A little sunshine......

We spent the afternoon sat outside....I soaked up the sun, Dan read a few pages of his book in between throwing the ball for Amber and Rosie.....Sam and Abigail played in the sandbox and and on their trikes etc...

Charlie squeezed herself between the chairs and relaxed...enjoying the occasional tummy rub and having Amber occasionally lick her butt (yep she likes that sigh......she actually rolls onto her side with her legs in the air - Charlie the pig is a FLOOZY!!!! Nothing but a TART!!!!

(I won't mention that grossly, Amber then managed to lick my face.....YUCK!!!)

It was 22c outside today and just GORGEOUS..with a few fluffy white clouds floating in all directions (for some odd reason) we stayed out there chatting when the children got home from school.......

We even have the air conditioning on this evening!!! Woohoo!!! Air conditioning!! The house is lovely and cool and it doesn't matter that the stupid windows on the front of this house don't open! I LOVE A/C :) last year the summer was miserable in the house because it is so hot in here but now I can go out on the porch, get all hot and then come in and cool off :) and we will even be able to sleep at night! And it won't be too hot to get 'hot'....if you know what I mean :)

When Lloyd got home from work I took the children to a couple of garage sales...the first one was worse than useless.....used tinfoil containers (yuck) and stools with all the stuffing ripped out of the seating.....and 70's style everything else! I wonder why they are going to bother sitting there for three days selling stuff that really should be given away or thrown away...

The next garage sale was good - we bought a fooseball table it's a good one and the boys are thrilled...but all the soccer players look like David Hasselhoff......its very odd!

The girls bought some Barbie things....I didn't get anything...but thats ok....

I made the kids dinner...Lloyd and I will get something out when we take Dan to his party at Southgate.....

Its the weekend :) Yay!!

And tonight they say we may get a thunderstorm :)

and it continues....

the blahs that is........

Its 1:20pm and I still feel blah......am really having a day of doing nothing despite all our plans...I just couldn't drive this morning I was so asleep. This afternoon there is a yard sale close to us so I will go there. Tonight Lloyd and I are driving Dan into Edmonton..so we are going for coffee on the way back.....

Lloyd made me laugh on the phone just now.....he was walking along Jasper and saw some dog poo - which is weird because I have never seen a dog downtown....and guide dogs are trained not to just go anywhere!

So I told him that maybe it isn't 'dog' poo.........and then I suggested he get down and sniff it and try a bit to see if it is dogs...so he wanted to know how the hell he would be able to tell by trying some......

I hadn't thought that far long lol......I guess if it tastes meaty its an Albertan...if it tastes like sawdust its a dog on dried food ;)

This is the kind of intellectual conversation we have by phone during the work day.....
Lloyd is feeling ill still so I suggested he take the afternoon off...but he says he can't as he has a meeting to go to....so I suggested he fake-collapses across the table in the meeting...and then slowly sits up and says 'I think I need to go home'.....

He says he'll try it....

I asked if he could have the phone on conference call while he tries it but he has denied me the pleasure of listening.......

somehow I don't think he will try it for real...

shame...I'd like him to come home early.....

I am being a bad Momma today...Sam and Abigail are playing on the playstation downstairs...I can hear Sammy chattering away in his toddler talk as he plays - he has no clue what he's doing lol....but it sounds sweet :)

Dan is putting the kettle on to make a cup of coffee (I hinted BIG TIME that I wanted one) he is in the midst of his 4th book this week - Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures...........he is sad that he has finished the Mitch Alboms books.......

Daniel is feeling lazy today too because he can't be bothered to make himself Kraft dinner...he's having a cheese string and a penguin.....

I joined facebook and I have no clue what its all about......Tanya invited me :) thank you Tanya....but I still have no clue what its purpose is lol.....I am such a technophobe really.....sigh.........

Sam has pooped 4 times this morning :( thats just not fair - why can't he wait until Lloyds home.....

Friday blahs..............

I can't wake up...I think I took my tablet too late and now I am all groggy.....I am hoping I wake up enough to be safe to drive and we can salvage part of the day.....

Tamie..thank you.......I had assumed Fort Ed would be open since Easter...I guess we will leave that for next weekend and go all together. I really should check these things online lol!

Charlynn - unfortunately there are 8 rhubarb lovers in this house and 2 more set to arrive in June......BUT next year we plan to split the rhubarb plant and so next year any excess can come your way!!!!

I got a really puzzling email from Lloyds friend this morning and now I am just so confused....I got a nasty email from him a few years back.....well, not 'nasty' but rude and unfriendly....and now I am wondering if it was really from him or if it was from his girlfriend.....its like he has absolutely no memory of it......but it isn't something I can forget because it was in response to an email I had sent him with nothing but kindness and care meant......

So now I don't know what to think and I have worded a reply to his email about 10 times and deleted them all because I just don't know what to think......

So today...I don't think we will make it to the Zoo today....so I think maybe after lunch we will head to Whitemud Park or somewhere similar for a walk.....its such a gorgeous day........I don't want to waste it all feeling groggy from these tablets....

That said, I had my first period WITHOUT a migraine last week....so the tablets are working...but the side effects - grogginess, carb craving and weight gain, lethargy.......aren't ideal.......so I just have to decide which is better...and right now I am happy to be migraine free, so the tablets win despite the side effects.

We still have no idea what to do on Sunday.....I am thinking of the Devonian gardens....but Lloyd said there won't be much to see there......but as I reminded him...it's Mothers Day and its MY choice :)

So if the weather is nice I think that is where we will head and Dan can take some pictures of all 7 of us together :)