Winter is (slowly) coming…

Hello everyone! How has winter been treating you all? For me, it’s been a surprisingly gentle January. There hasn’t been a lot of snowfall. I used my snowblower once to take care of a small amount of snow, and it worked great! But then the second time I started it…

The cable you can see is supposed to fit in that plastic hole. But it popped out, and I can’t get it back in, no matter what I do! So now I need to wait for people to come and repair it…

I was feeling pretty down, but then yesterday, I received a package from one of my long-time students! It was intended for Christmas, but Canada had a post office strike for most of December, and then there was an error with the address, so it was like a second Christmas for me!

These socks are so warm and comfy! I love them! (It’s also funny that they were inside a larger sock, the stocking!)

I’m sure most of my students know this, but these are a type of Japanese rice cracker called senbei. This selection is a great combination of sweet and savory, and the flavour for each is gentle.

Thanks to Chiharu, my spirits for February are starting high! If I just had the snowblower problems, I would have been very depressed, haha!

Here’s to a delicious February, everyone!