January 2008 Archives

2008 started off with a "bang" for us. After agonizing over a new vehicle purchase for the past year, I finally took the plunge and became even further indentured to a life of servitude, all for the sake of a brand new Barcelona Red Toyota Rav 4 Limited SUV. She comes fully loaded with a V-6 engine, FWD (face it when am I gonna need 4WD?), heated leather seats, bluetooth, 6 CD changer, and a bunch of other little luxuries that I don't know how I EVER lived without ... like an eyeglasses holder and radio controls ON the driving wheel! Bloody ingenious if you ask me. Oh yeah, did I mention the heated seats? They are n-i-c-e ... Here's a picture of my "new baby" ...

As you can see, lots and lots of partying was done ... we had a blast with family over the holidays. First we were in Barrie, Ontario (Canada) with my brother's family and then down in London, Ontario with my husbands relatives. We saw lots of folks we hadn't seen in awhile, including aunts and uncles in Toronto. My out laws (husband's siblings) are pictured here.

We partook of the usual eating and drinking to excess, especially on New Year's Eve much to my own detriment the following morning when we had to get up after only three hours of sleep to drive two hours to the airport in a snow storm! Curses - my brilliant plan of sleeping in the car on the way to the airport was foiled. C'est la vie. We made it with plenty of time to spare actually, though we were concerned at several points along the way.