Last Monday in January

Yeah, yeah, yeah...I know I haven't been too attentive with my blog but it's been cold and dark here! Since I last wrote the federal elections have come and gone. We have a new Prime Minister - we'll see what that means soon enough, - although the Yukon stayed steady and revoted Larry Bagnell into office (Liberal) once again.

The temperatures have dipped in the last week and a half. It may warm up to minus 25 C if we are lucky. It was in fact about that temperature when 90% of the Yukon had a power outage. The power station at Aishihik went down yesterday, and with that power drain, so did the power in Whitehorse, which left most of us without power - me for about 4 hours - some people for up to 9 hours. Right now we're running on full power, but Yukon Electric is advising us not to use anything that isn't necessary as they still don't know what caused this outage. (This blog is necessary, isn't it....I promise to get off the net as soon as I'm finished).

I've been doing inside stuff - re-caulked all my windows and painted the sills, been sewing making disasterous creations which I now have to re-think, and even started knitting again even with carpal tunnel (which I hope to have operated on by the end of February, depending how busy our surgeon is).

SR is doing well enough - still in school of course. He and Tara will be tripping down to Puerto Vallarta for reading week to meet up with his dad on the ship. He's already tanning to get ready for the sun (although we have had heated discussions about the dangers/benefits of tanning). That trip will be in the 3rd week of February.

And Debbie and I are starting to make some plans for our trip to Greece / Italy, which comes up in mid April. One month in Greece, 2 weeks in Italy. Can't wait...Then you'll see a good blog if I ever find an internet cafe!

Just watched a good soccer game last week - Man U v Liverpool. Both vying for 2nd place. It was good because my team won 1-0 in the last minutes of play. In case you're wondering, Chelsea is on top once again this year and Arsenal is in 6th place, much to Arsen Bengers's dismay.

So that's about it from the north. Until next time....