It’s been warmer lately – not summer warm, but vaguely normal winter wet warm – though definitely not the white Christmas we have been having for the past few years. Today we finished most of our Christmas shopping for the year. It was too rainy and gross out to want to do any InstaCart, which […]
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Christmas Baking with Mom Dafoe
Today we were off to Belleville to bake a billion or so cookies with Mom, it was quite an adventure. We baked sugar cookies, pudding cookies, apple cinnamon cookies and all sorts of others that I’ve already forgotten about. I broke a seemingly unbreakable bowl, and we had an interesting pomegranate and other fanciness salad […]
Busy Sunday Evening for Amy
Today I thought I would be bored and lonely while Andrew went to Whitby to sleep over night there before his appointment. But I am the total opposite.. Well right now. its only 7:10pm. I cleaned the dining room, kitchen, living room, swept and took out THREE bags of garbage. After that I decorated for […]
Visit with the Dafoes
We visited the Dafoe household to spend time with Mom and Dad on Father’s Day. We obviously got a super fun balloon and lots of pictures were taken and card games played. It all started as a random drive to Belleville and was intended to be a quick visit that ended up being hours long. […]
Christmas Slips, Slides and Crashes
So today started out as many recent Christmases have, with an early morning trek down Highway 7 towards Ottawa to visit my sister. What we totally ignored was the warnings of a pending rain/ice storm. In Peterborough it was basically fine, slightly above zero, rainy and dark, not particularly slippery and it seemed pretty consistent. […]
Tied the knot!
Amy and I finally did the public deed and had our wedding after several delays and obstacles. Obviously for reasons of budget and COVID, it was a tiny ceremony, but many of our most favourite family and friends were present, and lots of laughter, smiles and kisses ensued. Kimberly was Amy’s Maid of Honour, and […]
1.5 days left
It’s my last day of work before a 4 day weekend, and a day and a half until the missus and I tie the knot. Getting nervous, but keeping busy. We have everything packed in the car now, so things are getting real. We also found Amy’s bathing suit for our weekend at the local […]
4 Days Until the Big Day
It’s Tuesday morning, the week before our twice postponed wedding – I think I’m pretty ok, though I’ve been sleeping more poorly other nights this past week. We’ve received loads of gifts from unexpected sources, from Amy’s TOPS pals, to Aunt Beth, and my sister and mom’s week of bridal shower gifts, one of which […]
Dunn Family Reunion
A rare, non-funeral related Dunn family reunion was held in Athens at my dear Aunt Debbie’s place – it was a quiet affair, from my perspective at least, as my section of the reunion was predictably hushed, but it was good to see everyone, including some new faces. Amy wasn’t able to attend as the […]
We announced the date
It’s Christmas eve and I barely got any sleep last night – doubt it’s excitement, just random nerves for the next few days. Being away from Brock and the kitties is hard for me. Visiting my sister and family will be good though, and we’ll get to share more goodness. We had Christmas with the […]