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our 2008 Year-End Newsletter
Jan 5 (Mon):
Back to the grind today after a 5-day holiday. No more
partying till Monica's birthday in February.
So.....remember those
high winds I mentioned in the last entry.....well here is some local
evidence.
Andy and I both had
Wednesday and Friday off around the Thursday holiday. Wednesday,
we went to see...
It was so good.
All we knew about it was that Angelina plays a woman whose son goes
missing. A boy is returned and she claims it's not her son.
We didn't know John Malkovich was in it, any more about the plot, nor
that it was a true story. It was riveting, and we highly recommend
it.
In the evening, we
went to Kathy and Denise's for a very comfortable & relaxed New Years
Eve gathering. There were K&D, us, Huguette, Beryl, Carol, David &
Phil, Brian & Fred, the two Craigs, and a couple we had not met before,
Glenn and Margaret. They may have been the neighbours.
As well as ringing in
the new year, we were surprised to find ourselves at a bit of a birthday
party for Glenn (31st), Andy (1st) and Phil (3rd). After presents
and cake, we watched poor, old, stroke victim Dick Clark help out Ryan
Seacrest with the New York countdown, then switched over to CHCH and
watched "Max Webster" playing in Niagara Falls, all the while trying to
remember who the heck they were (name of the band) - they'd been popular
in the 70s and early 80s.
January 1st, Andy's
parents called at 9 to wish her Happy Birthday, then the Coopers started
arriving shortly after 10. We'd warned them they might like to
come early since we bought Guitar Hero. It was a busy day.
First, Andy opened her presents. She got two books from her
parents, a gift card to Chapters from my parents, a "Best Auntie, Hands
Down" t-shirt from Ben and Grace, along with "Scene It: Harry Potter
Edition" from Scot, Monica, and the kids. From me, she got 5 new
Wii games:
Lara Croft: Underworld,
The Golden Compass,
Cars,
Game Party 2, &
African Safari.
The kids love how I
wrapped the games and packed them in a box with lots of tissue paper,
then wrapped the box, then put the box in a gift bag and stuffed lots of
tissue paper on top! Hah hah!
Just as we were
booting up the Wii, Kath and Michael called from BC to also wish Andy a
Happy Birthday. We had a lovely chat, except for the part when we
heard how Michael burned a couple layers of skin off of one hand by
trying to fill the hot tub manually. He then had to drive himself
to emerg. Bloody hell!
Andy had told me in
the morning she wasn't feeling like being the centre of attention that
day. I replied that she had nothing to worry about now that the
Wii lives here too...and sure enough.....the basement TV was monopolized
by Wii play most of the day. The kitchen TV started off showing
"Mamma Mia" for Grace, who was dying to see it but then she got moved to
the laptop when Dad's football game started.....but after about 5
minutes he abandoned that to go back downstairs for Wii Tennis and later
Golf. He has a relaxed play style - note the hand in pocket.
Mom pays for any time
she spends on her feet. Good thing we have a couple ice packs.
We took a break for a
good, winter lunch of Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese sandwiches, made by
Mom and Monica. I was trying to help them not burn
the soup but got kicked out of my own kitchen for fussing (in my own
defense, they are not used to our stove!) (and I did turn the burner
from 7 to 3 in the knick of time!) After lunch, Grace ended up
moving up to the bedroom to continue watching "Mamma Mia" with Andy as
she wanted to have a rest. Unfortunately, this was right when
Grace started coming to life so she ended up disturbing Mom who was
trying to catch 40 winks in the next room.
Then Andy and I did a
demo of Guitar Hero and that was a done deal. It may look
silly.....till you try it, then everyone is hooked. Thank goodness
for "Beginner" level for the kids.
Finally, we played
Scene It: Harry Potter Edition - and it is darn hard! Then we had
Andy's requested Mexican food for dinner followed by cake - and trifle
that Andy made herself. Want to guess what everyone was asking for
seconds of? You bet. Trifle!
Friday, we finished
cleaning up, went to visit Grama (who remembered immediately to tell
Andy Happy Birthday) then went to see...
It was not at all
what we expected and although it had some humour and some good story
parts, we are not sure if we liked it. One thing is for sure, we
never knew what a beefcake Hugh Jackman is!
Saturday, we were off
to another matinee. This time it was...
It was quite good for
the kind of movie it is and considering it's completely Canadian.
It's also a true story.
Sunday, for our last
blowout of the holidays, we went to Cora's for breakfast. This
time we tried the Burlington location and it was very good too.
Then we came home and got to work. Andy got out the ladder and I
went up and took the Christmas lights down, then I undecorated the tree
and wound up too darn many strings of lights, while Andy packed things
in numerous Rubbermaids. By early afternoon we were done and it
was back to the boring, old jobs like banking, vacuuming (yep, those
real Christmas trees really do spew needles in all kinds of odd places),
and grooming fluffy cats. Next stat vacation day arrives in just over a
month.....come on Family Day!
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The Players:
Us = Heather & Andy
Me = Heather
Andy = Andy
Mom = H's mom
Mum/Mumsy = A's mum
Dad = H's or A's
Ash/Ashley = A's brother
Scot = H's brother
Monica = Scot's wife
Ben = nephew
Grace = niece
Grama - H's
Comet and Casper (the girls) = our cats
Everyone else = Valued Friends
Window by Andy
Our 10th Anniversary Body Art
Welcome to Heather and
Andrea's Web Site. Wouldn't that be a boring title? However,
"Points of Our Compass" has special meaning to us:
There is a poem made
famous in a movie, and although the poem, "Funeral Blues" by W. H.
Auden, may seem quite morbid, there were words in it that reached out
and grabbed us, specifically:
"He was my North, my
South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest"
These words inspired us
to engrave the points of the compass into our wedding bands rather than
a date or initials. Add to that our feeling that the other gives
us direction, is our whole world, and finally, don't discount our
craving for, and love of, travel - and there you have our attachment to
the "Points of our Compass".
Outside of work,
Andrea goes by Andy, therefore that's how she is referred to
on this site.
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