~Framboise Manor~: off to dinner!

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

off to dinner!

we are off to our other friends' house this evening for dinner...it is supposed to be a buffet so we are looking forward to stuffing our gills all evening. this time we are going to our friends S and D's house. they have 2 girls aged 7 and 12. it should be a really nice time! we are bringing home-made dinner rolls, cranberry-pear-ginger sauce and plain oatmeal cookies.

we have finally gotten the porch finished and to be honest - it doesn't look half as bad as i thought it would. we have a little finishing to do, give us a day or two and i will get some pics up. i can't believe that i finally have a porch!

anyway, we hope that everyone has enjoyed this past few days since Christmas Day. we have, and we are looking forward to stuffing our faces again tonight, and the New Years Dance on saturday. that should be a real hoot!

happy holidays to everyone!

12 comments:

DukeDecember 28, 2011 at 2:29 PM
Enjoy but be careful of those dances, it's too easy to get into a fight. Seems like you had trouble last one you went to.
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RobDecember 28, 2011 at 2:48 PM
Enjoy your evening with friends.

your friend in sunny, but cool(50)florida....rob
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Tango's Going OnsDecember 28, 2011 at 3:31 PM
Have a great time!!!! Can't wait to see the photos of the new porch. :)
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StephenDecember 28, 2011 at 5:44 PM
Have a good time...eat well, and give those little girls a hug and kiss for me..even if I don't know them because I miss my LB something awful.
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Gorges SmytheDecember 28, 2011 at 8:00 PM
Christmas was pleasant for us this year, IF a little different.
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45erDecember 28, 2011 at 11:35 PM
Enjoy. Don't hurt yourself.
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Practical ParsimonyDecember 29, 2011 at 1:56 AM
This sounds like a fun evening.
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trumpDecember 29, 2011 at 12:50 PM
I heard somebody say " buffet " so i got here as quick as i possibly could,lol. I hope you 2 had a great Christmas with each other and your families, and wishing you and yours a very healthy and happy new years. Richard
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UnknownDecember 30, 2011 at 12:11 PM
I came with Richard for the buffet!! lollll Sounds like a wonderful time to me.
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kymberDecember 30, 2011 at 1:03 PM
Matt - thanks buddy - we did have a great time!

Duke - no worries! we will not be getting involved in any fights ever again! and we have been to a few dances since the "episode" and all of those dances were fine - simply because there were no out-of-towners. since the "episode" all of the people that live in our village have agreed that if we see any out-of-towners at any future dances, we will really keep our eyes on them. and have the bar cut them off if they get too drunk or rowdy.

Rob, my friend, thanks buddy. we did have a nice time!

Tnago - thanks gurl. i will get pics up of the porch in the next few days.

Stephen - what a lovely thing to say. they hugged us and kissed us all night - i couldn't pry their youngest off of me the whole night! thank you, my friend!

Mr. Smythe - DO tell! i haven't seen anything on your blog about it being different! now you have picqued my curiosity!

45er - almost hurt ourselves with how much we ate but are fine other than that!

PracticalP - ya - it was fun and they have wanted to have us over for forever. it was a really nice evening.

Richard and SciFi - are you guys "blog" sneaking around or something - bahahahah! thanks to both of you and we wish all of our friends a wonderful and Happy New Year!

thanks everyone!
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AnonymousDecember 30, 2011 at 4:27 PM
Finishing a porch is hungry work. I think I'd love cranberry pear ginger sauce.
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kymberDecember 30, 2011 at 4:34 PM
Mary - did i tell you that i love your crazy blog?!?!? well i do!

anyway - i will post the recipe for the cranberry-pear-ginger sauce on our recipe blog very soon.

thanks for stopping by eh?
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kymber here and talking about jambaloney.

i've always called him my angel. my rock. my best half. the best part of what i have always wanted to become.

