The last few weeks as I have been leaving my local Loblaws I have seen ads all over talking about Click & Collect. I don't know what this is, but in my usual apathetic fashion I ignore it and move on with my life. The last time I went grocery shopping I see a video while I'm waiting in line - my interest is piqued. "Can it really be that easy?" I ask myself with a moderate amount of glee. I love these sorts of "innovations" - shopping online is great - it's easy, comfortable, gives me time to think, and, best of all, I don't have to deal with random people (no offense random people, I'm sure you're very nice!). The website is set up a bit like Netflix with horizontal scrolling food options. Each "aisle" has its own page with categories within the aisle shown. Only a subset of each category is shown and you can delve deeper to see all the possibilities. You can also search for specific items instead of clicking th...
So as I'm sure everyone is aware, a week and a half ago was Christmas and I did all the great things that go along with that - too much food and drink, and lots of family time. It was delightful.
I spent about 10 days at my parents' place in Brockville before flying to Newfoundland (pictured with one of the first dumps of snow they received) on Christmas Eve.
In Newfoundland we spent Christmas day with the girlfriend's family and had a very relaxing traditional Christmas dinner (turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, some veggies). On Boxing Day we went to a family shindig for the evening and then went to the Boxing Day Time (located at the above pictured community centre). We had some dancing, meeting new people, and a bunch of laughs and fun.
That night was a little late and so the next day was spent recovering. After the day of recovery we hit up the Geo Centre (pictured).
One of the exhibits was Exon Mobile (sp?) for oil discovery and extraction (pictured). It was pretty interesting. Turns out that Newfoundland is going to be resource rich pretty soon (if they aren't already).
The other "special" exhibit was about the Titanic (pictured). It was a touch sensationalized, but still really interesting.
We attended a formal dinner (Girl and I pictured) at a relative's place and a birthday party for a friend. Then on New Year's Eve we spent the evening at another relative's place (next picture - I love the Santa hanging from the light).
I spent about 10 days at my parents' place in Brockville before flying to Newfoundland (pictured with one of the first dumps of snow they received) on Christmas Eve.
In Newfoundland we spent Christmas day with the girlfriend's family and had a very relaxing traditional Christmas dinner (turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, some veggies). On Boxing Day we went to a family shindig for the evening and then went to the Boxing Day Time (located at the above pictured community centre). We had some dancing, meeting new people, and a bunch of laughs and fun.
That night was a little late and so the next day was spent recovering. After the day of recovery we hit up the Geo Centre (pictured).
The entrance to the Geo Centre contains a wonderful display of the planets!
The other "special" exhibit was about the Titanic (pictured). It was a touch sensationalized, but still really interesting.
We recovered from New Year and then started our trip back to Ontario on the 2nd. Our flight was delayed by 3 hours leaving St. John's, then cancelled once we reached Halifax (Ottawa being our final destination). We got the opportunity to stay at a hotel in Halifax for 2 hours before having to head back to the airport to catch an 8am flight. This flight was also slightly delayed, but nothing serious (de-icing pictured).
Once in Ottawa we were taking a train back to Brockville, however the train cars were frozen to the track and so we couldn't catch the train. After much back and forth as to how we were going to make the trip it finally turned out that they were able to unfreeze a couple of the cars and the first-class passengers got to take the train, while the rest of us took a bus. By the time we left, we were 2.5 hours late.
Regardless, we made it home. Sunday was a day of relaxation and cooking. I made bread and lentil soup! (Cooking blogs to follow ;) ).
ohhh thats some nice looking bread and fancy humans.
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