Today was our building Christmas Party, and again it was a fun occasion. It was pretty obvious that there was less food, but the drinks flowed freely. Troy and Ed bid on the Raptors box seats again. This year they were slightly less successful and had to strike a deal with another condo owner to purchase some of the seats from them, they won’t be devastated if this guy bails, but they were happy to participate. Perhaps shopping is the best way to get Ed involved in social engagement. I had a delightful time chatting with Jim, the older gentleman who donated the Raptors box seats, he has some very cute stories from his childhood and grew up in Regent Park. Overall, it was a great shindig as usual.

Heero is Chris and June’s new puppy, he is super cute, white, fluffy and well mannered, we are looking forward to many more play dates with him.

I decorated our tree! It is a perfect little tree, a little sparse in decorations, but it is a lovely tree just the same. And I love it!

Well, it should have been a really easy blogging night…we bought our first Christmas tree (our second tree, but first time we paid). We paid a small fortune ($35) for a fraser fir, apparently we will never be able to go back to a “lesser” breed, so we have been told.

BUT the night really goes to our tour of the city in search of $5 MMA figurines. I have been graduated from novice RFD shopper to something a little more, when I spotted a “good deal” according to Ed. We went to 3 different Walmarts, and eventually hit the mother load at the Lawrence location.

It was an exciting expedition for sure!

Tonight we had AYCE sushi dinner with Vince, it was a pretty lame attempt at AYCE, I have to admit we tapped out pretty early. But it is always fun to share a meal and conversation with Vince.

Afterwards, we went to Vince’s place and went through several options for his tv, sofa, etc configuration. I can’t wait till we can design, shop and decorate our own house!

I missed a day AGAIN. Frig!

Yesterday, I went to my first official board meeting at CEA. It was interesting and it has certainly sparked my attention for further advances. I think there will be a lot to learn there and a lot for me to add/experience. I have been asked to write a policy for employee retention, professional development and incentives structure. This is going to be a learning challenge, but I am excited to do it, since continued learning is so important to me.

We have bought even more appliances, we got a panini press. I am very excited to make home made bread for paninis. OOOoooo yum! Also we had our first batch of apple juice too, it tastes just like an apple. And I mixed in some ginger infused honey….omg, amazing!

And alas our Christmas shopping endevour only led us to one conclusion…shop online! People, parking, distractions all make online shopping seem very attractive.

I missed a day….I was doing so well, I even thought about writing it after getting home from the One of a Kind show. As always, I was filled with sparks of creativity and inspiration. Christine and I had a great talk about using art for teaching life experiences. As well as take classes for ourselves. And of course, I bought myself some presents too.

Today, we are going to go to Yorkdale to try and start Christmas shopping. I really have no ideas…

I am trying to get my jogging back to where it was before. I am slowly moving my endurance up. It will be weeks, maybe months before I can successfully run 5km in 30mins, which is my first goal. Next year, my goal is to run a 10k race.

I am eager to met these goals!

Several things happened today. I decided to add structure to my working life. Right now, I am working 2 days a week for TechSoup Canada, which means 3 days that I am not properly using. So today I have decided to add structure, let’s see how long it takes me to find structure.

I do have structure in Cafe World, it is a highly addictive Facebook game that has me entertained for the past few weeks.

Wedding Pictures!!!! I am very excited that we have now picked up our pictures and can start designing our photobooks and print some out.