Temple Closing

The Temple closed on the 6th February and will reopen the 22nd February.  They decided to do all the cleaning the first week so had longer hours and were able to finish by Friday at noon.  Bob worked all five days, but I went only on Monday and Tuesday.  It looked like there were going to be plenty of people on the Wednesday so I took the day off and got a haircut and did some other things.  Then Thursday and Friday Bob said they didn't need me because they had people coming to shampoo the rugs and needed only people to move furniture and vacuum when the rugs dried.  We had supper at Nathan and Tara's on Friday night.

That meant we had 11 days off, but where do you go in the maritimes in February!  Saturday morning Bob went to a broadcast at the church and in the afternoon it started raining.  It poured all the rest of the day and into the night and the wind howled.  The temperature dropped and on Sunday morning everything was covered with an inch of ice.  Bob couldn't get the drivers door open on his car and had to climb over the consol from the passenger side.   One of the Senior Missionaries yanked at his door trying to open it until the handle broke off.

Monday I stayed indoors until the evening when we went home teaching.

Tuesday we had district meeting and then I went to Tara's and stayed with the boys while she went shopping.  Bob had an eye infection that he didn't want to pass on to his grandsons. It was valentine's day and I received a dozen red roses from my Valentine.  We also received some delicious home-made chocolates from Liam and family.  Liam had talked his mother into teaching him how to make fondant, so they could have chocolates for Valentine's Day.

Today was a beautiful day.  The ice had all melted and the roads were fine, so we went to Truro to the Colchester Archives and did a bit of research.

It looked like there had been quite a bit of snow in Truro and it was melting.

The Archives were on the site of the old Normal School.

Near the post office we saw a couple of wooden statues.

The above picture represents the Truro hockey team called the Bearcats.

A Break in the Routine

Last Friday evening we received permission to skip the Temple and attend the J. Reuben Clarke annual law broadcast.  We went out for supper at Himachi (a Japanese restaurant) with members of the J. Reuben Clarke Law Society and then went and watched the broadcast.  It was a great evening.  (The reason we were able to get out of the temple was that there were 14 male workers who were going to be there so they didn't need us.  Well it rained and only 4 male workers turned up -- oh, oh.  However, only 5 patrons showed, so they were able to get by.)

Wednesday evening we invited five couples over for supper - the mission president and the temple president and their spouses and three senior missionary couples.  It was a bit of work, but was worth it.  We really enjoyed the evening.

We have had many variations in temperature and precipitation lately.  There is a brisk, cold wind today.  We ventured out to inspect an apartment this morning and decided it would be a good day to stay in the house.  However the roads are dry, and that is a good thing.