Monday 5th December 2011
Today was a really lovely day. A bit cool with the temperatures only just creeping above freezing by a few degrees. No wind though so it felt quite warm, especially as I was all rugged up in coats, hats and gloves. Well there is no point in pushing your luck here if you are going out.
We had the first snow yesterday but only a skittering and that seemed to be mainly hail rather than proper snow. Just to make up for it though, we are supposed to be having a real good blizzard tonight and they have said that it may bring power lines down. The wind is already picking up a bit.
A couple of friends from the south of England moved up here a couple of days ago so they have had a bit of a baptism of fire. They were not sure if they would get here on time as a lot of the ferries were being cancelled because of the gales. They finally got here and then had to wait and see if their belongings would get here the following day. In the end their stuff was a bit late but all OK.
We went to The Commodore with them, David, Clare and another couple to welcome them. I wondered if we would get back over the barriers as it was near high tide but apart from a bit of splashing there were no problems.
Pam has been busy making christmas cakes for all and sundry and we went to a craft fair in "The Hope" over the weekend and managed to get some of the last christmas presents so we are feeling very self-satisfied and christmassy now.
We have been meaning to get Skype on the computer since we moved up here and we finally got round to it yesterday. Gareth has got a new computer that he can get skype on so we thought that we should get ours sorted out. It was lovely to be able to see him when we are talking and we thought that it would be nice to speak to the grandchildren aswell so we arranged to call Gareth last night when the girls would still be up. Ella was very chatty until she saw that there was a picture of her in the bottom of the screen. Maddy was not in a good mood and just wanted to see the dog and for me to make her bark or "talk".
It still seems great to me that I can see people when I am talking to them but then I am old and easily confused.
Anyway I am off now to staple all the chickens feet down before the gales start.
