DECEMBER 09

La Mongie/Bereges ski station opened on the 5th. Steve and I were at the lifts waiting for them to open at 9am. We were pleasantly surprised at the amount of snow on the slopes after the high temperature at the end of November. We had a great mornings skiing.

Steve and I along with friends Astrid, Barry & Norma have managed to get up to the slopes about half a dozen times since the beginning of the season.

CHRISTMAS DAY - As usual we skied with friends Astrid, Barry & Rick till about 1pm then Steve, me, Rick & Kali went to Astrid & Barry's for Christmas dinner and games. It is the first time we have celebrate Christmas with friends and not family and it was very enjoyable.

BOXING Day - Astrid and Barry came to us for Boxing day dinner and in the evening we played pool. I didn't play as well as I did on our games night earlier in the year but Steve and I were playing as a team and we just beat Astrid & Barry 3 games to 2.

Steve had a bit of a tumble over the Bereges side of the mountain on Sunday the 27th and broke his right index finger in 2 places. He had an appointment with the surgeon at the hospital on Tuesday and he said that it was very unusual 'for someone of his age' to had already started to heal. Steve has always been a quick healer as all our friends can confirm. He has had lots of practice healing from one injury or another over the years.

I picked up my friend & hairdresser Wendy, husband Ian and daughter Liddie from LOURDES, OSSUN airport on the 30th. They are staying with us for 1 week. We are going to introduce them to skiing and other snow activities while they are here.