No Squirrels

Amazing. Flo came to visit and I haven't needed to take a nap since. Suddenly I have more energy in the last couple of days than I've had in weeks. So it wasn't depression, it was PMS.


I do believe there's a chance of thunderstorms in the forecast for today. So Bear is acting funny, all clingy and nervous. It's times like these that I wish he could understand English, so I could just explain to him that thunder can't hurt him and there's nothing to worry about.


I'm glad I got the mowing AND raking done before any rain fell. It couldn't be avoided, I HAD to rake up the clippings this time. My back was aching last night boy.


Yesterday was a mixed bag. It was a beautiful, hot, summer day. There was a perfect breeze blowing. I live for days like that. The day started out good. I kept busy outside all morning. Then I had to get out of the heat and sun. I turned on the TV to watch my soaps and the satellite was down. Suddenly it was too quiet. I started to feel isolated and lonely. The next thing I know I'm bawling. Then I couldn't stop, it kept coming over me in waves. I started thinking about all kinds of sad things, maybe trying to justify my tears, and it just kept getting worse. It finally let up when Little R came home from school. Then I made potato salad.

Apparently I became quite accustomed to having Mr. Man here 24/7. When he's not here, I miss him, a lot. It's a completely different atmosphere when you're alone in this house.


What a life! Nothing to do but watch my gardens grow. The occasional appearance of a hummingbird for a little excitement. You know something that's kind of weird? We have NO squirrels here. Isn't that strange? In 4 years I've seen ONE chipmunk and ZERO squirrels. And I don't mean just in my yard, I mean on the whole street. There doesn't seem to be much of anything else either, like rabbits, racoons, skunks or foxes. We can even put our garbage out on Sunday night, if we're so inclined, which we all know I am not, and it won't get ripped open by wildlife. It must have something to do with the fact that we are like an island. It's one street, lined with homes, 10 - 15 down each side, not a lot of trees, and surrounded by farm fields. There's nowhere for wildlife to dwell.

And that's it, I'm off, going to photograph some more flowers.

Drowning And Wallowing

Wouldn't you know it? I can't have my car two days in a row. I'll have to use the old car to pick up Little R after school today. She stays late every Tuesday for extra help with math. I tend to forget about the old car. It's always here if I really need to go somewhere. I offered to take her for a hair cut yesterday, but she didn't want to go. I did take her over to the farm to walk her new calf, Lia. However, Markus, her trainer, was busy and said to come back later in the week. It's the end of May and she hasn't even walked her new calf yet.

It was another boring, depressed day. I slept most of the afternoon away. Got some of the backyard mowed before I ran out of gas. I didn't know we had gas in the garage. I'll finish it today. The grass was wet which clogs up the lawnmower and just makes it a bitch of a job. Hopefully it will dry out some today.

Here is a picture of my $.50 owl...




You can also see the gigantic planters I got for a buck.

Here is another thing I got that I forgot to mention previously. I'm not sure what it is exactly. The hands are like a little dish you can put birdseed in or something. I'm going to put it on the wall on the back of the house. It was $2.



The weather forecast looks promising, calling for a nice day. I actually made a fire in the fireplace last night. We watched The Nightmare Before Christmas. I had no real notion of what to expect. About all I can say is, it was different. A little too musical for my taste. I started to nod off near the end.

I bought that punch bowl ($5 at the cat shelter sale), just because that's something I didn't have. I thought it would be cool to start making punch when we have parties. I haven't had punch in decades. I did a search for recipes online and came up with a few ideas. The last time I made punch was about the same time as the last time I cut Lilacs to put in a vase in the house. I figured we could use it for egg nog at Christmas too. Mr. Man likes egg nog. But dam it all, now I have to find a box to store it in and somewhere to put it, sigh.

Once again I've done nothing in preperation of my own yard sale. I'm starting to think, why bother? I may as well just pack everything into the car and drop it off at the thrift store. Just to get it out of here and out of the way. I'm sure we could come up with enough stuff to have a sale if we could only get at everything. Some of the stuff left over from the community sale, I know I won't be able to sell. Like stuffed animals and candle holders. Those things are a dime a dozen. I have boxes full of this stuff. That should just go directly to the thrift store. All that left over stuff is piled in the garage. Thereby preventing us from digging deeper and getting at other stuff in the garage. I am coming to the conclusion that I am terrible. I am the worst packrat I know. I have a really hard time throwing anything away. I am terrible for buying more crap too. For every one thing I get rid of, I go and buy three more. No wonder I'm feeling so overwhelmed by it all! I keep saying, and actually believing it, that I'm going to be ruthless. That hasn't happened yet. I feel ruthless today. My mind is reeling, thinking of all the things I can get rid of. And that I really wouldn't mind parting with any of it. The hardest part is locating, cleaning and gathering. The garage is packed to the rafters. Mr. Man has a space in the center cleared out for the bike. There's just enough room for him to walk around it. Then a path to get it out. The basement doesn't even have clear paths any more. You have to climb over stuff to get anywhere. The roughed-in washroom/walk-in closet is like something out of a comedy where you open the door and everything tumbles out in an explosion of junk. The spare bedroom is a junk room. Half of what was removed from there now sits in the garage. That's not progress. I should listen to Mr. Man. Some things he suggests getting rid of and I automatically say NO. But he's right and I should listen more. Did I really just say that out loud? This morning I was terrified to realize I have turned Mr. Man into another me. I mean, he bought a telescope for crying out loud! Lately he's been enjoying the senseless browsing and shopping at yard sales, etc. just as much as I do. Scarey.

Well here I go. I've got to do something. I can't spend another day sleeping or drowning and wallowing in my clutter.

Have a great day.

So Many Books, So Little Time

We did stop in at the cat shelter sale yesterday. It rained off and on all day. The sun finally came out in the late afternoon early evening. Mr. Man bought a telescope for $5 and I bought a punch bowl set for $5. He took the bike out for a little scoot. He's riding the bike today, so I have my car today. Mr. Man attached our new mail box yesterday. Hopefully it will last longer than the other one did. I put the garbage out last night to avoid having to do it this morning.

I got all weepy last night and assumed it was the night before Aunt Flo. I slept well. I woke up feeling like all is right with the world. Then I read my horoscope which says I can expect to feel a little depressed today. I've been feeling depressed for the last few months. Was hoping today was going to be different.

We watched one of the movies we got at the yard sale last night. Billy Madison with Adam Sandler. It wasn't that funny. Apparently Little R has seen it several times. I don't know when or where, but it isn't really appropriate. Another movie we bought is Nightmare Before Christmas.

We popped in over at S.Ws place for a visit. We ended up joining them for a barbecue. We had a few beers. It was too windy to have a fire. The whole time we were there, I was having trouble staying awake. We came home and took the dogs for a walk. The dogs seem to be getting along much better these days.

