The weekend just went too fast...It was such a nice weekend. The weather was gorgeous which always helps.....
I was sad yesterday because all our plans had to be changed and I thought the day would be ruined but it turned out to be for the best and it was a great day!
We woke up to no water.....so the well company came out and it looked as though our well had run dry - which is too funny as I had only written last week about how it won't run dry because we are over the largest underwater lake in North America!!! Well we are, but our well only goes 60 foot deep. So it should be deeper....
Anyway it turned out that a hose pipe had been left on in the barn which caused the lack of pressure.....so we have water again lol which is a good thing as today they were going to be delivering a 1000 gallon tank for us to use for water for 4 weeks until they could drill another well.......I was NOT looking forward to trying to cope on trucked in water for 4 weeks when there are 8 of us here!!!
Anyway we have water and all is well........well WELL hahahahahaha what a pun!
Lloyd has decided that as the well has to be filled in anyway (you are not allowed deep well holes any more because of gases that build up at the bottom of them and how they are generally unsafe anyway......so we are going to ahve a new well drilled in a few weeks - this time it will be behind the house near the vegetable garden and we will have a tap at the top so we can water the garden easily......it will just be a pipe sticking out of the ground....
So we have Alberta First coming out to mark out where all our gas pipes and electricity cables etc are under the ground.......
So anyway.....we didn't go to the museum yesterday....we had to stay home most of the morning...then Lloyd, Dan and I went to Coscto to get the groceries....we normally go every 3 weeks but it has been more like 6 weeks since we last went to do a PROPER shop.....it was fun...Dan said he didn't realise grocery shopping could be fun...
That was until we got to the check outs - it was sooooooo busy - th eline ups were ridiculous! It was like Christmas! I HATE how busy Sherwood Park is these days.....it won't be long before Sherwood Park needs two Costco's...a north AND a south store :( I don't think Dan was bothered - I guess he is used to line ups..
We went to Timmys and got Iced Caps....and then Dan and I ran into Sobeys to get a few things that Costco didn't have. Dan was jokingly cross because I'd called him 'camp'...so he started calling me Mom to make me feel old...he said it when we were near a guy filling shelves, so I told him he was not too old for a clip around the ear so I did lol!!! Anyway it was good fun shopping yesterday :)
When we came home Dan, Susie and I went for a cyle ride...we drove down our road and along to 222 and the junction with the Hwy.....we stopped to watch a Mountain Bluebird...so dazzling as it flew from tree to tree....bright bright sky blue!!! It was only small though - smaller than the ones we had in our yard last year....
When we got home Dan went on the quad for a while and I took Abigail for a cycyle ride on her own - her first time cycling on the road....Charlie followed us tot he end of the driveway though so we had to call Dan and Lloyd to help get her back.....it was funny because Dan tried to pick Charlie up to carry her back into our yard but she squealed lol - and she is HEAVY!!! small but solid!!!
Abigail loved our cycle ride!
After I got back with Abby, Dan and I went for a run/ power walk over Marys land....it was funny because it was our first run of the year and NOT easy lol...but we are wondering if we could do a 5km race by the end of the summer.....
Lloyd and I went on the quads a little later to search for Charlie who we had thought had followed Dan and I on our walk ...turns out she was hiding beside the chicken shed.....it was a fun excuse to go out on the quads though.....Lloyd hosed them down today as they were sooooo muddy!
We didn't have dinner until 8pm.....I had a gorgeous salad with this new salad dressing spritzer I bought....I chose the Asian one and it is sooooo yummy and light - I love the spritzer bottles.....just spray a little on the salad :) Everyone else had cheese and onion toasted sandwiches....
Dan bought Night at the Museum on DVD for us all yesterday...we haven't had a chance to watch it yet but we will make a family movie night of it.....
Dan made lunch for today (he has gone to work for the day) and I made him and Lloyd some cheese and grainy dijon mustard sandwiches to take to work (Lloyds favourite)
So most of the day was spent outside enjoying the 18 or 19c temps...today is 19c again or will be by this afternoon....and tomorrow again!
Dan said if he blogs about his day - cycling, running, walking through all the fields, seeing mountain bluebirds ad then quadding...his friends will think he has been to an adventure camp for the day...rather than it being a typical summer day at our place lol!
It was a good day...I thought I would ache today but I don't - and I can't wait to go running or cycling again tonight!
Have a great week everyone!
