Its 5.30pm and we are listening to the Pogues and Kirsty McColl on Chris Evans drive time show...quite surreal and also glad that we are not on the M25 as it sounds nasty!
Quick recap on the last week or so...
20th: Passed our driving theory exams 83% and 95% (guess who won...! in under 10 mins...40 questions...okay that's probably made it a bit obvious!)
Our container arrived in Montreal - yippee!
We joined a gym and Shaun had his first kickboxing lesson with the lovely Melissa...looked pretty hardcore as I read a magazine on the cross-trainer...
21st: Results of kickboxing lesson....interesting.....apparently not easy to sit down...gluteus maximus a tad sore apparently....due to his kicks being higher and more aggressive that everyone elses.....hmmmm
22nd: Went for a review with a driving instructor to make sure we are okay for our practical test in January...well more like me rather than Shaun...best news is that no parallel parking (having spent most of Saturday morning and most of the petrol tank trying to park between 2 deckchairs...it was not pretty...
Kickboxing still giving payback....still funny....
23th: Climbed Spion Kopje, big hill behind the house, snow at the top and great views of 4 lakes, vineyards etc but forgot the camera so afraid you will have to imagine it for a bit..it was a bit of a steep, nay vertical, climb and we got lost for 2 hours on the way back down so will be a while before we try that one again!
24th: container still in Montreal...
Bad news....ski hills not having enough snow so opening planned for this weekend delayed ...they want 90cm on the bottom slopes before they'll open....have they been to Europe?...10cm and its all go...stuff the rocks..hire rentals! Still more snow forecast for this week and as our skis aren't yet then it saves us some rental dollars...
25th: Shaun passed his pistol theory and practical with 98% !!! again!!
26th: Interview for Shaun for a project manager job in Kelowna with a restoration company which clears up after fire, flood and other more icky stuff...seemed to go well but there are number of other people going for the job so will be a while before we hear if he gets to go to interview number 2.
Shaun gets man flu...
27th: Shaun lucky to survive the night ...not really in danger from the man flu but more the really grumpy wife who was getting woken up every 45 mins by humongous sneezes...at 3am I am definately no Florence Nightingale...!
28th: Its snowing! Big fluffy flakes.... extra 10+cm on the ski hills...this is more like it!
.....container still in Montreal....man flu still in Shaun...
29th: Rats.... its stopped snowing...warm weather forecast for the next few days with more snow towards the middle/end of next week...it seems churlish to resent a bright blue sky...but....
30th: Had proper afternoon tea with Heather and Trevor who are house sitting the home we
want to buy whilst the owners are RV'ing in Arizona. Lovely couple and Shaun was most impressed with the Battenburg cake, chocolate brownies, lemon sponge cake, chocolate biscuits and mini salmon wellingtons (in pastry, not rubber rain related boots).
Heather seemed most impressed with Shaun's cake eating abilities.....ahh sometimes i am such a proud wife...!
We (well actually I was pretty much, well, totally on the sidelines during the entire operation) aka Shaun changed over to our super-duper snow tires ready for our first venture up the mountain whenever they finally open the ski hills, he also cleaned off the summer tires, marked them with chalk so we (sorry, he) could switch them round to ensure even wear, cleaned the car. I made a cup of tea.1st Dec: Yippee! our container is on the move and is in Manitoba...so very very cold!
Should be in Vancouver by the end of the week and with us by mid-next week. Skis, boots, teabags and chocolate...its Christmas!
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