With lock downs and nothing happening, it certainly affects content.
With Covid still going like crazy, the province shut down again on boxing day. Sadly this is still going on. But as of today, we got the news that after 5 weeks of distance learning, the kids will finally be going back to in school classes on Monday February 8. Thanks to the tremendous teachers my children have this year – they have actually done very well with the homeschooling. Don’t get me wrong, they detest the entire situation. But their teachers have gone above and beyond to help them – and their classmates – make the most of this shitty situation. Alahna, Inge and Kim, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you & the rest of the staff at St. Marys. We couldn’t be more thankful to have you in the drivers seat for our kids education.
Christmas came and went. It was quiet. Too quiet. Anyone who knows us, knows that we do Christmas BIG. We both have amazing families who live within a short drive (for the most part) and also blessed with a couple good groups of friends. That means lots and lots of parties, dinners, get together’s and general shenanigans. Sadly nearly none of that happened this years. We still had a fantastic couple days with our parents and Grandma, but all the extended families, friends and extra stuff were simply cancelled. Abby and I do not take change very well, so we were pretty bummed. After a talk (and some tears) I declared we are gonna try and do Christmas in July for the folks we normally see but didn’t. This thankfully settled my poor girls heart. I just fear shes gonna make me put up another tree LOL.
No real updates in the garage. Subaru and Jeep had a couple minor repairs (clock spring on the Wrangler and another clutch slave cylinder on the WRX). Bug is still sleeping, as is the Bug. That said, I ordered a couple new items for the bike to get it back to 100%. After switching front bars, my turn signals no longer had a mount, so I have new ones coming. And also the side plate needed a light to be “legal”. Those will be done when weather warms a bit.
House updates : Back in September our stove failed. It is a large fancy 36 or 40″ wide unit with 2 electic stoves inside and a gas cook top. Sadly the one larger stove failed. Time and finances weren’t ideal after re-doing our bedroom all summer and working on the deck so we just lived with it till now. That said, our new stove is officially on its way. It is a standard 30″ but this still has nearly double the interior cook space and has built in air-fry to boot. This is also full-gas as well this time. Down side is I need to fab up some new spaces or thin cupboards to fill the gaps where the old stove use to extend into. Hopefully it goes quick and easy. I know Joe will love helping.
Hopefully next time I post will be a little shorter of a break and have more exciting details but for now, I’m calling it a night.