A Memorable Christmas 2013

Christmas 2013 will definitely be one of the most memorable Christmas to date for us Torontonians. The ice storm left 150, 000 homes in Toronto without power at its peak and it has been more than a week since the 21st, yet some 600 families are still without power as of this morning the 30th. So a lot of families had to spend Christmas in the dark. We were fortunate enough to have our power restored within 24hrs.

It sure does look beautiful with the sunlight glisten off the ice on the branches. But it makes you question how something that looks so pretty can be so devastating leaving so many homes in the dark. So we are very thankfully to (our heavenly father) and the hydro workers for returning our power so quickly in 24hrs.

This was what we were having for dinner just as our lights came back on. It was a Chinese herbal chicken soup to be eaten as a hot pot soup base and you can probably tell we cooked it on a butane stove. The weather has been quite cold the past weeks so our fridge was stocked, so even though our dinner plans were thrown off a bit we were lucky to have a nice meal in the warmth of home with our heat and lights back on by dinner time. And we were fortunate to have our Christmas brought back to us while so many were still sitting in the dark and cold.

The next post will be in 2014, so I want to wish everybody a safe and warm Happy New Year!!!