First off, I know that I am behind on answering comments, I love each and every time my readers comment and I promise to find time over the next while to asnswer them, but with the chirstmas season on me, I am finding time in short supply..

Dh is taking some time off, along with his normal christmas time off from work and holding down the farm for me while I headed West and am having Christmas with my family for the first time in 11 years..

Needless to say the plane was crowded, I have never seen so many small dogs and small children on a plane before, It does not bother me that small critter can travel under the seat but I got a crying Jack one row up and about 15 little ones under the age of two, wow.. some folks and little ones were great, others not so much, one little one cried for at least a solid hour.. I have never been so glad for headphones in my life.. I watched just over five hours of cooking shows.. some good, some really bad and some just stupid but hey, its still a treat, given that I have no TV coverage at home.. thank goodness for CBC and their great coverage to listen to..

I was so glad to get out of that seat and I was a good girl and had not bought any of that overpriced stuff on the plane but they had claimed my water bottle at the airport (o and after I got swabbed down to check for explosives, fun, fun) and I was not going to pay for a new one on the other side that those crazy prices, paying for water is nuts anyway but paying airport prices is over the top!

Needless to say I came off the plane hunger enough to eat a bear, only to find my folks waiting for me, and off to lunch we went, then I went to Irivings, some of those saddles were so stunning, what a great shop in many ways, and picked up a present for Dh, who will no doubt be reading this so I will not share what they are, other then to say, on the farm use, and rated to minus 40, and I can borrow them 🙂

Then off to Dad’s farm by drum, and on the way, we stopped and picked up some bison, three pds of ground and lovely roast for me to make a dinner with, I unloaded the present box at dad’s, had a hot shower and changed cloths and a hot cuppa tea, wow does different water effect the way drinks can taste!

I was so ready for a nap, but they had held off putting up the tree for me to get there, so we put up the new tree dad had just bought, it was pre-lighted but as anyone who has done one of those tree’s for the first time knows, you get to spend a huge amount of time spreading the branches, well Dad was so funny, he helped but his would not stand up, so I ended going behind and fixing them, and mom rested, video taped and was in general laughing and smart mouth.. aw family.. gotta love them..

What I don’t love so far is my ma new truck, O its pretty to look at, but so far, sitting in the back has been aweful for me, the seat belt cuts right into my left hip, just nasty, I will need to do some of the driving and or spend some time in the front if we are really to be driving up and down to Fort Mac to see my older brother in it..

Then drove another hour an half up to my mom’s and put dinner on the table, I would love to say that I don’t have to drive today but point in fact,  I need to wrap this up and drive in to red deer to pick up my dad who has put his truck in the shop for repairs, and then we are going for breakfast.. Mom’s got a list a mile long and I am burning daylight.. (not really, its still dark out, and she is sleeping LOL)