A BIG birthday is as good an excuse as any to eat well and travel. We spent most of the month away from home, with short visits to the Lower Mainland bookending a holiday in Belize to celebrate my 50th birthday. (I posted several blog entries documenting our travels.) We visited my mom for the first time since she moved into Langley Lodge; the transition has gone as well as could be hoped. I belatedly constructed a gingerbread house with Annika and opened my birthday cards. We took samosas and birthday cake to supplement lunch at Dad's, then visited with Karyn and Jessica while watching Avery play lacrosse. We celebrated "Everyone's Birthday" with Auntie Janet and June. I watched NFL conference championship football with Karyn, who thoughtfully baked me another birthday cake. Then we returned safely to our home on the island before it snowed to end the month. The IIHF World Junior Championship tournament provided well-contested, drama-filled games, suspenseful entertainment, and a perfect conclusion, as the Canadian squad avenged their opening game loss with a victory over Czechia in the gold-medal Final. Since we were away from home, we watched fewer films than usual. We watched three good television series, and tried one poor one. I read five books, and listened to one more, in January.
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