Saturdays goings-on

I love Summer! I bloody LOVE Summer :)

Summer started at 5:59pm Friday evening :) Did you know that???? :)

Right now its 27c outside. OMG I LOVE Summer :) LOVE it :)

Chris started his new job today. Yesterday he didn't have job. Then I got mad at him about something and he started sulking and went out on a cycle ride and came back with a job! So I sorted that out with his new boss who seems like a really nice guy and is in fact one of our neighbours and has been friends with our other neighbours (who Chris also works for) for YEARS...so today Chris started work! He will work every weekend from 89am until 3pm and will be cutting grass, painting fences, and generally doing odd jobs for this guy who has his own business organizing horsing events etc etc.....

This guy has hired students for the last 15 years. He feeds Chris and gives him drinks all day and generally tels really bad jokes but Chris came home from his first day tired but happy with his job. He goes again tomorrow.

Abigail was invited to a birthday party today but we ended up being really late for it - Telus came to fix our phone line - turns out they could fix it quite cheaply and temporarily and then come back once the renos are done and move it all properly. So we have a phone line but were late for the party. Finally got there and had fun and it was nice for me to chat with Jennifer and Trish while Abigail played with her friends. Susie came too but stayed with me the whole time.

We went into town to buy Susannah a new bike. So finally we all have bikes that work! We can finally all go for a cycle ride together! We got Sam one too but stupidly Lloyd bought him a horn for his!!! OMG I swear I'm going to take a knife to it!!!! Why on earth would you buy a horn for a migraine sufferers child??????

We dropped Laurence at the twins house and he is sleeping there tonight - it was their birthday this week so we sent Laurie with some birthday gifts and some flying saucers to share!

Chris came home from his job and then his friend arrived and they have gone off to the movies so basically we only have three children here again - its funny because my parents had three children and I thin of Sharon who has two children.....and thats normal to her......Jennifer is about to have her second child and that will seem a lot to her to begin with.....

Yet to me...three seems so few...and when I only have three here I always think there is no point in cooking for just five of us! So tonight I am not bothering to make dinner - because there is no point - there are only three children here so whats the point in cooking for just three? Whats the point in cooking when there are just the five of us? And sometimes we will go out for dinner because there are only the five of us....lol....its funny how you think differently when there are normally seven of you :)

What else did we do today? Oh I bought Oprah magazine because it looks like such a good issue! Also Lloyd and I did a bee hive inspection on Flora and Fauna - its been over two weeks since we put the new Queens in and we wanted to see if they had laid eggs - I will update the bee blog a little later so you will have to check there for the answer :)

Tonight Lloyd and I are playing golf just outside here - tomorrow we may go to the driving range for a while :) Lloyd is off on Monday too - I am so glad its a three day weekend for us :)

Oh and Lloyd moved and replanted the Lilac - which was actually two Lilacs so we planted one by the workshop and one on the sledding hill and we took cuttings like my Mom advised. My Mom calls it a Buddleia and everyone else calls it Lilac so I have no idea what it is but I'm calling it a Lilac as its easier to spell lol!

It's been a busy day but good fun - I got to spend some time at Jennifers house which is always something I enjoy as she is such a great person and so comfortable to be around! Susie got her bike which she has wanted for a long time - she didn't have one last year so this is a very good thing :) Chris started his new job and gets to go to the movies with friends :) Laurie is sleeping at friends :) Best of all Summer is here - Did I tell you I love Summer?

7 days - day 7 - Me Deere

My last image as part of the 7 Days self portrait project. It was a fun project to take part in - there were some wonderful images in the project - I haven't had much chance to comment on them the last couple of days so I plan to do that tomorrow! If you have a chance check them out at:
www.flickr.com/groups/sevendays

35,001

Over 35,000 visitors!!!

And Sharon - I think you were my 35,000th visitor!!!! Congratulations!!!! :)

Not that theres a prize or anything but just thought I'd mention it lol!

Another hobby to share...

