Just received our first phone bill. On Xmas day we made 5 phone calls to Canada for a duration of about 50 minutes and it cost us $2.55. The kids got in an argument while Nadia and I were out. Keva called Nadia's mobile phone from our home phone during the altercations. In total there were 3 calls for about 8 minutes and it cost us $2.77.
The next time the kids get into a fight we are instructing them to call Canada to have someone else break it up and it will save us lots of money.
Over the holidays we spent a lot of time at the beach swimming, sunning and snorkelling. The last time we went swimming we got a couple stings from jellyfish- a first since we've been here. Then earlier today Nadia and the kids went swimming and got ravaged by the jellyfish. They all came home with marks all over them. If this has taught us anything it is this: despite what Spongebob Squarepants says, being polite to jellyfish does not prevent them from stinging you. Yet another illusion shattered. Now there is absolutely no way that I'm letting the kids take driving lessons from a fish no matter how nice she is! (Yes, I watch too much children's TV)
Finally, I am truly sorry for anyone that purchased tickets to the Juniors gold medal game expecting to see Canada play. There's nothing like shelling out way too much money for an event where the outcome doesn't interest you one way or the other. There's no question in my mind that this will create a lot of head scratching and navel gazing and calls to blow up the Canadian hockey system. On the bright side, at least one home team from the Saddledome made the playoffs this year. Here it's Cricket season. I finally figured out the reason that they call it "Cricket" is that the game is so boring that you can hear the crickets chirping.
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