Another Christmas has come and gone. The time just seems to be flying these days. It seems like the new year comes and with a blink of an eye, Christmas is here again. Sometimes it’s so hard to believe how fast is passing.
So my Christmas wasn’t the best, but it wasn’t completely horrible either. We spent it with Jo’s family, but I was sad a lot during the holidays because we weren’t able to spend any with my family back home. Christmas proved to be a bit depressing in that sense. I don’t like celebrating holidays away from my own family and as much as I love and enjoy my in laws, I still wish my own family were able to be a part of it.
Christmas day was actually the worst part of the holiday season. This is a day when we all go to my in laws for a big Christmas dinner. Jo even made his special corn bread dressing, and I made yummy deli spirals for appetizers. Well Jo’s uncle and his girlfriend were here from Ottawa. We were so excited to get to spend some time with Jo’s uncle, but as we got about 10 minutes into our 45 minute or so drive there, our SUV started acting really strange. The engine light came on, and soon after it came on it began flashing manically. I could tell that it just wasn’t getting much power. I mean, I had my foot pressed on the gas pedal, almost to the floor board. I don’t think it ever climbed over 40 KPH after the engine light came on. I pulled off thinking it might be due to the cold and perhaps we didn’t let it warm up enough. Not the case. After pulling off and starting back out on the road again, she went kaput. It was Christmas day, so there weren’t many travelers on the TCH. Luckily someone pulled over and let us use their cell phone (because ours was left at home.. wouldn’t you know). Anywho. Phone the in laws and my father in law came out to see about us. I hated he had to do that but was thankful he did, and towed us back to the apartment parking lot. Engine troubles again though. She’ll be back in the shop again soon. Fun times. Hopefully it’s not going to cost very much, even though we heard it will cost us $100+ just to tow her to the garage! At least if we do need any new parts they won’t cost us as much as Ferrari parts might.
Well, enough of that. Here’s a picture of my pretty tree. Colors were red, gold and white. I needed more bows, really, but all of the department stores ran out before I could get back to buy more. Pffth.

Hope you all had a nice holiday.


Hello. I am Teresa. I am a 30 year old Georgia native and recent Atlantic-Canada transplant. I am also married, but not yet babied and enjoy hobbies like; crafting, photography and cooking. I recently started a small design firm, So Chic Design, where I offer