Day #5485 – (Sat., Jan. 11, 2025) – First Downhill Skiing Lesson

There is snow in Chapel Hill this morning! No snow here! A weather front is moving to the east in the US. The kids had their first downhill skiing lesson today. My wife drove them to Mount Washington in the morning, and we both went to pick them up in the afternoon. It wasn’t snowing…

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Day #5484 – (Fri., Jan. 10, 2025) – Lake Trail Thrift Store

Both kids are home sick today. It was such a beautiful sunny day here in the Comox Valley. With all the rain we get in November & December, it really feels good when the sun comes out! We already have 18 more minutes of sunshine today than we did on December 21st… The days are…

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Day #5483 – (Thu., Jan. 9, 2025) – Neighbor’s New Roof

Bobby went to school today but Katie is home sick. She is still suffering from the ortho appointment yesterday. Our neighbor is getting a new roof (see photo to the right). I picked up Bobby from school today. He told me that he gave Dominik his mother’s business card so that his mother will be…

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Day #5482 – (Wed., Jan. 8, 2025) – Yellow School Bus

Katie went to school today but Bobby is home sick. Incidentally, the school buses here are yellow. You can see one outside Huband in the photo to the right. I asked Copilot about school buses and here is what it said: “The decision to standardize the color of school buses to yellow was made by…

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