"Did Edwina go on 'oliday?" ~Chicken Run

No, Edwina didn't go on holiday but Kurtis and Esther did :) We left early Monday morning after chores and got home about 8.30 Wednesday night. Our goal was Winchester, which is about 4 hours east of here, extremely close to Ottawa, Canada's capital city. On the way there we visited an older couple we know in Russell, a tiny little place which always seems to scare the pants off our GPS--last time we were there she temporarily passed out and could only talk in shrieks and moans. This time she did a little better. We reached Winchester at about 4p.m. and stayed for two nights with a lovely family who used to rent the house on the other farm here. They have a 12-year-old son. Had a great time hanging out with them and going laser tagging in Ottawa! The building there has a few levels so it's a lot trickier than most places. Unfortunately we were lumped in with around 25 children having a birthday party and they have a horrible habit of standing in front of you giggling and waiting for your vest to light up so they can shoot you and then stand there giggling again until next time. Kurtis' usual method is to grab their gun, point it in their face and say 'GO AWAY!!!' It usually works but instead by the second game we decided the 5 of us would team up. After that the kiddies didn't stand a chance :) We just picked a corner on the 2nd level and staked claim. The people on the first floor had no idea where the lasers were coming from :D
The cows are pretty happy to have us back again and we've been frantically cleaning the barn and the cows today in preparation for the university tour we have coming through on Saturday.
I like an 'oliday :)

O Canada, thou who canst not make up thy mind...

The weather here is INSANE. We were meant to get 10cm of snow and instead we're now soaking through an expected couple of inches of rain! There's glare ice everywhere and you're lucky if you can take a couple of steps without going for a slide. Yesterday we had what the Weather Network (Canada's version of the Bureau of Meteorology--and Canadians would believe everything the W.N says even if they forecast 75 degrees Celsius with snowy patches) calls 'mixed precipitation'--in other words, it snowed for 10 minutes, rained for 10 minutes, snowed for 10 minutes, and so on until we didn't know which way was up!
We've been doing lots of cooking :) Cream of broccoli soup, cream of cauliflower soup, beef stew, beef stroganoff, chicken and vegetable soup, pasta bake, thai chicken curry....the list goes on and it all tasted really good. Love trying new recipes! Stay tuned for what comes next :) Tonight we're trying lasagne.
I've applied for so many jobs I've actually lost count--probably getting on for 15 now. Anyway this morning I got a phone call from The Source in Lindsay asking me to come in this afternoon for an interview! So we'll keep praying and see how that goes. It's a high-tech electronics store which sells all sorts of gadgets--laptops, cameras, video cameras, iPods, iPhones, remote control stuff, computer accessories...you name it. I only applied yesterday afternoon so they're either really desperate or they REALLY liked my resume! I'm hoping for the latter :)