A snowy day

It has been snowing in Salluit for 2 days now. This is our wet season. We don't get that much snow, it is just the same snowflake blowing around Salluit from Nov to March. Nothing like the amount of snow I had to shovel at 2806. Who would think a bonus living here was no shovelling of snow. It is very dry here... I have two humidifiers going all the time in my house. Crackers can be left out for days and they never get soggy. It takes a girl from Nova Scotia a long time to get used to that.

I saw Colleen Jones on the telly this am. What beautiful weather in Nova Scotia. Couldn't some of you go to Horseshoe Park and be part of the background?

The hills here are almost covered with snow. A few more days of this and we can start to go out with cardboard to slide. This morning I put my medium weight snow pants on as I have two outside duties on day 3. I was pleasantly surprised to have them rather loose at the waist This is not from exercising , or even watching what I eat but from that terrible cold I had. I am trying to be careful but I am not always successful.. and when I am successful , I then celebrate with food. Let's face it I was not meant to be thin.

It is not fun to do these outside duties in colder weather. It is the longest 30 minutes of the day. So many teachers forgot their duties that administration decided to put all our duties on one day. So on Day 3 I have to get in and out of my gear 5 times : before school, at noon, after school as well as the two recess duties. That should cause me to loose weight. Actually I end up loosing mittens or my second scarf ... yes I wear two... one inside my coat and one outside to cover my face. I have the ugliest coat in the world. It is the warmest garment that Mountain Co-Op E makes but it is lime green. God what a colour. I bought it on sale... no one wanted it. It is good in that one can see me in the dense snow falls... it sure is ugly.

Yesterday there were Municipal elections thru out Nunivik. In Salluit the mayor, Michael Cameron ,was defeated by the former mayor. Michael is very young, early 30's, and he may have tried to do too many things in the first two years. It must be sad for Michael but that means he will come back to school as our Centre Director. I was able to vote which made me feel part of the community here.

The snow is swirling around outside. At times it is difficult to see other buildings. I think since LLBean has free shipping this month it is time to treat myself to new boots.

Have a great day.

Pearl