Tuesday, December 19th - what a difference a day can make!

Remember last Tuesday, when I showed you our lovely snowy wonderland?

This is what we woke up to on Wednesday morning. Bit of a downer when you're trying to get into the Christmas spirit!

It was an uneventful week, just some cleaning and getting ready for Petra and Christmas, as well as keeping my card shops topped for the holidays. Brenda and I enjoyed some snacks and wine and a festive themed movie on Thursday evening and then I was off to Halifax on Friday morning.
Fortunately the weather was good, although quite cold,  and roads were for the most part, clear and dry. I arrived in plenty of time and had a bit of a wait as quite a number of passengers on her flight were sent to secondary search, including Petra. But we were back on the road  before 4:00 pm. Some of the ride was in the dark and unfortunately it was too dark for her to see the bridge she was crossing so we might take a drive out that way one day to have a look at it in the daylight.

I'd gotten an unexpected call from a lady in North Rustico on Tuesday looking for some food to be catered to a party she was hosting on Sunday. Needless to say, Petra was put to work on Saturday morning helping in the kitchen.

With her help, we finished up early enough to go over the back lane and cut down our Christmas tree. Lloyd came with us and brought the chain saw to make quick work of the job. Good thing cause it was freezing!

 On our way back, we stopped in at the neighbours for coffee before bringing the tree in and putting the lights and a few decorations on it before retiring for the night.

I still had a few things to finish on Sunday morning so I was up very early to get those underway. By the time we had breakfast and got everything packed up, it was time to leave. We needed to delivery the goods by noon, and it was roughly an hours drive. However it had been snowing lightly most of the morning so we thought it might take a little longer, but in the end we arrived right on time.

Once our delivery was over, we headed back towards town and stopped in at
Island Hill Farm.  I was so happy to see they had some newborn baby goats to cuddle.  Petra loved seeing them all and having the chance to interact with them.



 By now we were both getting hungry so it was back into town to find some food.  Since it was Sunday, I knew there would be live music at the Old Triangle so we headed there. We enjoyed something to eat and some lovely music before heading back out to the country.

On our way home, we stopped in at Brenda's to check on progress. She and Meghan were baking cookies and were well into it when we arrived.  A short visit and then back home. Lloyd had very graciously offered to make dinner for us and was knee deep in prep when we arrived. This left us no choice but to fix ourselves a drink and retire to the living room to keep out of his way.

After a delicious supper of poached salmon, rice and beans, we said good night to him and sent him off to bed. When the dishes were done, we retired to the TV to watch some more festive programming. All in all, a great end to a lovely weekend.

Monday was a day with no plans. I had some cookie orders to be filled for Friday so I spent the morning tidying up the kitchen and checking out my supply of cookies to ensure I had enough. Petra had the morning to herself to just relax and chill. She is, after all, on holidays!

Lots of stuff going on the rest of the week!