Monday, 7 January 2008

What a change in the weather! Even the Canadians are surprised. Those who have met me say I've brought the warmer weather from South Africa.

The snow has started to melt and there are large puddles of water everywhere. The back yard is a slushy pond. The lawn grass they use here remains green all year round. My sister says some of the plants might even begin to shoot, only to be covered with snow again soon. The real thaw begins in March. The boys went back to school today. My sister takes my eldest nephew to school because it's some distance away, but the other walks as his school is nearby. Those who do walk to school walk in all weather except a snow storm, and you see mums with their little kids walking on the sidewalks. I ventured barefoot outside to take the dog for a walk and I think the temp was around 10ºC. I put off my walk into town today because it was still misty, and rain was forecast. I didn't feel like a walk in the rain. See what the weather's like tomorrow.

I spent the rest of the day spent at the PC playing with Google Earth which was rather fun.

We hired the movie "Borat" which we watched until it got a bit too rough for the kids to see. We're going to an ice hockey game at an arena on the other side of town at 9 pm. What a strange time. Apparently the older kids play later. They're 14 so a 9 pm start is ok. (??) After we dropped my nephew off at the arena we went to Tim Hortons for a cup of decaf coffee and a Honey Cruller donut. The game was good and the final score was 4-1 to the home team. The temperature outside when we left the arena was about 12ºC at 10 pm!