The cold weather isn't releasing it's hold on Ontario. This past Thursday, Bruce County once again closed all of it's roads and several neighboring counties also closed many of their roads. This time it wasn't due to snow but due to extreme cold and blowing snow. In the matter of a second the visibility could go from good to non-existent. 96 drivers who were involved in a huge accident on highway 400 can attest to that.

The part of winter that I'm having the hardest time with isn't the massive amount of snow or the bitterly cold temperatures, though I'm not enjoying either of these, is the time it takes to get ready to go outside and come back inside. I think I change my clothes at least three times every day --- I have indoor clothes, I have going in the car "outdoor" clothes, I have walking the dog "outdoor" clothes, I have shoveling snow "outdoor" clothes. Then when I come in, if I'm lucky I just have to hang the clothes up, but if it's been snowing I have to find places to hang it to dry. Then there's Zaph. The road salt is bothering Zaph, so we have come up with a plan. Either I take him for a walk somewhere there is no salt or his feet and belly get rinsed off after the walk. Zaph, dislikes baths but a couple of cookies placed in the tub sure makes it a lot easier to convince him to hop in. A quick blast with the hand shower some blow drying and he's on his way.

Ed was convinced to try ice skating again. He told me that if he fell he would sell the skates. Luckily, he managed just fine --- I was the one that fell (caught a pick and slid across the ice on my stomach). Ed still has a long way to go but he's making progress.

One of Ed's projects this winter is to build a couple of kitchen cabinets for our neighbors cottage. He has finally started the cupboards. Ed's job is to build the cupboards and Rob's job is to finish them to match the existing cupboards. Maybe I still have a chance to get nightstands and a headboard for our bedroom.