[MsPerfectionist]

yeah we just need to find good shortcuts.

i don't cook as much as i used to ever since being single and now, living with my mom, not having my own space.

yeah the heat is back on! i find myself too warm with heat and blanket on but too cold without heat

[sunnykerr]

I can't sleep when I'm hot, so that's a problem. I can't sleep when I'm cold either, but that's pretty easily addressed. Add a blanket, put socks on, etc. That's why turning the heat on is always a bit scary for a while. I just said turning the heat on is scary. I don't mean literally, but there is some nervous tension about it.

I need to write down what I hope to get done over the weekend. I find I have a higher change of actually doing it if it's written down as opposed to just some plan floating around in my noggin.

I need to start wrapping presents, since it seems like we will get some measure of Christmas. I should be happier about that I am. The Chrismas part, I mean, not the wrapping of presents part. That, I actually enjoy.

[MsPerfectionist]

i just want to wrap myself in a blanket and drink tea all day

aww Christmas presents

[sunnykerr]

I want to sleep all the time right now. I do get that hibernation thing in November-December. I need to move more, but it takes a lot of effort these days. I swear, I must have bear somewhere in my genetics.

I'm reading a lot these days, though, and I'm happy about that.

And soon I'll start wrapping those presents.

[MsPerfectionist]

i want to hibernate myself. it's getting colder....

nice! what are u reading? i wish i'm a bigger reader...

at the stores, the xmas music is on now. cute.

enjoy wrapping the presents

[canflam]

You're already doing that? Oh, on the U.S. streaming service tubi, they added news channels actually & along with some FOX stations & others they added CBC & that's awesome. There's a lot going on lately. Canada &the U.K. have agreed to a temporary trade deal. They will try to get a bigger deal done after New Year's.

Also, protestors that were arrested earlier today that were in support of Black Lives Matters & Indigenous lives have been released from custody in Ottawa. The demonstrators were camped out near the University of Ottawa.

[sunnykerr]

I have to start early on the presents. I have Christmas presents on top of three different sets of birthday presents. If I wait till the last second to wrap them, it'll take me days and I'll injure myself.

I'm happy for you for getting all those news channels. You'll see, it makes a lot of difference when you have access to various approaches to the same news story.

[MsPerfectionist]

how's everyone?

[Firecrest]

I'm doing fine!

[sunnykerr]

Tracy! Long time no see.

I'm alright. Only one week to go till I'm off for two, so that's alright.

How are you?

[MsPerfectionist]

busy and tired from work. i can't wait for the time off.

a new thread is upon us.

[sunnykerr]

Yes, a new thread is upon us.

At this point, the only title suggestion I would have is that wonderful Gilles Vigneault quote: Mon pays, ce n'est pas un pays, c'est l'hiver... but then I don't think that would fly on this board.

[MsPerfectionist]

it's perfect for the holiday seasons

[Firecrest]

Glad it is!

[sunnykerr]

Well, there we have it. We still have a little posting to do on this thread, but I can start a new thread (probably tomorrow) and I'll use that title... see what kind of reaction we get from our fellow Canucks.