My outfit has been created and candy (sweets) and cookies have been made, just wanting for the hordes of kids to decend on Sunday. I always knew that Halloween was a big think in Canada but honestly it is as big if not bigger than Christmas around here. Some of the houses have been decorated for weeks and impressibly so.
The weather has been coldish with all days below freezing, yesterday the sun was out and down by the river, which is starting to freeze up the light was going crazy off the ice. I have seen the Northern Lights once and still looking forward to the BIG snow that will fall fairly soon I'm sure.
This weekend we have a halloween party for the kids on Saturday and the following weekend Cath and I are hoping to be off to Fort St Jojn on a little road trip with some friends.
I would also like to welcome my new Nephew in to the world, Nathan Watson was born on wednesday morning and weighed 6 pound something. So Congratuations to Rachel and Kelvin enjoy the sleepless nights.
Friday 29 October 2010
Monday 25 October 2010
Driving Lesson Number 1
On Saturday at the age of 30 i enjoyed my first every driving lesson, not in some rubbish fiesta driving round a lame empty car park, but in a huge ford 4x4 pick up, in the snow and Ice. I think i was pretty good, no damage done to the truck and no people or animals injuried in any way, I can honestly say I loved it, OK so it was am automatic but still it was a little scary. More so for the owner of the vehical when my first question in the hotseat was "OK which one's the brake".
Hopefully there will be more lessons in the future and I'm not quite a petrolhead just yet, but it was pretty cool. Also purchased a thermometer that i seem to be checking all the time -7 when i left for work at 8 this morning.
Hopefully there will be more lessons in the future and I'm not quite a petrolhead just yet, but it was pretty cool. Also purchased a thermometer that i seem to be checking all the time -7 when i left for work at 8 this morning.
Friday 22 October 2010
After Edmonton
Well Cath and I have just returned from taking some high school students to Edmonton, took us nearly 20 hours to get there on the Greyhound, but it was a really enjoyable and helped us to really get to know some of the students a lot better. The Conference itself could have been better especially if they had added a few more seminars on the sunday. West Edmonton mall was one of the main attractions and is I believe the largest mall in North America, within it's walls it contains a cinema, theme park, water park, paintballing and possibly some shops. I set as new record by only visiting 4 shops in two days.
I realise that me being here is a truly life changing experience, but maybe not for me, but for my mother who has finally entered reality and with the us of my old laptop kindly given free of charge, she now has the world at her fingertips luckly she is a very slow typist at the moment.
If you are reading this HI MUM.
The weather now is pretty cold usually around -5 to -10 at night and then around 0 for most of the day, however today is the coldest we have had so far and i think it's still below freezing now, we are also forecast snow for the weekend and early part of the week.
Still very much enjoying it here and looking forward to the snow and skiing,
was planning to write all about the hamlet but have used up a lot of space already so will do that tomorrow.
Up the U's
I realise that me being here is a truly life changing experience, but maybe not for me, but for my mother who has finally entered reality and with the us of my old laptop kindly given free of charge, she now has the world at her fingertips luckly she is a very slow typist at the moment.
If you are reading this HI MUM.
The weather now is pretty cold usually around -5 to -10 at night and then around 0 for most of the day, however today is the coldest we have had so far and i think it's still below freezing now, we are also forecast snow for the weekend and early part of the week.
Still very much enjoying it here and looking forward to the snow and skiing,
was planning to write all about the hamlet but have used up a lot of space already so will do that tomorrow.
Up the U's
Saturday 9 October 2010
Thanksgiving long weekend
Hello to all the followers of our blog, apologies for making Jamie do all the work on the previous posts but at last I will add something too. All is going very well in Fort Liard, I feel very settled in my new home and everyone I have met has made me very welcome. My main role so far has been supporting students in class with reading and maths, I have really enjoyed just being able to help out students without the usual burden of planning and assessment. I'm sure though that by the end of the programme I will be keen to get back into the chemistry lab and have a full timetable of classes. I've also been trying to develop my creative skills which is more of an uphill struggle! We have been having a great time making pumpkins out of paper mache ready for halloween in the after school arts and crafts club. I'm looking forward to making lots of christmas crafts with the students and hopefully being able to add some ideas from back home. Last weekend a visiting artist called John Rombrough ran a workshop at the community centre, we tried out a few of his techniques but you can check out his website to see some awesome artwork. As its thanksgiving weekend we are really looking forward to our roast turkey followed by pumpkin pie, I've always loved christmas dinner so much so why limit that to once a year. Next weekend Jamie and I will be chaperones for a group of students at a conference in Edmonton, the bus journey is about 20 hours each way so I'm sure the next post will include all the exciting news from the big city.
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