It's hard to believe it's the end of May already. This month has just flown by. My goal for today is to finish cutting the grass in the backyard and plant some more petunias. I feel like I should go somewhere too since I have my car back today. Maybe I'll take Little R into town for a hair cut after school.

I was really missing my mom last night. And my dad since I hardly ever see him any more. And Big R, though we've been talking via computer more lately, I miss her a lot. That all contributed to my weepyness.

I have so many books to read. I must have a five year supply of reading material now. I am having a hard time getting through this one I've been reading. Lisey's Story by Stephen King. I've been at it for months it seems. It's typical Stephen King, blathering on and on. I'm about 2/3 of the way through it. I have to finish it. That was a Christmas present from Mr. Man. I buy books at the Thrift Store and at every yard sale. I've amassed quite the collection. I don't read nearly as much as I used to. For one thing I need to wear magnifying glasses for reading now. These days I tend to only read at night when I go to bed. And then I can only get through a couple of pages before I'm falling asleep. So it's very slow going. If I was really enjoying the book, it would be different, but this one is not a page turner. Lately I've picked up a lot of Stephen King books. I'll take a break from him after I'm done with this one.

Well I'm off to get my day started. Have a great day.

I Saw A Ghost

I think I saw a ghost last night. I had gone to bed, read for a bit and then fell asleep. I awoke some time later and when I opened my eyes, I saw something, or thought I saw something, that just startled me. It was as if there was something or someone right in my face. It scared the shit out of me.

There was nothing there.

I got up and came down to the computer. Fortunately Mr. Man was still up, playing on the computer. My heart was in my throat and I was sweating and trembling. To the best of my ability I told him what had happened.

His response?

"You saw a ghost! Sometimes the bed moves too!"

I have experienced the bed shaking and moving several times myself.

Fuck.

The Best Yard Sale!

We did go out for breakfast. We went somewhere different this time. A little place in a little nearby town. It turns out this was the day for their annual duck race. The Grand River runs right through this town. Apparently what they do is dump thousands of rubber ducks into the river from a bridge. (Well ok, maybe not thousands. But a crateful.) People pay five dollars for a duck. Then there are cash prizes, first place is $1000!, for the first ducks to reach the finish line. There's like a town party at the finish line as well. We had things to do so we didn't stick around to see it or join in, but next year we're going to make a point of going to it. And I'm pretty sure it will be mentioned in the next local newspaper. I've never seen that town so alive. This duck race is the most excitement this town sees. There were people all over the place. There were yard sales all over the place too. We went to several. We bought something at just about every one we stopped at. At one place I got 6 V.C Andrews books for Little R. She has started reading those recently.

The best sale was in our own little town. We drove by it and I thought it was strange that there were no signs out. But there were lots of people stopping for it. Well, there were no signs because the sale wasn't on until today, they were just setting up. But they were gracious and let us shop, along with other people who had stopped in to look around. It was being held at the local cat shelter. I had no idea this place was a cat shelter. There is a small building, seperate from the house, full of cats. I see it all the time when we drive by, and thought it was odd for anyone to have so many cats. Now it makes sense, they rescue strays and whatnot. Apparently they have this sale every year, people donate stuff for them to sell, to support the shelter. We got a ton of good stuff from this one. We got a new mail box, for a buck! We had bought a new one when we moved here, because the one that was here was all rusted and ugly. Within a week, kids had gone through town hitting all the mailboxes, and broke our flag off. We needed a new one again, badly.

Among our fabulous finds were...

• A new mail box. It's huge, it's yellow plastic, it looks like a giant cob of corn. A buck.
• A box of tools and brand new drill bits, etc. $10. Mr. Man was tickled with this score.
• Books, $.25.
• VHS Movies, $.50.
• 2 snow shovels and an edger, a buck each.
• 2 gigantic flower pots/planters, a buck.
• A gorgeous, ceramic bunny, to put in my garden, a buck.
• A plastic owl, $.50! I've been looking at these, have wanted one for years, but could never bring myself to pay the $20.

While I cut the grass in the front and got started on the back, Mr. Man drove Little R and a friend to town to go to the movies. I took some pictures around the front yard. The first one is the bunny I scored, isn't it sweet?

This is the angel I got a couple of weeks ago at the antique/flea market...

This is the wheelbarrow I got a few weeks ago, which was way over priced at $60, but I couldn't resist. I'm going to plant some Wave Petunias in it.

Today is rainy, ugh. The cat shelter sale is on today, so we were planning to go back. We were thinking of even taking a couple of boxes of our crap over to donate to the sale. It looks like I may not get to finish cutting the grass today either.

Enjoy your day.

Saturday Morning Chatter

That is a Lilac bloom. The smell of these flowers is glorious. I never cut them to put into vases. The bush isn't big enough yet to be cutting. I recently read somewhere that it brings bad luck to cut Lilacs and bring them into the house. This bush has grown measurably since we moved here. It's now about 5 feet tall. I don't want to mess it up or kill it by cutting it. I always thought that when it grows into a tree I won't mind taking cuttings, but now that I know about the bad luck thing I'm not so sure. I didn't think I was superstitious, but guess what? Yes, I am. I can actually remember a couple of times, about 25 years ago, when I did cut Lilacs from my mothers huge bush/tree, and there was in fact, bad luck to follow.

Thursday was a fabulously hot day. At one point I glanced at my thermometer and it was somwhere over 30 degrees celsius. I spent the majority of the day sleeping, ugh. I spent a little time outside. I planted some Petunias in my half-barrels. I bought 2 flats of regular Petunias and a 6-pack of Wave Petunias. I now realize that 2 flats is way more than I actually need. I wasn't thinking at the time when I bought them. Each flat contains 48 individual flowers. One flat probably would've been enough for me. The colour scheme this year is purple and white. So I got some pure white, several varying shades of purple, and then some that are purple and white striped. I'll take pictures of my various planters and hanging baskets once they fill out.

The weather for the weekend is supposed to be warm and then thunderstorms. The grass needs to be mowed again, so that will likely get done today, before the rain. The task of rearranging my gardens to accomodate the new "flower bed" has become daunting. When I came up with the idea, things were just sprouting. Now they are in full bloom. That's probably the worst possible time to transplant plants.

I've decided against using that old toilet as a planter. I just can't bring myself to do it. My yard just isn't that big. If I could stick it off in a corner, partially hidden by trees or something, then yeah, but there is nowhere to partially hide it here. So, we're going to put it out to the curb on the next large item pick up day.

Oh yeah, did I mention the third house that went up for sale? It sold within a week or so. Man, it's killing me. I want to sell. But we can't until we do a shitload of work. I guess I'm happy just to know it is possible. I was so worried because in previous years these places didn't sell so easily. It seems to go in spurts. Every other year a few places go on the market at the same time. The freaks nextdoor took their sign down. I don't know what this means. I don't see any indication that they are preparing to move. It wasn't long after the SOLD sticker went on that the sign just disappeared. But the rumour is that it is sold and they are moving. Now that I think about it, there are indications. She hasn't planted her usual annuals. There are no hanging baskets on the garage. Every other year there has been. Cool.

