It's a balmy 4' at 5:00 am and it's the 5th of December. We should reach a rainy 9' later this afternoon. That's nothing compared to the rainy 16' they experienced in southern Ontario yesterday. It's unusual but not totally unheard of to have unseasonable temperatures this time of year. I remember the year that James was either one or two, and Patti and I went to a shopping mall in Mississauga to do some Christmas shopping. It was mid December but all we needed was a light sweater for strolling around outside. We thought it was pretty amazing as it was the first time we'd ever experienced that, but it has certainly been happening more in the past 10 or 11 years.
Lloyd is keeping busy in Ontario but it sounds like most of his activity involves food! He's having a great time reconnecting with all his old friends. But he's also getting some work done on his plane. He needs to send me a photo I can post so we can see that it definitely is starting to look somewhat like an airplane. James is going to the hangar with him on Saturday morning. He's really enjoying sharing this experience with his Papa. Brenda and I were talking about it last night over a cup of tea and she commented that it would have been nice if James had been the age he is now, when Lloyd started building the plane. It would have been quite the experience for him to witness the rising of the plane from the pile of metal pieces that it once was and to have a hand in the whole project. But at least he's old enough now to appreciate it somewhat while it gets finished and taken for it's first flight.
Lloyd's expecting to be home sometime on Monday. Our weather forecast is predicting some snow for Monday but it's early yet. The weather for Toronto for the same time is mild so hopefully he won't be following the snow as it travels east, although it's looking like they might get some in the Ottawa area. We'll just have to wait and see. He may end up having to stay a day or two to wait it out if it's not looking too great. That's the trouble with traveling this time of year - the weather can be so unpredictable. But it is Canada and it is December so what else can we expect?
My cleaning jobs are moving along. Monday night was pretty exciting - I emptied everything out of the fridge and took it all apart and scrubbed all the inside parts. It's a thing of beauty now. It's almost a shame to put food in there and mess it up! Last night I worked on the linen closet area. I underestimated how long it would take but it's pretty much done. A few more jobs to be done but I should be finished by the end of the weekend. I'm hoping to spend all day Sunday doing some baking, then that job will be out of the way as well. Then I still have another 10 days or so before I leave so I think I'm in pretty good shape.
Other than that not much is new around here. It's pretty quiet but productive.
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