge platter of nachos with the works at 10pm! So much for counting the points.
Sharon and I made a commitment to go to the weekly Weight Watchers meetings now at the church on Cameron Street on Wednesdays. I really need to get back on track. There's an awesome fitness centre at Glen Pine so I have no excuses not to use the gym to lose the weight and get fit for the sake of my health!
So here's looking ahead to 2008 now that Christmas is over. Chrissy has gone to the Boxing Day sales this morning but I am so NOT into shopping anymore...the last minute Christmas shopping stressed me out completely so I need to be better prepared next year. One more day off then back to work for Thursday and Friday, the weekend then work on New Year's Eve.