he has a soul as big as the biggest mountain, he is strong, he is in incredible physical condition, he is 51 and yet most people think he is under 40. he is humble and modest, charming, gorgeous and will help anyone with anything at anytime. he never grumbles and only every now and again complains or is a tiny bit cranky (nothing that a hug can't fix!). he can cut both sides out of 70 tires in minutes, build raised beds from scrap wood that he drags out of the forest, weedwhack 800ft of our road down to the river, and haul more wheelbarrows of dirt, mulch, rocks and seaweed than is probably medically-advised. he's learned how to braid, make bread and no one makes better rice - not even the chinese. he supports my every, crazy endevour. he went 44 years without a driver's license and got his license after being trained by my crazily-wonderful french canadian friend in 2 weeks. she never stopped talking the whole time. in french.

he has biked everywhere his entire life, at one job he biked 24km EACH WAY. that's to and from! 24km to work AND 24km from work! oh and just accidentally has an honours degree in philosophy.

i believe that he is Our Lord's most beautiful and perfect creation. but i might be biased. he can very accurately shoot a ben pearson cougar re-curve from both the left and right. and his aim is dead on.

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he loves hot sauce and spicey things like cayenne and banana peppers, he buys (or now picks) me flowers, he left a lucrative, high-paying IT job and his family to follow me here to this remote little island. he builds me shelves and washes all of our laundry with me by hand.

oh and he was baptized Anglican. and was an alter boy. sheesh. somehow, through my intervention, i am turning him into a pagan-christian-fundamentalist-confuscian. look, even i can't figure that out!

the name jambaloney is a nickname that i gave him over 10 years ago. he still uses it. he can be reached at "jambaloney@gmail.com". he loves comments or emails. and he loves me.

if i were given the opportunity to wish one thing for the world - i would wish that every woman on the planet had a jambaloney. i know that i could save the world this way. i have friends who have asked me to clone him. i am trying. believe me, i am trying. one day i will perfect the science involved, and when that happens, i promise all of you a jambaloney.

i love him more than...breathing, lobster, boiled dinner, fresh bread out of the oven, bugging out, singing back up for Madonna (ok...i made that one up!), fresh sheets on the bed, a glass of red wine after a long day, sunflower seeds, lavender, growing my own potatoes, T.S. Eliot, dancing, my babies (who are really just cranky old cats!) and the Bible.

i love him more than i love Framboise Manor. and i really love Framboise Manor.

About kymber

(this pic might seem odd. trust me, it's not. 20 yrs ago kymber went shopping with a girlfriend from the military and bought this dress. then she hooked up with that girlfriend recently. they caught up through email and one day kymberz friend mentioned that specific dress. kymber said she still had it (kymber still has her prom gown for crying out loud!). the friend did not believe it. so we had to take a pic of kymber wearing the 20yr old dress for her friend. kymber always likes to add accessories...and well, we had the bunny ears laying around. ya know, cuz everyone always has pink bunny ears laying around. ok, that's it...i am out of here! jambaloney)

what can i say about kymber?? A LOT!! most of it will have to wait for blog entries ‘cuz i just don’t have enough space here to do her justice…

so i’ll have to do my best… first and foremost, kymber is my partner and i will love her forever. she is the best partner anyone could ever have, i am one lucky guy!! she is 46, she is sweet as can be, smart as a whip, super cute, exceptionally feminine, strong as an ox, honest, kind, empathetic, wise, an amazing dancer, a master wit in speaking and writing….i could go on..i will!

at 5’ 1’’ she packs a wallop – a true force of nature - she is a master gardener and chef and spent 10 years in the Canadian Military – she has done 2 tours of Alert (the north bloody-cold pole). she is a UN-certified Korean linguist and spoils our 2 cats rotten. she also spent 12yrs working in the federal government, as a communications analyst at SolGen (now PSEPC) and Fintrac. she loves nature in the true sense of the phrase..the wildflowers, insects and birds here at framboise manor keep her entranced and captivated for hours.

anyone who is her friend knows that she will stop at nothing to help and heal, dedication and loyalty are an integral part of who she is and she is dead serious about anything she puts her mind to. yet she maintains the most delicate touch and a smile on her face always, never afraid to live and love no matter where and when.

she is the most genuine human being i have ever met! and she has encouraged me to embark on the most crazy and exciting adventure i could imagine… thank you babe - i sooo love you!!!

(and she can be reached at kymberzmail@gmail.com)