It's Christmas Eve!
Our beautiful city was pummelled by an ice storm over the weekend and many people are still without power (including my parents).
We've been lucky and haven't been without power & heat but my parent's have been wrapping themselves in blankets upon blankets to stay warm since Sunday morning.
I finally convinced my mom to come over yesterday for a shower and dinner but I haven't been able to talk them into sleeping here yet.
Hopefully tonight.
Freezing rain and high winds caused a lot of trees to snap and pull down power lines all across the city. Roads and walkways were turned into skating rinks seemingly overnight.
Driving home on Sunday morning we saw a lot of the damage first hand:
This is the dog park we frequent. John took the dog but wisely didn't stay long as the trees were making ominous creaking noises and the possibility of having large branches come crashing down was too great.
This was a common sight on the roads.
But despite the destruction and danger, the ice has actually been quite pretty.
I snapped this picture of John last night on our walk back to the apartment.
As a result of the lack of power we're switching up our Christmas Eve tradition this year (also cause my dad is working) which, as a big fan of traditions, I find really sucks. But I'm sure tonight will still be as magical as every other year.
Christmas Eve is hands down my favourite day of the year.
Hopefully everyone is finished their shopping.
If you're struggling for some last minute gifts you could whip up some bacon jam, knit mittens (that post to come), or bake a batch of Christmas cookies (with Bailey's icing on those snowflakes)
And if you're wrapping up your gifts, why not print out and use these adorable rustic gift tags? I've been using the gift tag templates found HERE or you could use the tags found HERE
If you're throwing a party why not make some props for people to take photos with?
Simply save and print this image to size, cut out and attach to sticks.
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE EVERYONE!
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