Tuesday, February 14th - Happy Valentines Day..

... or should we say, Happy Blizzard Day. Wow, February has certainly made up for the not so bad weather we had in January. Last Friday was a snow day with some 20 cms of snow falling. Just about finished cleaning up from that one when we were hit with a major blizzard yesterday. Lots of snow being blown around by 90 km/hour winds made for a pretty messy day. We knew there was no way Lloyd was going to be getting to work at midnight last night so he was home, safe and sound. We were fortunate not to lose power in those strong winds so all was well.

The wind is still pretty gusty out there this morning so not sure if I'll be able to have my Valentines Tea. In a perfect world the schools will be cancelled today and we can simply postpone our tea to a little later this afternoon. I had scheduled it for noon as Brenda would have to leave by 2:00 to pick up her school kids on the bus. But if school is shut down, we can move to a later time. Let's keep our fingers crossed. Or we may just have to put it off till tomorrow.

Thanks to Friday's snow, we were able to get out to do some snowshoeing on Sunday afternoon in the woods behind our friend Sharyn's place. Her husband has cleared a trail back there and it's quite lovely.

Just what our tired feet and legs needed. Brenda and I helped out as volunteers at a fund raising gala hosted by the Heart and Stroke Foundation at the Delta on Saturday evening. It was a really nice evening and we were very busy from 4:00 until we left shortly before 1:00 am. It was a long evening but an enjoyable one.

The other big news this week is we have obtained all the equipment we need for our kitchen. We were pleased to negotiate a price for almost all the things we need. The only thing we didn't yet have is a gas stove. We found a suitable one on clearance at a local furniture store so we're all set now. All we have to do is finish the tiling and get the stuff moved in. We also need to run some plumbing but that will have to wait for spring when the ground thaws. One item on our wish list that we really didn't expect to get until somewhere down the road is a convection oven. But boy did we get one. Trouble is it's massive and💘 will take quite a bit of planning to move. It's actually two large ovens stacked on top of each other. It's going to take quite a bit of planning to make that happen. But it opens up all kinds of possibilities for us. So much to think about that sometimes it seems a little overwhelming but it's all falling into place so it appears it's meant to be.

James had a busy week. They had a parade night at Cadets last week and he received his four year service ribbon and his biathlon pin.

Then on Friday the cadets traveled by bus to Sault Ste Marie to participate in a biathlon competition there. He tells me had had a great time and did well. This was only his second competition but I'm sure there will likely be more in his future.





 We are patiently awaiting the birth of our first baby goats of the season. Little Amelia is due at any time. The resident computer geek has hooked up an old cell phone in the barn with the camera facing her pen. Then it's hooked up by internet to Lloyd's Ipad. Kind of like a high tech baby monitor except he can watch from work at night. So if anything's happening he can just phone me and I can get up and go out and check on things but I'm really hoping that nothing happens while I'm here by myself. I'd much prefer he was here when they give birth. The other two are due over the next couple of weeks so stay tuned...

And finally "Where in the world is Patti?"

Not sure but I know she missed James award night as she was leaving for Paris..