December 29, 2005
Silent night...
On Christmas eve we joined many people in Old Montreal to see fireworks, it was the 1st time the kids saw any. Christmas carols were the background music and the whole thing was simply magical, it felt surreal to be watching fireworks in the winter. The weather was perfect and after the show we went into a big snow fight, Carl, my mom, the kids and I. We were screaming, we were laughing a few dozens of people just stood there and gawked. We were just having fun and had a blast. Carl got snow in his coat, my mom was 'pushed' into the snow. We were trying to catch our breathes and the kids we just as pleased as can be. At that single moment everything was perfect, we were all just SO happy together. We smiled the whole way back home!
We were all blessed with beautiful gifts from Santa and each other. We each were truely surprised and some of the treats we received too. It was fun, not the big event most families I know have but it was us, small and with the closest of family members that we are. One thing that was really neat was doing our groceries on Christmas day, do you know just about no one does them? LOL! The lines were short, the people were happy and we splurged on a few extras. We walked around the neighbourhood and simply enjoyed our day. For supper as tradition wants it, we had chinese for supper, we've been doing that for about three years now, again it's just one of our quirks. We aren't enough to go all out and cook a big festive meal so chinese is good, everyone finds something they like and we always have enough for a second full meal.
I am so proud of how this sweater is coming along! I don't think it will be finished by the end of the year but that's ok. I have to learn that I am knitting something for myself not just to blog about my progress. When I started the sweater I had no clue if I'd have enough yarn to even finish it, how risky is that? Luckily I am confident that I shall be ok... Then again, the At Knit's End book should have taught me a thing or two! LOL! I started reading my "signed by the author" book a few days ago, it really is a laugh out loud kind of book.
It's with great sadness that I saw that Kerstin is leaving the blogging world at this time. I must say though that I feel the exact same way, I have for a long time but keep on blogging for now. I just blog less and choose what I talk about, which I never did before. I feel that I am like an open book and find it hard to limit myself in writting what I want.
Hope everyone is having a safe and fun holiday season. :)
p/s: The chicken pox have made a 2nd victim in the house, his name is Lucas and he is not enjoying it!
Posted by Jo at December 29, 2005 02:38 PM