Another sunny day....

Well it's the day before our visitors arrive, so thought I'd do a quick blog before they arrive in case I don't get the chance tomorrow. We have had a lovely day today which is in complete contrast to yesterday, which was horrible! It started off snowing, then turned to rain, finally stopping early evening. Main problem is the fact that it turns the drive into a bit of a quagmire. I had my Airport Security brief yesterday, which meant a walk to the Terminal Building in the snow (and a walk back in the rain!). As my place of work has direct access onto the Airfield, we are governed by Transport Canada security, which means I will have my background checked by the powers that be over in Ottawa. The pass you then get issued with has fingerprint and retina scans on it... In the brief, I was sat next to this woman who I was sure I knew. Anyway, as it happens she works for Air Canada and was one of the stewardesses on our flight over in December. Funny how you recognise a face!! She says she loves doing the London route.....
So as it was such a lovely day today we popped over to Oakfield Provincial Park and took the dog for a walk in the woods. She's doing really well. Yes we are having a few accidents, but that's mainly our fault for not keeping a close enough eye on her. While we were at the park, we did some training. Calling her and getting her to come and sit. She did really well. In fact so well, she nearly ate all the training treats we took with us (and promptly threw up on the way home! - or 'tossed her cookies' as someone said on the radio this week). This was in relation to the threatened closure of a school in the Musquodoboit Valley. The parents told the education board to come and take the bus trip the children would need to do if they closed the school. As a consequence, one of the board members 'tossed her cookies'. But I digress.....the pictures here were taken while on the walk. She was told to sit and stay for both photos and she did just that! The park leads down to a lake which at the moment is frozen, but not thick enough ice for skating. Apparently they do swimming lessons here in August. So that will be something for Matthew and Emma to do during the long summer break. When we got home, we then sat and watched the latest Harry Potter film on DVD in the media room, which is all up and running, but lacking proper seating. However, a couple of garden chairs and some beanbags sufficed.
As far as work goes, I finally got the necessary software installed on Thursday and they managed to get it working properly on Friday, so it will be all systems go on Monday!
Matthew and Emma are now on March break which means they have next week off - back to school on the 20th March. Last week was the obligatory wind down week and they had a week of theme days. They had a Canada Day, Wacky Hair day, 60's Flower Power day, A Holland Road day (they basically wear green - the school they go to is Holland Road Elementary) and another one which I can't remember.
Apart from that it's been a relatively quiet week, Deborah had a trip to the dentist and consequently needs 3 fillings - a great money making scheme this dentistry lark....Matthew and Emma both go next week (they should be free!) and I go at the end of the month - I wonder how many I'll need.....Tomorrow will be spent finishing off the tidying and cleaning in preparation for Carolyn & Tim arriving, we're having steaks cooked on the new gas Grill when they arrive - we had a practice run last weekend and the steaks were delicious!. Got a few trips planned while they are here, but no doubt this will be the subject of future blogs....