Proud to be Canadian!

As a kid, my sister and I always tuned in to the Olympics every 4 years. And although she wasn't with me the past couple of weeks, I still tuned in. Now that it's over, I've been somewhat going through Olympic withdrawals...there's nothing on TV to watch anymore during the day! Instead of watching any of my daytime talk shows, this morning I've had the tv on to sportsnet as it reviews the the past 2 weeks of Olympic coverage. And well, I just can't get enough of watching Crosby score that winning goal! Over the last 17 days I never got tired of seeing the images of Alexandre Bilodeau hugging his brother or Jon Montgomery chugging a pitcher of beer in Whistler. I'll miss tuning into Olympic Morning reviewing the highlights of the previous day, or watching what the Today show is showcasing about Canada on NBC. I'll miss watching the highlighted events during dinner and my son claiming that one day he too will win a gold medal! And to this day a tear still comes to my eye everytime that Tim Horton's commercial comes on! I've always been proud to be Canadian but the Olympics in Vancouver has brought a different sense of pride in me. Different as I hope that my sister and any other Canadian living in or out of the country will carry that same pride too!

Better late than LOST...

The past week and a half I've been hibernating staying in the house as I finally decided to watch LOST. Where the heck have I been the past 6 years?! This show is great! In a matter of 10 or so odd days I've been glued to the TVas I got through all 5 seasons of Lost... my goal was to try and watch all 5 seasons before the next season starts on Feb 2nd. Well I'm done now, and I don't know if I can wait until Feb 2nd to see what happens! I'm actually glad that I watched it non stop, as it was so much easier to follow the storyline as I've heard in the past that it can get pretty confusing. I'm glad we've got the PVR so that I can still watch back to back episodes when the season finally starts and I won't miss a thing!

Year in Review...

2009 was quite a big year for us. So much has happened that it's just way too much for me to write about. So here's our year in pictures... the year brought us so many blessings and crosses that I can't help but wonder what 2010 has in store for us here up north! Hope you all have great new year's!

The cold weather won this time

For a few days now, I've been saying that I wanted to go see the Olympic torch when it arrived here in the north. So when I woke up this morning, I turned the television on right away to watch the marathon as I fed Eva her early morning breakfast. As i watched CP24 with their coverage, I couldn't help when my spirits were lowered when they kept talking about how cold it is outside. By the time 8am rolled around, I was thisclose to calling up my mom to ask her to come here in 1/2 an hour to watch the baby so Benjoe and I can partake in this once in a lifetime opportunity. But I never called her.. citing the cold weather and Benjoe's bad cough. I couldn't reason enough with myself to brace the chill. I am kicking myself a bit now when it looks like the whole town of Stouffville turned out on Main St to catch glimpse of the Olympic torch. I guess I just have to keep telling myself that I was just trying to be a good mother... And the gold medal goes to the cold!

My First Christmas...

....hamon! Yesterday I got a call from the head at Lorna Rae telling me to come pick up my ham. I was a little surprised that I was getting my very own as every year before, I was used to just my parents getting theirs! But this year, I don't know if it's because we're in our own place now or because we're finally married, that we got our very own! Whatever the reason... I'm just glad I don't have to share it with 10 other people (not including mom's side that comes over on the holidays and slices their pieces of ham while taking all the glaze!) just with my other 3 ham lovers here in the north! I looked over at Euge today eating his ham dinner and we both agreed that this thing won't last long in this house! I better make sure I get my share,so can someone please pass the pandesal and cheese over here?! **Thanks Big "V" for our very first ham!**

Joy's Dirty 30!!

Last night we celebrated the last of the dirty 30's of '09 for Joy! Euge and I started the night out with dinner at Wah Sing with our fave's the King's. Since we were pretty early for a night out and one order of lobster already done, we decided to go for another round. (sorry no pics, my hands were too covered with ginger and onions to pull out the camera!) We then headed out to Parkdale Drink and started the night early as we waited for the guest of honour of the night to arrive! (of course, i don't know why we expected her to be on time!) A few drinks later, Joy finally arrived with her special visitor from the west coast. A few MORE drinks later and it was definitely a great night to party! Here's to a great 30th Birthday Ninang Doreen!!

*this post is special for the Canadian Californians who missed Joy's special arrival by a few days!!*

Weekend getaway

Here are a few pics from our Niagara getaway. Some highlights for the weekend was our wedding dinner at the fallsview restaurant at the Sheraton where we stayed which we basically paid money for the view than the food. We came back from dinner to find champagne and strawberries at our room courtesy of the King's. We had the champagne the kids dealt with the strawberries! Swimming as usual and Hannah finding a new favourite restaurant in IHOP! She loves her breakfast food! Euge and I were even able to take turns at the casino while the children slept...too bad the only jackpot we got that weekend was getting married!