We had Christmas dinner in our first house with Matt's parents (who drove up from Nova Scotia), my parents, my sister and her boyfriend (all from Toronto). In addition to the fantastic company and wonderful memories that we were able to make, we were also able to cook a 100 mile meal thanks to Wendy's Country Market. Matt had been told about this place from a colleague at work so we decided to make a trip out to the country to see if we could source Christmas dinner locally - and it was easy!
We picked up our turkey, roast, veggies, cheese and dessert all from the market - got to meet Wendy, Rick and their daughter - and had such a positive experience that today we received our first delivery from their mobile market to our front porch. In the upcoming year, we are going to see if we can buy most of our food locally and get away from the processed foods that we occassionally eat. Should be a real adventure! We'll keep you posted on our discoveries.
We also went to Toronto for a day to horse around with my niece and nephew from Mexico - Anna and Allan. Playing around with them should count as a workout! But who could refuse them when they're this cute...
For new year's eve, we decided to just take it easy and are home watching the World Junior's hockey game and later a movie.
Losing Mic (Major Michelle Mendes) made this a hard year but with deep sadness comes growth and I am looking forward to rekindling & nourishing relationships, planning out our race schedule (New Orleans?) and finding some more balance between work and play.
Happy New Year Everyone! Thinking about all of you where ever you may be :) A