I was just daydreaming about eggs. I'm hungry. I want an omelet. I think I'll go wake up Mr. Man to take me out for breakfast. Have a lovely day.

Todays Horoscope

Todays horoscope...

Your daydreams are demanding too much energy now and you might need to consciously refocus your attention on more practical concerns. The real world isn't as convincing as usual, so it's easy to slip back into the realms of your imagination. This isn't, however, a waste of time. Believe that you can be whomever you want. Then, on Saturday when the Moon returns to your sign, begin to turn your fantasies into reality.
Thursday, May 24, 2007

So, I can convince myself that I'm not depressed! Cool.

On A Brighter Note, But I'm Still In One Hell Of A Funk

On a brighter note, my Clematis has blooms on it! It hasn't grown in height much, but it has several flower buds. Last year it got eaten by bugs after only one bloom opened, and it was a lot taller. I don't remember when the flower opened. I don't know how long it stays in bloom. I'm tempted to go spray it now before it starts getting eaten.



All of the Trilliums we stole and planted are gone. Somebunny likes the taste of Trilliums.



I saw another Hummingbird, and I was close enough to get a good picture, but of course I didn't have my camera in hand. Last year there were so many, they were fighting at the feeders.

My purple Lilac is blooming.

I got a snail mail letter from J.C. I am so looking forward to June first when she is moving and coming back online.

My Purple Leaf Sand Cherry is blooming.

My Creeping Phloxs are in bloom and they are huge mounds.

The weather is gorgeous and I don't feel like going out. I napped in the afternoon. Our power went out which woke me up. Here's a little random fact about me. I can't sleep without the sound of a fan going. So when the power goes out and the fan stops, it wakes me up. No idea what caused that.

I can't believe I wasted such a beautiful day. I mean this is what I've been waiting for. I am in one hell of a funk. It's not by choice. Any suggestions on how to snap out of it would be welcome.

Holiday Monday

Here it is a holiday Monday. At least the sun is shining. Saturday we just pissed the day away. I didn't do any of the things I planned to do. Hubby worked on the bike a bit but didn't finish putting it back together. It's closer to being done than not so thats a good thing. It was a gorgeous hot day. Just as we were settling in at the bonfire at S.Ws place the clouds rolled in. It got really cold and then it rained. It was an impressive fire, it kept us warm. And when the rain got heavy at times there was a tree nearby that we could all stand under to keep dry.

So there are some photos, that's Hubby and S.W, and me and S.W. We also got to enjoy a fireworks display that someone set off at the park which S.Ws property backs onto. The younger kids in attendance had sparklers and D.W showed them how to throw them. Being a grown man, he could send them quite high and quite far. A four year old, not so much.

Sunday was another lazy day. It was dark and cold and rainy most of the day. After getting up around 7 a.m and seeing that I went back to bed and slept half the day away. The sun did pop out in the afternoon, but it was still cold. Even if the bike was ready I doubt we would have gone out riding. However, there are some brave souls out there. We had a visit from S and a friend of his who were out for a scoot. They stopped by in their travels to check on Hubbys progress.

Little R had a friend over. The kids dad dropped her off as she lives out in the country somewhere. Then the kids walked over to another kids place on one of the sideroads. We stopped by there on our way to town to pick up some baking potatoes for dinner, to let them know we were going, would be right back, and to stay where they were. Later, the kids dad shows up to pick her up. We sent him over to the other kids place. A few minutes later he came back saying no one was there. So Hubby went back with him. No one was there! For about an hour and a half we were looking for these kids, knocking on doors the whole bit. They were nowhere to be found. Finally they show up. They had gone to town with the other kid and her mother! Needless to say, I don't think that kid will be allowed to come back here. The dad was pretty upset. How embarrassing. We can't even keep track of your kid for a couple of hours. But that's 13 year olds for you. Sometimes they just don't think.

I forgot I had bought my annuals. I can add them to the list of things I have to be planted. The weather is supposed to improve tomorrow. Today isn't too bad so far, sunny but cool. This is the weekend I usually do all that. Obviously I didn't have my yard sale. I'm glad I didn't, I think I would have been disappointed. There wasn't nearly as much traffic as I expected, things were pretty quiet. I hung a couple of Hummingbird feeders out last week. So I've seen my first Hummingbirds of the season. I have several more to put out, just wanted to be sure the Hummingbirds were back before I fill them all and put them out there. And that's about it for my weekend thus far. Pretty boring and quiet. Hopefully the weather forecast is accurate and I can get a bunch of stuff done this week. I think I'll plan my yard sale for two weekends from now, the beginning of June.

Have a peachy Monday.

Shiny Jugs And Heads

Ok, the book I just finished reading is titled "Deeds Of Trust" by Alesandra Rain. There is a website for the business she started due to her experiences. Very interesting.

I went through the anti-depressant thing years ago. I was put on every anti-depressant out there at one point or another. I tried them all. None of them ever did anything to help me. I never stayed on any of them for any length of time, mainly because they did nothing but make me feel sick. I can't imagine becoming addicted to anti-depressants. Other medications are another story. Pain killers for one and sedatives for another. Now those I can imagine becoming addicted to.

So it was like the movie "Groundhog Day". No sooner did I type the previous paragraph and in walked Hubby. He took his little doctors note to work today and his boss proceeded to fire him! He seems to think Hubbys knee injury isn't real. I don't know how many people would go and have surgery for something that wasn't real. And I guess the doctors are just making it all up too. He offered an unattractive severance package to boot. We're just waiting to see what our lawyer has to say before responding at all. So, omg, my Hubby is now unemployed, ack! But in reality, it's all a part of the master plan.

We packed up the bike parts, actually its the motor not the bike, and took them over to S & Ds place. S has a very impressive garage. We spent the evening there visiting and drinking brewskies while the guys sandblasted and buffed the motor parts. S built his own sandblaster! He has everything, all the toys and tools, in his garage. I'm a chick, I'm so not into all that, but even I was impressed. We now have shiny parts, heads and jugs and gaskets, oh my.

We still haven't had the chance to ride together, but have a great time discussing all the rides we will share once we are up and running again. We're going to be awfully busy this summer going on all the rides we have planned with these guys. D rides her own bike, a Fat Boy, and S has two, an old Shovelhead and a newer old decker, not sure what it is exactly. I look forward to riding with them and getting lots of riding pictures of them. Adventures await.

When we first got there, D was out on her deck which overlooks a field and a forest, awesome. Right there in her backyard was the biggest bunny rabbit I have ever seen, and the first one I have seen in ages. I had a great time watching it. Of course I had thought about bringing my camera and then walked out the door without it. I really should start doing something that excercises my brain and my memory skills. Anyways, apparently I had just missed seeing a pair of deers out in the field. I'll have to make the effort to remember my camera the next time we go over there.

