Remember Me?

I know, I know. Bad, bad blogger. I sit here at the computer, my head hung low, feeling really badly that I haven't updated the blog in almost 20 days. Yikes, where does the time go?

Let's see, what's been going on the last three weeks ... hmnnnn ... well, we had a 3 year memorial mass for my father in law. Also, my poor husband has been so sick (it got bad enough at one point that I thought he had the H1N1 flu). Sinus infection, non-stop cough ... it's been rough going around here. The girl and I both caught it, have both been fighting it for a while. I am fighting it rather unsuccessfully these days; it seems to have settled in my inner ear, turning me into a dizzy blonde. I went to the clinic today, but my ears aren't infected. According to the doctor, sometimes vertigo settles in during a cold and sticks around for a while. Oh joy.

The boy went to Toronto for We Day and had a blast. That same weekend, the husband and I (and the dog of course) went for an overnight stay at the trailer. That was lots of fun; I truly can't wait til next summer! The boy has started hockey, and it looks like it will be a good season this year ... coach-wise, team-wise, and hockey parents-wise. Oooh, and the boy and I went to the Senators' home opener last night. Have I ever mentioned how much I love hockey? Man, it was great to be there again. And the cherry on top - they won.

The husband and the boy are at the trailer tonight; I stayed in town because I'm cooking up a storm for our traditional hunt camp Thanksgiving tomorrow. The girl has gone to a friend's house for the evening ... do you realize what this means? I am HOME ALONE. No dog. No husband. No boy. No girl. Just me and my SCRAPPING SUPPLIES! Yes my friends, finally, a scrap night for me! Now don't get me wrong, I love my family to pieces, but woo-hoo, sccrrraaaaapppp nighttttttt!!!. Hopefully I'll get a few pages done while I cook, and with any luck, I may post again tomorrow morning to show you some layouts!

Ciao!

His & Hers

HIS:


HERS:


And the beauty of it is, he'll share his with me, and I'll share mine with him ... :o)

Seriously, we needed somewhere to keep the boat, right? So ... yesterday afternoon we bought a 33' trailer located on a really sweet site at the same campground we kept our tent trailer at in 2003. The trailer is about 20 years old, but very well maintained. The site is large, nicely treed, there is a huge deck, and it came with everything including patio furniture, a covered swing-for-two, bbq, mower, tv, and all the kitchen stuff. It's also got a wooden platform for a a tent, so the boy will be able to have friends up for weekends. The picture really doesn't do it justice; I snapped it quickly to show the boy when we got back home. I should have taken some pictures of the site itself. We reserved a slip for the boat and got a very good spot there as well. The campground is really nice, on the Big Rideau, and we're very comfortable there, have been going on and off for years. We take possession this week but the campground closes October 15 ... we really hope we manage to do an overnighter there before we have to close it up for the season. Life may be a bit too busy for that. Sigh. Well, at least we are going to have stuff to look forward to, maybe it'll help us get through the long winter ahead!

So I guess we are going to have to dust off our trailer sign, our gnomes and our patio lanterns ... lol ... here's an old layout from 2003, showing how we embraced the tacky trailer park life. Hey, when in Rome, right?? :o)


Sorry about the blurry sign - have to practice safe internet, you know? Happy Sunday everyone!

Yes, it's that time of year again ...

...where a girl's thoughts turn to hockey!!

On the minor hockey side of things - the boy has gone through conditioning camp and is now halfway through the sortouts (aka tryouts), which to his delight consist solely of scrimmages rather than drills. He got two goals and an assist in the first game, and one goal (on a penalty shot - nice deke!) in the second game, so he's feeling pretty good about how he's doing. On the downside, the next two sortouts are tonight at 8 pm and tomorrow night at 6 pm, which does pretty much screw up the weekend.

On the NHL hockey side of things - I was relieved that my Sens managed to trade Heatley before the season started. Even though he's the only Senator whose autograph I have! Don't get me wrong, I would much rather have him play for the Sens, but since he asked to be traded and all the media hype etc. - the last thing I wanted was to go to a game and hear the fans boo him. Sad, but true. Sens fans are a fickle lot. I am really looking forward to the start of the season. The first regular season game is the first weekend in October, but it's an away game. I bought tickets to the home opener on October 8, so the boy and I will be there! Yay!


Well thank goodness it's the weekend again, though I can't believe how fast time is going by these days. I got nothing done around the house last weekend, and I'm not so sure I'll get anything done this weekend, either. Today the husband and I are going off to the lake to look at a trailer ... yes, we may become trailer people again ... unless we buy a cottage ... or a waterfront lot on which to build a cottage ... or do nothing. We've been back and forth on this for a few weeks now, just can't decide what to do. Well, what can you expect; once we made a decision to buy a boat, we had to find something to talk about while we sip our wine, no?

Ciao everyone, have a great weekend!