Sunday, March 29, 2009
Niagara Falls
We went here for 3 days and 2 nights and it was wonderful, saw this amazing sight, had dinner at a beautiful restaurant and went over to the American side to see it from there which was interesting crossing the border, they also have a weird strip that is all for the tourists. The sound of the rushing water was amazing.
March Break
We have just gone back to school after 8 days off and it was lovely to get a break, I feel like I have landed in Canada and been going like a crazy person for 3 months so it was good to have a break. We had Greg (my brother) here for 5 days which was wonderful and we went to Toronto and Niagara Falls both were amazing spectacles to see, with the weather so nice it was great to be able to stroll around outside its one thing I really miss, you don't go outside much to walk around, people here actually take Vit D tablets during the winter.
We then had more Aussie friends for 4 days after Greg left, Mal and Deb from Vancouver island on an exchange from Grafton. It was also great to see them and we had some wonderful parties with the local Wagner Lake crowd that they really enjoyed. Then this week we welcomed Candy and Mike Chapman from Balcolyn to stay with us for 2 days, they brought some lovely Ice Wine for us and saw some wonderful sites around the area.
All the locals head south to the sun in Florida and Mexico for the March Break its really quite funny and when they get back they are burnt brown or bright red, and they then wear T-Shirts and shorts to show of their tans when the weather is still only 5 degrees, pretty funny.
Anyway we are all over our sicknesses which is good and we are back at school, Kevin now has a full time job at a local store and we are trying to sell the Bambi products in Canada. I am busy at school again and the kids have lots of homework to do. I am not looking forward to this stint of school we have 13 weeks till the summer hols, OMG that would never happen in Aus, it will be hard. 2 lots of reports to do and 2 long weekends we will really need the 9 weeks off we get in July August. Hope all is well, enjoy the photos.
We then had more Aussie friends for 4 days after Greg left, Mal and Deb from Vancouver island on an exchange from Grafton. It was also great to see them and we had some wonderful parties with the local Wagner Lake crowd that they really enjoyed. Then this week we welcomed Candy and Mike Chapman from Balcolyn to stay with us for 2 days, they brought some lovely Ice Wine for us and saw some wonderful sites around the area.
All the locals head south to the sun in Florida and Mexico for the March Break its really quite funny and when they get back they are burnt brown or bright red, and they then wear T-Shirts and shorts to show of their tans when the weather is still only 5 degrees, pretty funny.
Anyway we are all over our sicknesses which is good and we are back at school, Kevin now has a full time job at a local store and we are trying to sell the Bambi products in Canada. I am busy at school again and the kids have lots of homework to do. I am not looking forward to this stint of school we have 13 weeks till the summer hols, OMG that would never happen in Aus, it will be hard. 2 lots of reports to do and 2 long weekends we will really need the 9 weeks off we get in July August. Hope all is well, enjoy the photos.
March Warm up
Hi Everyone,
We have a very busy March and lots of late winter sickness which has been a huge drag for everyone. We all got the dreaded cold that has been hanging around the schools for ages and we all went down pretty bad with it. We took Steph for an appointment at the Toronto Sick Kids Hospital and the Docs there decided she neede a whole new drug regime which has involved weekly injections of Methotrexate which can make her sick as well as many other things so we have been dealing with that. She has beeen a trooper as usual about it and she has felt better the Doc we see is Aussie and knows our Aussie Doc in Sydney which is very encouraging.
We also have had lots of school work to do I have had progress reports to get done and lots of marking there is so much to do here, everything you hand out to the students you have to mark and they expect you to, so they have about 50 assessment marks on their reports, its crazy. Anyway we have been pretty busy with school and Wagner Lake socialising.
The weather has now warmed up to balmy 5 - 12 degree days, which doesn't seem very warm to you guys but its actually a bit like our warmer winter days so its very weird, and the most of the snow has melted its particularly ugly around at the moment all brown and dead. Apparently the ground doesn't defrost till mid May which seems so far away its very strange.
Hope everyone is well
We have a very busy March and lots of late winter sickness which has been a huge drag for everyone. We all got the dreaded cold that has been hanging around the schools for ages and we all went down pretty bad with it. We took Steph for an appointment at the Toronto Sick Kids Hospital and the Docs there decided she neede a whole new drug regime which has involved weekly injections of Methotrexate which can make her sick as well as many other things so we have been dealing with that. She has beeen a trooper as usual about it and she has felt better the Doc we see is Aussie and knows our Aussie Doc in Sydney which is very encouraging.
We also have had lots of school work to do I have had progress reports to get done and lots of marking there is so much to do here, everything you hand out to the students you have to mark and they expect you to, so they have about 50 assessment marks on their reports, its crazy. Anyway we have been pretty busy with school and Wagner Lake socialising.
The weather has now warmed up to balmy 5 - 12 degree days, which doesn't seem very warm to you guys but its actually a bit like our warmer winter days so its very weird, and the most of the snow has melted its particularly ugly around at the moment all brown and dead. Apparently the ground doesn't defrost till mid May which seems so far away its very strange.
Hope everyone is well
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Winter at Wagner Lake
Hi Everyone,
No doubt you have been busy reading our latest blog on Quebec, its been pretty hectic here so I am rather behind with my postings.The last few weeks have seen James start school finally and he is loving it makes it easy when you are the most popular kid in the school because you have a cool accent. He has a girlfriend already and has met lots of nice guys, he has joined the rugby team at school (not normal in a Canadian school) but they are very good and have a really good Coach all done inside of course. He does weights in the afternoons and seems to be keeping out of trouble. He has also met some really nice kids around the area and he has been lucky enough to borrow a sled from a friend which he can ride around with the other kids. Sleds or snow mobiles are the preferred method of transport here everyone has one and they are lots of fun, they sled around on the lake and through the forest each afternoon I guess its the equivalent of the of road motor bike. He is also going to venturers with his mate so he has really settled in well.
Steph is doing very well at school she seems to have found her niche, took a while but she seems happy now, she is well we have an appointment at the Sick childrens hospital for her next week she has grown and put on weight which is very pleasing. She has found a good ballet school which she loves and also does ski club on Wednesday arvos.
Kevin is still looking for work he has a few things coming up which look promising but times are hard here and there is a lot of unemployment in the province, hopefully he can get some teaching work soon this would be good. He is enjoying himself with the local lads though goes down to the skating rink on the lake and helps clear it, enjoys beers with the lads usual boy stuff.
I am finding school remarkably easy compared to home I only teach yr 10 and 11 and they are very polite and friendly, the school is more like a private school in Aus so I am very comfortable.
I have made some lovely friends around the Lake and we are continually invited out for drinks and parties its very overwhelming but fun.
The weather got quite warm and melted a lot of the ice and snow in February and they called it the February thaw everything was flooding, then it got cold again and iced up and lots of accidents occured, very fickle weather they have here. Anyway we are still surrounded by a good metre of snow its very pretty, when it all melted it was very messy and slushy.
These are photos around our house after the latest snow storm.
This is our front drive This is the view over the back yard
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