MIA

Hi everyone

You must be wondering why I've been "Missing in Action"!!  Well, I do have a valid excuse/reason.  I'm back to work....so what?, many might say...but I have a contract in the city (3 hours away).  I started back on January 14 and I am contracted up to March 28.  It takes a bit of getting used to, and I am training to use some programs that I've never had to use before.  All fun and games...ha ha.

I am really enjoying it though, and I love getting to stay at Mark & Rana's for these upcoming few weeks. 

We had an engagement party for Mark & Rana on Saturday night........




The party went really well.  Roger wowed the masses with some of his signature treats like stuffed baked arctic char, sauteed shrimp, and his own smoked Atlantic salmon.

I made crab dip and chili & cheese dip.  Rana made mini cupcakes with cream cheese frosting--she also made a cream cheese dip served with chocolate wafer cookies---ummmmm-mmm!  

 


I drove home on Thursday for the weekend, and I took a few minutes to touch base here.  I do have my camera carried to St. John's and plan to start getting some photos and trying to get back to blogging...at least once a week until this contract is up and I get back home.  My work is in a beautiful area of the city that I'm not real familiar with, but just eight minutes to drive each way.  The building I\m working in is actually right on Quidi Vidi lake, where the St, John's Regatta is held every August.  Once I get right into the swing of things, I plan to take my camera to work some days and get out to get some photos.  Of course, that will be weather dependent too.

Speaking of weather----it's been brutal!   Minus 16-18 degrees Celsius daily, not including the wind chill!!  I must say it's been awhile since we've had a cold snap like this...hope it soon passes!  According to the forecast, there is hope.....

Long Term Forecast Updated:Saturday, January 26, 2013, 8:30NST

• Day
• Night

	Sunday January 27	Monday January 28	Tuesday January 29	Wednesday January 30	Thursday January 31	Friday February 1
Conditions 6am - 6pm
	Variable cloudiness	Cloudy periods	Mainly sunny	Cloudy periods	Snow	Variable cloudiness
P.O.P.	20 %	20 %	10 %	20 %	90 %	20 %
High	-9 °C	-9 °C	-8 °C	-5 °C	1 °C	0 °C
Feels Like	-19	-20	-21	-12	-7	-8
Low	-15 °C	-15 °C	-16 °C	-11 °C	-2 °C	-4 °C
Wind	W  25 km/h	NW  25 km/h	NW  25 km/h	SE  10 km/h	SW  35 km/h	SW  25 km/h
24-Hr Snow	-	-	-	close to 5 cm	close to 10 cm	-

14 Day Trend Historical Statistics Weather Maps Video Forecast

Anyway---better run, my coffee is cold and my laundry needs doing--haha!


Cheers
:o)