Conditions at 5:30 am: Clear and a very cold -12' that feels more like -22' with the wind
Expected later: -9' with a wind chill of -16'
Well, our weather has been ALL over the place. One day it's really cold then the next it's quite mild. Monday was a mild day that saw most of our snow melted but then the temperature went back down on Tuesday, though really not too dramatically. Now we're back into the deep freeze again, but only for a few days.
Monday evening Brenda and I debated about visiting the local fitness centre but we talked ourselves out of that and instead, went into town to a book reading. I've never been to a book reading before and neither had Brenda. The author was Linden MacIntyre, who has written a couple of other books that I've read. It was very interesting to hear him speak, and there was a great turn out.One more thing to cross off our to-do list.
When I got home from town, there was a voice message from my friend Fran, who lives in Ontario. Apparently she and two friends are coming down to Nova Scotia the week prior to, and including the Easter long weekend, to watch curling. Lloyd and I discussed it briefly and he thought we should make a weekend of it. So after talking with Fran and clarifying the dates they will actually be in the area, I've booked a hotel for the Friday and Saturday night, as I will have Friday off. There won't be anything open on Friday so that will be our travel day and we can then go to the Halifax Farmer's Market on Saturday morning. I asked Fran if they would have time between watching curling and visiting the casino to perhaps have lunch with us and she assured me they would.
So, it looks like there's another trip coming up. Then only a few short weeks later we head off to Cape Cod. It's going to be a busy spring!
Tonight, unless something more interesting comes along, I think Brenda and I will visit the local fitness centre to see what it's all about. I really need to start getting some exercise. My poor old muscles and joints complain bitterly from time to time and I know it's primarily from a lack of exercise.They have various fitness classes we can join so we'll check it out. We can push each other to go out on a cold winters night and do the right thing.
Last night was a quiet but productive night. I spent some time out in the craft room putting stuff away. I still hadn't taken down the little Christmas tree that's out there so obviously it was overdue. Now it's back to ship shape and ready for me to get back on track with one of the many projects I seem to have on the go. I'm really looking forward to retiring one day, so I can utilize the space as it was meant to be.
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