Note the temperature - crazy! We go from -30 to -4 in two days.
Just celebrated Sue's birthday last night. What fun. It was a '70's theme - '70's, '70's mmmm what did I do and wear in 1970?? I had a hard time thinking what clothing in the 1970's was like - let's see, I backpacked through Europe (jeans & t-shirt), worked for CP Air (yes, remember that great airline who rivaled Air Canada) so I wore work clothes so there were mini-skirts and midi-skirts and platform shoes, moved to Calgary and wore those Indian wrap-around skirts as well as jeans and t-shirts, then moved north into a cabin in the bush and wore lumber-jack shirts and big boots as well as jeans & t-shirts. I guess it was a decade for wearing everything and anything but jeans and t-shirts remained a constant, so that settled it. And I still wear them so I had only to go into the closet. The evening started off with Marguerita's - what fun. I haven't had those since the '70's, and ended with Bailey's coffees. For a wine and beer drinker that was different. The music had variety also, from John Travolta disco to Joe Cocker. The theme was chosen as that is when Sue "came of age" and as she is once again "coming of age" (the senior's age that is) it was appropriate. And best of all I awoke today without a hangover!

My Friend turns 50 !!!!

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History in the Making

I watched the inauguration this morning - history in the making, as they say. The crowds were amazing and I wondered what those people did when they had to go to the bathroom! So the good 'ol US of A now has a new President and it will be interesting to see what that means to Canada.
In with the new, out with the old. Here the helicopter awaits the Bush's. What will the comedians do without George Dubbya. And like Robin Williams says, what will he do now, he can't go on talking tours! Here is David Letterman's Top Ten List on George Bush:

While the rest of Canada was (is?) experiencing extremely cold temperatures, look at ours (below). Who'd have thought you would have to travel north of the 60th degree parallel to hit these temperatures. It has been like this since Monday and won't go back to near normal till Wednesday of this week. Gotta love it! Forecast Issued: 5.00 AM PST Sunday 18 January 2009 Today: A few showers ending this morning then clearing. Wind south 40 km/h gusting to 60. High 10. Tonight: A few clouds. Wind south 30 km/h. Low plus 2. Monday: Increasing cloudiness early in the morning. Wind south 30 km/h becoming light late in the day. High 6. Tuesday: Cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 3. High plus 1. Wednesday: A mix of sun and cloud with 40 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 12. High minus 12. Thursday: Sunny. Low minus 19. High minus 16. Climatological Information

Month Mean Temperature oC Mean Total Precipitation (mm) Mean Number of Precipitation Days Daily Minimum Daily Maximum Jan -22.0 -13.3 16.7 11.0

Ella

A baby has a special way of adding joy in every single day.
-- Author Unknown

Welcome to this world of ours, little Ella. Only a few days old, Ella is the granddaughter of my good friend Debbie. It wasn't so long ago (or maybe it was) that little Cody-Anne was running around in diapers, but now she is a mother of her own beautiful baby girl.

I went to visit little Ella tonight. She was so tiny. Were we all like that once? Her mom and dad, Peter, were beaming with joy.

So was Grampa Don who held her every chance he had.
Congratulations to Cody and Peter. What a beautiful little girl you brought into our world!

My Anti-theft Key

This is a view from my bedroom. I don't venture out too much if I don't have to. But I did go to the Nissan dealership today as I have been experiencing a problem starting my (almost) new truck! I would drive to where I was going, then when I wanted to drive away, my truck wouldn't start. This happened twice both times in extremely cold temperatures. After trying to start it, and trying to start it, and trying to start it some more, I would sit, look around and try to figure out what to do. And being the holidays, the dealership was closed. If I left the truck it would freeze solid then I certainly couldn't get it started. So then I swore out loud, tried it once more and alas, it started. The problem they said was my key! These new keys have computer chips in them that must sync with the chip in the car so only my key will start it. Something is wrong with my key and my car is not reading it, consequently it won't start. So, let this be a heads-up to all of you with similar "safety" systems. Carry 2 keys.

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Now in Whitehorse

Short Term ForecastUpdated: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 9:00 PST

	Tuesday Afternoon	Tuesday Evening	Tuesday Overnight	Wednesday Morning
	Variable cloudiness	Variable cloudiness	Variable cloudiness	Variable cloudiness
Temp.	-32°C	-35°C	-35°C	-36°C
Wind	NW 5km/h	NW 5km/h	NW 5km/h	NW 5km/h
Humidity	69%	74%	74%	70%
P.O.P.	20%	10%	10%	10%

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What ????.... they are the same!! My co-worker & I have the same first name, work in the same office, both have a bit of gypsy in us and wear the same clothes!! We were meant to meet!

Well the new year is upon us now. !!!Happy 2009!!! And we are once again in a deep freeze - I mean weather wise, not economy wise... or do I? Minus 34 at my house, minus 39 downtown, so I am hunkering down and thought a coffee, computer, and Quartetto Gelato sounds a whole lot better than venturing outside if I don't have to.

Here's to 2009, may it bring you health and happiness. Cheers!