Monday, January 3, 2011

#nochips2011

 Well, Christmas has passed, and I start work again tomorrow. We had a nice dinner with our friend Theresa, and ended up purchasing a large turkey from Jean Talon market instead of a goose. The geese were so expensive, at least $100 each, and for three people that just wasn't practical.

Anyways, I figured that for this post I would show your our Christmas instead of blab on about it.

Christmas at our place





We made perogies with our friend Theresa

Adam in front of our Christmas eve feast - muscles cooked in wine, seafood dip, cheeses, and spanikopeta (sp?)

Adam on Christmas morning. We had cinnamon buns, cheese and fruit

We had champagne mimosas on Christmas morn.




Our turkey, Nestor, turned out really well. I stuffed it myself!

The three cooks.

In Quebec it is Christmas Eve tradition to have a yule log. Ours was from Première Moisson, a great bakery chain in town. Double chocolate.

Adam looking handsome on New Year's Eve

NYE- I never noticed this before, but Adam and I really match here don't we? Wearing my E-label shirt dress I bought in Iceland, and my mukluks from SK.

Adam drinking water at the end of the night on New Year's. (Good idea)



Happy New Year! Have a great 2011!



Well, that's it for now. Adam and I gave up chips for 2011. NO CHIPS. For a WHOLE YEAR. Did any of my readers make a resolution or a goal for the new year?

And the Fire is Sooo Delightful

So as you have probably gathered from my lack of depressing blog posts, I got the job! (see last post).

I'm now working at McGill University in one of the College of Medicine Departments working as an assistant. It's not the communications or writing job I had been trying to get, but I am really enjoying it a lot so far. The people I work with are really nice and fun, and I'm learning a lot of skills. Plus, now that I'm Internal, I can apply for other positions as they come along. I plan to stay here for awhile, but this job will definitely open up some doors for future positions.

I forgot how fun working in an office around Christmastime is. There are treats coming in the door all the time, and I'm definitely going to have to start going to the gym in the new year! I've really been missing playing Squash, and I'm hoping to convince one of my friends to take it up. Yesterday we went for Peking Duck with quite a large group, and on Wednesday we're going for lunch again with the smaller office. This is so nice after being unemployed and alone all day for such a long time.

Adam and I are very excited for Christmas. We've decorated a tree, watched our Christmas shows, and on Wednesday (my last day of work) I'm going to buy some egg nog (lait de poule) and spiced rum and relax. We're going to have a goose for Christmas dinner this year instead of turkey, so I'll have to post pictures of our first goose cooking attempt.