Yesterday started out clear and sunny and ended up cloudy. No snow. The high got to 0C. This morning it is cloudy and -2C. Today is suppose to be a mix of sun and clouds with a high of -1C.
Lifestyle
Yesterday morning I started the day opening gifts from daughter and texting her. I got some lovely fabrics and lots of other nice things from them.
I was over to family's at 9:30 am. They were Skyping family while opening gifts from them. We then did our gifts and had a lot of fun. I got lots of lovely things from family.
After lunch, daughter-in-law and I knit the afternoon away. Son played games on his computer and grandson worked on a model. It was a relaxing time which was great. Friends came up at 4 pm and we had dinner and ended the evening opening more gifts. We had more laughs and lots of hugs.
I got home after 8:30 pm to my driveway being cleared. Everything is in the house ready for me to clean up today.
Elliott got rope toys and he loves them. He spent a lot of time rolling around on them and playing.
Family's cat got a bag of treats and he loved the ones he got to eat. Grandson put the treats backing to the gift bag and the cat proceeded to figure out how get the out. He did an amazing job of figuring it out. We sat and watched him.
Thoughts
We had much simpler Christmas meals than in past years and they were delicious. We need to continue on with that tradition as we all had a chance to relax and not worry about preparing big fancy meals.
Today is Boxing Day. It is our big sale day (like Black Friday). People will be out getting items on sale in most of Canada. Not in Nova Scotia as all the stores are closed. The rush for the sales starts tomorrow. Boxing Day is mainly celebrated in Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. It began in Britain when the wealthy would box up their leftover Christmas meal and had it distributed to the poor.
I had a bit of a worry for a couple of days. I saw "foot" prints in my yard on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. At first I thought it was the local kids but when I saw the prints going to the back on both sides of the house, I panicked. The prints went across the neighbour's back yards and up to the next street. I finally figured it out that the deer are going through my yard as they are going through other people's yards. Their habitat is decreasing due to land development and they are now trying to find new locations.
Today
I am going to spend the morning putting away all of my gifts and the gift bags. I want to make sure I have the upstairs neat and tidy before I go downstairs to sew after lunch. I want to knit tonight. It is going to be a quiet day in this house.
Until the next time........................................................
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