It seems like a long time ago now, but at the start of October we headed over to Nordegg to spend Thanksgiving with Simon, Arin and James. We managed to use the weekend to get some construction practice in, putting a railing around the decking in their yard. Simon also managed to make use of us by hauling a load of rocks for the landscaping of their yard, althought he job still isn't finished, so he still has a lot to haul by himself. We had a pretty relaxing weekend, but failed to take too many photos so there isn't much to show. Lea and James did manage to pose for one though which you can see below.
The trip to Nordegg was a 1500 km round trip, so we now have a pretty good idea of what we will be faced with when we head over to the mountains for Christmas, and if we plan any skiing weekends. Luckily the roads are so much quieter here, so the driving doesn't seem as stressful.
Lea continues to enjoy her work. Below you can see her hard at work, and not messing around with the girl who sits next to her at all!!
Probably the best bit of news we have had since we arrived here in Canada is that I now have a job too. Lea is already planning her retirement, although I intend to keep her working for a few years yet. I am starting work tomorrow (Monday 5th Nov) as an Aquatic Scientist here in Saskatoon. I expect the winter to involve mostly report writing but the summer fieldwork season sounds like it should be very entertaining indeed. It seems as though most of the fieldwork is carried out in the far north, with trips of up to 3 weeks spent electro fishing and other such fun activities. Mine monitoring seems to be the normal work, and Lea has already asked for extra diamonds and gold if I manage to come across any on one of my trips.
In other news I have started to play football (I can't bring myself to call it soccer yet). The indoor season here has just started, and following a promising pre season where the team went undefeated, the first league game of the season ended in a comprehensive 5-2 loss. I did manage to get my name on the scoresheet, although it was an own goal. I put it down to poor goalkeeping myself, and any keeper who concedes a goal to me needs to take a long hard look at himself!!!!!!
Lea and I have also started playing squash as Lea has free facilities where she works. Hopefully regular trips will allow me to improve on my poor levels of fitness. I don't expect to see any signs of improvement any time soon though.
The construction of the house continues to dominate all the rest of our free time. We are currently trying to get quotes for various aspects of the house. This may lead to a radical redrafting of the plans as we find out that downsizing is required. This is something that Lea is not looking forward to doing, as she feels that we can't possibly go any smaller than a huge 4 bedroom mansion! Maybe there will be some plans available by the next installment.
We have also included a few photos from our wanderings around downtown Saskatoon. It really does seem to be a great place to live. We are both very happy here, and now we are both working seem to think that we will be staying here for many years to come.
Finally, the weather here is starting to get a little colder. We woke up to snow this morning and the temperature didn't get above 5 degrees all day. We are wondering when the snow will start to linger a bit more. No doubt when it does there will be plenty of snowmen and snowball fight pictures for your viewing pleasure.
Until next time.........
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