Today Hubby is reassembling the bike motor. He has not found the source of the noise it's making. It's been running fine, just making an odd noise. So hopefully we can get a scoot in this weekend. The grass is all cut, yay. Today I think I will paint my headboard and footboard and maybe get some digging done. We want to expand the firepit and we'd like to have a bon fire this weekend, so I'll be digging that out. It's beautiful out. Have a great day.

Nothing Really

Todays horoscope...
The Moon can lighten things up while it's in Gemini, which, like Libra, is a mental air sign. You are eager to learn, listen and talk. You may think you should share everything you know, believing that full disclosure is the best option. Discretion is advised now, for there are some things better left unsaid.
I wonder if that means I shouldn't have said anything about Hubbys boss? I like that, mental air sign, hehe. What the hell does that mean anyway?

So Hubby continued to tear down the motor on the bike. He thought he found the problem, but when he asked a buddy about it, his hopes were dashed yet again. I really don't understand why he waits for riding season to start this crap. I mean wouldn't it make more sense to do this in the winter? Yeah, that's what I thought.

Tonight was a 4-H meeting. I didn't go, but Hubby did. Apparently it was uneventful. Staying home was uneventful too, I slept. I've been doing an awful lot of that lately. I don't know what's wrong with me, but all I want to do is sleep, or lay in bed reading which inevitably leads to sleeping.

I've interupted reading one book to read another that was lent to me. Of course I can't think of the title right now. It's a true story, about a woman who is on all kinds of medications, gets really sick from it, goes through a bunch of traumatic life experiences, and then gets herself off all the pills and puts her life back together. Obviously I've really simplified the story here, but it has been a very interesting read.

I don't think I'll be having my yard sale this weekend after all. It's a little late to do any advertising. Honestly it just kept slipping my mind. I had plenty of time to prepare, I just had other things on my mind. Ah well, maybe next weekend.

I'm trying to figure out how to do some new things with Blogger. Also reading a lot of other blogs.

That's it for my little update. Disclosing nothing, as always. Sweet dreams.

A Long Drive For Nothing

The weather has been rather grismal (thats grim and dismal) the last couple of days. Yesterday was dark and dreary. Today so far is wet and cool. Yuck. Today Hubby has gone back to work. So far I've fallen back into the old routine easily.

Yesterday he was gone all day for some assessment meeting. I slept most of the day. I was feeling down in the dumps. Feeling emotional for the first time in a while. Talked to Big R via email, things aren't going so good for her these days. Talked to J.C for the first time in ages via messenger, things are confusing still.

The bike is torn apart. Hubby isn't here to put it back together. He took my new car to work. I'm hoping he'll get his work truck back.

And five minutes after Little R left for school and I typed that last sentence, I heard the front door open. I assumed it was Little R, having somehow managed to miss her bus. But it wasn't her, it was Hubby, with a round of fresh Timmys coffee. Apparently his boss met him out in the parking lot and asked him if he had a doctors note with him, stating he could safely return to work. Hubby has the note, but it wasn't in his possession, it was here, stuck on the fridge. He figured the boss would allow him to bring the note in with him tomorrow. But noooooo, the boss sent him home instead! So, we'll try that again tomorrow.

So much for my day of peace and quiet. So much for getting back into the swing of things. One good thing is, Hubby is now spending his day out in the garage working on the bike. I don't think he's at the putting it back together stage yet, he's still in tear down mode.

Of the three Trilliums we brought home, only one is left. Some fucker critter is eating them as quickly as they appear. Due to the rainy days we've been having, I haven't been able to get out there to continue mowing and digging and weeding and edging and planting. Today, I just don't feel like it. I don't know how I feel today.

So I'm out of here, have a lovely day.

Grade 8 Graduation

I got woke up about half an hour ago by Bear scratching on the bedroom door to be let in. You see it's thundering and lightninging out. He is a panting, trembling pile of fur. I couldn't get back to sleep, not for a lack of trying.

I was having some pretty bizarre dreams. The first one I remember was so hideous I woke myself up. The one Bear woke me out of was just weird. It was going from one scenario to another very quickly. I was just settling into it when scccrrrrraaaaaaatcchh on the door.

So last night Hubby came home from physical therapy suggesting we go to town to get Little R her graduation dress. Luckily they just opened a Fairweather store in town. They had a few dresses to choose from. So we did actually come out of it with a dress. We went there first, tried on a few things then decided to try looking around some more at other stores before making a selection. Well that was a mistake. She didn't want any part of Walmart, luckily they didn't have any dresses anyways. Then we went to Urban Planet. I HATE that store! The poor kid. What in the hell is size 00?? Is that like double no size? So she tried on one dress in there and it was a large, and she didn't even bother showing me, and then just walked out in tears, feeling fat. I saw a kid in there whos thighs were the size of my wrists! I couldn't believe my eyes! I was rude and stared in disbelief. What the fuck? If my kid looked like that, I would be worried people. Little R is not fat. She's no skinnyminny, but she isn't obese either. But that store can make anyone feel bad about themselves. It's a disgrace. It targets kids of that age and sets a deadly standard. Fuckin ridiculous. Anyhow, we went back to the good store and got a dress before it got snatched up. Then we went to Walmart for shoes and accessories. When we got home she tried it all on together and it worked, she looked nice. Whew.

I have a picture of me in my grade 8 graduation dress. If I was really ambitious I would go dig it out and scan it to post here. It would have been in the mid '70s. I still have the dress Big R wore for her grade 8 graduation, but alas, it doesn't fit Little R. I wore pink. Big R wore black. Little R will be wearing black and red. I think I will dig out the old pictures to scan later. I just don't recall it being such a big deal, but the more I think about it, I guess it kind of really was. I have this sudden urge to take Big R dress shopping. We bought her dress without her even being there. I think she liked it. Everything from that time in my life is a blur. She wears dresses a lot in the summer. I used to, not so much any more. Little R does not like wearing dresses, yet.

When Big R was this age, I was a mess. I was just starting to have panic attacks. My life was going well, for the first time in a very long time. I think I was having post traumatic stress. I think I was waiting for everything to fall apart, expecting it. I had no patience with Big R. I wish I could do it over. But obviously I can't. Big R if you read this, lets go shopping.

The storm seems to have subsided. The weather forecast for today was stinking hot with thunderstorms. It would be just peachy if we got the thunderstorms out of the way and the day is just hot.

Hubby is going back to work on Thursday, it's official. Man it's going to be strange being home alone again. Back in January it was a novelty having him home. I've become accustomed to it now. I was looking forward to this, now, not so much.

