Today is December 11th and it is my first time in over a month to find time to go on my Journal - help, where did November disappear to??!!!!?? I am off today and since my elderly Mother was going out to a Christmas lunchon I didn't have to give up my day off at home to take her around running errands. I have been busy so far today with laundry, organizing Christmas presents (to see just what else I need to buy and I am happy to report in the gift department I am doing ok) and catching up on my emails and my Journal. Since I work in retail this is a BUSY time of year for me. Yesterday I managed to finish making out our Christmas cards as I was waiting to begin my noon hour shift at work. Thank goodness that is done and they are in the mail and on their way to our family and friends. I did a Christmas Newsletter again this year to put in with the cards so I will try to post it here in my Journal for anyone that is interested to read.

This past weekend we were in Nova Scotia as my hubby's Christmas was at The Inn on the Lake in Fall River. We decided to make a weekend of it and went over on Friday late afternoon and came back on Sunday morning. The hotel was lovely as was the party. We went to the Market in downtown Halifax on Saturday morning and bought a case of our favorite wine from Blomidon Winery, a small winery we discovered in the Valley in Nova Scotia several years ago. Unfortunately this wine is only available at the winery or the Saturday morning market. We were chatting with one of the owners and he said that come February it will be sold in the NS Liquor Stores as well. Their L'Acadie, Rose, and Seyvelle Blanc are really a nice wine and pleasant on the palate. Christmas will definitely be MERRY at our house this year!!