The weather

Okay, haha, Joanelle! But I really want to try to convince you about how difficult it is to keep anything cold here. I had butter in the fridge. I took it out, put it on the table, grabbed a couple of pieces of bread, a butter knife and sat down. By that point, the butter was soft enough to spread. I'm serious.

I put rice in my salt. My glasses of water look like Grandma Durrant's glasses of Coke -- lots of ice, little bit of liquid. I don't drink shots of espresso anymore. Whoever heard of a cappuccino? It's always an iced latte or iced coffee. Ice cream is not savoured, it is devoured immediately. The best times to go outside are between the hours of 4:30am and 7:00am, after that it is just too hot unless you are on your way to the pool.

We were thinking about sticking our freezer outside in a little shed, and then we thought it wasn't such a great idea. The heat would make the freezer run non-stop and run up the electric bill like crazy.

So, now that I've scared all of the Northwestern inhabitants, I conclude with this: I LOVE THE HEAT! I would rather have the problem of a dripping cube of butter than the frustration of "aaarrrgghhh! I forgot to take the butter out!" And I can always stick a couple more ice cubes in my drink.