I'm not sure if I'll have my yard sale this weekend now or not. I've lost enthusiasm. I do want to get rid of all that stuff, but all the good stuff went a couple of weeks ago. I have to cut the grass again already. I never even really finished the back. How badly do I want to get rid of all this stuff? Bad enough, I'll do it. So today I'll make up little posters to put up in the grocery stores in town etc. I should have done that last weekend, but honestly I forgot all about it. I'll have to get busy this week.

There's another house for sale down the street. They're asking even more than the first two did. Man I wish this place was in selling condition.

So yeah, it's going to be hot today. Have a great day.

Unproductive Weekend

Yippee, I got the garbage put out before the truck came.

On Saturday Hubby was heading into town and he said he was going shopping for Mothers Day. I told him not to worry about that since I just got a new diamond ring and a car. I'm good, really, I don't need anything else. Apparently he listened to me for once and I didn't even get a card. I thought he would at least pick up a card.

But it's all good, we did spend the day together. We drove to the reserve for smokes and on the way back we stopped at an antique barn flea market thing and a yard sale. And we did buy stuff. I got ripped off buying some Christmas tree ornaments, which is about the last thing in the world I need, more ornaments. We got some bling for Hubby, which was a good deal. We got books. I got a cool old angel garden ornament. We got some more coloured glass. It was fun. Even Hubby enjoys rooting through old crap.

So next weekend is supposed to be my home yard sale. I don't know why I'm out there buying other peoples crap when I already have so much to get rid of myself. I haven't been thinking much about it since the community garage sale a couple of weeks ago. I suppose I could do what I have to do this week and be ready for the weekend.

All in all it was a nice but unproductive weekend. My Hubby rocks, he's really a nice guy. It's the little things.

Have a lovely day today.

Edited to add...

Our adventures this morning...
Yesterday in our travels we saw a patch of Trilliums, right at the side of the road, a small, one lane, back road. There were no homes or farms nearby, it was fairly secluded. Trilliums are our Provincial Flower. It is illegal to remove them. I'm not sure about the law at all. Is it illegal just to pick them? Or is it illegal to dig them up and plant them somewhere else? How illegal is it? Is it just a ticket and a fine? Or do you get hauled off to jail? I don't know.
Anyhow, because the one and only Trillium I have in my garden, which I BOUGHT 2 years ago, got eaten or snapped, Hubby pulled over to dig some up for me. We weren't prepared for this, so we didn't happen to have a shovel or even a trowel in the car. He tried using an ice scraper. It didn't work, the ground was too hard.
Since it wasn't too far away from home, we decided to go back this morning with the proper equipment. We took 3 of them, big root balls and all. As we were pulled over on this little back road which doesn't even have a shoulder to pull over onto, and Hubby was there digging up Trilliums with a shovel, several cars went past. I got out to take a couple of pictures of the flowers, other than that sat in the car. I got to feeling quite paranoid. What if someone stops to yell at us? What if someone gets on their cell phone and calls the cops? What would happen? Finally we were on our way back home, Trilliums safely placed in a plastic bin in the trunk of the car. Didn't we pass a cop on his way to where we were just coming from! Then the paranoia really set in. By the time we got home we were half expecting the O.P.P to be sitting in our driveway waiting to confiscate our illegal gains, as well as our car and home as profits of crime!
Too fuckin funny.
The flowers are now safely planted in my garden and looking gorgeous.

Well then I went to get the mail. Sure enough there was the expected letter from the Township. They have received complaints repeatedly about our dog, namely a Rottwieller, being allowed to run at large. Blah blah blah.
Give me a break. This will be our final written warning to rectify the situation. Any more complaints and we will be fined and charged. Sonofabitch. We so need a fence.
I have a good feeling I know who it is complaining. I have a feeling it is no more than a grudge. It is so infrequent that he actually takes off on me, that they must sit there waiting for it. Why not send in the dog catcher then? Oh, because he's not out there long enough for them to get here and catch him? Like what kind of proof are we talking about here? Doesn't there need to be some kind of proof?
I think it's the guy with the psycho dog named Bear. The 2 Bears got into a fight one time. It was in the ditch in our front yard. That's because our Bear was in our yard and the other Bear came over for a scrap, and he got it. Then there was the time Little R was walking our Bear past their house, on his leash, when the psycho Bear came flying out to the street for another scrap. The guy came out and yelled at Little R, verbally abused her and then kicked our Bear. We called the O.P.P. This dude was out of line, he assaulted our dog, who was on a leash, and verbally assaulted our daughter. This is not cool, hello? So, the cops went and talked to him. I'll bet my boots it's him complaining. He truly believes our dog is the problem. Walk by their house and see what happens. That phsycho dog is going to come through that window one of these days. You can see the glass shaking and wobbling as he goes ballistic any time anyone walks by. Even worse if you have a dog with you.
So, we're going to reply to this letter. We're going to explain our side, that it is just a nieghbour with a grudge. In the future, send out the dog catcher like any normal township. You are being used to harass us. The letter mentions they fear for their safety and that of their children and pets. Hmmmm. That's what makes it sound like him. Everyone else knows damn well, a) Bear will not jump up on people b) Bear loves kids and just wants to play c) all you have to do is say "Bear, go home" and he will. Piss me off.
Edwad, or as he has come to be called lately, Wadly, hehe, is the one to fear people.
I understand it is our responsibility to keep these dogs on our property and under control. I know we need a fence. That will be our next major purchase. I just can't help but wonder what people will come up with to complain about then.

Oh No, Not More Tulip Photos!

Yesterday was another fairly boring day. About all I accomplished was starting the digging on extending my fence-side garden. I couldn't stay at it for any length of time because the sun was just so hot. I did drive Hubby down to the bike shop, more accurately, he let me drive my own dam car, to pick up his clutch basket? something like that, which they had welded a new piece onto for him. So the bike is back together and now the electric start works again, but it's still making this "bad noise", which is the whole problem. We've been living with the electric start problem for years, good thing it has a kicker eh, but the noise, just started the end of last season. There are so many possibilities of what could be causing it. You watch, before I know it he'll have that motor ripped apart, and I'll spend half the summer waiting for him to put it back together. UGH. The plan is for him to use the bike for commuting when he goes back to work next week, so I can have my car. Frankly, I don't know what noise he hears. It's something only guys can hear I think.

Rumour has it we have bikers moving in nextdoor. One of our nieghbours told us this, don't know how they would know, also that they sold for the asking price, which is great to hear. Hopefully the rumours are true.

More of my tulips opened up yesterday, the pink ones. Of course I took pictures.

Today I woke up at 6, only because I had set the alarm for 6, because Hubby had an appointment down in the city this morning. That insurance dude who was supposed to come here told us he wanted to see only Hubby, so Hubby arranged to meet him at a restaurant, rather than him coming all the way up here. When Hubby went off to his meeting, I went back to bed. I haven't even been outside yet. I have no idea what it's like out. It could be pleasant digging weather for all I know.

