Bits and Bites

Welcome Baby Maggie,

For those who don't already visit my photo site, please welcome baby Maggie, the newest addition to our crazy household. She was born Sept 20th 2006 and is a pure black lab.

Little Miss Maggie is a complete doll. I forget sometimes that she's a puppy. She has such human characteristics. She hates being alone, gets scared when she can't see you, loves to play, loves the car and sleeps in my bed with her head on my pillow. I'm so happy she's mine.

I got some great news yesterday. I have been trying for well over 3 months to book a slope side chalet for Christmas and found out yesterday we got it! Over the years, I've felt that we have gotten away from the true meaning of Christmas. The kids get a ridiculous amount of presents, we eat too much and drink too much and then sleep all day boxing day. I wanted to get back to tradition. This year, we are at the Chalet from Dec 22nd- 27th. Its at the base of Mount St Marie so we can ski/snowboard in and out. Everyone already has snowboard gear so we're good to go. It has a fireplace and a huge kitchen for some homestyle cooking. There will be 12 of us in total plus the dogs. The days will be spent boarding, skiing, tobaggoning, snowshoeing or just simply making snow angels. We'll have lots of food and evenings will be spent together by the fire with wine conversation. I am really really looking forward to this trip.