Pip and I.
I spent a few hours this morning Christmas shopping for my darling girls while Pip was at preschool. I took Juliette (Miranda’s new nanny from Bristol England) so she could explore the mall. It is an unusual cold snap in Kelowna, -17 oC. We have no snow and bright sunshine yet bitterly cold temps from an arctic front. It is too bad about the no snow as Crystal Ski hill is dry. I am waiting for them to get snow and open because it is so much closer and less expensive than Big White.
Hopefully the whether returns to normal (+1 oC), as poor Fernando couldn’t do our run this morning. I ran with him for about 10 minutes and then had to bring him home because he kept trying to hop on three paws. I headed out alone and was fine except my toes started to freeze after about 15 min. I willed the blood to pump into them and after a few minutes they were warm. I have never experienced such a cold snap in Kelowna like this one. We sometimes get one or two nights that dip this low in January but never December!
Tonight we have Tabi’s dance and then Mist’s band concert. Thursday is the Grad/faculty Christmas social at the campus pub. I am looking forward to it as Peter, Miranda, John, Miranda’s PhD candidate Brian (he’s great fun) and perhaps a few friends of mine from class will be attending.
Big trips for this new year all still pending–there are a few in the cards for me (I hope at least one comes to fruition!): Malaysia, Tibet, Mayan Riviera.
BTW, Fantastic Mr. Fox was very cute and clever–just like a fox. Low tech stop-action with witty dialogue.
I loved the scene where the fox saluted the wolf with his fist in the air and the wolf returned the fist.
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