You can see the bike track in the snow again this week.
It is colder this week as well with temps in the -20C.
Winter has arrived.
That will be good for the coming craft sales because for some folks until it snows they just are not in the Christmas shopping mood.
I had under the kitchen sink clear out in plenty of time. They did have to go and get parts as the PTrap was glued and could not be removed.
As you can see the truck was parked behind the big fence and they were climbing over with ladders.
The hoses came through the patio doors.
I knew one of the guys that came because the same company did work in the building downtown.
The process went very well.
It did not fill under the PTrap after it was replaced.
It was about an 1/8 of an inch but it would not clear.
Good to by handy with a tool.
With the timing I finished a couple of books this week.
The Favored Child by Phillipa Gregory. It is book 2 in a trilogy and I have not read the first.
A couple of children are being raised together in the Dower House. They are Richard and Julia who are cousins but have lost parents and Julia's mother is raising both children alone.
There a mystical power at play, gender roles that confuse things, deep secrets which will change everything at the end of the story. How things change as children mature. Julie is connected to the land and Richard is not but that makes it difficult to be squire of the Lacey estate.
Things get ugly and when the secret is revealed the world comes to make more sense. Big book and a good read.
After her father has acted very cruelly, Simone summons the courage to leave with very little. She finds her way to a place she will not be recognized, changes her name and find employment.
In time the past comes calling. The police are involved, her true identity revealed, a man steps up to protect her, people die, and her future is in peril.
I always like a strong female main character and Simone lives up to the part.
Great book!
Happy with the speed, the disk space, and the overall performance.
I just love the LED lights on the inside. That is so cool.
The printer/scanner was set up EPSON 2980 Super Tank. Windows 11 with its apps has been easier than I thought to use.
It was the reception for the Fire and Ice Show at the Spruce Grove Art Gallery hosted by the Allied Arts Council.
I managed to get software in a permanent license. Wonderful.
My aunt and I attended the reception for the art show and the opening of the Christmas Store as well.
Check out the beautiful cookies made by Cindy I believe. Almost too pretty to eat. Gorgeous work.
I bought another small wood star from Val E at the Christmas Store.
Wonderful evening.
I made a lot less this year as it is not our big family get together this year. I will deliver these as I see family of the next few weeks.
It had been months since I saw her and my house was in a more organized state than when she visited in late August.
We decided to head out and hit a craft sale before heading to visit the Spruce Grove Art Gallery and Christmas Store at Heavy Metal Place in Spruce Grove.
After our outing we came back for another cup of tea and she headed out a little later to be home before dark.
There is nothing I need, my Christmas list is very short, so I came to realize that I don't need to attend craft sales.
I had been feeling like I was missing something special but my circumstances have changed a lot and I only need to attend if there is a reason to.
Interesting how time marches on and I am not the person I was.
Learned a valuable lesson.
