frostyupoveralone week one

Well the first week of frostyupoveralone has been successful/ interesting/ busy but in the end I guess OK sums it up. All of Sunday was spent worrying/ investigating/ searching for the still missing Mrs Frost. Thinking that Julie would have slept I waited a while before I called the hotel where she stayed but was told she'd booked out. Surprise, surprise! Why waste a good nights L.A. accommodation on resting when you can get out and enjoy the place!!!


Guess it's time I let the rest of you know what I have been doing, apart from travelling, in the last 6 months. So here is a snapshot of a frosty life... Normally I get Julie's school lunch packed and do the things that I do during the hours she's away.


Yes I still do school lunches although Ian, Jeff, Melissa and Greg may be disappointed that there's no Devon'n Sauce sandwiches. There is still fruit in the form of a yogurt fruit salad and there's always a sandwich on home made bread. And lunch for Julie just wouldn't be lunch if there wasn't a cake.....


But with no lunch to make I could take a bit more time and not be late to my Monday exercises. It didn't matter I still arrived at the same time. Although I guess checking emails and SKYPE in searce of Julie and letting Melissa, Greg and Jeff know what I knew took some time.





Exercises in Canada are a little different to what I do in Australia. First big difference is the  venue, instead of the Bay Street Gym I go to the Gravenhurst Senior's Centre http://www.gravenhurst.ca/residents/residential-services/seniors-centre .The second difference is that the Monday class is a men only class and I am the youngest there by a year or two or thirty in some cases. And I am still by no means the fittest. The only female in the room is our instructor. Kirsten is fit, happy and fun, but I  guess that is similar to Narooma as Jaimie is fit, happy and fun. But Kirsten is just a little bit better looking.....

The group I train with in Gravenhurst have one big similiarity to Lizzie, Rose, Sahi, Hansa, Nigel and all the people at Bay Street in that they are lot's of fun AND there is even a joke teller to remind me of Pete!!!


I have started riding a bike in Canada and thanks to Murray (from exercises) I have a bike to call my own for the year.

  










Gravenhurst is a pretty good place to ride a bike and although I'm not ready to tackle the Tour de France or even the Tour Down Under or Sydney to the Gong I am able to ride around Gravenhurst, except where there are hills. I'm not quite ready for the Polka Dot Jersey yet!!!!!
This week saw me in action as a public speaker. This time it was the good fortune of the Gravenhurst Rotary Club. Having grown up with a Rotarian as a father and having spoken to a number of Rotary Clubs on topics ranging from Bees to Multiple Sclerosis to Surf Life Saving I was quite comfortable doing the talk

I incorporated all of those topics along with Narooma, Australia and my impressions of Gravenhurst. The talk went well AND I even used a powerpoint. Thanks to Megan from Gravenhurst Library and Federica the Argentinian Rotary exchangee for helping me work it. And I did use my Michel De Montaigne http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/390476/Michel-de-Montaigne and my Jimmy McGrath quotes!!!

The weather early this week was the hottest since we've been in Canada above 30C and high humidity made it difficult for me to do a lot of anything at all. I did get down to the Farmers Market where I did buy some plants for our reclaimed garden. Well there are some patches of garden that do have some herbs growing and some tomato plants. Mmmmmm hope they don't attract bears!!!!

By now Mrs Frost had resurfaced in Australia and it was very nice to speak to her at the time she was being collected at the airport by Jeff and Greg. Also good to hear that the litres of Maple Syrup and the carvings had survived the trip. Even more important was that Julie had survived the trip!!

As hot as it was early in the week a night of strong winds, thunderstorms and rain brought the temperature down. We went from 33C (91F) to 20C (68F) in one night and then 15C (59F) by Saturday. Amazing!!! Tthankfully we were spared the blackouts and damage that nearby places reported.

The change did make Thursday's exercises which are followed by a session of Yoga much easier. The training is different but I am still staying mobile and this time in Canada I am driving so that gives me a bit more freedom to explore the area.

My week finished as it normally would with cleaning and tidying but unfortunately I didn't have anyone to have a glass of wine to end the day with this time.  

Friday night also saw game 5 of the Stanley Cup in Vancouver and with the series between the hometown Canucks and the visiting Boston Bruins it was going to be a great game. Watching Mark Donnelly and the 18,000 fans sing Oh Canada certainly reminded me where I am living this year.

GO CANUCKS!!!!!!