WINTER LIFE IN FSJ

Hello all, sorry to all our loyal fans who have regularly been checking in to hear all of our stories of the North. Ogri (and Charlie) have finally finished the electrical work on the hotel in Valleyview, Alberta. Tina sighs a great sigh of relief. She gets her boys back. Charlie was actually able to celebrate his birthday at home, the first in about 3 years. (Had birthdays in Fort Nelson, Fort Ware, Tsay Keh Dene, Parksville, all in recent memory).

Charlie is winding down for the Christmas hols. Tina is busier than ever as she has joined the North Peace Community Choir and has also accepted a part in the forthcoming production of The Full Monty to be put on by the local amateur theatrical society. At least, winter should fly by.

Ogri continues to grow in vast proportions (apart from his brain, which appears to be growing at a snail's pace). Since Charlie is going to be at home for awhile, Ogri is going to be going in for puppy training but it is more to train us than him because we really don't know what the heck we are doing!

We survived the cold snap that got down to minus 45 (with wind chill) that lasted several weeks and are now having more seasonal temps around minus 10 (positively balmy, T-shirt weather). But the cold doesn't stop the people of the the North, CBC broadcasted from a local coffee shop and when we arrrived at 7 am the place was already packed. We got to have our 5 minutes of fame talking about Tina's French motorcycle helmet and our love of classic Italian scooters.

Yesterday, we went snowshoeing down the railroad tracks. Ogri has a mind of his own, when we want him to go into the snow, he refuses but when we don't, we can't get him out. It is another bright and sunny day in the Peace so we are on our way out to go cross-country skiing...