A Canadian in Ireland

No, not since my last post. And you shouldn't either.

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My eyes were dim, I could not see.



Then my new specs came in early.



Not that anyone has noticed yet.

Ok, I am exaggerating about the not seeing. While I did break my glasses at the beginning of December I have a second pair (essential when you're as blind as I am without).

But when I went it to see if anything could be done to repair the broken ones (it couldn't ) it turns out I was overdue for an eye test. So it seemed like a good time to get new frames.

I had my test just before Christmas and was told my new pair wouldn't be ready until the middle of January. Then out of the blue I got a text on New Year's eve to say they were ready to be picked up. I guess the lab was quiet over the holidays.

So I wore the new glasses to the family New Year's party, didn't say anything, and waited for someone to note the change. And today when we were Skyping to the brother in Canada they didn't pick it up either.

Oh well, overall it's been a very enjoyable Christmas and New Year with lots of good times spent with the family.

I hope all of you had a good holiday.

Sorry for the delay, but My Opera has been throwing a serious strop over my uploading photos. So I've had to put them up on Picasa instead.

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Well I finally managed to fix my blog, as much as is possible But that's not the only thing that's been keeping me busy.

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What Santa can fit in his sack.



I hope Santa brought you what you asked for.

Though maybe I should have asked for some movers as well.

Nollaig Shona agus Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Daoibh

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

This was one of the things I was waiting on.

Between one thing and another I've had a lower than usual profile on the OC. I've been reading posts, but not commenting much and not posting either.

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There's no place like home.

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Got an unexpected call from the brother and sister on Sunday. I can only talk about it now.

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Hey it's me

I know I haven't been around the OC much (work has me pretty busy, but that's another post)

I see that lots of people have moved, are moving, or may be moving sometime in the future. Well, you can add two more to the list. My brother and his wife are currently moving from Vancouver to Saskatchewan. And Mam and I will be moving at the end of the month.

We're going nowhere near as far, just the other end of the valley on the far side of the village. It's a nice farmhouse and I think we'll be quite happy there, but it's the move itself that has me concerned. I'm only going to have this weekend and the next and I'm not sure if it's enough time. Plus I'll have to get ready for the start of college straight after.

Oh, it will all work out in the end. It always does. But for now I just need a bit of time with my neuroses.

And I may disappear again until we get settled.

Hola!

Just a quick post (now that I have mostly figured out these Spanish keyboards ) to let you know that enjoying myself here in Nerja The sun is "splitting the stones" but there´s a nice breeze off the Med and plenty of cold cervesa We even managed to figure out how to get an ice coffee after a few failed experiments.

We´ve been taking it easy for the most part, though yesterday we did a little road trip to see the Alhambra. Amazing place, I took lots of photos which will be coming.

Only a couple of days left here, which is nowhere near long enough, but I´ll make the best of it.