February 5, 2019

Hello to you all again. Time to sit down and get this typed up and sent off! Thanks to all you who sent Christmas letters this year. It sure was fun to get a glimpse of your life and families. The last couple of days have been bitter cold. It's been -40 with wind chills sometimes below that. Very very cold. I had been letting Heidi and Nigel play outside when ever this year regardless of the cold this year but that is way to cold to let them out.  While this kind of weather is normal for here in the winter it still is no fun! So back to January. New Year's Day Kelly had off and we had our family Christmas with Kelly's family. I made a Peppermint Chocolate Torte for dessert. Mom made us a turkey dinner with all the fixings. So good again. This year the children got to go sledding after lunch because it wasn't that cold. I brought Margo home for a nap. For supper we all just kinda pitch in a do a little bit because we are so full from dinner still! So we just had some dip with crackers, meat and cheese platters, and some veggies with Christmas baking for dessert. The 3rd I baked butterhorns and ran to town quick for groceries and was back home for supper. The 4th I cleaned house. The 5th Jason's and folks can for a pizza supper. The 6th we got invited to Lorne Reimer's for dinner. Interesting fact we have 3 Lorne's, 2 Travis', 2 Amy's, and 2 Emily's in our congregation. The 7th I made a couple of casseroles. Around meeting time a bunch of us ladies get together and exchange casseroles so we don't have to cook much. The 8th was sewing. The 9th I had an appointment to see about getting referred to Edmonton to get tested and had carpal tunnel surgery. It will pry be late summer before I will be able to get it done. Then we ran to town to get a few things so I could finish the casseroles. I when by myself with all my kids with no help! The 10th I got all my casseroles done. I made Cheesy Chicken and Rice and I needed to make 7 of them. Church in the evening but Margo was sick so I stayed home with her. The 13th Margo was still sick so I stayed home from church with her. The 14th I cleaned and made banana bread. The 15th I finished cleaning and made butterhorns to go with my casseroles. Then ran to town for groceries. Kelly got a promotion that day. He is now Station Captain for La Glace Fire Hall. Which means he is in charge now. He has been working super hard the last couple of years hoping to get it. It means a small raise in pay and a few more hours he will have to put in. The 16th we had the casseroles exchange at my house. The 17th I painted the pantry in the kitchen. A year or so ago we took the door off to see if we would like it better and now I decided to paint it white.  Didn't go to church as Kelly's promotion was being announced at the fire hall and he kinda needed to be there for that. The 18th I finished the painting. The 20th our meetings started and we had the preachers for supper that night. The 21st I cut out the summer dresses. The 22nd we had sewing. The 23rd I took Nigel and Margo for haircuts. Nigel got a big boy haircut which he thinks makes him look like Uncle Casey( Galen and Glenda's boy). Margo just got a little trim. The 26th we didn't have church. After dinner we had to run to town quick and then went to folks for supper. The 27th our meetings ended as our one minister had to leave for a death in the family. They hope to come back the end of February to finish up.  The 28th I did book work and got everything ready to file taxes and even got the GST filed! I have never done it so early!  Heidi help me clean out the filing cabinet and get it ready for the next year. We went to Lee's in the evening so Kelly could get measurement for a couple of jobs. The 30th we had to run to Beaverlodge after Kelly got home to get the tender truck that was getting fixed and take it back to La Glace. The 31st we had church in the evening.  I guess I forgot to add that I spent most of the week sewing. Didn't have that much to do but I got it done. Kelly had been working in the shop at the farm every evening he can because he has about 3 jobs that need doing. He has been taking Heidi and Nigel with him. Well that's all for that month. Margo is a very busy little girl. She can talk so much all ready and if she isn't being heard she will let us know and add her two cents and then laugh! She loves her brother and sister so much. She will give them both hugs if she hasn't seen them in awhile! Well that's all for this time. Till next time......