Monday, November 17th - the garage has been officially christened!

Conditions at 5:30: overcast and 1'
Expected later: rain throughout the day and slowly increasing to a low overnight of 9'

It was a pretty busy weekend. Friday evening Brenda met me in town and we went out for some supper. We enjoyed the Red Water Rustic Grill where we shared an appetizer and dessert, washed down with a beer. It had started snowing earlier in the day and the driving was a little tricky by 5:00 so I was glad I didn't have to head home yet. The nice part of the restaurant location, is when you're finished eating, you just wander through the underground pedway that brings you right up into the Confederation Centre. No muss, no fuss, no snow!

The production of Jesus Christ Superstar was very well done. We both thoroughly enjoyed it. For a relatively new local theatre company, they did a tremendous job. I'll never look at the fellow who reports on the news in quite the same way again. Who knew he had such a great voice!

Our drive home was much better as the snow had pretty much stopped. The worst part of the road was from Fort Augustus to home, and fortunately it's not a great distance. I stayed up till Lloyd got up to go to work, then I was wide awake. After watching something on TV I finally headed off to bed a little after midnight.

Saturday morning I was meeting Lloyd in town at Canadian Tire. I needed to pick up a couple of things and he wanted to chat with them about the snow blower I purchased last Saturday. Turns out it was on sale this week in the flyer for $150.00 off the regular price. They didn't hesitate to refund that amount to us. That was a nice little bonus, so Lloyd promptly found  a new drill that he thought he should have to use up that new found money!


After work, I picked up some veggies, and last minute things needed for our party on Sunday.  Then it was

home to put together the cake I wanted to make, as it needed to set in the fridge overnight.  Lloyd was working in the garage, cleaning up stuff. After supper he headed back out there for a bit while I cleaned up the dishes, and that was it for the night.

Sunday we were up bright and early. I had things to do for the party, gathering everything together to take out to the garage. In the afternoon Lloyd and I trucked everything out there, chairs, dishes, etc, etc. We had invited about 18 people but not everyone could make it. We ended up with a group of 12, which was fine as that's exactly how many I could sit around the table.  We were very pleased that our friend Jackie arrived with some freshly caught oysters and clams to temp our taste buds. They were mighty delicious and those who like them, really enjoyed them.

By all accounts, I think the evening was a success. We were a little disappointed that some of the others didn't make it, as the idea was to say Thank You to them, but we can always get together another time. In fact, the area worked so well, we're thinking maybe we should do something for New Years.  It's the perfect spot for it. We had chairs, and a bar set up downstairs but the numbers being lower, we didn't use that space but I can see it getting used another time. All in all, a great night with great friends! Thanks once again, to all of you.

But an extra big thank you needs to go to the ladies who did all the dishes. That was not meant to be part of the evening, but on the other hand, I'm extremely grateful to all of you, and you know who you are!

You may notice the small tree in the back ground. Yesterday was Patti's birthday, which also happened to be the day of the Toronto Santa Claus Parade. That was always the signal for us to start the Christmas Season, much to some people's dismay. So now that the parade is over, it's official the beginning of the festivities!