The settlement is just a month away now. I don't know how it all works, it could be put off again. I don't know what kind of time frame there is between winning a settlement and actually getting the money. I will just be so happy and relieved when it is finally all over and done with. It's been over 3 years since the accident. So it's been about a year and a half since the whole thing started because you must wait for 2 years before you can even start the lawsuit. I probably shouldn't even be discussing it here. All I can say is, it has been life altering and Hubby is not the same person he was before the accident.

I'm only thinking about it today because of Hubbys meeting this morning. Other than that, I have Tulips on my mind. Those photos are of 2 different kinds of tulips. The rounded, pure pink ones, and the pointy, pink and white ones. Don't know their actual names. All I have left to bloom are the white with red stripes ones.

I also have riding on my mind. Was hoping to get some riding in this weekend. While Hubby was down in the city he popped in at Whalen Custom Cycles. They are closing their doors and having a big sale on all their stock. It came as quite a surprise to hear they are shutting down. I think it was less than 2 years they were open. I don't think he bought much. He came in babbling about a front end they have that he may be interested in. I was hoping for some tshirts or something. Oh well.

I'm off, going to get dressed and get outside. The garden won't dig itself, the grass won't finish cutting itself and the bed won't paint itself. Too bad.

Have a great day.

Spring Blooms

Well this morning it was 6:34 instead of 6:32. But I had actually laid there for a couple of minutes thinking about it before looking at the clock. I probably did technically wake up at 6:32.


The dogs wanted out right away. I usually wait until I'm ready to go out with them or at least am awake enough to go hunting Bear down. This morning I just let them out still half asleep. Of course Bear took off. Even with me standing there telling him to stay, off he went. I did go out and half-assed looked for him, I didn't see him. I called him, I whistled, nothing. So I came back in. A couple of minutes later he came back. Normally I act like nothing happened, but this morning I gave him shit. I have to let him know it's not cool for him to do this.


Yesterday I did pretty much nothing. I had a long nap in the afternoon. It was a cloudy day, looked like it might rain any minute. But it didn't rain. I went to my appointment in the morning and that was it. Hubby had to go for his follow up with the surgeon and that's when I fell asleep. So the doctor says he can go back to work next week! After him being home this long it's going to be very odd for him to be gone again. We've fallen into a bit of a routine. I'm probably going to miss him, sigh.


I did take some flower photos this week. A lot of them turned out blurry, don't know why. Some of them turned out ok.


This first one is my mystery flower which turned out to be a "Tarda Tulip"...






As you can see somebody was munching on one of the blooms.



Next is Tulips...these were transplanted from the side to the back...






I'm not sure what this next one is, they kind of grow all over the place, wild-like, in the grass and everywhere...






More Tulips at the side of the house....






Yellow Tulips at the side of the house...





Pink Forget-Me-Nots...

These are more commonly blue and spread well. I have blue also, but the pink ones seem to be blooming sooner than the blue ones. These were just planted last year and have already spread.

I recently bought myself one of those garden claw things. It is great for aerating and loosening the soil in gardens. It's easy to use and makes the job go a lot quicker. I also got some new shovels, for edging and all the digging of new beds I'll be doing.

Well that's about it for today. Have a lovely day.

I Love Gardening And I Love My Dogs Too

I've been setting the alarm clock for 7 and yet waking up at exactly 6:32 every day this week. Why 6:32? Why not 6:31 or 6:35? Bizarre. I think it may have something to do with the level of light coming in through the blinds. Yes there is daylight at 6:32 a.m. When Hubby goes back to work we'll go back to getting up at 5:30.

I still didn't finish cutting the grass out back. It's almost done, but I ran out of gas and it was starting to spit rain at the same time so I just packed it in for the day. It's going to take a bit of practise to get back into shape where I can do it all in one day.

I heard through the grapevine that at least one of our nieghbours thinks the people selling their homes are selling too low. They sold higher than the ones that sold before them. As long as it keeps going up, I'm happy. Really we should be able to get more for these places, but because of the water situation and the somewhat isolated location, we can't ask for top dollar. I think eventually we'll be up there. We won't be able to sell any time soon and we don't really want to just yet anyways. But if and when we do decide it's time to move on, as long as we get more than we paid and it covers any renovation costs I'll be happy with that.

So Hubby went into the store yesterday and the town councillor who owns the store told him we can expect another letter from the township regarding our dogs running loose. This is one thing that makes us want to move. To a place with acreage. No nieghbours nearby. We're not sure who it is complaining. There are a couple of people it could be. We have to get cracking on the fence thing. But I'll never understand complainers. Especially when they can pick and choose who to complain about. Like I say, Bear takes off once in a while, it isn't an everyday thing, and he usually heads out to the field, it's not like he's on the street. And he is not the only dog who gets loose, they all do. Its what dogs do, they're like little kids and will try to get away with whatever they can get away with. I cannot imagine complaining to the township every time I see a loose dog, it just makes no sense to me. I don't understand why anyone would move to this kind of community and then hide out, bitching and complaining. It's a small community, everyone knows everyone. How hard would it be to come to us rather than town council? And really, if they were to see Bear and just tell him to "go home" he likely would. Even the councillors think it's stupid. But they are forced into upholding bylaws. Some people are so fucking unreasonable, it's ridiculous. The folks who don't want to get along with their nieghbours, who want to complain about every little thing, who can't just live and let live, they shouldn't choose to live in a community, they should buy themselves acreage. See, when we moved here, we didn't have Bear yet, so the no fence wasn't an issue. When we move from here, I want a fully fenced yard or at least 5 acres. I can't even decide if I want to be more in town or more isolated. My opinions change from day to day. I miss the conveniences of the city, having everything nearby and stores open 24 hours. But at the same time I long for peace and quiet, no traffic, no nieghbours.

We did get some rain last night. It looks like it's cleared up now. I noticed I had tulips opened yesterday among other things. This bit of rain will help. Everything should be thriving today. I still have a bunch of stuff to plant. I saw at the grocery store last night the Petunias are finally out for sale. I like to put them in my various planters. The farm where we got such a great deal last year is up for sale so I'm not sure they'll have their roadside stand this year. It was pretty late in the season anyways. I think it was like June when I got my stuff there. I want to start now, not in June. But damn it was kind of worth it, they had an awesome selection and fantastic prices. I'll probably buy some next time we're in town which will be today. I have an appointment in town this morning. I noticed my Lily-Of-The-Valley is going to bloom this year. I dug them up from the ditch and planted them in one of my gardens about three years ago. This will be their first year blooming. They like shade, but they grow just fine out in the ditch in full sun. They were already there when we moved in, not sure if someone actually planted them out there or what. I want to use an old headboard and footboard we have to make a "flower bed". We also have an old toilet I'm going to stick in a corner as a planter. Not too keen on that but it beats sending it to a landfill I guess. My problem is where I want to put the "bed" I already have 3 square gardens, I'll have to remove two of them and make the one bigger. It'll be a lot of work. Then I'll have to seed or sod over the two I remove. I also need to paint the headboard and footboard. Yes I have a lot of work ahead of me. The sooner I get digging the better. I'll have to extend the garden that runs along the existing fence to add all the stuff I remove from the squares. I guess that's where I should start. I've done well over 3 or 4 years loading these gardens with plants. Emptying those squares is going to be a chore. But at least I have a plan. Which is more than I can say for 3 years ago.

