Thursday, September 6, 2007

Update

Wow - It’s been  4 weeks since I wrote! So much has happenned, I don’t even know where to start!

We sold our trailer. The same weekend I sold my boat. I am totally bittersweet about that….I really liked my boat. But I believe it was the best decision.

I started holidays on August 13th. That week, I took my son, JD,  camping for a few days. We had a beautiful beach side camping spot. Too bad the weather sucked! It was cold and windy all the days we were there. There were whitecaps, and big waves. JD had fun splashing in them, but he got cold quick, and had to come running out to warm up. I attempted to go in once, made it up to my waist, then decided that since I couldn’t feel my legs, maybe it was too cold!!

We came home on August 17th to the news that my brother and his wife had had a baby boy. My new little nephew’s name is Dean Richard. I went to the hospital and spent about an hour holding him and chatting with my brother and sister in law. 

August 21, we (JD & I again - Jaxx chose to stay home with the digs) left for Rushing River, Ontario. We met my sister, her husband and 2 kids there, and set up our tents together. We had a blast! The 2 kids kept JD occupied, so I didn’t have to! We were 50 feet from a park/play structure/beach, so the kids could go play, and we could keep track of them easily. My brother in law, Rick, took the kids canoeing several times. They loved it, and it gave my sister and I lots of time to go for walks, take a nap, or just sit and chat. It was nice catching up with her!  

The days we were there, were ‘comfortable while wearing a sweatshirt’ type of days….cloudy, cooler, threatening to rain. The kids splashed around in the water a few times, but my sister and I only ventured in once. The day we left was the nicest sunniest day!! It figures!!

We went into Kenora and explored. It’s quite a neat little town. We found this shop called the Blue Heron. If you ever get a chance, check it out. It’s a whole house that has been set up as a store….each bedroom, bathroom, and even the kitchen is set up as a store. It has 2 stories, so if you’re going to go, make sure you have lots of time on your hands.

We rode on the MS Kenora, which is a cruise ship that goes through Lake of the Woods.  You tend to feel like a pauper looking at the $1,000,000.+ cabins that some people have out there! Totally mind boggling!!

We got back from Rushing River Monday night, about 8:00pm. We unloaded the van, ate a quick supper, had a hot shower, and pretty much went to bed. 
Tuesday, we had to make an emergency run out to Winnipeg Beach to pick up Jaxx’s Mom’s barbeque. We were due to get our new vehicle sometime that week, and we wanted to get the BBQ before we lost the van (the new one won’t fit a BBQ).

Weds Am at 8:30, we had to have JD into the Children’s Hospital for a follow up breathing test, and Dr exam. We didn’t get home until about 11:00am. 

 

We had severe hail damage during the last storm and Insurance is painting the north & west side of our garage and house, and replacing/repairing our roof on the garage and house. Since there was no point in trying to paint damaged wood, we asked if we could put new plywood on the garage first.  So, Weds,  we ran to Home depot, rented one of their huge trucks, and brought home a ton of plywood and lumber. Then at 3:30, JD had a dental appointment (he has braces now, and they have to tighten them every six weeks) Weds was pretty much a write off.

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday late afternoon, and Sunday we rebuilt our garage. (Saturday, we got our new SUV and went to the shrine circus – waste of time and money!)

From about 9:30am until about 8:30pm every day, we worked! We found out our work was more than we had bargained for. There were rotted 2×4’s that we had to rip out completely, and we had to reframe the whole thing. It was not as quick and easy as we had thought it would be! I found out that being a carpenter’s daughter, doesn’t necessarily mean you’re naturally good at carpentry. Ever hear the old saying “Measure twice, but cut once”? well, I’d measure 6 times, and get 4 different answers, then cut, and it would still be too short!!!

Holiday Monday, we were all so sore, and tired, we took the day off from construction. I slept until 2:00 that afternoon! I was exhausted!

Tuesday, was back to work.

There you have it….the Readers Digest version of the last 4 weeks of my life.  Hopefully I can keep up the pace of writing in thios blog, even if no one besides Jaxx is reading it!!!!

 

 

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