We're off to Canada for the Christmas holidays visiting friends and family in Victoria and Vancouver. I'll be back after New Years but should still find time to blog while we're away. The highlight of the trip will be taking the children skiing for five days up at
Mt Washington. Look for us on the
snowcam! :-)
I used to work with some of the guys who completed this
Microsoft Atlantic Challenge 2005. Read the daily logs and check out the pictures for an insight to crossing the Atlantic. Part of me is envious; part of me thinks it's nuts. Nevertheless, my hearty congratulations to them!
I still haven't sent any Christmas cards this year. I procrastinate about it every year and then always send them late. Honestly, it's one of the those Christmas chores I don't like even though I admit I like receiving cards.
This year, I figure it makes more sense to take the money I usually spend on about fifty cards and stamps and just give it to charity instead. I can then send a personal Christmas greetings by email.
Christmas cards are soooo last century.
Christmas cards started when Sir Henry Cole commissioned John Calcott Horsley in 1843 to create a card he could send out to his friends to make them aware of the needs of the poor during the holiday season. By the 1860's, Christmas cards had become a business. It does seem a bit pointless in this day and age to spend money sending bits of paper to each other with little more than a generic picture and a printed greeting. Image how much money could be raised if everyone gave their card and postage budget to a good cause. That was the original purpose in the first place.
So chances are, you won't get any dead wood fibre with my handwriting on it this year. To reciprocate, you're more than welcome to strike me off your Christmas card list and drop a few more coins in a charity box. Just send an email instead.
Jenny did it! She graduated yesterday from the Tante Marie School of Cookery with a Cordon Bleu diploma. She even got a pass with distinction! All that hard work paid off and hence the big, big smile. May I introduce to you, Chef Jenny!