Cold, So Cold

Well it was an interesting weekend. Saturday morning the power goes off a little after 11:00am. The girls had their first drop-off birthday party at 1:00 so we just went to mom's a little before that to hang out in a WARM house. Took the girls to their party and came back to mom's to visit with Auntie Maxine, Martie, and Richard. It was so nice to see them! It's been too long! Later on after they left I had to pick the girls up from their party and take them to mom and dad's because Darren's work Christmas party was that night. So I drop them off and head home to see if we have power; this was about 4:00pm. Got home and the power had just turned back on and the house was FREEZING! Hurry and change; get out the door and head to Edmonton for the party; which was also FREEZING in there all night. There were awesome snacks and the meal was SO good. They had a slide show of all the people working there of pictures of when they were young and pictures of them now. That was cool. The bosses bought gifts for all the employees kids and also handed out shirts and wicked backpacks for everyone.
After 3 coffees (which I thought would warm me up; not a chance) and lots of visiting we decide to take off and we (us and Trev and Krista) then went to Boston Pizza for a couple drinks and watch the rest of the hockey game. It was so warm in there!!! Ahhh!! So it's about 10:30, we then head out for home; but first we had to pick up the kids from mom's. Get there, wake them up, take them home and tuck them into bed, and we retire ourselves.
Sunday morning wake up at 8:30am with NO POWER AGAIN! Darren's mom said it's been off way before 6:00am. The house is freezing again. Annika got up and we basically just sat on the couch and covered up with blankets to try to stay warm. Erika slept and slept, which was good because I knew if she stayed sleeping in bed then she'll stay warm. Sat and sat and sat and sat. 10:10am the power comes back on!! Yay!!! It was funny because then Erika got up, like she knew. The furnace ran for a little over an hour to try to get the house warm again.
So we carry on normally; have lunch a little later, then get the girls ready for their Christmas concert! They did just fine; I was a little disappointed they didn't say their lines, sing, or even face the crowd(Erika), but hey, they did stand on stage at least and I am proud of them for that. There were a lot of people there.
So yea, busy weekend, glad it's over, and now time to do some last minute panicking for Christmas!! AAAAAHHH! I am usually done way before this time of year. I don't know what's wrong with me this year! There are gifts to buy and I have to try to go see my grandma for a way overdue visit. Oh boy.
Anyways, wish me luck!!