{"id":581,"date":"2009-12-08T22:11:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T06:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=581"},"modified":"2013-11-12T15:08:20","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T23:08:20","slug":"frozen-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/frozen-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"Frozen Desert"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/Sx7LIjAijPI\/AAAAAAAACh4\/iNa7dgLgMos\/s1600-h\/Photo+435.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/Sx7LIjAijPI\/AAAAAAAACh4\/iNa7dgLgMos\/s640\/Photo+435.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Pip and I.<br \/>I spent a few hours this morning Christmas shopping for my darling girls while Pip was at preschool. I took Juliette (Miranda&#8217;s new nanny from Bristol England) so she could explore the mall. It is \u00a0an 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.<br \/>Hopefully the whether returns to normal (+1 oC), as poor Fernando couldn&#8217;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!<br \/>Tonight we have Tabi&#8217;s dance and then Mist&#8217;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&#8217;s PhD candidate Brian (he&#8217;s great fun) and perhaps a few friends of mine from class will be attending.<br \/>Big trips for this new year all still pending&#8211;there are a few in the cards for me (I hope at least one comes to fruition!): Malaysia, Tibet, Mayan Riviera.<br \/>BTW, <i>Fantastic Mr. Fox<\/i> was very cute and clever&#8211;just like a fox. Low tech stop-action with witty dialogue.<br \/>I loved the scene where the fox saluted the wolf with his fist in the air and the wolf returned the fist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s new nanny from Bristol England) so she could explore the mall. 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