{"id":874,"date":"2014-01-01T16:09:59","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T20:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andromeda.qc.ca\/guthrie\/?p=874"},"modified":"2014-01-01T16:09:59","modified_gmt":"2014-01-01T20:09:59","slug":"hello-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/andromeda.qc.ca\/guthrie\/?p=874","title":{"rendered":"Hello 2014!"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the most part, 2013 wasn’t a bad year, but unfortunately a rather significant, sad event stands out in my mind when I think of the past year – namely, the death of my father. And with this being the holiday season, the loss of him has been on my mind even more than usual. I had hoped that my mom would be able to come down our way for Christmas, but this is an awful and unpredictable time of year to travel, especially for someone who is so terrified of flying like my mom. We’re hoping she will come down in the Spring or Summer and stay with us for awhile.<\/p>\n

I’m not alone in thinking that 2013 was a less-than-stellar year. I know of several people who lost loved ones in 2013. Some people have said that it might just be because we’re all getting older, but I don’t think that’s necessarily it. A woman I worked with lost a nephew who was very young. My previous office manager knew another young person who passed away. And even my dad, and the mother of another relative of mine, were only in their 60s, which is not old by any means.<\/p>\n

But I don’t want to think of the whole year in a negative light. There were a lot of good things about this year as well, much it having to do with family. Claire has continued to grow and thrive. Her vocabulary has exploded and she remembers everything<\/i>, including scenes from shows or movies that she only sees once. She loves to play with toys and to colour and paint, but what she loves most of all is to play pretend. Her imagination and creativity is what amazes me the most. She continues to love helping us with cooking and cleaning – if I am standing at the counter starting supper, she will more often than not pull her stool over and say that she wants to help. In fact, Neal is making his lasagna for supper right now, and Claire is at the counter, “helping” him.<\/p>\n

We saw Neal’s parents quite a bit, which always makes me happy as well. They are such easy-going people and an absolute pleasure to have around. I wish they lived closer so we could see them even more often. <\/p>\n

Christmas this year was quiet but fun. Neal’s parents went up to Fort McMurray to visit with my sister-in-law and her family, so it was just me, Neal and Claire during Christmas, but we did go over to Sherry’s on the 28th to spend some time with them.<\/p>\n

I also started a new job in December. It was a very difficult decision for me to make because I really did enjoy working at Wickwire Holm and despite what many people would think, I did enjoy being a foreclosure paralegal. Maybe not the actual taking of homes from people, but the work itself was enjoyable.<\/p>\n

However, I heard about an opportunity at Cox & Palmer. They were looking to hire someone to be their Wills & Estates paralegal, and I knew I owed it to myself to at least look into it. The more I thought about it, the more I knew I had to take the chance and go to a new place and learn something new. It’s always a good thing to learn something new and expand my knowledge and experience. Cox & Palmer isn’t the largest firm in the city, but it is larger than Wickwire Holm, and I knew that that might be good for me to experience as well.<\/p>\n

Because of the holidays, I have only had one full week there, which was the week I started, and it was mostly training. It’s been busy because I’m learning and because we’ve had less time to get things done due to the holidays, but I think I’m going to enjoy it. I’ve already witnessed a bunch of Wills and I’ve done some of the probate process. I miss the people I used to work with, but they’re only a block away, so I’m sure I will see some of them anyway, and the people at Cox & Palmer have been very nice and welcoming.<\/p>\n

So no, 2013 wasn’t all bad, but I am definitely ready to see what 2014 has in store. And now I leave you with a couple of pictures from over the holidays.<\/p>\n

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Not nearly as scared of Santa was she was last year!<\/p><\/div>\n

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A first for both of us - making a gingerbread house!<\/p><\/div>\n

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All dolled up in her Christmas outfit!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Happy New Year everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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