Merry Christmas!

We hope everyone had a really great Christmas this year. It's Boxing Day and I don't know about you, but I'm TIRED! We had Wayne's cousin and his family visiting from Calgary so it was a nice Christmas gathering. Brunch was at our house and dinner at Wayne's sister's. Sam got her kitchen set from Gran, amongst many more from the family and Santa Claus. Must clean out her toy box to make room! She's still at the age where she's not sure what's really going on...just all this commotion with lots of people, toys and food!UGH..the FOOD was so good and Sammy sure enjoyed the bazillion appetizers anywhere she could find them!
It was also kind of sad though, knowing it will be our last Christmas here. Wayne's mom can fly out so it's definitely not our last one together! Now to start our packing very soon, if not this week! Only 3 weeks 'til moving day!

Celeb Siting!

So Wayne calls me from Montreal today and guess who he says he sees?? ME! On a poster for a flu ad! Guess that modelling I did a couple of years ago is paying off!! LOL!!!

Enjoy the Holidays!

I know it's been a while since I've posted something...as I said before things got pretty chaotic around here, but now I'm way more relaxed in the past few days. Since buying our house, I finally got my car fixed, I've picked up some extra shifts at work, I've done my Christmas shopping for the most part and the family received great news about my cousin Craig! Now I can start some baking and enjoy the rest of the holidays!
The great news about Craig is that we've found a donor for his transplant! One of his four brothers, my cousin Randy, is a match! PRAISE BE!!! There's even a better chance of this working because it will be coming from his sibling. After his first round of chemo, they found 12% cancer left when they were hoping for under 5%...but the news of Randy being a match is even better! Now he's on his second round of chemo, or already has been by now. He's feeling great and eating well and sends us emails often.
We're Norwegian in this family and a Christmas never went by without a stack of Lefsa on the table, made straight from my grandmother Foss' loving hands. For anyone who doesn't know Lefsa (I'm sorry for you, for one..lol) but it's a crepe-like potato bread used for dinners or dessert if you like. It's rolled out and we spread butter on it and roll it up and MMMMMMMM it's SO GOOD! It's the one of many things we looked forward to at dinner. Us kids would also sprinkle sugar all over it. Anyhoo, since I moved to Ottawa, I have kept this tradition going and this lovely treat has ended up on many tables each year. I've even made individual batches for co-workers and (I hope they liked it) they said it was good. For anyone who wants a copy of the recipe just send me an email or post it with your comment.
Wayne's working out of town until Christmas so he's doing his shopping on the road and I've sent out parcels to the west part of the country. I'm only left with Sam's gifts, but we're doing very little this year. I'm doing stocking stuffers for Wayne and he said my gift is the house. Good enough for me I'd say! Poor Sammy's scared of Santa Claus. On TV or in books she's fine with him, but in person or in doll form (ie, my Christmas ornaments) she is not happy. In one of the malls I walked her up to Santa to say hi and she hid her face in my knees. Funny when I mention him, she gets a little smile on her face. Next year will be different I'm sure.
As for my car, we're giving it up in a month anyway so I'm just coasting on the roads. the mechanic said it's in working order for now but there's no telling what it could do next week...EEK ! So I'm avoiding long distances.
Other than that, we're ready to pack any day now. Once we get over that hump, I'll be flying to BC, people! There's no place like home!

We Bought A Home!

It's official, we are now proud homeowners!! Wayne is back and he's exhausted. We continue to face new obstacles - it's unbelievable everything is just one after another. It'll all work out.

Tries and Tribs

This crazy life these days have finally caught up to me. I'm emotionally exhausted and it's taking a toll on my energy levels, not to mention my patience, my stomach and sleep patterns. From the time Craig got sick and up until now, I'm ready for Calgon or something stupid like that - or more! I'm really looking forward to getting away tomorrow night to our veterinary clinic's Christmas party. I really need to just take this break for a few hours; have some adult interaction and some laughs. All week Wayne has been in Vancouver looking for our 'perfect' home...or not so perfect, but he hasn't had much luck except for a couple that are ok AND one amazing one. He's due back to Ottawa on Sunday and time is running out. It's been killing me being here and waiting all day for his call to find out what's going on. Then a couple of days ago my car broke down and now I'm house bound with a toddler until he gets back. Christmas is coming and we don't know how much we can afford and now we might have to put more money into my car or just get rid of it since we're moving in 2 months anyway. Now without a car I cannot get any Christmas stuff done even if I HAD money, so I'm even more stressed. My dearest bestest friend Tracy rescued me today though (thanks sista cat!;)) and I was able to pack Sam in her car and hitch a ride with her to Superstore. I've been running out of groceries slowly and needed a few things, plus last minute stuff for my Christmas party. With that done, I finished everything just in time... and in the middle of our first winter storm too! Tracy's also agreed to babysit for me tomorrow night since Wayne's mother is sick with a chest infection. She's been a life saver for me lately that's for sure...taking time out of HER busy schedule and adding her own newborn baby to it...I am so grateful!
I haven't slept a full night in a few weeks. My doctor suggested it could indicate that I need to be back on antidepressants just for these next couple of months, as it's going to be very hectic and stressful. I feel bad complaining after everything Craig's been through, but it is what it is and I have this option to take care of it. I've got a prescription but have been hesitating to have it dispensed. I've been doing so well managing my anxiety but there comes a point doesn't it?