I guess it's not really a new hobby to share as it's something we've done in the past. In Scotland we used to play golf in our apartment - we'd set up mugs on the carpet and we'd hit golf balls into them and play against each other (lol) and over ehre we've been to the driving range on date night before. And we've always said we'd have lessons together and when the children are older we'd play golf together, have lessons and join a golf club - and if we get a place in the South it will be somewhere with golf courses so we can play golf a lot. So this is just a step towards one of our plans for the future :)

Thank you Lloyd - it was a lovely surprise - even if I did seem a little unsure and a little less than enthusiastic lol....I LOVE that you want to do this with me :) I'm just not so sure I'm going to be good at it lol!

And Donna if you read this:


HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

A surprise!

My wonderful husband came home with a surprise for me today :) He's been hinting that he had a surprise planned for me for a while now, but today he came home and handed me a glove! It took me a while before I realised what it was! Then I saw it was in aid of Breast Cancer Research so I figured maybe he just bought it because he knows that that is a charity that I support! Then he was grinning and told me the rest of my surprise was in the car.

This is when I started shaking my head and GROANING.

Oh no!

You have to be kidding!

Oh no.

This is soooooo NOT a good idea darling!

I am soooooo NOT a golfer!!

I am crap at golfing!

Really!

I am useless at golfing!!!

Oh baby!

Oh

My

GAWD!!!!!!!

Thank you Mom and Dad!

A parcel arrived from my Mom and Dad this week - normally we would phone and thank them but of course we don't have a telephone right now so we can't! So here is a picture of Sam with Bob The Builder magazine instead! They also sent me a lovely Marks and Spencers t-shirt and lots of bags of Flying Saucers candies!!! Including some bags labelled 'Val'!!!!! So they are in a bag put aside for Val's family :) Laurence got his Beano magazine too and Chris got a Word Search book :) Oh and I got a newspaper clipping of my Nephew Daniels 21st birthday and my other Nephew Olivers prom!

Thank you!

Ouch

Chris hurt his bum the other day and couldn't even sit on it - he literally burnt it by skidding on it playing baseball! OUCH!!! It isn't often Chris lets me photograph his butt!!!

My blog is going private!

Don't forget my blog is going private! If you would like to continue to read it, please email me: JaneThorpe@syban.net Or leave me a comment with your email address and let me know who you are.

Thanks. My blog is normally private as it has a lot of personal information in it, but it has been made public for one week to allow me to take part in a self portrait project at Flickr called '7days'. However this weekend my blog will return to being private again.

Thanks everyone :)

Bws
Jane

In bud!

My Coreopsis is in bud! This is my Double Coreopsis - I also have another kind that isn't doing as well and I forget the name of it but the foliage is a different colour.....it isn't doing nearly as well though for some reason. It's doing ok but not as big or fast as this one - I don't know, maybe it just isn't supposed to......But this one seems to be doing great! I can't wait for the buds to open and to see what they look like! Watch this space everyone and I will take pictures of the flowers and post them when they open :)

I'm envious of a certain bloggers Lupines by the way!!!! They are stunning!!!!! My Lupine doesn't look as though its going to flower at all this year! Well actually it's Susannahs - she chose it!!! But it doesn't look as though it will flower at all this year - so hopefully it will next year!

None of my seeds came up that I planted so next year I am not going to bother with seeds AT ALL I am just going to buy plants - or maybe I should be more patient - Lloyd said I should start them all indoors but I can't be bothered with all the hassle to be honest! I think why bother - I'd rather pay a little extra and just buy the plants ready to go in the ground! You get what you see and they do great - ALL the plants I buy do fine.....te Lupine will do fine I'm sure....but all the seeds were waste of time....maybe they'll surprise me next year....who knows! but all the perennials I bought this year as plants are doing brilliantly :)

Cooling off the dogs!

Abigail and Sam helped the dogs cool off today - although then Rosie found her own way to cool off :) Amber won't swim in the pond though - she has never liked swimming!! She is more than happy to get in the paddling pool though and enjoy the hose! Much to Sams enjoyment!

Jasper in the blooms...

Flowers from my garden....

False Sunflower

This is my False Sunflower. I wasn't sure how it would do as I've never had one before. It's an annual so it won't come back next year, but I love it! the petals are soooo papery! I might cut one off and dry it :) they are stunning :)

Daisy, Daisy.....give me your answer do.....

My Shasta Daisies are flowering again :)

Iris...