These big negative temperatures confuse me. We rarely see the cold in the UK, in fact, the lowest temperature on the car thermometer last year was -3 degrees, so when I see numbers like -16 and -22 they are all the same to me: bloody cold. It makes it hard to tell when it's too cold to ski. Last weekend the went out and it was -16 Celsius. We were chilly, but it was entirely bearable. This weekend just gone we went back to Sunshine Village and after just one short green run of Strawberry lift both Vicky and Marg (another Aussie exchange chum) had got frostbite on the ends of their noses! It was bitter out and the snow was too compact. They hadn't had a big dump all week and I know how crabby that would make me. The slopes were not in good shape; rocky, icy and hard. I found it difficult to make the skis do everything I had learned from Terry the previous week. I'm looking forward to more snow later in the season, and we're limiting ourselves to skiing above -20 degrees. That might be tough as the papers are all saying we're set for the worst Canadian winter for 15 years. Bugger.
On a lighter note we had a lovely time on Sunday. Brent, Wendy and baby Natalie came to visit as well as Terrie and Wendell with their 2 rather older babies Jesse and Madeline (both in there teens now). It was nice to get a family atmosphere going and quite a challenge to cook enough pork meatballs for 9 adults. Still, they went down very well so I'll add that to the recipe book.
Off to catch the 20 bus home in the cold now. I'm glad of my moleskin trousers in weather like this, courtesy of Eddie Bauer. Shopping there I am now quite firmly in the middle of the road were I belong. Nice.
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Lovely of you to call on Sunday evening ans so nice to chat for a while.Thank's for Steve n Beckers address, i'll sent belated congrat's. We are going to buy you 3 pigs for xmas.They will go to poverty stricken La Labranza,Nicaragua to a maize and bean farmer named Juan.For every 12 piglets born he passes 2 to another family, those left to himself provide both food and an income."you can sell them" he explains,"people are alway's looking for piglets"The Community Movement of Matagalpa is an organisation supported by Christian Aid,this is the catalyst for the project. Trust this meets withe your approval.
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