Hello! We don't have a lot of news, Jai has had a cold for the last couple of days, and has been spending all day in bed. At least, it was probably a cold, and not some weird bubonic plague sickness from 1880 when they sealed the walls that we just tore down. This is what our pantry looks like as I write:

It's not so pretty.
We had our first dinner party tonight - not at our house, of course! Our neighbour Pearl invited us over to have dinner with her and Steve and Aida, another couple from town. It was really great - delicious food and super nice company. We baked cookies today so we would have something to bring over. They turned out pretty good (almost, but not quite, as good as Grandma's!) I even took a picture of them before they were eaten:

Now those are pretty.
Jai's feeling better now, so we're hoping to have a productive day tomorrow. No promises, though, because we finally get our truck back! Yay! We have no idea what it's going to cost, because they never called us to let us know, even though they said they would. When I called on Friday to ask what was going on, they said "it's almost done, we just have to get it up on the hoist and rotate the tires." I was afraid to ask, because it turns out it did need a whole new heater coil. Jai doesn't think it will be that expensive, so we'll see. The owner seems really nice, and he's in our curling league, so I don't feel like he is going to rip us off or anything. Plus it's a pretty small town, and that kind of thing tends to get around.
Tomorrow should be a big night, as first we have a town hall meeting, where the mayor is officially stepping down, and then we have a curling game. People around here are already joking about Jai running for mayor. It can't happen in this election, but we figure it's a good sign for his BIG FUTURE PLANS (mwa ha ha.) Just kidding, turns out we're not even allowed to vote in this election, since we've lived here for less than six months. Oh well, it will come around again, and THEN......