Gifting Extravaganza
Time to brush the dust off the journal…
It’s time to give some thanks for the most wonderful gifts I received this holiday season…
Katie: Thanks for the buckwheat neck pillow (very helpful for car rides to Arborg) and the Clods!
Laura: Thanks for the fleece blanket (it’s already been put to good use)!
I almost wish I was still sleeping over in YYZ, now that I’m so well equipped.
(Some backstory: Laura and Katie’s gifts were based on my original plan to arrive in T.O. 12 hours early to take advantage of a WestJet seat sale. I rather anticlimactically blurted out the news that I no longer had to “sleep over” as I was receiving the gifts (in my typical style), although the gifts were not diminished in the slightest.)
Dan and Paulo: Thanks for the literature! (Dan’s book, and Paulo’s book) It should prove to be interesting reading…
Christina: Thanks for the candy and puzzle. I haven’t tried bending my mind yet, but I’m sure it will be good fun when I get down to it.
Amma, Afi & Bruce (Mom’s Grandparents): Thanks for the JBL on tour (and other gifts). It rocks my socks rather hard.
Rog & Jane: Thanks for the HMV gift card, as well as the pretzels and the 950ml Molson Dry. I was chuckling for quite a while when I unwrapped the beer, after my CFES PM experience. Thank goodness it’s better than Canadian.
Ray & Anna: Thanks for the Team Canada Hockey shirt – very appropriate given the hockey goings on just south of here (World Junior Hockey).
Grandma & Grandpa: Thanks for the card and funds, they will surely come in very handy in T.O. and other aspects of the costly Christmas season.
Finally, thanks to EVERYONE – friends, acquaintances and others not named above. Thanks for being the wonderful and interesting people you are. Thanks for being there when I’ve needed you.
I think that about does it for now… Thanks again for reading!