The next couple of days will be spent cleaning up the house. We now have people who could drop in any time and I would hate for them to see the place in its current condition. We also have the insurance investigator dude coming up this weekend, ugh. I'm not sure exactly what his position is, all I know is he works with our lawyer and gives us advice and comes to our house every once in a while.

So I'm off, things to do, places to go, people to see and all that jazz.
Have a great day!

The Birds

After Hubby left for his physiotherapy, I went to sit out back and ponder cutting the grass. This was his first physio since his surgery. He did go previously but they just sent him home because it was too soon, his knee wasn't ready for it. So he says his knee felt better after and he is expecting to go back to work on Monday. Yay!

The first thing I noticed when I went out back was this thing sitting on the patio table. I had no idea what it was. I read the label on it which made me think it was part of a toilet or something like that. I assumed Hubby had left it there and awaited his return to give him shit for leaving such a thing on the patio table, where we eat and drink. When he came home, with Timmys coffee in hand, what a doll, I asked him about it. He said it was a plumbing snake. Oh and where did it come from? Not a clue. So, someone left a plumbing snake on our patio table, what the fuck? It turns out he hadn't asked to borrow one or anything. We asked S.W & D.W if they had dropped it off while we were out, nope. So we have no idea where this thing came from or why it was there. How weird. What a thing to find. But it does mean that someone was in our backyard, and most likely while we were out. I'd like to think there is a logical explanation and this seems to be bothering me more than Hubby. He thinks it's creepy too, but, he doesn't get as creeped out as I do. Then he said maybe it has something to do with the break-ins. Maybe someone walked around back carrying this thing to look like they were working on something, or something, and tried to break in, but then Bear smiled at them and they took off. Oh boy, that really helps. Who knows, we'll probably never know. Creepy and weird.


I spent about a half hour walking around the backyard picking up all the toys and sticks the boys leave all over the lawn, and looking for stray rocks. Just picking up in preperation of cutting the grass. I wasn't feeling too well yesterday, not sure why, but my stomach was very upset. So after doing that I had to sit for a little while. By the time I got started the sun was so hot I could only do a couple of rows at a time and had to keep taking breaks in the shade. I ended up only doing about half of it, ugh.


I jumped at the opportunity to go into town with Hubby when he went to run some errands. We stopped at the big birds nest just in time to see one come in for a landing. The story we've heard is that they are Osprey birds. There were two of them in the nest. Obviously they go back to the same nest each year. Apparently they travel in pairs also. We saw two more of them flying together from across the road. Hubby got a couple of pictures. They are interesting to watch and I can't wait to see the babies. They fly like hawks or whatever, soaring in circles. While Hubby was standing with the camera there were a couple of times I thought he was going to get attacked. They are incredibly large. They make a distinct noise, like a whistle/chirpy sound. We spent about a half hour in the parking lot watching them and waiting for the bigger one to come back to get pictures, but he didn't come back before we left.


It was a hot gorgeous day and I hope I can finish mowing the lawn today before it rains. Here are some pictures...






The new car with LaBra on.

A bird sitting in the nest.

A bird soaring.

Where's My High Beams?

Yesterday was good. We went to our favourite little place for brunch. I always have the same thing, an omelet, every time. Sometimes a cheese omelet, sometimes cheese and mushrooms, but always an omelet. What can I say, it's easy to chew.

We picked up the lawnmower. It works great now, one pull is all it takes. So I cut the front yard after we came home. It was a little tricky getting around the ruts, but where there's a will there's a way.

We also picked up the car. Of course nothing happened the whole time it was there. The guy said it may just be sticky door locks. We went to a Chrysler dealership and got replacement buttons and that seems to have been the problem. The alarm hasn't gone off since. Hubby put the bra on and it looks much better now. (Surprised I haven't taken any pics of it yet!)

We went to the barbecue at D & S's place last night. The food was fabulous. She is a dynamite cook. The guys put the bike up on the lift, they found all kinds of shit wrong but not the problem they were looking for. I don't know if they ever fixed the clip or not, I didn't think to ask. I took the car because we had Little R with us. She rode there with her dad and came home in the car with me. We didn't see him at the side of the road, he made it home ok, so the problems can't be too serious. I had to get used to the car on that drive. Where are my high beams? How do I squirt the windshield washer? Stop playing with the sunroof child! Pick a radio station and leave it! Driving at night is not what it used to be. I do believe I need glasses.

On todays agenda is cutting the grass out back. That's always a chore and a half. At least now I won't have to work up a sweat just getting the dam mower started. And I'm going to take some pictures of the new buggy. Other than that, just going to enjoy the day. There's rain in the forecast for tomorrow, sigh. But the gardens will love it. My Forget-Me-Nots are blooming, the Tulips are almost ready to open. Something ate my one and only Trillium, and it looks like my mystery flower which turned out to be a type of tulip bloomed and promptly got eaten. Dam bunnies. I haven't seen them at all, but I know they're out there, munching on my flowers. The trees are finally starting to get green too. The rain will make everything just pop.

K I'm outta here, have a great day.

Show & Shine Wheee

Yesterday was beautiful. The Show & Shine went well. There was a good turn out. Hubby spent the entire morning fiddling with the bike. When we were down at the bike shop the other day he got some new stuff for it. He still has one big job to do but was waiting until after the event to do it. One of the things he got was a new shifter. His was old, it was loose and worn out. They didn't have any of the same kind he had so he got a different one. I believe that's one of things he did yesterday morning. Before I would get on I asked him to do a little solo run first, just to make sure everything was a-ok. I wasn't in the mood to die yesterday. So off he goes, half way down the street I could tell something was amiss. He had lost a little, tiny, but very important clip off the shifter. We scoured the driveway looking for it. I even walked halfway down the street looking on the road. I kept looking while he figured out something else he could use to replace the clip. After I had given up looking for it, we were just standing there, I look down and there it is at my feet! Is this what we were looking for Honey? It sure is! So great, he puts it back on and away we go. We get a couple of miles from home and dam if it didn't come off again. This time we're out on the main road, there's no way we'll find it again. Luckily he was thinking and he brought some wire to use in case this happened. So at the side of the road he rigged it up with wire licketysplit and we were off again.

