Saturday, October 3, 2020

Cold, so cold!!!


Well, I have spent many years thinking and saying that anything under 0 is cold, and it all sort of feels the same.

I was wrong!!!

In the week prior to our departure we had very low temps, the lowest of which was -27 with a windchill of -35. That was cold. So cold, in fact, that there was a frostbite warning of less than 5 mins!! Wow. Fortunately my friends thought of me and my walk to school to drop off and collect Liam and Kim very kindly came to the rescue until I organised to have the car.

Liam and Phoebe and I stood outside just to see how it felt, and it was, indeed, cold.

As our farewells began I had a great week out! Kim and I hit McCracken's for the Cactus Jack chicken burger and some keno while Michelle kindly looked after Phoebe who loved having a playdate with Morgan.

Later in the week Phoebe and I were out with Louise, Nico and Kim and Louise's friend Jane for a sushi banquet. It was very tasty!

On Friday night Frank was farewelled by his colleagues at Mike's place. It was a very big night that finished at 4am and had Frank lying low the next day!

On Saturday night we hit the Noble Pig with Cynthia and Bruce for a very pleasant evening.

On Sunday afternoon we returned to 'the pig' with Louise and Kim and families for an afternoon of beer and appies. What a great way to while away an afternoon!

So long, farewell....

And so we arrived to Wednesday January 25, the day it all had to come to an end.........

We farewelled Jennifer and David as they journeyed to Summerland to retrieve Brittney the dog. Frank headed to work to finish up and I did a final clean and pack.

A welcome distraction was Louise coming for a visit during the day, and then as soon as Frank came home it was all on. Geoff and Kenna kindly came to collect the car and change the plates. With that Mike was there with his brother's truck and we piled our bags and selves in and headed to the airport!

Some shuffling of contents and currency handling and we were checked in!

Farewell to Mike and then we spent some time with Al, Hana and Jesse and the Smits. (I think Nico wanted to make sure we were out of the country!!!)

Great flights home and Liam and Phoebe were AMAZING!!

Good looking cake!

Frank and Al
Frank and the Breville

Gift from the school

Frank and Mike