time for an update….

doesn’t it seem so? post-christmas and back at work (without an internet connection mind you), so many days since the last post which said little anyways.

i am posting via a dial-up connection through my work phone (brought my laptop in specifically for this purpose) because the sink-hole that has occurred in vancouver centre has damaged quite a lot of fibre optic cable and our building is one of those affected by it. talk about annoying – particularly in a week as slow as this workwise – but i’m happy to at least report this work around of the personal dial-up account that telus gives free to every adsl subscriber.

christmas went by quickly and with little in the way of events. my brother built me a beautiful wooden box for firewood storage, and my parents gave me a water bowl with a little pump that is to go on my deck when the weather gets nicer. everyone liked the gifts i got them, and my mom especially liked the stitched pillow. next year i would like to make everyone’s gifts if i get some ideas of what they want. on christmas day, my parents eschewed the turkey dinner (finally!) and we ate a nice wild sockeye with salad before going out to see “walk the line”, the new film about the life of johnny cash (not badly done, but a little too typical rock-n-roll biopic for someone as atypical as cash).

managed to pick up several metres of new fabric in a post-boxing day sale this week and have started a new smallish quilt for myself, but also picked up some fabric for quilts i want to start envisioning for others. i am also planning on starting a new stitched pillow project which should take me until the summer to complete – but first i have to block it out since i’m modifying a design i found to fit the shape i want.

i have spoken to darren a couple of times in the last few days and he is doing as well as can be expected given the circumstances. i have so far sent him two letters as well. the situation down there with the arrests continues to roll along and i’m doing my part to support him directly and others indirectly through getting resources set up on resist. although it is very stressful, i have been keeping myself focused on the work and doing lots of meditation and breathing to bring balance to my energies.

the house promises to be full on new year’s eve with visits from giles, darcie and the kids, sharai, and now also steph and her partner scott – all of whom i will be towing up to sean and michelle’s place for new year’s eve (i know, it’s unusual to get invited somewhere and then bring along another 8 people as dates, but sean sounded open to the idea of my vancouver-friends who might happen to be up coming to the party as well. i’ll just have to make sure our potluck contribution is commensurate with our numbers). i promise to post photos after the festivities.

so much of life lately i just wasn’t expecting.