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Phew, made it through another Christmas... It was definitely a busy one. We stayed in Calgary this year, and made the rounds of the various parts of my family. On the 23rd we had Chrismas dinner (turkey #1) at my mom's. It was delicious, but both Mike and I ate too much and felt sick afterwards. Then the next day we did a brunch at my dad's house. Mike had never had eggs benedict before (a Janice family Christmas special), and apparently likes them. I can't say I do, but english muffins are always tasty, and this year Janice made some awesome hash browns too. The next day was Christmas, and Mike and I opened presents at home and then headed out to my dad's. We then came to my mom's for a bit, opened gifts and headed up to my aunt and uncle's to see them for a bit. Last we went up to Janice's dad's house for the big family Christmas dinner there. More turkey, and, again, too much food. I like getting to see lots of people on Christmas, so this was a great day, though a little busy, especially with my dad living east of town... lots of driving.

On the 26th, we had my mom's family over for roast (it was especially delicious for the fact that it wasn't turkey). 12 people seated around our 10 person table in a dining room that is just a little too small. Quite exciting. The food was great, and now my aunt and uncle actually believe that we can cook. Tomorrow my dad and Janice and Robyn are coming over for a pizza night before Robyn flies back home to Nova Scotia. It would appear that the theme of these holidays was really: just keep eating!

Mike is heading home to Peterborough for a few days in the new year. We lucked into some super cheap tickets to Toronto, and so he'll get to visit the family from the 3rd to the 7th. I go back to work on the 3rd (boo), and Mike, the 8th. I hope that everyone has had nice holidays, and enjoyed visiting lots of people, or at least eating way too much (at least we're all in the same boat on that front then!).

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Only one more sleep until Christmas. I'm still full from the first holiday meal of the year, a delicious turkey dinner at my mom's. Today we have eggs benedict at my dad's, and then lots of visiting tomorrow. I think in the end I will have gained a lot of weight, but the tastiness will have been worth it.

Now, here's a little present for those who enjoyed the last few videos:

Everyone needs to beat a ski jumper in a car...

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It's finally holiday time. I was antsy all week. On Monday I still thought that working all 5 days was going to happen. By Wednesday, I had realized that there wasn't a chance of that happening. I finished up as much as I could, tried to tied up any loose ends that were left, and took off for my 11 days of vacation.

Today, I mostly just cleaned the house. Not the most thrilling thing ever, but we've got lots of Christmas visiting planned for the next few days, and then 12 people coming over for dinner on Tuesday, so I figured now was probably a good time to make sure the bathroom and kitchen were presentable. The house smells slightly of cleaning supplies, which fortunately everyone I live with seems to enjoy.

Plans for the rest of the holidays include lots of eating (2 turkey dinners!!!), visiting lots of family here in town, maybe a trip up to Edmonton to see the grandparents, and sending Mike off to Peterborough in the new year so that he can visit his family out there. Teachers out here are off from Dec. 23 to Jan. 7, a nice long holiday, though much needed in his case. The visit home will be when I (poor sucker) am back at work, and he'll still be on holidays.

All the shopping is done (thank goodness, since it's the 22nd now, and the malls must be bursting at the seams with people), and the tree and lights are all up. I again got inordinately excited about my tree skirt, which, while awesome, probably doesn't merit that level of excitement. Oh well, I like this holiday, probably best of all the ones there are. Might as well have fun with it. Next year, I really do need to work on looking for my very own light up reindeer, just to push the awesomeness level of our outdoor decorations up a little more.

That's it for now. I hope everyone is having (or will have) a wonderful holiday season. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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For those who enjoyed the last videos, another one:



Micaela :)

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I was looking around at everyone else's blogs today, and realized that I was sadly behind on my own... The holiday season probably won't help, but I can at least try. So life in the last while has been pretty good. The latest I can remember is the cookie making. We made gingerbread, sugar and press cookies. All very tasty, and now all iced as well. The last two days were very productive! Now we just have to give them out before we try to eat them all... That would be a little unpleasant I think. I pretty much finished off the Christmas shopping in the last week or so as well. Still have to get a gift for my grandma, so if anyone has suggestions, I'd love to hear them... She's a tough one to shop for.

Other things... well, work's been a little crazy lately. They keep adding things to my workload, which is nice because I'm always busy it seems, but I must admit I'm looking forward to the summer when the two jobs I've been covering become one. We're getting a new engineer in our group in April or May, and once she's trained, I get to do one job again. That'll be pretty exciting! The new work is a little intimidating since it's a pretty big step up from the old work, but I think (hopefully!) I'll be able to do it, and hopefully do it well...

Also, well, it's been a while since I posted so we put up the Christmas lights and tree. I'm working on making our neighbours feel guilty for having absolutely no decorations outside by trying to make our house as Christmassy as I possibly can (one day I'll get my light up reindeer and blow up snowmen... one day... preferably on the roof). So far, we've had great (and increasing numbers of) lights up, and no improvement... Maybe next year will be better. I really enjoy Christmas and all the things that go along with it, so this is kind of a great time of year in my world.

Last night we went for a drive in Mount Royal to look at Christmas lights. Boy oh boy there are some awesome setups in that area. One house in particular gives me something to aspire to. They had every part of their house and yard decorated, even the garden. It was amazing. I'm sure Mike thinks I'm a little nuts, but he seems to go along with it, which is a good thing.

On another good note, my teeth hurt a little less now. I'm still not eating normally or quite enough for my liking, but there is improvement every day. One day I'll even be able to bite food I hope. I can already see movement, which is exciting, and I'm going to consult with the surgeon who'd like to cut apart my jaw in March. They even charge you $250 for the pleasure of having them tell you what exactly they want to cut apart... such fun this orthodontia world leads to ;)

Well, it's time for bed now, and that's all the updates I can think of for now. I'm sure I've forgotten tons, but my brain is done thinking for the day. We have an early morning breakfast meet with friends, so I'd better get some sleep so I'm not a grump in the morning. Until next time...

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