Friday - SNOW DAY

Well its always good to hit a Friday, I was suffering extreme TGIF and woke to discover it had snowed over 10 cm and that they had cancelled school buses! Wow! Teachers have to go to their closest school, and kids can stay home! You really have to love this! So last time this happened 1 student turned up, but today I had no students in class! Yay! What a great Friday!

The week in review

Tuesday - I have the cold and I am sick! I need drugs! (cold drugs).

Wednesday - sick, and sick of being at work.

Thursday - Damn cold!! Slowly getting better. Come on weekend!

Sunday - Monday

Sunday - I got to get out and shop - HEAVEN!!! Yes I spent money, but gotta love the shops!

Monday - I am getting a cold! Oh no!

Saturday 21 February

Friday I made the students in my Tourism class try vegemite, man they were funny! Some of them actually liked it and wanted more. I also baked them Anzac biscuits, they totally liked them. I have been making them work really hard and so I gave them a break to catch up. And they were pretty good. Had a funny afternoon with Kelly and John in the office, the staff are sooo funny. John offered my celery in return for all the baking I have done recently, what a horrid consolation. Friday night I hung out with Kelly and drank beer and ate pizza. I drank beer, she had wine!

Saturday Kim picked me up and we headed up to the local ski hill. Kamaskotia is a tiny little hill, with 3 lifts and maybe 12 runs. It was a nice afternoon, we caught up with another teacher, another Kim, and Tom, the guy who took me snow shoeing a few weeks ago. It was a nice, easy going afternoon, no stress. I really enjoyed the hill, won't be buying a season pass in a hurry. Went to a restaurant for dinner, and nearly fell asleep at the table. Off to bed now.

Wednesday 18 February

Last night was marking some papers of my Tourism class on vacation preferences, the last one was so very funny. One of the boys wants to travel to learn a language like German, Japanese or Australian! Too funny!

Wednesday - work, work and an early day. I do lie this place. I have finally organised insuracnce for the car I may very well have by the weekend. Been snowing a lot since yesterday and I am so going snowboarding on the weekend! Its supposed to snow til Saturday. Fun times!

Tuesday 17 Feb

Very exciting we had a fire evacuation today. Someone fired up the fire extinguisher. Dumbies got caught on the video cameras! We all had to stand outside in the snow (yep its snowing today) for 20 minutes. Some of these kids were wearing tshirts! They have the most excruiatingly loud alarm, which guarantees everyone leaves the building very quickly. I still don't have my hearing back! But it has been another interesting day, kids - not soo bad!

Sunday 15 February

I went snow mobiling!! Yeah it was soooo much fun. Amy picked me up in the morning, and I was dressed super warmly, and thank goodness for that! We went to the Kamiskotia Ski hill for a look and a beer. All very good. Then on our way back Amy made me drive a little way, and that was so totally fun!! So I want a snow machine!! Yee ha!

After that Jess came and got me to see "He'sJust Not That Into You" at the cinemas. It was ok, a little stupid, but watchable.

Monday - Its a public holiday here, and I cleaned, marked assigments, and vegetated!! Good times.

Mon 9 Feb - Sat 14 Feb

Monday - Work.

Tuesday - Surprise, suprise - work! OO but there were hardly any kids cos buses were cancelled due to non existent ice rain that was expected. Yay!! Best day too, cos I have my long teaching lesson. Tuesday night we had a year 8 Orientation night. It was longand tedious, not too many parents and kids turned up cos of the Ice day.

Wednesday - Work - I was shushed today. The other lady in the library wants the library to be a silent work environmet. Can anyone see that happening? As at home I am the loudest person in the library.

Thursday - Work

Friday - Doreen, the other lady was away. They didn't replace her, so the library was shut much of the day. So nice and quiet, except for me!! No shushing today!! It was a nice day, a litle busy at first, but it settled. Got my bank account opened finally, and got my international driver's licence that mum organised and sent. Express post it only took 2 1/2 weeks!

Saturday - I walked to Porcupine - from South Porcupine - it took soo long - 10 minutes! It is winter carnival. I walked to the college where they had dog sledding, and had a go on that. Poor dogs looked so tired., but I did it anyway, so I could say I did! Then I went and watched the parade down the streets. I caught up with Kelly, we then went and got some chilli lunch, then I had a go at Turkey bowling (yes I bowled a frozen turkey). Then I walked back home via the lake where there are heaps of huts where peole are ice fishing. There were trucks and snowmobiles driving across the lake, it loked so funny. Although you can hardly tell its a lake, all the white looks the same.

The snow is melting and it is all brown and yucky, and as the weather is nice and warmish during the day the snow is melting on the road and freezing at night, so it is icy around town. All an interesting experience none the less.

Tuesday 3 Feb - Sunday 8 Feb

Tuesday - work

Wednesday - work

Thursday - work , but then one of the girls, Kim, took me shopping, oh to shop. I got to go to Walmart, Staples and Shopper's Drugmart. Oh the joy. I managed to buy a dvd I wanted and somethings for work. It was nice just to be somewhere else. We then went to East Side Marios for dinner. It was really great food and a good beer!

Friday - work, then I went out for dinner at the Dante club, which is, apparently, the best italian food in town. And it was really great. I went with Jane and her husband, Jane's been so good as to drive me to work this last week. It was great food and great company. I had a really wonderful night.

Saturday - I slept late, finished my book, I love being able to stay in late and it not feel so bad, as it stays dark, and is super chilly. It was freezing rain when I got up, and turned to snow. I made a pavlova for Kelly's bridal shower, then went for a walk to the grocery store. The snow was coming down quite heavily and I just had to get out into it, it was beautiful. Went to Kelly's shower at a girl's house from work, very nice house. That is the advantage for people to live up here in Timmins, its pretty cheap to live and buy really good houses. Rang Pete to see what was happening with Summer vacation. Its all on, which is good.

Sunday - finished reading the book "The Reader" very weird and not so good! Will not be going to see that movie. Got a handle on this new program I am learning for school - makes classes funner! So working really hard this Sunday for teaching, wow, who woulda thought it! Also doing the quizzes on Canada that the students have done for. Really interesting and at least one of them has given me an idea of where to go travelling - Tadoussac - I am going to see the whales!

Also watched Rocknrolla, it was ok, but really not worth the little screen time Gerard Butler has!
But that's about it. Off to do some baking fo school tomorrow!

Bye, Marnie

Update

So I am not doing a blog everyday, just going to catch up as it goes. I am just too lazy.

So Saturday I went snow shoeing with a teacher from work. John and his wife Helen took me out with a friend of theirs who is outdoorsy. I was planning for a nice half hour walk through the woods, 2 hours later.... I am so lucky I have been shopping and skiing lately, as although I was totally stuffed afterward, the next day I was not tired. Well a little, but all good.

Saturday night had 3 girls over from work for dinner. It as a really nice night. We ate, drank and talked, very funny. I didn't really want togivethem the blog address, just in case I have inadvertantly said something rude about Timmins. I hope not, and I doubt it, but still. But I did promise to say tht I had dinner with 3 crazy ladies from Timmins.

Sunday, I slept late, prepped for class and then went to see a movie. If you go see "New in Town" with Renee Zellweger, just keep in mind - this is me, except for the Harry Connick Jnr character. There's none of them out here. But I did laugh my butt off watching this movie. Then I spoke to Narelle and Sue at work. A good day.

Monday back to school. Had a good day. The class was ok, still have the same little snots here and there. But it should be ok. Did all my prep for the rest of the week, so we shall see. That's about it.