Saturday, December 30, 2006

Merry Christmas!

So, we're home from our adventures in Alberta.

Darren and I spent this Christmas with my sister and her family in Edmonton. It was 10 days filled with stories, songs, games, winter activities and laughter. For a more complete rundown on our time out west, check out Darren's blog. For me the main highlights include visiting both Alex's kindergarten and Levi's preschool, playing over 10 rounds of our new favourite game, Carcassonne
(and winning some!), going on a fun date with Alicia and Ben and doing fun family activities together such as toboganning, swimming and skiing (although skiing was a semi traumatic experience for me).

I miss them already! But as enjoyable as out time visiting was, I must admit it
was nice to sleep in our own bed last night. And it was also nice to have some time to do absolutely nothing of value today, except get up and eat our meals at our usually scheduled time in an attempt to avoid any prolonged jet lag. I know it's only a 2 hour time difference, but going East is always hard!!

Anyway, here are a couple of photos that sum up our time away. Enjoy! (And for more go to www.darrenconley.com.)









Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Just a moment

Ahhh...the final days of December! The time when people are rushing around with parties and assignments and gatherings and shopping and baking and...and...and...

BUT NOT ME!! At this exact moment I feel absolutely no stress. Please read that as it is written: at this exact moment. I have felt plenty of stress in the past few days/weeks and I'm sure Thursday/Friday won't be a treat, but I am choosing to enjoy these few minutes (hopefully hours!) of peace.

My paper is written, my first of 2 exams is marked and grades are recorded, dinner is ready and all I need now is Darren to come home with the cookie cutters -
yes, he is *that* amazing a man that he went to the store to buy me Christmas cookie cutters! - to eat and watch Justice League (hey, I have to do *something* for a guy who will go out to buy cookie cutters!).

I don't think I've ever been this relaxed on December 12 before. It's fabulous! I'm going to enjoy it before the packing, cleaning, visiting, marking, and meetings start...
tomorrow!