MR F

This Boxing Day, my family and I are completely avoiding the malls. Instead, today has been a nice, relaxing day of Arrested Development (Mister F!), walking off the Christmas cookies, and sorting through the photos we took yesterday.

Our Christmas tree

A very cheery snowman

The "kids'" table

Beautiful placecards that my mom made

A rustic poinsettia centrepiece

Tonight, my grandparents are hosting a Boxing Day dinner, but for now we're still hanging out at home. I'm very excited to wear a new cashmere sweater that I got for Christmas.

Only four days until Mexico!

Merry Christmas Eve!

I just realized I have made three posts about animals in a row. That's not good.

Merry Christmas Eve, everyone! All day, my mom and I have been saying how it doesn't really feel like Christmas here...it might be because we renovated our house and we've been spending Christmas Eve in a completely different setting than usual. It might be the overall lack of snow outside. Or it could be the fact that, when out driving tonight, I saw hardly any houses with Christmas lights on! Not quite sure what's up with that.

Hopefully tomorrow actually feels like Christmas. I'm very excited - for breakfast, I'm making a fruit salad for everyone. It'll be my first real(ish) culinary contribution to Christmas...ever!!!

So, to finish off my Christmas Eve post, I want to share the picture that's on my desktop right now. It's a beautiful winter scene and even though I don't think blue is a very Christmasy colour, I still love this picture. Merry Christmas!

Lou

My dog Lou is a super dog. He's a therapy dog for St John Ambulance, and he was chosen to be part of their Therapy Dog Calendar for 2011. I couldn't upload the photo of his calendar page (he's Mr September!) but this is the photo that was chosen for the calendar. This afternoon I was wrapping some calendars on his behalf to give to his friends and family. I hope they like their calendars!

I think I've decided that December 23rd is one of the best days of the year. We're all hanging around the house making food and finishing up our wrapping. We're having all our family at our house for Christmas, so there's lots to do here.

Lou's at the hairdresser this afternoon, so maybe I'll get a picture of him with his Christmas hairdo when he gets home. But for now, here's a picture of Jack the cat! Jack has started sleeping on my bed again now that I'm home which is nice. He's very warm and fluffy (and the house is very cold...and not very fluffy I suppose).

Home! And Four Days

I'm so glad to be home FINALLY! We had homemade soup for lunch today which was such a nice change from the Subway and pizza I'd been living off of for the last three days. Exams are tough.

It didn't take long for me to be put on present-wrapping duty, but my job is being made very difficult by this little guy:

He's attacked roles of wrapping paper, stolen bows off of presents, and even taken a nap on top of freshly wrapped presents. But it's so hard to stay mad at him.

Kitten Plays Dead

Toooooo cute!

He looks like Jack. Bites like him, too.

Are We There Yet?

Hi! Sorry for not posting all weekend - I've been feeling a bit under the weather.

One exam left!! I'm so pumped for exam period to be over. We're going to be hosting Christmas at our house this year, and then for New Years, we're going to Puerta Vallarta! Hopefully I'll have some interesting things to blog about after. In the mean time, I'm trying to pack for both Canadian winter and Mexican climate. As if packing wasn't tricky enough already, right? And don't even get me started on toiletries!

I'm also trying to gather some new music to prepare for the plane ride to Mexico, as well as lazy days on the beach. Any suggestions?? I love soundtracks if anyone knows any good ones. I'd also love to check out any artists that have some interesting stuff.

Less than a week till Christmas!

Be Prepared!

Just wanted to share this picture that I made last year for Christmas. Scar is getting prepared for the holiday season...are you?