My First in 2011

Hi y'all. Happy New Year. What a glorious holiday we have had here in Canada. Filled with family and friends.
All the things that have always made this time of year a great time to look forward to.
And don't forget the hockey and the football as well. The Catholics vs Convicts rivalry was renewed with Notre Dame putting a decent beat down on Miami.  As I write this the Habs are on playing the Thrashers. At home finally as we have just gotten our butts kicked on the road. 2 and 5, yikes.
The juniors play later this afternoon, hope they can plow through and make it to the finals.

Deeds has in fact left for Bangkok already. Lena and I dropped her at the airport this morning then went and picked up a breakfast feast. Homemade BLT. Mmm Mmmm. Can't beat that.
Lena heads back to Halifax on Tuesday afternoon, then I am on my own for a few days.
Our friends here have been absolutely outstanding. With dinners and greetings galore. Deeds did a trip downtown to see her old workmates at BNS as well as a few outings for coffee, skating and other meet and greets throughout the two weeks. I will do same same this week. Although some of my friends are actually doctor appointments!! Deeds and I both want to thank Aimee and Jamie for having their beautiful daughter Naomi Talylor two weeks early while we were home so that we could see her. You see what kind of great neighbours we have here in Applewood!!

So we are going back to Bangkok now for 15 months. Diane has no plans at this stage of making it back home  for the duration of the assignment. So if you want to see her, you have to come to BKK.
We do have some visitors coming starting in late January so we will be busy entertaining and tour guiding. Looking forward to it.

Our suitcases were packed with presents and trinkets when we came and now we have them stuffed full of return presents, food, replacement or additional utensils to our kitchen, salad dressing, etc. A ton of golf balls that are desperately needed by your fearless adventurer  to cope with the uncommonly large amount of water on Thailand golf courses. We also needed some additional electronic gadgets to help make life on the 21st floor a little more bearable and those too will be stuffed into the one large  suitcase I will return with!!

So we return to BKK to continue the addventure.
Keep reading, you won't want to miss a thing as it all unfolds.
Thank you all for a wonderful beginning, the great holidays and your continued support.
Have a very happy, healthy and prosperous new year.
Diane and I both want to thank you for your friendship and your love. And also to let you know that our prayers are with you every day that we think of you, and we do think of you often.
Sawadee Krup