23 January 2012

January Blahs

January has not been an exciting month.  We have been to the temple 4 days a week, spent some time with Nathan and Tara and boys and the boys have been at our house.

We have had raging snowstorms, pouring rain, howling wind, fog, and a wide range of temperatures.

One Saturday when we arrived home from the temple four of the trees in the back yard had been cut down.  The owners had arranged to have it done before we moved in.  The tree leaning over our deck is gone.

Bob went with Nathan's family to the skating oval in Halifax on Saturday evening.  It doesn't cost to skate and there were about six hundred people on the ice - rather crowded.  They had skates to lend but they were out of the sizes for Bob, Orson and Liam, so they had to stand in the freezing weather and watch the others.

One bright thing was that the missionary department announced modifications in the sister missionaries clothing standards.  I was happy to find out that we can now wear a pair of jeans on p day and that skirts no longer have to reach mid calf (they just have to cover the knees).

 View of the Lake Previously Blocked by the Leaning Tree

Skating Rink on the Lake

02 January 2012

Rain is Falling all Around

There has been rain for 3 of the past 4 days.  It is a good day to stay home and watch the Rose Bowl parade where our granddaughter with the Calgary Stampede Show band is marching in the parade.  However we chose the wrong channel and missed her. 

It is also a good day to work on our 1000 piece puzzle that our oldest son so kindly gave us for Christmas.  All the pieces are the same and the colours are also the same.  Our son forgets that his parents are old and have poor eyesight etc and need some help to get it finished.  We have worked on it for a week and our progress has been minimal.


Last week was busy at the Temple.  There was a wedding on Wednesday.  There was an extra session on Thursday and a group of young people from New Brunswick came on Saturday.

There was a funeral on Wednesday for a Dartmouth Ward member.

We had a New Years Eve party at Nathan's on Saturday night.  Church changed to 9:00 a.m. for the coming year.