Wacky Weather

This week has been an interesting weather week. First we had about a foot of heavy wet snow, which gradually changed over to rain, making driving an absolute pleasure. Then in rained and rained. Everything turned slushy....and the snow that didn't look slushy was snow with 4 inches of water underneath. Awesome!!! The rain with the help of the plows cleared the snow off the roads and we had a whole day of clear roads before it started to snow again. I have to add that this is an unusual weather pattern for this time of year.

The kids enjoyed the snow and took the opportunity to bury each other. This was pre wet/rainy snow otherwise they may have drowned.

We had a visitor for a few days....Steve. Steve the spider. Steve came to us on a head of romaine lettuce. I was a bit surprised to find him/her on the counter as I was preparing salad for dinner. Steve was substantial enough, colorful enough and the weather was bad enough that I had no option but to capture him and keep him in a plastic container until the weather changed. We had a +7 day so Julian and I released him/her under the trailer.

Research on some spider identification websites indicate that Steve is a Red-backed jumping spider. Actually according to our research Steve is actually a female due to the black stripe on her abdomen. So we've renamed her Stevie. Stevie nicks so be careful.

The house project is coming along. The insulation is in the walls the vapor barrier should be done tomorrow, unless it is sunny and the weather man is calling for sun. Then we may switch gears and work on soffits and finish the vapor barrier on the weekend. Next week we should be starting to board. Yippee. It is only one month until Christmas our estimated date of completion........

I think if we take out time and finish......which would be a switch from out other houses, we will not be in by Christmas. We have some kitchen ideas such as concrete countertops that will take some time. I'm all for taking our time and getting it done the way we want. We really have no deadline so why push it. We also have to sand and finish all our flooring as we are putting in roughsawn fir from a local mill.  Oooh... finishing, now I'm starting to get excited.

  Insulation delivery

The kids have had their school assessments and all seem to be doing well in their new environments. The BC teachers are in strike mode and only performing essential services which do not include formal report cards. I think being in a small rural school we are very lucky as school hasn't changed much even though there is a strike of sorts.The kids got written pages generalizing their progress and they are doing well as always. I asked one of Niks friends if she thought school was any different this year. She has been going to that school for a number of years. She said that the teachers really care about the students and she doesn't sense a difference. There are some changes, the teachers aren't supposed to engage in extracurricular activities outside of school hours. Niks band usually attends a Jazz festival in February that may be cancelled. I know that the band teacher is as, if not more disappointed than the kids.

Aside from helping at the house I have been busy at the school this week. The Ski hill folks came to give their safety talk and fit the kids for rentals so I helped out with that.Ii did my first hot lunch. Every Wednesday volunteer parents make a hot lunch for the school. I helped to make 95 grill cheese sandwiches and soup. Lots of fun.

Terr and I have been helping out with a renovation at the Threads Guild. We are helping to upgrade the washroom to have wheelchair access.

Well I hope everyone has had a great fall and you are all ready for winter. Stay warm and keep well.