we have missed you, the blue sky!

晴れた！
Sunny! Blue sky!

雪がずっと降り続いて、真っ白どんよりな空が続いたこの１週間。
太陽の光がこんなにも嬉しいもので、光でキラキラする雪がこんなにもきれいで、青空と雪のコントラストがこんなにも美しいんだと、改めて気づいた。
光が差した途端、外の気温なんて関係ない、久しぶりの太陽の光を思い切り浴びたくてジュリと外に駆け出しました。 きれい。
We have been having snowy days for more than a week. Everyday the sky is white and dull.
But this afternoon we got sunshine and the beautiful blue sky for a few hours. We have missed them so much, Juliett and I got out from the house and enjoyed being outside. 

ちりも積もれば山となる。
まさにその通りで、降っている雪はとても小さい小さいものだったのだけれど、それが毎日絶え間なく続いて、雪かきをしてはまた積もり、また雪かきに出てはまた積もり。の繰り返しでした。
I snow shovel every day. The snow itself isn't big at all, but it keeps snowing all the time.
I hope it will stop snowing soon, or if it is possible stop snowing for the weekend we move(it sounds selfish though). Too early to have so much snow, it is still October!!!

昨日は日本人のお友達が自家製スモークのお肉やお魚をメインに豪華なパーティーを開いてくれて、隣街の日本人＆カナダ人ご家族みなさんも一緒にすごく楽しい時間を過ごしました。引越し前にみんなにもう一度会えるように組んでくださってとても嬉しかった。だいたいママたちが今までお茶をしてくれたりしていたのだけれど、今回は主人もジュリも加わって、みんなすごく楽しそうで、そして初対面の主人にも皆さんとっても優しくて、主人もすぐに打ち解けて。
みんなそれぞれも持ち寄って、手作りお寿司に生春巻き、お好み焼き、それにいっぱい前菜、ティラミス、どれもおいしすぎ。私はマーブルシフォンケーキにクリームと苺を添えて。
Our Japanese friend and her family held a big party last night, they invited three more families from GP and we really had a wonderful time with all of them. Her husband made a smoker and they served delicious smoked salmon, chicken, and pork. Everyone also brought delicious dishes, we had homemade Sushi, Vietnamese spring rolls, Okonomiyaki, lots of fancy appetiser, and Tiramisu! I made marble chiffon cake with cream and strawberries.    

なんか引越しちょっと寂しくなっちゃったなぁ。。。　
２時間半離れちゃうけれど、それでも一番近い都会は変わらないし、きっと恋しくなっちゃうから、また頑張って運転して会いに行きたい。
I have met moms(they are Japanese) before, but Col had never met most of them before. They were all so nice and funny, I am sure he had a really fun time with them, especially husbands. Juliett had a fantastic time with 10 children there!

I would miss them after we moved for sure. I even started feeling like ..are we really moving again? saying Good Bye to everyone who has been really nice to us and we started building good relationship with?
But still GP is our closest big city, so I hope we will have more chances to see them again.

いっぱいおいしいご馳走をいただいて、いっぱい笑って、いっぱい楽しんで、さよならを言って玄関の外に出たら、雪がさらにいっぱいで、クリスマスパーティーの帰り道みたいな錯角を感じました。
We felt like that we were just left a Christmas party when we went outside after the party. Snow, snow, snow. Well, we were told that we were so lucky to have such a mild winter by many people last winter, so maybe this is real winter.

雪、１０月なのに降りすぎ。
ま、去年の冬は「あなた本当にラッキーよ、こんなにマイルドな冬を過ごすなんて。」って会う人会う人に言われたので、これが現実なのかもしれない。

青空も数時間で消えてまた白い空に戻りました。
でもジュリと気持ちいい空気をたくさん吸ってあと一週間頑張ろうと充電完了。
The blue sky had gone after a few hours but Juliett and I got power charged. We will have a nice last week in this village. It will be very busy.

主人は週末を家族と過ごすために帰ってきてくれたけれど、また戻る道中、道路でスリップして路肩の雪に突っ込んだんだって。幸い怪我もなくて、他に誰も巻き込んでなくて、車も大丈夫だったけれど、そういうこと今まで一度もなかったから、すごく怖かったと思う。スノータイヤもはいていたのに。
Col left home around noon, after he got his home he told us that he drove into the ditch when he was driving on Highway. The road was slippery, he couldn't get out of the snow and some people who passed by helped to push the car back to the road. I was really glad to hear that he was OK and he didn't involve anyone else, and the car was OK, but I felt really scared and worried. He should be used to driving on snow and snowy road, we had snow tyres on, he had never experienced that kind of thing before. I really hope that the road will be good when we move(selfish again, but I DO hope so).     

車が雪から出なくて、通り過ぎた数台の車の人たちが降りて押し出してくれたのだそう。
交通量がメインハイウェイに比べて少ないから、誰もいない雪の中、立ち往生は危険だし、本当にありがたかったです。
みなさんもこれからの冬の雪道、特に運転気をつけていてください。
Drive safe, especially in snowy or icy winter time. I will too.