Well since I haven't written on this thing forever, I'm not really sure where to start, but I'll give it a shot!
First off, just want to update you all on the computer situation. We still don't have a computer, but Daryl's parents are graciously sharing their laptop with us, so we can now at least update things and check e-mail and all that fun stuff. The problem is that I still can't update photos on here (Daryl does it from work....), but enough about that.
Christmas was great!! We had so much fun! We went to the farm on Christmas Eve and were there for about three days. The last time we had the whole
Grunau clan together was Christmas '06, so it was nice to see everyone together again. Taylor and Libby had so much fun together and played great!
A very special time for us all was when Grandma
Heppner came to the farm and we all had supper on Christmas Eve. Because of Grandma's health, she hadn't been able to come to the farm for a couple Christmases so this was the first time in a few years that she was in the house. It was wonderful to all be sitting around the table with her. She is doing great, and had us cracking up with her wit.... she had some pretty good comebacks! I know it was super special, especially for Daryl's sister who weren't able to see Grandma last year with the whole
Norwalk virus going through the nursing home.
On the 28
th we went to my parents for Christmas. It was a great time, and we were able to visit a lot of my family. Daryl and I even got together with my friend Kailey in Edmonton... it was so good to see her (2 times in 3 months.... a record for us!!!), we hung out all day and even hung out back in
Barrhead, ringing in the new year! It was so good to see her!
On
New's Years Eve we went to my Aunt and Uncles and got together with the whole clan. It was a lot of fun, except when I had an allergic reaction and had to make myself throw up! I seem to have reactions every two Christmases so I guess I was due. In the past I've had reactions when I didn't know what I was allergic to, but this time around was different. Let me give you some back story so I don't feel as stupid:
So I am allergic to cashews and pistachios... we're talking itchy, swelling throat, hard to swallow, hard to breathe, violently throwing up. I have been very diligent in avoiding these nuts, and it's always harder at Christmas time, when these nuts move up to the forefront of the "nut-nation". I can't eat mixed nuts, anything that is touching them (like some delicious chocolate covered
raisins), and I couldn't eat any of the Turtles (these were the fancier ones with cashews). I was so sick of not being able eat anything that I wanted. I also just wanted some peanuts!! So at my Aunt and Uncles after we got back inside from
tobogganing, I saw two nice little divided dishes that had nuts and candy and other yummy things. The one dish I noticed had cashews, but the other one didn't (although there were some mixed nuts). So I ate some nuts from that dish... within a few seconds I knew that I had made a big mistake! This time around it was just my tongue that was super itchy, but unfortunately there was no
Benadryll to be found. I also felt
extremely nauseous and gross. So I spent a good portion of my time trying to force myself to throw up (since I knew from past experiences that I always feel back to normal after a good binging). After many attempts, I finally
succeeded (sorry if I'm grossing you out!) and then I went on to playing cards. So lesson learned... can't eat anything that may have even had contact with those evil nuts! I came back to Saskatoon and quickly got a prescription for an
Epi-pen (mine had expired about a year ago). So hopefully I won't have any more reactions, but I guess I'll have to wait 2 years to find out!
That brings us to our new year, and I'll fill you in another time. Libby is having a nap, so I need to take this opportunity to have some well-deserved me time! Adios!
