January 8

Friday, January 8, 2010

Windchills were in the double digits below zero with a grand temperature of eight degrees that wintry morning.

Over at the house, Carrie-Bri was busy in the dining room scrubbing the now wallpaper-liberated walls, with sandpaper.
Joe had accidentally left a hot mitt on the stove top, which had not cooled yet, providing a tremendous smell of burnt fabric throughout the house.
“Oh!” Carrie cried, covering her face. “Get that out of here!”
Collette tossed it out into the snow to relieve the kitchen of the dastardly smell.
“The birds will have to eat that now,” said Puck seriously.
Francis was busy chomping down a few bacon-wrapped sausages from the previous night’s football party.
And he gave Puck a small ladle-full sample of his hot cocoa.
Then Joe took off to see his buddies.
And Linnea spent the rest of the day at Gretyl’s house.

That evening, OLeif took off again for another rehearsal.

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