~Framboise Manor~: a very merry Christmas to all of you!

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

a very merry Christmas to all of you!

it is the centennial of the Christmas Truce. you can learn more about the Christmas Truce here.

this is how the capital of Canada is celebrating the Christmas Truce.

i think that we all can learn something from the Christmas Truce - don't you?

we will be meeting up with all of our Framboise and Fourchu families over Christmas. we will be well taken care of, loved and appreciated. we hope the same for all of you!

a very Merry Christmas to all of our readers and other blog and internet friends. we wish the very best for all of you in the upcoming year. we are expecting the upcoming year to be fantastic - there are so many projects that we have accomplished, attacked, demolished and are ready for - we have so many new friends, re-established contact with old friends, and then just enjoyed relationships with existing friends (who fight over trout. and i am not referring to either Sweet Sandy or Pioneer Preppy here! i mean it! i am not!)

a very and truly Merry Christmas for all of you.

much love from your friends,
jambaloney and kymber

21 comments:

Sandy LivesayDecember 24, 2014 at 1:17 PM
Sweet Kymber and Jambaloney,

Not fighting.....just conveniently sharing the right to brag about who will get the fish.....Bahahahahahahaha!!!!! Right PP??

2015 will bring in happiness for all of us, along with plenty of projects to tackle. Like catching fish (teasing)!!!!

Enjoy your Christmas with family from Framboise and Fourchu, stay warm, and be safe. We send hugs and love to both of you, and are proud to not just call you friends but family!

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and Blessings.
Love,
Sandy and Bulldog Man
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PioneerPreppyDecember 24, 2014 at 2:36 PM
All the fishes R Belong to Me :)

Merry Christmas though :)
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1st ManDecember 24, 2014 at 2:57 PM
Merry Christmas to you both, much love and best wishes to you. We are so grateful to consider you both friends. 1st Man and 2nd Man.
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tana50December 24, 2014 at 4:23 PM
I so enjoy reading about you and your Framboise Manor. Thank you for the lovely Christmas wishes. Merry Christmas to the both of you and may you have a blessed and healthy 2015.
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DFWDecember 24, 2014 at 5:08 PM
Merry Christmas to you & Jam too!
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LL Cool JoeDecember 24, 2014 at 5:44 PM
Hey Merry Christmas to you both, sorry I haven't been here as often as I'd like, but real life has been getting in the way!

I hope you have a wonderful holiday!
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Frank and FernDecember 24, 2014 at 5:52 PM
Have a blessed Christmas,

Fern
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AnonymousDecember 24, 2014 at 6:35 PM
A public acknowledgement of my caring for you two guys! Happy, Happy Holidays to you both! from the Mohave Rat and Mrs. Rat!
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Gorges SmytheDecember 24, 2014 at 10:23 PM
I hope you two have a wonderful Christmas.
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Harry FlashmanDecember 25, 2014 at 7:55 AM
I hope you both have a really good, festive holiday season. Best wishes from all of us here on the mountain.
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StephenDecember 25, 2014 at 3:54 PM
Merry Christmas, my friends.
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Mrs. S.December 25, 2014 at 7:26 PM
Merry Christmas you two!
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FionaDecember 25, 2014 at 10:14 PM
Have a Blessed Christmas you two!
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DaniDecember 26, 2014 at 8:44 AM
kymber & jamaboney - Apologies for the delay in commenting on this post - our internet was down for 36 hours (grrrr)

Thank you for your wishes. I return them to you with so much extra added. I truly, truly hope that your wish can come true this coming year kymber.

Thank you and jam for your friendship - I am so much richer for knowing you.
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RobDecember 26, 2014 at 6:41 PM
Merry Christmas to booth of you. I can't send you a email as my account being hacked and access blocked. I posted an update today. Hugs to you both.
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Jacked Up Glock MomDecember 27, 2014 at 11:03 PM
Belated Merry Christmas! You guys have done tons around the manor and it all looks great.

Much love to you and Jam
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hoboDecember 28, 2014 at 1:44 PM
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas! And Happy New Year to you and jambaloney!
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ChrisDecember 29, 2014 at 1:47 PM
Merry (belated Christmas and happy new year! So glad to have found you guys this year!
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Sue FrelickJanuary 1, 2015 at 8:26 AM
Happy New Year, Kymber and Jamie! xo
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Toirdhealbheach BeucailJanuary 1, 2015 at 7:04 PM
Happy New Year! Thank you for the wonderful pictures.
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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.

he is bow-legged and only 5'7", but has the most incredible eyes. and a tiny mole on his upper lip. he writes the most romantic "insta-poems". he tells me he loves me several times a day. he calls me "babe" and "honey". and he means it.
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)