Christmas loot was good this year. I asked for and got cell phone, web camera and “North and South” DVD. The first two were really for my family more than me. Chris has been bugging me to get a cell phone from before I got pregnant. My dad has been particularly vocal in encouraging me to get one because he loves texting, so I got the only plan available that will let me text Eastern Europe. Ironically enough, T-Mobile should be able to receive my messages but my dad didn’t get a single one though I can get his messages without a problem. I can text my sister who is on another network and then she tells dad I’ve replied. We’re going to look into this, hopefully it is just a matter of settings. The web camera I got so my parents can see their grandchild as he grows. “North and South” is all for me.

I also got Elizabeth Hay’s “Late Nights on Air” which is the talk of the town right now due to some award and “Icefields” by Thomas Wharton which is one of the Canada Reads books. So far, the queues at the library for the Canada Reads books are enormous so it looks like this will be the only one I might get a chance to read before the program starts in February.

I also got ski tickets which we used a few days ago. Snowboarding was great even though I am a crummy snowboarder and it took me three runs to get back into it. By fifth run I was falling over tired. Overall I had fun and I hope to get out more this year.