Warmer weather

     Our weather has finally come out of the minus 20's ( minus 20 celsius - brr! ).  The snow is starting to melt off the roof of the big house and onto the decks, so we have some cleaning to do.  I think an afternoon walk with Gator is in order.  As my father would say - " Get outside and get the stink blown off you!"  Ha!
     I have been busy making cards for birthdays and anniversaries and planning Donald's birthday at the end of the month. Well, not really planning much but ordering things from places off the 'net.  He asked what was in that box that came in the mail this week? NEVER MIND!  ok ok ok.

Gator in the summer - it can't some soon enough!!!!!!

     So, I think I will be tackling the kitchen in the last half of the month for the list.  I will get organized for that this week.  Donald is presently outside busy on the ride 'em tractor with the snowblower attachment, no doubt puttering around to get the stink blown off him.

Avatar and New Drivers License

     Last night we went to see Avatar.  I was so excited to go ( Star Trek fan, Star Wars, future type movies, action films...) and this was new technology in 3D to boot!  Ack! We have a brand new theatre and the movie was not provided to be 3d. I asked how come, the attendant said, well, just some theatres are doing that - what? So, we will go again in a REAL theatre in a bigger metropolis someplace and see it in 3D.  Still, we enjoyed the movie. 
     The weather is incredibly freezing again - now it is minus 22 Celcius.  Enough already. I want to start walking to work without my face and legs in danger of freezing, instead of driving.  The poor birds and forest creatures, it has been a cold winter for them.
     Donald's drivers license was up for renewal for another 5 years so he went for a haircut yesterday got it done today.  Handsome guy. That is another thing off the 'list'.
    

another tick on the list

  I got the christmas tree down, the decorations split between our two boys into small boxes and a tiny box for us with their 'christmas baby decorations'.  The fake tree, all the lights, everything went out in the trash this morning.  One more thing chalked off the list to full time living in our RV/RV lot.

Skating in the Country

     When the RV gang can't get out to RV and carry on around the summer campfire, well you just have to do it in the winter.  It warmed up in the afternoon, with some lovely big snowflakes coming down.  We all gathered in the country at Margie's mothers' place.  She has a huge big pond, that Dan cleared off a portion with his snowblower to make a really big skating rink.  Then, a roaring fire was made, and a bbq going with hotdogs, a pot of cocoa and a wee bottle of peppermint schnapps for the cocoa. 

    
     It was so much fun!  Margie's mom even made some chocolate chip cookies to add to the festivities - Donald sure loved those!  The older boys have snowshoes and they went away into the bush for an hour or so.

And to top it all off, Dan had bought a Family Size set of Fireworks from Costco last year and this was the special occasion to use them.  The older boys sent them off over the pond to be safe, and used a wheelbarrow of dirt to stick them in to light them up.  Margie and I really like the sparkly ones that went up in the air and then exploded into thousands of tiny wee sparklies.  

                                So, a great wood fire, good friends, good time.

A Great time to ring in 2010

We were out a a hall way way out in the backcountry with about 180 other people enjoying our rv'ing gang and some of their kids playing in a big sound funk band.  Dance music all night - with Stevie Wonder tunes, Van Morrison tunes, you name it for 4 hours of straight playing and dancing.  Our usual bedtime is around 10:30 - 11:00 and low and behold we did not get home till 2:30!

Well, we are making our New Years telephone calls to family and friends.  I think a nice ham should be in order for dinner tonight and I suspect we'll be snoozin' on the couch not long after!!!!!!