View from our Window Tonight

This made me smile

These ski hat topped kiosks are all over downtown Montreal. Such a cheery sight on a cold windy day:

Hockey

I'm in Canada, its the Olympics, hockey is Canada's game (thats what Coca Cola, Michael J Fox and any person on the street will tell you), so I'm being sucked into the hockey fanatic machine. I'm learning about icing (not the kind that's on your cupcake), offsides (a little like in football but not really) power plays and boat horns (that's what the goal horn sounds like to me). At the moment I am watching the Canada Russia quarter final game (and with a score of 7-3 that boat horn has been sounding a lot) . And Canada is owning the game (after all its IS their game). and I admit...its pretty darn exciting...this really is a game especially made for those with ADD! so fast...half the time I don't even see the puck go in the goal (sometimes not even on the replay). I don't know what I'm going to do if Canada meets the US in the finals! But for now Go Team Canada!

Christmas Photos

The boys came over from Orlando for Christmas and we managed to get everyone together at the same time as we had a camera (and remembered we had a camera) for photos...even Sweetie and Luigi:

Outside The Fountains, Florida, December 26th 2009

In Montreal

Finally a moment to blog. These past few months have been so incredibly full of moving, finishing the house, moving again, selling our old house, the holidays, and more. I don't think i realized how weary i was until Jerry and I got to Montreal for this week's vacation. It is wonderful not to have to do anything of importance, no decisions to be made, no 7:30 meetings with one contractor or the other, no deliveries to receive. And its snowing, even more reason to read, blog, tweet, nap and eat by the fire.

Jerry is experimenting with crepes and pancakes these days. So today I got nutella/blueberry pancakes...yum...with good VanHoutte coffee. Next up...a bath while the Roomba does my vacuuming (poor thing is a little perplexed over the fringe on the oriental rugs!). Then back to the fire and Malcolm Gladwell's What the Dog Saw.

I've updated my travel blog and am working on getting up pictures on the house blog, so check it out:

www.thetravelingbaesels.blogspot.com and www.annettesspot.blogspot.com