Starting Sunday afternoon, it got very cold and the snow started coming down which necessitated much shoveling (over and over) and by Monday morning we were in a deep freeze. We are now smack dab in the middle of it. It's supposed to stay very cold until Wednesday and get warmer Thursday (oh please please). I know many love the snow. I used to, as a child, and then I had children who resisted putting mittens and toques and such, on. Of course this lasts only through toddlerhood and as they age they realise this isn't a punishment but a necessity to not freeze. The cold here is drier than it was in Vancouver, growing up. Right now, we are almost at -40 with the windchill. Staying warm is important.

On Sunday evening , Pres Gordon B Hinckley, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter Day Saints, passed away. I shall miss him, his compassion, his sense of humour, his patience, his love for the members, his love for the Saviour and his Father in Heaven. I am glad that he is once more reunited with his wife. But I will miss him. He was a great man and a true servant of the Lord.