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Christmas is of course
celebrated throughout the world and while this is a religious time it is
also a time where families get together and exchange presents.
Canada is no different but to a Scot the one striking thing is the number
of homes that are decorated with Christmas lights on the outside of the
house.
On the 23rd of December I
woke to find we had a goodly fall of snow and when it came to the evening
I decided to try and take a few pictures of the Christmas lights on the
street where I am staying.
I have to admit that seeing
the lights in real life they are much brighter and cheerier than the ones
in the photos but hope they give you an idea of what they look like.
Since my last report I have
been mainly working on the site as getting home stuff done at this time of
year is never easy. I have in fact found two homes in Saute St.
Marie in the west of Ontario that I think might fit the bill. The
problem is that at this time of year it is very hard to obtain return
flights and so I have arranged with my friend Linda, who you will have met
when I did my report on the area a few months back, to help by visiting
the two houses for me on 3rd January and will give me a report back as to
whether it would be worth my time going to see them myself. One of
the houses looks to be an excellent choice as the size of house is
excellent so will keep my fingers crossed. The other one sounds good but
doesn't appear to have a garage and also it is a duplex with someone
renting it so that might mean it will take a month or so before I could
move in.
The only other thing to
report is that when I got my work permit they spelled my first name
wrong... Alstair instead of Alastair. So have been advised to get myself
into immigration here in Toronto to ask them to correct this. The
main problem is that this error has now been carried over to my SIN card
and my driving licence. So as I will need to report to both
organisations about my change of address I figured I may as well get this
sorted now rather than later. It could of course confuse immigration
when I do an application in the new year so again best to get this
corrected.
I took a few pictures of
Christmas morning with the Nelson and Crewe families...
Getting ready for the family Christmas picture
Yes.. we're all ready for breakfast :)
Nola's Mum getting ready for the great
Christmas breakfast with Devon looking after Ella and on the right Dillon
takes a turn at looking after Ella
And here is Torey taking a picture of her Dad,
Harold
Harold and Pisca doing a bit of bonding :-)
Here is Derby on the left setting up a drum
kit for Ella and on the right is Torey with her dog Hector
Settling in after a great Christmas breakfast
On the left is Derby and on the right is
Michael, Ella and Morgana
On the left is Robin, Torrey and Vicki and on
the right is Nola |
