Tuesday, December 27th - it was a lovely holiday

Conditions at 7:45 am: a few clouds and -4' heading for a sunny -3' later

It's been a few days since I last posted a blog page, but finally it's here. Our Christmas was very quiet but very nice. Friday the festivities began for Lloyd around 3:00 at the old store. Richard invited several of the fellows in the area over for some Christmas cheer. It was very snowy on Friday afternoon as the snow fell for most of the day. It did add a very christmassy feel to everything, although the driving was a bit tricky. I finished work at 3:00 and went out to Hampshire to pick up my turkey. When I got back I dropped in to Brenda's to have nachos with her and Meghan (2) who had just arrived. Ethan also joined us just as we were almost ready to eat. We then watched some TV while I waited for Lloyd to call to indicate that he was ready to go home. We had decided earlier in the day it might be best if he didn't drive and we were right. Let's just say a lot of rum was consumed but a great time was had by all.

Relaxing by the fire

Because of said rum, Saturday was a pretty slow moving day but it was also quite relaxing. The shopping had been done on Friday so there was no where to go. We did go to my friend Lesa's in the evening. We spent a lovely time with her and her mom and her two boys. I'd not met the boys but they are both fine young men. They were also very excited about Christmas and kept trying to negotiate the opening of gifts before morning. We had some North Rustico meat pie, which is quite different from the meat pies I'm used to but it was really good. Lesa had also made several other things and I was sorry that I had eaten supper before going over. We also taught her how to shuck oysters, a skill she's now quite proud of. We left there a little before 10:00 and contemplated stopping in at the Van Gaals on the way home but thought it might be a bit too late. Turns out the Bairds had dropped in there at 9:30 so it would have been fine.

The happiest kid in the Dennison house

Christmas morning was very quiet. We were expecting company for dinner so some cleaning up was required that should have gotten done on Saturday. So Lloyd cleaned and I prepped everything for dinner.
I talked to Patti and the kids later in the morning. A good time was had by all, especially Greg who was putting together his Death Star. (I talked to her Monday and she tells me it took almost 15 hours to put it together).

Jens and Linda came over at 3:30 and we had some appetizers first and were just getting ready to put the food on the table when our next door neighbours arrived. They didn't stay long, just had a quick drink and left but the veggies were a little overcooked. Not a big deal. It was still very nice of them to stop in on their way home.

It was a lego kind of day in Port Elgin

We had a lovely evening with the Jensens and they left around 8:30. All in all, a very quiet Christmas.
Boxing day was a busy morning. Meghan (2) was having some friends over for brunch so Brenda and Bernie came over here for brunch. After filling our tummies yet again, we headed out the go for a hike on the PEI branch of the Appellation Trail. It was a lovely day for it - not very cold, no wind and a good covering of snow.  Once again a good time was had by all. Some hot chocolate fortified with Grand Marnier was in order when we returned. Then we parted company so we could all have a nice afternoon nap.  And that, as they say, is the rest of the story. Today is another quiet day except that our next door neighbours are coming over for dinner. I told her Cooper owes her one for taking care of him while I was working at the store. So there will be a quick trip to town this morning.