The kids left for Victoria just before noon yesterday and finally it seemed we could stop eating. I suppose it would have been fine to stop before that but everything was so good who could do that? Not me that’s for sure. The Wednesday morning breakfast sendoff was terrific – pancakes, scrambled eggs and bacon.
The day started off with food again – pancakes, bacon and eggs
Paulette and I along with the muttzo’s slept in the 5’er parked in our driveway on Christmas night. It seemed a lot easier plan as the kids were staying up late to watch movies on TV. I turned the furnace on a few hours before we went out to go to bed so it was toasty warm and heavenly quiet compared to the party in our family room!
A Google+ Hangout session with Hayley yesterday morning
Hayley is spending Christmas with her boyfriend Ryan and his family just outside of Toronto. We talked to her on the phone Christmas Day and arranged for her to call back yesterday morning so I could set up a Google Hangout video chat. It worked perfectly so we all crowded around my computer to talk to Hayley. She said it was too early to put a light on at her end so even though her video was a bit dark it was still great to be able to see her and talk.
Toby, Maggie, Nick, Emma and Carrie
Maggie, Toby, Nick and Emma were all in for a real treat as they had reserved rooms to stay at the Empress Hotel in Victoria Wednesday night before heading back to Vancouver on Thursday. They were able to get some kind of super deal on rooms at the Empress but said they’ll be skipping the $75 High Tea and plan on going somewhere else for dinner too. Good plan!!
The ‘Blue Bullet’ heads off to Vancouver for the next 4 months
We waved goodbye to Maggie and Carrie as they drove away in the “Blue Bullet”. Maggie doesn’t have a car but she does have secure underground parking in her condo building in downtown Vancouver. So, we’d rather have her take the Civic and use it for running around on weekends. Paulette, however, was still a bit sad to see her little Honda disappear down the hill.
The weather forecast says we shouldn’t see this on Saturday
As soon as the kids were gone and the dust settled a bit, we swung into action at home by taking down the Christmas Tree and all the decorations. I brought in the bins from the garage and Paulette carefully packed away all her treasured ornaments. This is a job I don’t get to touch and that’s probably why many of her ornaments are well over 20 years old. I did get to pack the empty bins back out to the garage though. This was a big job to get done so quickly.
After that, we took Molly and Rylie for a walk, came home, put our feet up and just relaxed! I’ve got a lot of running around to do Thursday morning then I’ll be back home to finish up packing.
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