Orphan's Holiday 2007

So another year and another holiday...this year some of my friends and I decided to have an orphans xmas. It started with Rob asking what I was doing for the season and hatching the idea since neither of us were going anywhere this year to spend xmas together...then Ashley wanted in, which is GREAT and then Rob's old roomie was in town from Mexico and he wondered if he and his current roomie could join and I said SURE!
I got to make tonnes of food. A HUGE roastbeef that I cooked rare and juicy and succulently! Mashed potatoes with fresh garlic, stuffing made from scratch (none of that boxed crap), smashed carrots and squash, gravy made from the drippings of the roast and TONNES of butter tarts! And because the plan was to have many spirits and much merriment everyone was staying overnight, so for breakfast I made two bacon, mushroom, broccoli quiches!
Everyone suffered food hangovers and couldn't stop themselves from eating! It was beautiful! We laughed, we played games, we watched movies and generally goofed around!


For the season, I gave Rob this shirt:



And Ashley is a huge fan of pink and she wanted more comfie gear:


This picture was taken boxing day...we were all a mess, but the boys showed it the most!


These pictures are taken Xmas evening, before I set out dinner to be consumed...happy, happy faces!





I think this event tops the charts and made this particular christmas pleasant and memorable. I had a GREAT time, I met great people and had a great time hanging out with great friends.
Everything was cozy, fun, laidback...there was no back biting, bickering, expectations...simply put it was a group of people that came together happily and shared in food, drink and eachothers company! Certainly made up for past holidays were circumstances weren't so friendly or warm!
I find it refreshing as I make the changes in my life and institute new patterns of behaviour and make conscious decisions about who will be in my life and who won't, that coincidentally my current daily life is blissful and happy making. I am daily grateful for turning thirty and for finally coming into my own skin! I have finally dug out the bar and raised it up out of the ground and put it at a level that more than meets my expectations!