Saturday, 3 November 2012

Fight me winter!

I've been looking at photos from my friends of them going swimming at the beach and wearing shorts and t shirts again... I love November in NZ!
As for here right now... i still love it, it just looks a little different....
The snow has arrived! The season change from fall to winter has begun and its mostly beautiful, mostly cold and sometimes not something I like...

For those of you who know me, you will know that i dont deal with the cold so well... as in, as soon as it gets below twenty i run for my puffer jacket!
Now Im faced with the excitement of working outdoors for 8 hours a day in -20 degrees and I realise my attitude and level of polar toughness has to change slightly... im okay with this.
This past week we caught the edge of hurricane Sandy which Im sure you have all heard about.... it wasn't too bad, a lot of wind and rain which then turned into a lot of cold and snow... but during the wind, a lot of power lines were damaged so we were out of power here for a week, which at first was a bit of an adventure, until it got to night and i realised it was below freezing and we coudnt heat the house! Then I put on everything I owned, stockpiled blankets and climbed into bed not very happy.
After a few nights of this and burning through lots of candles, making lots of trips down the road to have showers after work and lots of prayer by everyone, the lights came on early friday morning just in time for our groups to arrive! yes, God's timing is perfect as usual!

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