The Christmas season has meant a flurry of baking activities at our house....

This year we decided to, whenever possible, make baked goods for Christmas gifts. You might think this is cheaper than buying gifts, but when you decide to make chocolate truffles with the best chocolate around, it definitely isn't!

We had a lot of fun still, truffles are not as difficult as you might imagine, just a little time consuming... the truffles? they turned out great! We may even go into business!

Here are some photos of Alain decorating the tree... For some reason there aren't any good ones of me... Oh well...




































He doesn't look so bad once he's been all dressed up! (I meant the tree, not Alain!)

The Charlie Brown Christmas Tree

Alain and I purchased our Christmas Tree from IKEA this year. They have a good deal going on - with the $20 purchase of a tree, you get a $20 coupon to use at IKEA. In addition, the tree is sold by the Lions Club and IKEA donates a seedling to be replanted within Ontario.

We thought we were doing a good deed and couldn't lose. Well, we hadn't really counted on the sad little Christmas tree we brought home.

It was all wrapped up at the lot, so we had no idea what we were getting... He's a little lopsided on the right and quite bare at the back... As you can undoubtably see...


























We did our best to groom him, but he's still a little pathetic...

More photos of him all dressed up soon!

The House...

Okay.... so things are finally pretty settled around here.. and we finally had a chance to take some photos from around the house so everyone can see where I'm living.

The Dining Room...














The Library/ Sitting Room...













The Kitchen...



















The Guest Bedroom / Melissa's Office...


















Alain's Office...















The Master Bedroom...


























The Basement / TV Room...

My Christmas Wreath

Alain and I have really gotten into the Christmas spirit, and, since it is unlikely that someone will steal it off our door (as they would have at the apartment), this year I decided to make my own wreath.






















We hung it on the door with Lee Valley's very handy magnetic hanger knob which will hold up to 3 lbs (seen below). The hanger knob is $9.50 and available at www.leevalley.ca