It's Christmas!!!!! Hannah (and sometimes me) always love Christmas.. there's presents, Christmas trees, family gatherings, cod fish cakes and snow... so what's not to love about Christmas. For this year,, I was telling Hannah, I haven't been back home (due to work and such), and I have been looking forward to this trip.
Our jeep (named Jeepy) is nearly 300,000 miles (and 25 years old). While it is still in relatively good shape, it's a bit drafty while on the road. You can feel the cold air coming in on the passenger's side, so we made sure to stock up with travel blankets, snacks, drinks, and we are on our way North! We had to stop at Portillo's (https://www.portillos.com/index.html) on our way because we missed the Italian Beef Sandwiches. It's just as good as we remembered :)
Mom's Christmas tree was so pretty! I enjoyed the festivity it brings to the room, especially, this year because Hannah and I were late in putting up our Christmas trees (yes TREES - we usually have one in the living room, and a smaller one upstairs) due to just overwhelming amount of work. There was a sense of comfort with the familiar routine of Christmas - pasties and fried chicken, snowy walk around Fumee Lake, cod fish dinner at Aunt Lisa and Uncle Jim's place, family games, present opening, Friday Fish Fry C&R, Champagne (on the New Year's eve countdown) and Black-eye pea on New Year's Day.
We love (and who doesn't) a white Christmas! And white Christmas we had! There was a snow storm on Christmas Day, and it was magical!
Here is where 2025 became a memory! Happy 2026 everyone!
