First Snow (Storm)

Our first snow falls.  And fall it did.  It was almost white-out conditions driving downtown.  Snow plows were not yet on the road and the snow was coming down heavily, sometime being driven sideways by the wind.  Yuk.

It was a heavy water laden snow and stuck to everything.  It was bending the smaller trees down to the ground and dropping the branches of the larges trees down low.

Nearing my destination, I let a pedestrian cross the road to get them on their way.  I picked up the dogs and they were ecstatic when they left the house to find the ground filled with white stuff.

Now I am hoping this blog works as yesterday afternoon  a "third party" dug up the NorthwesTel communications line and cut off all phone, cell phone and internet connections to the north.  By midnight we had phone services and about 1/3 power on internet as NWTel connected to a now defunct line until repairs on their fibre optics line were done.

Friday, September 26

Now, almost two weeks later, I am still cleaning and unpacking but alas, am almost finished unpacking inside the house.  Still have the garage to organize.  And am having a fence built which is not quite finished so when I looked after Timber and Lily on Friday, they stayed inside the house.  They did have fun exploring and sniffing the new surroundings though and as you can see Lily had just awoken from a nap and was having a big stretch when this photo was taken.

Moving Day

If you wondered why I have been lax in keeping up this blog ... think no more.  Moving day was September 15th.  Prior to that date it was rain rain rain.  Moving day was magnificent sunny skies.  What luck.  I had forgotten what a big job moving was.  Luckily I had expert movers that did it with a smile and with very little instructions (although I had written where each box was to go, so they didn't need very much instruction). 

Boxes, boxes, boxes, boxes, boxes, boxes ...  well you get the picture.  For someone who had downsized on my last move, I couldn't believe how many boxes I had.  Filling them was enough for me.  I then had to empty them on the other end and was NOT looking forward to that job.  You know, we collect too much "stuff".  I kept thinking, do we really need all this stuff?????  The answer is no.  Unfortunately, I am a bit of a pack rat.

So, around supper time, the Twins came by (with Mom) with a beautiful colourful bouquet of flowers for the new house.  They also brought gluten-free pizza and some bubbly which was also much appreciated as I had very little food in the house and anyway, even if I did, was much too tired to cook anything that day.  I had a lovely visit with the grandkids and their mom, then it was early to bed so I could get up early the next morning and start unpacking.

The flowers were so colourful and bright.  They really did light up the room.

Thanks "twins"!

Delayed Update

Last week I twinsat while Brooke went to her appointment.  We tried tummy-time but they weren't happy with that so I put them in their chairs and read them a story.  They quickly fell asleep.

Here's Lily keeping an eye on her favourite, Alanna.

And interestingly enough, Timber kept vigil over Emerson.  They were the perfect little babies until they got hungry and mom was not yet home.  Then it took a lot to pacify them.

As you've probably noticed I take photos of sleeping babies.  During the awake times, I am kept busy with other things!

Slowly but surely my rooms' contents are being put into boxes.  I love walking through empty rooms as I then know I don't have anything further to do with them.  My garage is FULL of boxed "stuff".  Do I really need that much stuff?????  The answer is NO.  I am going to re-think all that I have once I am moved into my new place.  Too late now to do anything but look at all those boxes and sigh.

                          

One week to go till moving day.  I have been waiting a long time for that day to come.  And don't expect too much in the way of updates after the 15th.  The internet people can't come till the end of the week, my satellite man cannot come till the next week (it's hunting season in the Yukon!) but as of today my phone is now working perfectly.  I have made the LEAP from land-line to cell phone only, kept my land-line number (ported the number to my cell) and am getting a pretty good deal on monthly fees from Bell.  So That worked out OK.