Merry Thanksgiving

Hey Everyone,

First of all I want to apologize to all of you. As Christine pointed out in her comments, I promised you pictures of the house long ago and have yet to deliver. Well, today I make good on that promise, even if they are a little late.

To make things a little more interesting, I thought I'd take a picture of the house in the morning and then again in the evening. See if you can spot the differences.

Here's the Morning Shot. Now let's take a look at the evening one...

What's that you say? Second picture is a little hard to make out. Lots of white things in the way. Oh, did I forget to mention that we had a snow storm and that winds were howling at about 50 billion miles an hour?

Both of us couldn't quite believe how hard and fast it was coming down, so it wasn't that much of a surprise when we woke up this morning the town looked like this:

Other than freak snowstorms, things have been going pretty good for us. The long weekend has treated us especially well in the food and friends department. You see, a lot of the teachers up here are originally from Newfoundland and they tend to make some sensational stuff for Thanksgiving. We managed to score an invitation to Nancy's house to partake in the festivities and as you can tell from the picture below, the food was plentiful. Not to mention scrumptious. That's my plate on the right of the table overflowing. Did I mention that I had seconds AND dessert. I ate so much that it hurt to breathe afterwards, but if you gave me the choice, I would do it all over again.

In any case, after a few hours went by and I was able to move again and we were eventually able to get ourselves home. The wind was so strong that the entire house was shaking, something I've never experienced before, but have a feeling I might be getting used to. Since we made it home safe and sound, I guess it's time to show you what our cozy abode looks like. Here's the informal tour:

Here's the living room, where we spend far more time than we should. Damn you free cable.

This is Colleen showcasing our lovely kitchen. Colleen is sporting a roots t-shirt accompanied by a luxurious pair of silk pajama bottoms that may have been stolen from a clown.

This is our slightly sparse guest room which also sometimes doubles as our office.

Right now my office is set up in the bedroom...

I know that it's a little student ghetto, but I'm used to it, especially after the cubicle lifestyle back in TO. There are a couple of other rooms in the house, but they're really not that interesting. The bathroom isn't anything special. Same goes for the laundry room, and the bedroom is much too messy for me to post a picture of currently.

Other than thanksgiving the only interesting news I have for you is that I might be forced to give up my grade 7 math and science position. I've heard it through the grape vine that a real teacher is coming in to take my place. I think this is probably the best thing for the kids, as I have no formal training at all but I shouldn't count my chickens quite yet since I haven't heard anything from the principal. Rumours have a way of being less than reliable, especially in a small town like Inukjuak.

Well, that's about it for now. I hope that every one of you had as excellent a Thanksgiving as we were lucky enough to have.

Until next time,

Markus