Spectacular Weekend

What a gorgeous weekend we had!! The weather was great and there was really no where that we needed to be! I got to play in the dirt alot...there's lots of green in the garden coming through.

Saw a 2 million dollar barn on the weekend. In Berwick a family built a new barn and milking parlour...lots of stainless steel in the parlour, cha-ching!! I think my brother in law, Jeff has "barn envy" now. In the barn there are these spinning brushes that the cows rub up against to get a scratch...lovely to see one rubbing her face on one side of the brush while another cow is rubbing her ass on the other side.

Had the Ross family (and mymother) over for BBQ Sat night, the evening was lovely, the weather was great, sat on the deck after supper, watched the kids have a water fight. But then the mosquitos came out...yes, the mosquitos...they chased us in the house.

Mike has headed to the city to cook. El Divo is performing this week at the Metro Centre...they offer packages that include a dinner or reception before hand so Mike goes up to cook for that. Don't worry Mike, I won't sleep in the middle of the bed!!

One Tough Cookie!!

My niece, Sarah is one tough cookie...yesterday she had surgery to have her jaw broken and wisdom teeth removed. Today she is home! I knew she came from good stock!!These are before and after photos of her xrays that I "facebooklifted". She's much cuter in person, although right now she says from the neck up she could compete on the Biggest Loser show because of all the swelling.

When it's all said and done and she's allowed to eat solid food again, Uncle Mike has agreed to cook her whatever she wants!!

Easter Weekend

The weekend was busy and action filled...Friday started with the annual subdivision egg hunt. Each child has 20 plastic eggs filled for them by their parents. The dads go into the park and sandpit to hide the eggs and then the kids are let loose (see the little gang in the picture). After the egg hunt, we had a pot luck brunch and for some strange reason...Mike and I agreed to let it happen at our house. All I can say is thank goodness for the sunshine, there was no reason for the kids to be inside the house. We set a table and chairs up outside for the kiddies...although they did tend to sneak in...I heard a bunch upstairs and my kids had already left to go to a movie so there was no reason for them to be up there...three little "Christers" as my mother would call them were up in Graham's room...they were properly expelled!

Mom came over for supper of pan fried haddock...she brought her little dog Sofie over who was not looking well and ended up in the hospital that night...she's doing better now but she was pretty sick.

Sat was Graham's last baseball in the indoor soccer facility...they had a little pickup game and he really enjoyed that.

Sunday was Easter...the bunny bought treats for the kids...then Graham took his eggs from the egg hunt on Friday and used the "candy he didnt' like" and make an egg hunt for Mike and I...it was pretty cute but he doesn't just open the closet and set an egg in there...no he hides it in a shoe and then hides the shoe. Took us a while to get all the eggs.

Rough Weekend

Well...let's just say this is not a weekend I would like to repeat...although it did have some highlights. Graham had batting practice Sat morning with Ian Mosher of the Kentville Wildcats and he was great and Graham batted really well afterwards. Elysia had a soccer game last night, made some beautiful passes and they won their game. That's the highlights.

Sat was Christopher Coady's funeral. He had only turned 13 a few days before. The church was absolutley packed, there was no more room left in that place. When I first got there the first person I saw was one of the Russel Metals truck drivers. He is very close to Christopher's parents and to have that man grab me and hug me and cry on my shoulder...phew...that's a hard one to take. He was also a pall bearer. They all had a Montreal Canadiens jersey on with Coady on the back and his favorite player's number. Little things get to you...as Tim walked by the hearse with his son's casket in it...he rubbed his hand on the window. I gave Tim and big hug and he said "you came"...of course I did. Christopher had already been ill when Graham became ill and Tim was always my sounding board at work about the doctors and the hospitals. I hope that I never have to see the funeral of another child, or to see parents in that much anguish.

Sat night, Mike was at the Relay for Life at Acadia. When I went to bed, my stomach started burning...I ended up in the bathroom in the least favorite position...you know it, we've all done it...sat on the toilet with the bucket between the legs because there are things coming out of everywhere. Only lasted about three hours but it was violent...I don't think I have ever had it that bad. The last time I was in the bathroom, I started to pass out. It started going dark...saw stars...hearing clouded...arms heavy. I fell off the toilet onto the floor and laid there for a minute and thought what a lovely picture that would be. Got back up on the toilet and managed to get my head down between my knees and with all that was going...not the best place to put it...haha. Sorry, had to interject some humor. Mike got home about 2 and I told him what was going on and he said "don't be offended if I sleep downstairs" and I said "don't be offended if I want you to". Had two naps today but managed to stay out of the bathroom. My stomach is rotted out though, still burning but certainly better. Sorry for the shi&&^ story but that's my life this weekend.

The good part is most of the snow is gone and there are green things sprouting up in the garden everywhere!!

Angel in Heaven

Today there is a young angel in heaven and his name is Christopher Coady...he passed away early this morning at the age of 13. He fought a long and hard battle with cancer that started before he was even 2 years old. I know his parents Tim and Dana are heart broken.