Sunday, January 09, 2011

I know it's cold but...

...is it really cold enough for all this wood? The BBC reported this week it has been the coldest winter in 20 years. Not cold enough for the Duthies unfortunately. After the cruel flirtation with snow in late November and early December, we have had nothing remotely passing for solid winter weather in my book. Even our recent  trip north to Scotland delivered mild weather in the high single digits. I mean come on. We've been living in  temperatures between the low teens and low 40s for the last 13 years - we want a prolonged period of cold please. Anyway, Rob spent more than two hours this afternoon stacking the wood that was delivered at lunchtime. He's done a great job, despite reporting some upper body aches, and I just hope no-one turns up at 2am and nicks it all, as it is stacked on our small drive, right on the street.

Scarlett finished her first week at her new school, that brought with it, many tears and some anxiety for her. But by Friday she was all smiles, which is great. She has been out all day on a playdate with a friend from her old school and tonight we have some of our new neighbours in for dinner which we're all looking forward to.

1 comment:

Chris said...

And you escaped the hottest Sydney night on record :)