Christmas in England – the truth

So, in a little over a week I fly to England for Christmas, weather permitting. (No storms between here, Boston, and England, please)
The funniest thing about this process is everyone’s impression of Christmas in England. I’m quite happy to say that I lived in the south of England and things are different up north and [...]

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Everyone survive New Year?

The good news is that I survived a storm without losing my power. Score!
I thought it was a moderately nasty blizzard, but everyone at work has been remarking on the sheer badness of the blizzard so I’m guessing that it was a monster. Apparently work would definitely have been cancelled yesterday if it hadn’t been [...]

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Doctor Who review: The Other Doctor

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Frantic Christmas, but mostly good

When we finally got there, Christmas was great. The massive power outage on Christmas Eve made things rather tricky (we usually have a fair bit of the meal constructed before Christmas morning) and my uncle turning up three hours early didn’t help, but we got there and it was a fun day. Phew!
We finally got [...]

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And the lights came back!

Believe me, Christmas Eve is not the day that you want a nine hour power cut! Apparently a large part of the province was out, including most of the city, but that somehow doesn’t make it better…
Anyway, I’m still here and I now have lights and heat. The Christmas pud is being constructed ready to [...]

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Still here

I lost power yesterday just after lunch, but thankfully just after we established that my sister’s plane had indeed landed in Moncton. Phew! She spent the night safe and warm in my cousin’s house being spoiled rotten and then another cousin is driving down here for Christmas and has found her a seat in his [...]

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It’s just a wee bit windy

Today is going to suck piggy wonks. It’s very unlikely that my sister’s flight will depart, although it isn’t showing as cancelled yet. The weather here is terrifying.
The bit they didn’t warn us about with this storm is the wind. We probably had less snow than forecast and it did turn to rain for a [...]

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Travelling + snow = stuck in Newark

Apparently, my family cannot travel in December without thousands of issues.
The good news is that my sister’s flight left England and got to Newark.
The bad news is that the flight from Newark to Nova Scotia has been cancelled due to the weather. Continental’s first available flight was on Christmas Day. Yup, living in the airport [...]

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Christmas kitties

Last night we went out and bought our Christmas tree. Note to self: trees are better bought during daylight.
Anyway.
The tree has been set up in its stand in our upstairs living room. We had been anticipating two possible reactions: bored indifference or climbing it. The first was hoped for, the second seemed more likely.
We got [...]

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I’m insane, obviously

I hate sewing. I really do.
So what did I do when someone posted a link to the Royal College of Needlework on the Girls Own list (yes, I’m about two months behind for fellow GO-ers)?
Obviously I clicked on it and started wondering whether I could arrange to be in England for an Introduction to Embroidery [...]

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