It was interesting to note that this was the first year that Adriana made it to midnight to ring in the New Year and the first time in a long time that the boys didn't do their traditional polar bear plunge that night. (They claim it was the copious amounts of champagne drunk, but I suspect they're just gettin' old - too much activities in one day.) They moved it to the next night instead, after a 3 hour (first-time for the girls) marathon of Risk.
Since Orest was the only one who had played Risk before, it fell to him to explain the intricacies and of course he won in the end. Somewhat unfair, I think, but as we all stated at the beginning: "It's only a game, it doesn't matter who wins." (Poor Larysa, was inconsolable of course as her own father killed her armies in Asia and then started annihilating her in Africa as well. Doesn't matter that he'd already wiped Stefanie off the face of Europe and killed off Mary's last armies in Asia!)I'm also happy to report that I spent another disease-free Christmas (having had the 2 week sinus cold before we left England) unless you count the massive cold sore on my lip that prevented me from getting my facial at Mary and my annual spa day at Calabogie. Oh well, there were other things we had done anyway, so I didn't miss it. Orest and Mike spent an equally fun day skiing next door with all the girls. So a great final day to our stay at Green Lake!
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