Happy
Birthday, Matt! 12 years old today and finished with Junior School forever!
Well done, Matt – hope your birthday was special.
Today it’s
really warm. Overnight minimum was -6º; when we went out for our walk, it was up
to -2º. At the hockey rink it’s like walking in a freezer room; this morning
there was a hockey game on: no spectators but the game itself is noisy with
banging on the walls of the rink, etc.
Coffee at
Macca’s afterwards. When my coffee came, it was a small and I’d ordered a
large. So the guy was going to throw it out, when Dianne said she’d like it, so
she got a free latte! It’s much more pleasant walking around the car park
without the snow and salt.
A quiet day – a trip to the mall for groceries and then to another mall
for a browse through a department store. After dinner, we went to Ray and
Cathy’s, friends of Steve and Dianne’s, about 15 minutes away. It was 1º when we were there around 7pm. Now it’s back to 0º.
The forecast
for tomorrow, Saturday and some of Sunday is for warmer temperatures, hovering
between about -3º and 2º
but with this will come “ice
pellets” and “freezing rain”. This last term means the roads will be so icy and
dangerous that it’s really foolish to drive. Snow is taken care off by salting
and sanding the roads; that doesn’t work with ice. Saturday evening we could get an "ice storm" apparently.
We’re
supposed to be going across to Steve’s family in Sarnia to celebrate his sister’s birthday tomorrow evening, but it’s a two-hour drive and you simply
don’t take that risk in this country in this weather. So we’ll wait and see if the
weather man is right: if he is, we won’t be going anywhere tomorrow!
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