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I hope the cold is short lived Bestofour. When you are not used to it, it must be hard. Like us and the Summer heat.

Have fun at the parade Junie, we just got home. GG picked out her tree and finished her shopping.

Another job done as my MIL used to say, Sunny.

I have a notion that none of us know what cold is when we compared to your cold, Sunny.

So did your GG get a Charlie Brown tree ??

We got the tree for the house yesterday, we go cut her Charlie Brown tree today when she gets home. We were supposed to go yesterday but I ended up cooking the meat for my meat pies in the afternoon. If it was up to me, I'd just cut a tree from our homestead for the house but DH won't let me...he said they are too ugly. Well, the $35 price for the tree yesterday was ugly as well.

The post office is still on strike.

I have my bathroom reno to finish this morning, then make pastry for my meat pies this afternoon. I have a very busy week ahead, we have another storm to hit Thursday as well.

Gee you are moving right along, Sunny ! You and your GG are both doing well with the holiday prep. I am not. I am looking at my Thanksgiving decorations as I type. Bad JunieGirl.

Well, I have good intentions but it didn't get all finished yesterday....today is another day.

Sunny how many meat pies did you make?

It was 20° this morning. We're in the 20's until Monday then back up to 42° on Monday with a high of 61. Crazy weather.

I've just about got all the decorating finished. I'm pondering if I want to put ribbon on my tree or not.

Sheri: lay a bit of ribbon on the tree stand back and see if it adds enough to warrant adding it all. (just an idea).

Weather was crazy at home also. Below freezing for a few days and 55 today
Soon we will all be sick.

I am at my sister's for a few days. My DH will be helping our grands after school for the rest of the week. Oh to be a fly on the wall.

Bestofour, I made 14 pies to freeze....It is DH's favorite meal. If you are finished your decorating, you can come do mine.

Junie, you don't need to be a fly on the wall, I am sure the girls will tell you ALL the details.

It is storming here today, school is cancelled for the whole province.

Sunny 14 pies, wow !! You are a good wife !

Oh I will be sure to ask if I am not told. I will probably get 4 different answers.

Stay in and stay warm.

Junie, if I was a good wife....I would have made more.

I cut a slice from the trunk and took in the Christmas tree, it is thawing in the stand at the moment. GG can decorate to her hearts content tonight.

It is storming so bad outdoors that I cannot see out my front window.

Sunny how do you make a meat pie? And a snow storm??

Ah yes, how do you make a meat pie..

I cook 5 parts beef to 3 parts pork, cut like stew meat, salted in boiling water. Once the meat is cooked, I cool it and shred it. I add salt and pepper to taste, chopped onions and the broth from the cooked beef. You mix it all up and put it to rest in the fridge overnight. I then make my pie crust, add the meat and cover like any other pie. I then freeze them. I cook them straight from the freezer in the oven after that. They really call it 'tourtierre" it comes from the French side of my grandmother's family. They were made and the first one could only be eaten after Midnight mass on Christmas Eve,

Bestofour, the recipe for Snow is to live in Atlantic Canada.

Sounds yummy, Sunny. Except for the eating after midnight part. My mom's dad was French. I wonder if they made meat pies. . I have not been to midnight church since we moved to S. Missouri. The church we go to now is too far away and Rod is in bed way too early on any night. So I do not get to go to any of those special services.

Good morning

Sunny. Are you having a snowstorm or rainstorm or windstorm.

Meat pies sound good. Send me a slice.

If you want a slice of pie then you are going to wait ....a very long time. Our postal service is on strike going on 4 weeks and now our Purolator service shut down because they can't handle the parcels being sent by them...they are overwhelmed. What a mess for the holidays.

We had a snow storm of over a foot followed by a wind storm. Today it is minus -4*F, the chill is in the air.

Gracious, what a mess, Sunny. Take care Sunny !!!

Gracious sunny. I can't imagine being that cold.

