Christmas Day and Elphinstone

The view from our kitchen window this morning as we prepare the turkey.

Pre-Hamper packing Toast

But first, a thick toasted slice of our own molasses bread. One of our hybrid loaves that we bake on a regular basis.

Packing

Yes, today will be day three of our yearly adventure in volunteering to pack hampers for the Elves Club of Sunshine Coast BC. They will start to be delivered on Saturday. When we arrived at the Gym on Wednesday morning it was empty, this is what it looks like this morning and more work to be done!

Santa Cause 2 - the excellent sequel

Last Night we held the second "Santa Cause" dance down at the Gibsons Public Marina and a good crowd attended, and they drank, and they danced to my clumsy DJ tunes. I don't know what the final figures are yet, but we raised a lot of money for the Sunshine Coast Elves Club.

A shout out to Karen, who out danced almost everybody, to Barbara Hetherington who shook a leg too, and last, but not least, Buddy Boyd and his good friend Gus from Gambier Island, who both spent almost the last hour on the dance floor.

An Even Number of Days

It is something significant to celebrate, and we have become used to celebrating a few things as there always seems to be a reason to party nowadays. Three days ago Karen and myself celebrated twenty-eight years married and we stayed at a hotel in Vancouver for a couple of nights and ate and drank like royalty. 
Today we have been retired a total of 3000 days, another reason to have a home made sandwich and a budget beer.