We got there without further incident. There were plenty of familiar faces. Usually the road is closed for this event, I don't think they had it closed this time. Cars kept driving through. At one point a cop even drove through. Jeez. So it was fun, saw all the familiar folks and met a couple of new ones. One of my not so favourite neighbours was there and sort of spoke to me. Johnny was there with his table set up selling tshirts and photos. I was perusing the photo albums when I came across a couple of good ones of me and Hubby so I snagged them. There was barbecued venison (eeeewww), there was a dyno truck set up and Hubby could have been the first one on it for a reduced rate but he was too slow making up his mind. Someone was trying to sell a gorgeous ladies jacket, it said "Shovelhead" across the back, Shovelheads rule!!, but they wanted $650 for it! Um, I don't think so. There were a couple of live bands. Jennie had a booth set up selling her leathers. All in all it was a very good time. I'm very glad we met the people we met. We'll be going to a local pig roast in August which we've been hearing about since we moved here, finally met the guy and got a personal invite. I didn't take many pictures, maybe took five, just wasn't thinking about it.

As I'm sitting here, I hear the garbage truck going by, dam. I forgot. Good thing I don't have a lot to put out, it can wait until next week, sigh.

So today we're going over to D & S's place for a barbecue dinner and he has a cool hydraulic lift in his garage so Hubby can put the bike on that and fix the clip problem. Today is supposed to be fabulous and hot.

I'll leave you with a couple of photos the first one is one of the ones I got from Johnny, it was taken 2 years ago. The others are from yesterday...

I Heart Karma

Well we took the car back to the dealer and honestly the guy seemed pretty clueless about what was causing the alarm to go off. Still haven't heard back from them to come pick it up, grrrrrr. The lawnmower wasn't ready yet either, maybe today. We did at least get the car bra.

Hubby started working on the bike yesterday. I was sitting out in the garage with him which I really shouldn't do because I get very nervous when I see him pulling it apart. He's never really failed me yet with fixing the bike up himself. That's the beauty of an old shovelhead they can be wrenched without the help of a Harley Technician. He had started it up yesterday, music to my ears, but there was still this funny noise (that only he could hear), which started last year after he had it in the shop. He found the problem and now knows what he needs to do. When I got up this morning, I slept in, he was already gone. I'm assuming he went down to get parts. There is a Show & Shine tomorrow, first one locally of the season, and he is determined to ride to it.

The weather is getting progressively better each day. Next week is supposed to be fabulous. It doesn't look like we're going to be able to put up the fence now, until we get more money. We are animals with money. I have all this stuff to plant and I was waiting for the fence before I go planting anything. Now I don't know what to do with it all. I guess I'll have to figure something out. I noticed my Clematis is growing, I thought it was dead, but apparently not. I was planning to move it once we have the fence up. I'm thinking I should have cut the grass before taking the lawnmower in for the tune-up. It really needs it now.

So today will be spent puttering outside, maybe doing some planting, while Hubby fixes the bike for tomorrow. I don't know if the Hummingbirds are back yet, but I won't know until I put out a feeder, so I think I'll do that today too. The inside of the house is a wreck, but I hate staying in when it's so nice out. I've been waiting for this nice weather and ignoring the inside chores. Sigh. We are invited to a barbecue later today. Don't know if the fire ban has been lifted yet or not. It's possible, I hope so. And I'm hoping the dealer calls so I can go get my car. Hubby was out in the garage until after midnight last night. We were up kind of late that's why I slept in. I like it when he's like this, determined, pumped, excited about something.

Oh yeah, and there's some more karma going around. Trouble in paradise. Again all I can do is sit back and watch. I heart karma.

Have a great day.

My Dysfunctional Car

Well no sooner did I publish my last entry, you know where I said the car was all fixed up and everything was working fine than I heard a car horn going beep...beep...beep...beep. I ran up the stairs saying "Omg I sure hope that isn't my car" and of course it was my car. There it was beeping away, the headlights flashing, making quite a spectacle of itself. Once I got it turned off, the interior light stayed on. Finally got that to go off too, came back in and a few minutes later it did it again. This went on, every few minutes for an hour or so. Finally Hubby went out and disconnected the battery. So we'll be going back to the dealer to get that straightened out. It must have happened before we picked it up too because the lady said "Oh look, someone must have left the lights on". The alarm only went off when the car was locked. If it was left unlocked then just the lights would come on. There has been a rash of break ins in the neighbourhood in the last couple of weeks, including breaking into cars, so at first that's what we thought was going on. Then we thought it was just kids fooling around. It's probably kids pulling the break ins actually, stealing stereos, CDs and cell phones. But after Hubby sat outside in the dark and saw it start up with no help from kids trying to break into it, we figured it's just the car malfunctioning. It did have electrical issues, so I guess they're not all fixed up after all.

I notice I also mentioned Bears "fake leather" cap. Well it's actually real leather, just sayin. That would partially explain the price of it.

It looks like today is going to be a nice one. Little R missed the bus so I had to drive her to school, which means I've already been out and about. It's cool but seems like it will warm up. I think she missed the bus on purpose. I think she's trying to avoid someone. Last night she filled me in on some stuff that's been going on with another kid who lives down the street tormenting her. Actually this kid torments everyone, not just Little R. I'm not sure how to handle this, personally I think the best way to deal with it is to just blow it off. But yeah, that's easy for me to say, I'm not the one being tormented. It is common knowledge that this girl has issues and is not the kindest person around. Oh well, I'll just keep my ears and eyes open and hope it doesn't get too far out of hand.
I guess I'll be a busy little bee today. Hubby has physical therapy this morning, first time after the surgery, should be brutal. And then after that we have to go to town and try to collect our lawnmower and car bra and visit the dealer about the car alarm going off for no apparent reason.
It's going to be another gorgeous day so get out there and enjoy it.

Boys In Hats

Just as I came in the house to make a round of coffees for Hubby and myself to enjoy out back in the sunshine, I thought I heard the front door open. I went to look out and there was S.W with a round of Timmys coffee. The woman has perfect timing. Thank you again S.W!

So we sat outside and drank our coffee and had a nice little visit. It did turn out to be a beautiful day.

After that Hubby and I headed into town and picked up the new car. Everything is fixed and working fine. It even has a 5 disc CD player and a moon roof, yipee! Very good. Then we went to pick up the bra we ordered which was supposed to be there yesterday and of course it wasn't there. It didn't get shipped, it'll be there tomorrow, sigh.

We dropped off the lawnmower for a tune-up and to have the blade sharpened. That should be ready tomorrow also.

Then we picked up Little R after school and went to Eastside Marios for dinner. It was good, but damn expensive. We especially enjoyed the warm bread.

We also went to Future Shop and grabbed a bunch of CDs. My CD collection is quite lacking. It's been a long time since I bought any new ones. Now that we can listen to them in the car and all, we figured what the hell why not splurge a bit.

As promised, here's photos of the dogs with their hats on. Of course Bear was a lot more co-operative than Eddie was.