The weather is cold!

[Smiley]

My hot weather might be a thing of the past pretty soon.
After a lot of thought I have put in for a job on an oil-sands project on the Alberta/NWT border. Everything in my life will have to be put on hold for however long I end up going there for. It will be on a rotation,3 weeks up there one week back south. 12 hours a day min /7 days a week while in camp.

[Edwin]

Wow, Smiley, you will be working very hard for periods of time then having periods of rest! I imagine that Alberta is having somewhat the same weather as we are, as they are not that far from us with probably the same type of weather patterns. This is really unusual for this time of the year to have so much rain, and cold weather, even not much above freezing some nights. I could have easy had a fire in the house to stay warm today, but I put on a jacket instead. Yes, on the border of Alberta and the Northwest Territories, I will bet will have some very cool weather. With 12 hrs/dy minimum, and 7 dys/week for 3 weeks, you will get very tired, and you will need that one week off! I hope it works out well for you. You should be able to make a pile of money with that one! Good going for you on it with God's blessing and His protection.

[Smiley]

Years ago I worked in a gold mine just North of Yellowknife. I hated it but the money was good and so was the fishing.I should know in a couple weeks whether or not I`ll be taking the gig,or rather, if they will be taking me. I don`t anticipate anything fun up on this one at all. It will be just for the money,could really set me up for retirement.

[Edwin]

Yes, Smiley, suffer for a very short time, and then return and enjoy the good life, huh? I would go for that. It might be a trial while it is happening, but you just have to keep thinking about the rewards, huh? Then you can head for the Philippines for sure, huh? Then you can live the good life there! I would go for that!

[Smiley]

Yes that could sure help my dream of having a small farm. Time will tell how this is going to work out.

[Edwin]

Yes, Smiley, that would be great. After a short time of sacrifice, then you could have your small farm and enjoy what you can do with it. That is kind of what Carol's brother did after he retired from the Navy. He first worked for a number of oil drilling companies, and they lived in the South, Texas and Mississippi. He then move to Kingston, Washington, and after a short time he started working as a ship inspector. He would go in, inspect ships, write up repair orders, then the company would hire people to make the repairs, then he would go in after those repairs were completed and give the exit inpection, either okaying it, or failing it requiring more work for the repairs. He lived all over the world doing this; Africa, Singapore, Philippines, and others, and then he retired to the Philippines, lived a wonderful retirement life for 13 years with his filipina wife. Sadly he battled cancer for about 3 years, having surgeries, recovering, but then the last round of cancer finally got him. It seemed like he was pretty healthy, and the doctors were telling him he was fine, but he had cancer eating his body that the doctors were not aware of. By the time they realized he had cancer state 4 he lasted about 4 months. He had a wonderful life for a few years, and build a very nice estate for his filipina. Now she is very lonely without him, but she has a wonderful life and all the good things!

[Smiley]

Wow,it is 2:30 in the afternoon here and it is 37 degrees celcius which is almost 99 F. Humidity is pretty high and they tell us that this is what we can expect for at least the next 7 days

[Edwin]

Smiley where we are it not not cold today, but it is not hot by any means. Our daughter told me it was about 80 degrees F. We need some hot days so that we can have some memories next winter! It is not raining today either, but some clouds are gathering, not much. July is often our hottest month, with the end of June gearing up for that. Sometimes it is hot in August, but often it starts getting cold at night in August here.

[Edwin]

The last time I wrote here about how cold it was, Smiley wrote and said that he saw heat was headed our way, and boy was he right! We had a very hot string of day, where it was hot every day! Now here it is September 11th, and I am writing to say how cold it is now. We actually had ice in the garden hoses during the night! Our neighbor told us it was 35 degrees F. early this morning. I have my shirt buttoned up, and a light insulated shirt/jacket on. The temperature is very slow coming up today! I have a concrete footing poured, green, and waiting to dry harden, which it will, but it will just take a little longer in weather like this. We will be laying blocks in a few days and hopefully we will have warm enough weather to allow the mortor to set up/harden, and then the block walls will be up!

[Edwin]

When I walk the doggies, I am generally always warm enough. Sometimes as I leave the house I am cold without my coat on, but by the time I walk a little past our mail box I am warm and comfortable. Walking this evening I was okay because of my physical activity, but the air was cold. It has been freezing ice in various places near here lately. A couple of nights ago we had ice in the garden hose! It is amazing how quickly it can go from being so hot, and then all of a sudden it is cold!