Our cress heads are growing fast - we'll soon be able to eat the yummy mustard and cress in egg salad sandwiches or egg toasties....mmmmmm!
2 weeks ago
Mar 8, 2010
Easy supper
After our riverside walk yesterday we came home and had a really easy supper of bacon and egg sandwiches. Laurence had his without the bread (????)
Mine was totally yummy even if it wasn't the healthiest dinner I've had lately ;)
FINALLY!!
They are here! It's 12:30pm and they are finally here! There are several of them here - not sure how many - and you know what??? Not ONE of them has bothered to come and knock on the door and say hi and that they are here and who they are or apologise for their lateness or ANYTHING or whatever....now I KNOW why they are here etc etc - but still - I am in the middle of nowhere and they are a group of men and you'd think they would have the manners to say SOMETHING!!!
But no, they don't have the manners to acknowledge the homeowner. If I remember correctly though (Val maybe you remember) When Denis was here the other week the boss of this company called round to see what materials they needed - and even HE did not acknowledge me - he acknowledged Denis and Jorke but NOT me :( Ggggrrrrr.
I just find that sooooo rude and ignorant. I don't know - maybe it is because I am so used to Denis and Mike and Tim, but the entire Apollo team is so polite and friendly and well mannered - even Derek is so well mannered and friendly. I am just not used to a company like this. Reminds me of the company we used to build our well!!! They only ever spoke to Lloyd - it was as if they didn't believe in lowering themselves to speaking to women!!! Grrrrrr!
Unfortunately it's a wraparound porch - so for the entire afternoon I will be surrounded by workmen and I will feel like a goldfish in a bowl. Luckily my morning was spent getting the chores done, so dinner is in the crockpot (Thai green curry), the house is clean and tidy, laundry is done, schoolwork is done and the children are happily playing games and relaxing - so I can potter upstairs for the afternoon and not worry about it! I think i'll take some black sacks upstairs and declutter the girls closet! Then crochet/ knit for a while and check out swapbot!
Oh hang on: 12.37pm and it seems they are on their lunch break!!!! omg!!! I don't believe it!!!
Well thats it! My coffee machine is on strike!
But no, they don't have the manners to acknowledge the homeowner. If I remember correctly though (Val maybe you remember) When Denis was here the other week the boss of this company called round to see what materials they needed - and even HE did not acknowledge me - he acknowledged Denis and Jorke but NOT me :( Ggggrrrrr.
I just find that sooooo rude and ignorant. I don't know - maybe it is because I am so used to Denis and Mike and Tim, but the entire Apollo team is so polite and friendly and well mannered - even Derek is so well mannered and friendly. I am just not used to a company like this. Reminds me of the company we used to build our well!!! They only ever spoke to Lloyd - it was as if they didn't believe in lowering themselves to speaking to women!!! Grrrrrr!
Unfortunately it's a wraparound porch - so for the entire afternoon I will be surrounded by workmen and I will feel like a goldfish in a bowl. Luckily my morning was spent getting the chores done, so dinner is in the crockpot (Thai green curry), the house is clean and tidy, laundry is done, schoolwork is done and the children are happily playing games and relaxing - so I can potter upstairs for the afternoon and not worry about it! I think i'll take some black sacks upstairs and declutter the girls closet! Then crochet/ knit for a while and check out swapbot!
Oh hang on: 12.37pm and it seems they are on their lunch break!!!! omg!!! I don't believe it!!!
Well thats it! My coffee machine is on strike!
Happy Birthday
Just a quick post to wish a very Happy Birthday to Val's Husband James!!!
Hope you had a great weekend and have a wonderful day today!!
Best wishes from all of us over here
:)
(image above not my own)
Porch guys
10 am they weren't here. Lloyd phoned and they said they'd be here at 11.
11:30am and they are NOT here. Lloyd has left a message on their machine. They have a LONG history of not returning our calls :(
So, we have half a porch with railings. And since NOVEMBER they have not been showing up. Their excuses have ranged from it being TOO warm. TOO cold. The boss's Dad being in the hospital (which I would almost sympathise with if it hadn't have come across as being one of those 'my dog ate my homework' excuses...sigh - I mean I don't see why that has stopped them coming back ever since - why would that put us back so far????)
The thing that upsets me is that our wraparound porch is not SAFE....there is a steep high drop all around the edge and it gets ICY!!! I have young children who play out there :( and we can't even get our final sign-off of our addition with the county until the railings are finished because it's not LEGAL!!!
It's getting to the point where I'm considering threatening them with contacting the Global girl at the local news to get some action.
I mean - who on earth works half days on Monday?????
Ok gripe over - lets hope they show up soon and I have a nice porch to post pictures of before dark tonight.......lol I won't hold my breath!!!
11:30am and they are NOT here. Lloyd has left a message on their machine. They have a LONG history of not returning our calls :(
So, we have half a porch with railings. And since NOVEMBER they have not been showing up. Their excuses have ranged from it being TOO warm. TOO cold. The boss's Dad being in the hospital (which I would almost sympathise with if it hadn't have come across as being one of those 'my dog ate my homework' excuses...sigh - I mean I don't see why that has stopped them coming back ever since - why would that put us back so far????)
The thing that upsets me is that our wraparound porch is not SAFE....there is a steep high drop all around the edge and it gets ICY!!! I have young children who play out there :( and we can't even get our final sign-off of our addition with the county until the railings are finished because it's not LEGAL!!!
It's getting to the point where I'm considering threatening them with contacting the Global girl at the local news to get some action.
I mean - who on earth works half days on Monday?????
Ok gripe over - lets hope they show up soon and I have a nice porch to post pictures of before dark tonight.......lol I won't hold my breath!!!
Not the porch guys...but
These were our morning visitors today. They came through and went into the back side woods. I thought they would head off onto our neighbours land, but instead it wasn't long before Sam was yelling MOOSE!! again. They headed back through our front yard again and over the field across the lane. I've sent Laurence down to the bus stop with Susannah this morning just in case they are still around. She was a bit nervous about going alone....Laurence isn't at school today.
And then they came back:
Jumping the fence - cute!! -
Mar 7, 2010
Forgot to say.....
We saw two geese today.....they flew over us as we drove along Hwy 14!!! Woohoo...it must be Spring!!!
Honk honk!!
(picture c/o google images)
Oscars....
I've spent the evening sat here with the three oldest kids watching the Oscars ceremony while I'm blogging....so happy that 'Up' won a few things....and I think 'Precious' deserved all it won. Still a few more Oscars to be given out....so I'm still watching. can't wait to see what they say tomorrow about how the stars reacted - and what they wore etc etc :) George Clooney seemed a little grouchy earlier (??)
Did you watch? What were your reactions???
In the nature centre...
Funny face from Abby - I was looking up at the bats who were in the top of the cave hanging :)
We seem to have soooo many ladybugs at our house lately - they are coming out because of the warm temperatures but they are dying because of the cold at night:
Salamanders are so cute aren't they? Smiley little things:
Snow Valley
This is one of the ski hills in our city - they have snow making machines and start making snow as soon as the temperature drops in the Fall before it really starts to snow - so they can build up a good base. It can be well into Spring and all the snow can be gone everywhere else but there will still be a few piles of snow in there for a little while :)
It was busy as we drove by today!
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