Winter in Cochrane

It has been wintery here! Not winter in the rest of Canada but definitely winter in Victoria. We were wearing sweaters and jackets for a while. It has heated up again though.

I have been so busy lately with group stuff and family stuff and work stuff. I have gotten myself onto an extra committee so now I'm organizing a group trip to Morley for the Powow next weekend. It should be pretty good. Last week we had our first Spanish lesson which was fun. It was on the same day as my host mom and Sheena's birthdays. Then this last weekend we went into Calgary for the Latin Festival. It was pretty fun although there was very little Bolivia stuff there. There was one band from Bolivia but they were pretty stereotypical and represented a really limited view of Bolivia. From what I understood it was like having a show by Bob and Doug Mackenzie except with a whole lot of panflute.

Then on Sunday we had a volunteer day at the Old Tyme Country Fair at the old Arena. It was like the Salmon Arm Fair except really small. Lauren and I were at the milking and butter making station. The kids milked a fake cow and got to make some butter out of cream. They got stamps for both activities. Parents are really funny about stuff like that. The kids don't really care but the parents can be militant about it. They should give parents prizes too. I now have the ability to describe all of the stages in butter making though.

My Spanish is ever increasing. I now know how to say "maybe" and "teeny tiny" but I keep on calling shoes (zapatos) Zapatistos which doesn't make much sense at all. Anywho, I have to finish a report for work. It is a whole lot of work. I'll write a whole entry on my work one day.

Love to you all,
Anita