Aubry came over today and we decorated Christmas cookies. She stayed a while so I missed the town lightening of the Christmas tree but it's ok. We had a great time.

That's not cold, wait until February when we hit minus -40* F...some years we are spared, we had a very mild Winter last year.

I am glad Aubry came to visit, decorating cookies with Grammie/Nana is a fond memory that she will carry forever.

Today I am making egg rolls, taco and pizza rolls. These traditions are wearing me out.

I am SO far behind on my Christmas preparations it is scary.

I have very few people on my Christmas list done shopping. I am now under the gun.

Good morning !

I'm on my way to help you out...I'll have to go by foot though since I cannot mail myself.

I have a clean bed ready and waiting for you, I promise !

I am once again back from my sister's house.

Yay for mini vacations. I hope you had a wonderful time.

Well, we got anther foot of snow yesterday. I might have to shovel my roof this week, that is early for us.

Oh I am so sorry for the early heavy snowfall. I hate winter.
Yes, I had a wonderful time at " home" !

Now to get my Christmas chores under control.

I text with dodge a bit today. She seems like she's doing fine.

I've got most of my shopping ordered at least and some of it wrapped.

Glad to hear Dodge is doing well.

I have a list made of what I have left to do.
I will do a bit at a time.

I am glad Dodge is well.

It is good to hear that you gals have Christmas 'coming along'. I have to hand deliver some cards this evening since the post office is still on strike...what a mess that is.

I have about three feet of snow on my roof, and It is calling for freezing rain tonight and is warming up enough for heavy rain/wind tomorrow. This weather change is frustrating. So today I have to shovel roofs. My poor Uncle has been getting calls all day yesterday for roof shoveling, thankfully my mother is always first on his list. I have three roofs to shovel here so he takes the stress off me worrying about my mothers.

3 roofs ?? Gracious, and I was concerned about 1 !!

I need to get online today and see what I need to order for my Grands who live here.
It is sunny outdoors but cold.

Jeepers Sunny. It's back up into the 60's here for the entire week and maybe next week too. I need to stop complaining about blowing leaves.

Was Charlotte Kratz Horsefield on this forum way back in the day?

I am not familiar with the name Bestofour, we all use an alias here. I did a search for that name in our member list and it was not there.

Schools are delayed this morning due to freezing rain, in another hour they'll probably just cancel for the day. What crazy weather.

Junie, it was the house roof, main shed, my shed and the tractor shed...so really it is 4 roofs.

About your roofs, well Glad that job is done....for now anyway. I hope they cancel school for the day, no use taking a chance.

I have not ever heard the name either, Sheri, but thanks for checking, Sunny. Was/is she someone you knew, Sheri ?

It is Friday the 13th, time to stay indoors.

Yep, I agree. I was going to mail some packages to my DD today, but nope, that is not gonna happen. As you say, indoors I will stay.

I had 5 friends over for lunch today. We had a fun time.

Colby graduates from college tomorrow. Can't believe it.

Time flies doesn't it Bestofour. Is he your youngest grand??

Talking of mailing packages Junie, the government is trying to force the postal strike to be over by the middle of the week here. Fingers crossed.

1) yes, time does fly. I think it goes by too fast to my notion.

2) thanks, Sunny. Our news reported what your government is trying to do in that respect. I hope it works.

Happy December 14th everyone.

Colt is my youngest grandchild. Darbi, Colby, Aubry, Colt. Colby graduated suma cum laude and won an award for having the highest GPA in his class. Aubry's 17th birthday is the 17th.

Sunny I'm glad the US postal workers aren't allowed to strike.

Colt is your youngest Grand child ? wow how time does fly !!

Good morning.
Pouring down rain here. And there is occasional thunder. Doesn't TPTB know I have things to do ?

The postal workers are being ordered back to work today...and they are not impressed. There is such a backlog that we were told not to go to mail anything until next Monday. There will be no pick up or delivery for a few days either.

I guess late is better than never.