Yesterday we went to Ikea, first we were planning on renting a car, but we decided that it was better to just go and see if we were going to buy anything, and maybe take a cab back, if we needed to carry things. Someone gave me a $100 Ikea gift card and I wanted to get a dining room set. I didn’t find any dining room set that I liked, but I found a nice bookcase. When we got downstairs the bookcase wasn’t there in the warehouse. They didn’t have it, so we ended up just buying a small sidetable, I asked and my gift card is valid until 2087, so no rush in spending it, though I think I’ll die before that. Thankfully we hadn’t rented the car! We took the subway back and stopped at Yonge and Eglinton to go to Lewiscraft and get some knitting equipment. We ate at Mandarin (delicious, it’s definitely the best buffet in town), and also caught Meet the Fockers, funny movie, a little bit off tone, but nothing spectacular.

Tonight we are going to Nathan Phillips Square for the new year celebration.

Happy 2005 everyone, 2004 was a good year and I wish everyone has a good 2005!

What’s with the spring-like weather? It’s 6 degrees now and will be around 4 at midnight!

Four hurricanes in Florida this summer, flooding in Peterborough, deadly tsunamis in Asia, is this really all an effect of global warming? Is this The Day After Tomorrow? Makes us want to stop our busy lives and reflect on everything that’s happening.

The Star has published a list of agencies receiving donations for South and South East Asia. No donation is too small and it will be greatly appreciated.

I went with my brother to pick her up at Terminal 3 of Pearson Airport, and it took her one whole hour since she got out of the plane just to pick up her luggage.

Today we went and checked out Romni Wools, great yarn store, I think it is the biggest in town, we didn’t buy anything but now I know what they have in case I need it (OK, they have absolutely everything, they’re great). Afterwards we went to the St. Lawrence Market and got a ton of cheese and bread and wine and seafood and had an early dinner (since we hadn’t had any lunch).

Now I know how I can “get rid of my mother”, just give her two glasses of wine and she’ll pass out in no time! (she doesn’t even get drunk, she just falls asleep)

In this happy time for some of us: Christmas, Boxing Day, New Year’s; 11 23 thousand people are dead in South and South East Asia. I send my sympathy for them and their families, may everything be all right for you.

Christmas morning

Christmas morning

Christmas morning

Christmas morning

Christmas morning