New Years Eve

 It has been an odd last week but I think we have managed to deal with everything as it's been happening.  However, I'm in a horrible mood and that is not great for anyone that has to be around me.  

Christmas was nice.  We made a ham and some sides to go along with that and the girls were very happy with their gifts.  We did have a little issue though as they got a new toboggan for Christmas and went to the big hill to test it out.  There was a crash and Bear and I ended up having to go to the Emergency Room to see if things were broken.  The results were inconclusive so began the giant mess that was get Bear's leg sorted out. We went to the mediclinic on Sunday as they had said if it's still sore to do that and they couldn't tell anything so sent us for xrays, which of course were closed.  So Monday we got those done and then went back to the clinic to get the results.  That took forever and the clinic was super busy but in the end they decided that as a precaution they should just splint it and then we get it redone in two weeks.  So Bear now has what is almost a half cast on and is hobbling around.  We spent so much time dealing with this that three of my holiday days were taken up by it.  

Winter Solstice

 Today is the first day of my holidays and it's been lovely so far.  We all managed to sleep in a little so no one was bothering me before 8am.  We don't have any set plans for the next two weeks but I'm sure we will keep busy.  I think we should do some baking and TV watching and just enjoying the time to be together with few requirements.  

I think today we will have a quick trip to Value Village and then I'll find a simple treat recipe for the baking of the day.  Right now the girls are watching the Lego Movie 2 and Hubs is at work so it's already a lazy day.  

I'm glad to be done work for a while, it's been a bit stressful and there is lots going on and every night |I was dreaming about work so the break is needed.  I do have to work on the 31st but that will be an easy day I think with just filing emails to get through and not much else.  

Our plans to meet up with Mom and Brother are probably going to change since they are expecting to get a foot of snow just before they are to drive to meet us but we can make it the week after and it will be fine.

Hope everyone has a lovely first day of winter and stays safe!

Now what am I Going to do?

 I had to reboot my computer and lost the page of the Blogmas I was doing.  I guess I'll need to find a new one to work off of, or maybe I'll get lucky and find the same one again.  

I've been feeling quite cold lately.  It's not very chilly outside but I've got the heat in the house cranked up during the day when I'm the only one here.  When everyone gets home no one else seems to find it cool so I don't touch the thermostat but while I'm here alone I've got it at least three degrees higher than the normal setting.  I'm still wrapped up in a shawl though as well.

I think we have decided on not going to my Brother's for Xmas.  With the way the restrictions are set right now we can't go and there doesn't seem like there would be much change once those are over.  So we will drive half way to meet up with Mom and Bro and exchange gifts and hugs and come back again.  It'll be a long day of driving but at least we'll see each other somewhat.  Then on Xmas day we can Zoom chat while opening presents.  Speaking of presents, there are a few more wrapped under the tree.  I've still got two boxes of things to wrap and it seems like there is stuff from Hubs that needs to be done as well.  I am trying this year to get it mostly done before the last couple of days but we'll see how it goes.  Maybe it can happen!

I've managed to find the same list!  So let's get to todays prompt!  Winter Items you Can't Live Without.  Well I think mitts and a toque would qualify.  Those are never far away from the door when you live here.  You would think boots would make that list but most of the time I just go with my runners and don't bother with anything else.  Obviously a warm coat is important and that gets used very frequently.  Beyond that I like to have chocolates handy and candy to keep my spirits up.

Happy Holidays!

Well December is happening!

 I've missed a few days of the Blogmas that I was planning to do but I'll keep doing it for the ones that I get here on.

Beyond that things have been okay here.  The girls are happy and in school and having a good time.  All of their extracurricular activities are still cancelled so we have been hanging out at home.  They did go sledding this weekend, once with their friends and once with Hubs.  They enjoyed it tremendously.  

Hubs has also been home since his hockey has been shut down as well with this current round of restrictions.  He's getting a little fidgety but I think it's really for the best.

I've been feeling good still after my isolation from Covid has ended. The only thing that I'm still dealing with is that I have these spells where I get nauseous.  It's weird because I have a mental shift where I'm suddenly visually in a different spot and that triggers a huge bought of nausea that thankfully doesn't last too long.  I talked to the doctor about it yesterday and he actually feels that it's not related to Covid but has no answers as to why it's happening.  We are just monitoring it for now.

Todays prompt for the Blogmas is What Items are on Your Wishlist?  This is a hard one for me as I've been struggling to give anyone a list of things I want this year.  I've been saying bath stuff, books, page a day calendars, and that's kinda it.  It's not a great list but I've really got nothing that I must have this year so it's been tough to pick anything.

Hope everyone is well!

It's December!

 Well it's the beginning of the Christmas season for me and it's time to start getting the house all decorated, mostly just getting the tree up, and my annual tradition of wearing ridiculous headwear for the whole month during the work days.  It drives my boss crazy when we are in the office but since we are at home it's less annoying for her.  Today is just a big cheer bow that has Christmas unicorns and trees on it.  It does bring me joy and I'm glad to wear them and make others smile.  Later this evening we are off to get our Christmas tree.  They keep saying that there will be a shortage of live trees this year as everyone is decorating early and there has been a rush on them.  Hopefully there will still be a few good ones left for us to choose from.  I've had pretty good luck with the last two years getting ones that are big and fluffy and even so I've got my fingers crossed that this year is the same.  

I've also decided that I'm going to try a Blogmas list for December so that I have something to write about each day.  I don't live a very exciting life so it can be hard to talk about my days when I'm just staying home and working each one with very little difference between them.  I figured this would be a good way to have a topic that I can get a paragraph out of and might let you into how I think and feel about the season.  

Todays topic is Your Favourite Christmas Tradition.  

I think that my favourite one is having the lights on the tree and no other lights on in the house in the evenings for the last few days before Christmas.  The kids are in bed and it's just Hubs and I and the tree.  We quite honestly don't have too many traditions because we both celebrated the season differently and even though we've been together for many years we haven't been able to blend those well.  In most cases I just give into what he would like to do but I don't feel that it's a tradition.

Season's Greetings!