We just got through watching the first ever Greys Aanatomy - just felt like watching it again and Dan had never seen it so he watched too......and we are about to have some rhubarb crumble (and NO that is NOT like rhubarb crisp...they are quite different trust me!!)
We picked our first crop of rhubarb on Thursday and I made a crumble with some of it....it smells very good...but we have run out of sugar which we need to make the Birds Custard, s Lloyd has run out to Esso to get some....
What else has been happening today? Dan, Chris and Laurie went to the mall...they did some shopping and Dan bought the children a thankyou gift for putting up with him (lol) - he bought them singing star or something or other for playstation...basically its like a karaoke competition for the playstation..the kids love it though so thanks Dan (even if it is driving me nuts already lol)
Dan also gave Lloyd and I a cd....Michael Bubles latest cd....THANK YOU DAN!
I drove into town to pick up the boys and had a lovely 30 minutes or so strolling around Chapters (book store) looking at magazines and books....I bought myself the Runners World complete book of Womens Running which looks really good....
This afternoon Lloyd and I went to the sunroom place to look at the plans for the new kitchen/ dining room....it's looking good and is going to be such a lovely big and light space once the interior walls are knocked down....so exciting....
Next step is for the architect to draw up the official blue prints - so she is coming out to meet with us soon.....
We are not sure if they will start in October or in the new year...turns out that it will mean digging a proper foundation and so we will have a new room added to our basement too - so Chris will have a new bedroom and his current bedroom will become part of the main basement area....which is mainly like a big family room/ den.
As the extension will need new siding, we think we will have the whole house siding replaced at the same time.....it needs doing anyway so it makes sense. We think we will go for white siding for the house.....
Lloyd finished the dog run tonight...he made a gate and fitted it - it looks great and so the dogs can move in to their new home tomorrow...they will be so much safer in there.....
I am so impressed with the dog run...it is sooooo much nicer than just having a chainlink dog run like most people have...its not ugly and as the cedar weathers it will fit right into the wooded surroundings...in fact we are leaving two or three trees to grow inside the dog run.....
Finally there is action up above....in the earths magnetic field (or whatever) which means over the next few days there may be a chance for Dan to see the northern lights (IF it isn't cloudy)........I hope he sees them!
Lloyd and I went to Timmys on the way to the sunroom place...I had another of their yogurt and berries...the vanilla ones...I am addicted to them lol...I have swapped them for coffee...so instead of havinga double double or iced capp, I have a yoghurt and berries instead :) it probably doesn't save anything on calories lol but I'm sure it does me more good than a coffee......
I want to go running tonight but I can't...I HAVE to rest today....Lloyd keeps telling me I have to rest too but I still want to go and run......I can't wait until tomorrow afternoon when I can go again...I know I can't run far yet but I love seeing how much better I can do each time......even if its just an extra driveway or another electric post or something......each day it gets easier.......
Well Lloyd should be back with the sugar any moment so I shall close and go and check on the crumble......isn't it just lovely to eat foods that you picked from your own garden??? I hope the raspberries and strawberries do well this year......I don't know that we will get much more planted this year now but we will be more prepared for next year at least.....
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