Afternoon 57

Despite the fact that I video blogged about how there was virtually no snow on the ground this morning, it is blizzarding like crazy! All the schools ended up shutting down half way through the day. Maybe tomorrow Ava will get to have a full snow day.

I finally received my driving licence in the mail! I still can't believe I could hop into a car right now and drive around (which, for the record, I have no intention of doing as I would crash in mere seconds). It's now time for more theory test studying...ugh.

Day 57

Preparing for the Snow!, Day 56

With the Gaters gone, the house feels very empty! It's a miracle really how we fit everyone under the same roof!

Ava went back to school (rather excitingly) this morning, and according to the weather forecast, there is a huge possibility that there will be snow days for the rest of the week due to heavy snow fall! (Considering how everyone reacted to 1 inch of snow a couple weeks ago, it will be rather interesting to observe how they deal with quite a bit more than that).

Maude starts school on Friday (well, hopefully) and it will be interesting to see how she makes that adjustment. She currently thinks she's a cat, (I suspect this is partly due to the fact that my mother and I laughed hysterically when she first began greeting everyone in meows) and I'm wondering how that will go down with the other children in her class.

I've sadly become slightly addicted to Big Brother, a show where about twelve people are put into a small house which is filled with cameras. Every week one person gets voted out until there is one person left, the winner of the season. There really isn't much more to it, though I find it quite interesting that you can switch on the telly and get live feed from this house. It's quite bizarre if you think about it.

I hope everyone is surviving the cold back in Canada! (I've heard it's -20?!)

Desert Memories, Day 54

city lights are passing
they remind me
of whispering words of sweet inspiration in the back of cabs,

my body flowing into yours with every sharp turn and quick stop
as if I were the rolling hills of your desert plane back
never ending and smooth, sprinkled with freckles of sand grains
and red swipes of a lion’s paw which origins are still unknown,
or the sand dune arcs and notches of your spine
carefully separated by coasts of cartilage

there should be a book composed of
the whispered words
that flowed between us like water
a desert never sees

Ava, Day 52

I love this photo because it is a true representation of how beautiful Ava is. I love how she looks completely unaware that her photo is being taken.

We didn't get out of the house today until noon and by the time we finished our lunch at the coffee shop and took a long walk through the Coppermills the day was almost over. The girls were very tired to say the least.

I wish everyone an amazing 2010! xx