The 2012 Holidays Recap
I ate a lot of food and cooked even more.
Christmas Eve was the main event hosted by my sister and I at my dad’s place. We made sushi, spring rolls, pulled pork sliders, mini grilled cheese sandwiches with shooters of tomato soup, baked brie, and a bunch of other tantalizing appetizers.
Turns out, these Pear, Blue Cheese, and Toasted Walnut Salad Spears? Seriously good.
Lots of Hot Yoga and Weightlifting
I started up my new 5/3/1 weightlifting routine of presses, squats, and deadlifts. It has been keeping me in the gym slightly longer than usual with all the reps on the accessory exercises.
My friend Jasmine got a pass for the hot yoga studio while she’s in town for Christmas so we went together a couple of times and I went without her too. Ahhh… I’m loving yoga.
I got what I wanted for Christmas
. . . a tea infusing travel mug from Matt.
It has a lid I can use to rest the mesh insert when my tea is done steeping and better yet, this one is a thermos to keep my hot stuff hot.
I also scored some gift cards to SportChek (I see hiking boots in my future!) and a nice cash-infusion.
I Experienced the Awesomeness of Fondue, again.
My girlfriends and I got together for a FUN-due evening while everyone was home for the holidays. We hit up The Melting Pot for the cheesy, meaty, and chocolatey goodness of fondue.
I love going here for dinner. It’s makes for a nice, long night out where you can chat while your skewers of meat simmer away in the pot.
I saw my cousin get hitched
I went to the bachelorette party last weekend hosted by my cousin’s seriously fun friends and then came the rehearsal on Thursday where I met more of her seriously fun friends, and finally this weekend was the wedding. . . which did not disappoint.
And I’m so happy for my amazing cousin and her new husband, whom I very much adore.
I filled up on cake and a lot of cookies so I couldn’t even try the late night poutine bar (umm. . . how cool is that?!) and then I literally danced for hours.
Gettin’ low is my specialty.
. . . And it’s not even New Year’s yet!
Oy. What a jam packed holiday.
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Looks like you had a lovely holiday! Happy New Year!
You and your cousin look so much alike!!
And these pics definitely are proof that you had an amazing holiday season!! 
Happy New Year!
She and I look alike and her sister and my sister look alike. It’s weird.
I agree with Nicole – you and your cousin could be twins/sisters! That picture of the two of you is really cute. Congratulations to your cousin and her new husband!
Hmm … now I really want a tea infusing travel mug …
Happy New Year, Samantha!
Happy New Year to you too!
You and your cousin look SO much alike!!!!
Anywho, it looks like you had an awesome Holiday Season!!! Just as it should be!
Wooo! I am way behind on reading your posts but thanks for the shout-out!
I haven’t been to moksha here (well, there isn’t a studio in Kamloops, though there is a hot yoga studio) but my friend Mike has gotten into it lately so I might go when I visit him next week in Vancouver. I have been going regularly to “cold” yoga…I’m getting close to holding a crow…