December 9th, clogged sewer backed up into basement a teeny bit. City comes out in 15 minutes, eels at no charge and all is well!
December 13th, -36 wind chill, 60kmh winds... furnace dies and Bob has to keep forcing it to come on! The help desk woman, in Manila, Philippines where it's 80 degrees is oh so helpful! I borrow space heaters and bring home a giant fire extinguisher from work! We carry on.
December 20th, Patty's annual Christmas Party, Bob, Mich & I have a wonderful time!
December 22nd, huge grocery shopping, for what Debbie & I didn't already buy in Detroit, for the Christmas Eve open house.
December 23rd, work & home to prepare the food for Christmas Eve.
December 24th, (furnace still acting up... making the best of it,) Open House... A grand time was had by all, no idea on numbers, I don't even bother to count anymore!
December 25th, 8am, furnace guy replaces the broken parts, (all covered by our contract so again, no charge!) Christmas breakfast crew starts arriving... 9:30am we're in full swing with at least 25 breakfast guests. Our London trip is canceled due to the furnace issues, so I make Christmas dinner for the three of us.
December 26th, we decide to make a one day trip to London to visit family. It was great!
December 27th, work. (I'm actually working everyday but most days there's something more interesting to talk about!)
December 28th, Michie's birthday Eve dinner and pie & ice cream with friends and family.
December 29th, the annual, Night Before New Year's Eve party at Nancy's, one Eve early! Bob, Mich & I have another wonderful time!
December 30th, work. But a bit more interesting as our firing site for the Chatham Family New Year's Eve fireworks show is under water as the Thames has risen way above normal and is expected to crest another 14.5 feet by New Year's Eve! There is much running around trying to find a new site at the last minute!
December 31st, work to 6pm at the warehouse then off to the City Hall roof top fireworks. Home at 10:30 and bed at 11:10pm, I slept through the midnight celebrations! Windsor's show is at 9pm for families. (Thank goodness!)
January 1st, 2009, back to City Hall at 9am for clean up. It was a tad chilly! Home to prepare dinner for 14, that ended up being dinner 1or 9 but still a good time was had by all! I am a very lucky person to have so many wonderful friends and family to share my life!
January 2nd until further notice... I'm sleeping!
Happy New Year everyone! :)
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