Happy Canada Day!

I think it was Friday, the freaks nextdoor finally moved out. That night the new folks started moving in. First thing I noticed was tons of kid gear. The backyard was littered with toys. Then I noticed the kids, there was about 10 of them. And dogs, several dogs. Eventually we figured out that some of them were just moving helpers. The very first day, there were 2 boys out back shooting a BB gun. I was freaking lol. The yards are large yes, but not that big. I had visions of getting shot in the head while I'm on my knees in my garden or something, or one of my dogs getting it. I had spent the day bird watching and thought maybe they were picking off all my birds. Then I overheard them talking, and they were talking about smoking dope! They were like 11. And the swearing coming out of them, sheesh. But even so, I already like them better than the ones who were there before.

On Saturday we had a bonfire. Mr. Man had brought home a pile of skids and whatnot from work, just for that purpose. I thought it was a couple of fires worth, wrong. It was kind of funny because there were several houses in a row all having fires at the same time and when cars drove by out on the main road they would honk at us all. Yes the new people had a fire the first night they were here to stay. That's when we met them over the back fence as well. They seem nice and friendly enough. But we won't be making the same mistake of getting too friendly again. I haven't seen enough of them yet to determine exactly how many kids and dogs do actually live there.

There's the pile of skids, doesn't look so big to me now lol. And the fire just as it was started. We hadn't had a fire in quite a while, I don't think we had a single one last year. The pit is surrounded by little rocks, and that was surrounded by tall grass and weeds. It was pretty small. We paid a kid to dig out around it and will probably line it with bricks or rocks eventually. Because we hadn't had a fire in so long and I was always throwing sticks and whatnot on the pile, there was a dense pile of crap to burn out. I'm happy to see its now just a pile of ashes.

Sunday morning we had to get up to go down to the city. My 91 year old father walks in the mall every day and sometimes, Sundays I guess, Big R goes with him. The last time she was here I admired the shirt she was wearing and asked her to pick one up for me. Then I thought may as well get one for Little R too. So I needed to pick those up from her. So we met them at the mall and joined them for their walk. It was brutal. I had a hangover. Mr. Man's hangover hadn't kicked in yet, he was still buzzed from the bottle of Jack Daniels he consumed the night before, by himself. My father walks painfully slow. It was sensory overload for me. We have one mall here and it is only a fraction of the one in the city. The whole thing was a little surreal. I went to that mall as a kid, thats where we hung out. It was just weird being there again. I kind of felt like I had been living a dream the last 4 years. The city really is no longer home to me, this is home. For the first year of living here, I drove down to the city a lot, like weekly. I missed it. I didn't feel at home here. Now it's the other way around. My father will be 92 this month. He still drives! However he is being tested again the day after his birthday. I hope he passes. After mall walking we went to Big R's new apartment, this was the first time I've been there. It was very nice. I'm so glad we're back on speaking terms, I think she's glad too. She's coming up next weekend for Little R's birthday.

Big R and Little R at the mall.

We came home for a bit and then Mr. Man decided yes we are going to the Trike-In. We were too late for the trike games and rodeo, but we did get to see the fireworks. One of the guys brings them up from the States so they're the good ones. It was a very good display. This one was held at a campground where our friends have a trailer. Our friends just happened to have a spare trike at their trailer so we got to boot around on that. Good times. They have 3, the wife has one and her hubby has 2. He's selling one. Too bad we can't afford it right now. Anyhow, we had a fabulous visit with our friends at their trailer. We were invited to come up for the weekend any time soon. We may just take them up on the offer. It was a really nice park as far as campgrounds go. Pretty laid back too. We are seriously considering parking our own trailer there. It sure would be nice to get it out of the driveway. I'm glad we went.

So that's it for our Canada Day weekend. Today will be spent lounging around the house, recouperating. This summer is just flying by. Can't believe it's July already. Though really, it just started.