Mmmm, looks like a yummy combination, doesn’t it. Take 1L of water, mix in two tablespoons of sugar, one half teaspoon of salt, one half teaspoon of baking soda, and add Metamucil with psyllium fibre. Drink one litre every hour. Take acidophilus tablets, drink tea with honey, bananas, plain crackers, toast with no butter, plain potatoes with salt, and pasta with salt only. No butter, oil, or anything else with flavour allowed. And enjoy it all with a hefty slug of Pepto-Bismol when needed. That’s what he was allowed to ingest today.

Poor guy, he wasn’t feeling great Friday, and …

We went for a drive around parts of the Lower Mainland to see some of the over-the-top displays of lights. The Griswald’s would be put to shame by some of the homes we saw! Take this one, in North Vancouver, for instance. I can’t help but wonder how long that took to put up, and where and how they store it all!!

However, this has inspired us to do a bit more in the light department on our condo balcony next year. We are the only unit on the front of the building with ANY lights out, so now it’s …

No matter how early I get the cards out, there are always a few missing addresses that mean a few greetings get out late.

Busy catching up, and now that I have just one day of work out in the field before I’m off for vacation, I can finally get my exams marked and get the rest of my Seattle photos processed and posted. Of course somewhere in there I need to get a bit of baking done, finish preparing for Christmas, clean the apartment….etc, etc, etc.

Looking forward to the break.

They are done, and gone. The small and few gifts (mostly charitable donations) have been wrapped, enveloped, sealed, packaged, and posted. They are well within the timeline to arrive in time for Christmas, and I can finally breathe a sigh of relief that things are done, even with a little time to spare.

Christmas can come now and I can focus on things closer to home. A little bit of Christmas baking, getting a tree, a little bit of decorating, and a few gifts and things to pick up before Mom arrives for the holidays.

DONE! Cards are made, filled out, and stuffed into envelopes, awaiting stamps tomorrow. I’m running behind on everything this year…this “job” thing is almost getting in the way

I know more and more people are sending e-cards, but I find them so much less personal than a real paper card, with real handwritten messages. Some things are better left the old fashioned way.