Saturday, March 29, 2008

This morning when I went to get the paper this is what it looked like. The paper was laying on the ground by the way as the carrier wouldn't turn into the driveway because the snowplow had gone through :-) As you can see, Jake loves the snow. He laid there and watched me get the paper and take some pictures.

Ralph and Jake are out now shovelling. We are going to the home show shortly. Take care. Don't forget to turn out your lights for one hour tonight for Earth Hour.

Hey, it's Spring outside. Someone forgot to tell the weather Guys!

I took these pictures from the back door and the front door just now. I CANNOT BELIEVE IT! We have officially had 5 and 1/2 months of miserable, nasty, snowy, cold, dark, dreary, mind numbing, horrible, winter. But...I am not bitter.

I spent the day with the group from the Asia Field School. We spent the day talking about Thailand, Vietnam and China. The hot weather, the beautiful things we would see and the great food we would have. All that time I am stealing glimpses out the window at the snow that fell from the time we got there until I left at 4:30 p.m. Ralph, of course being Ralph, worried himself sick until I got home. Lots of cars off the road but I went slow, have my snow tires on and didn't take any unnecessary chances. Can I go to Asia tomorrow???? I am so sick of this winter that I can't tell you.

Anywho....on to more news. Ralph has his "Easter Bonnet" done and has told me that I might as well not bother to do one as I will never live up to his. We'll see about that. We were at Flo and Fred's on the Island for Easter. Still lots of snow on the ground there but the Easter Bunny still made it through.

Sarah May has started an Esthetician course (pedicures, manicures, facials etc.). I told her that she should set a booth up at the reunion. She could make a few pennies and get some good practice. What do you think???

I am going to a conference in Ontario next week. I leave Friday, the 4th. The conference is from Friday - Sunday in Hamilton. Sunday evening I will go to Tricia and Joe's and stay until Tuesday when I fly back to N.S. Can't wait to see Trish.

San is in Shelburne tonight. She had her clinic in Barrington today and has a clinic in Shelburne tomorrow. Thankfully, the snow is to stop at midnight so she should be okay to drive back tomorrow evening.

Ralph and I are going to the "Ideal Home Show" tomorrow at Exhibition Park. We need to get some ideas and make some decisions as we have set the date of Ralph's retirement and our move to Barrington for summer of '09. We have a lot of decisions to make about what we are going to build for our last retirement home. We change our minds every week it seems.

Well, that's it folks. I am going to put my pyjamas on and try not to look out the windows.

What a difference a week makes.

So I just wouldn't listen to that voice telling me not to brag about finally seeing the grass on my front lawn, especially since Ontario was getting pounded with snow at that same time. I went ahead and put the picture on here and today when I got up here is the same area of my front yard this morning after the whole day yesterday of "light snow". We didn't go to supper and the casino last night as planned because of the snow. So, we are going tonight.

Oh my God will Spring ever come this year. It is supposed to be spring on Thursday but I don't know..... We are going to the Island for Easter. San will babysit Jake. Hope there are no storms to worry about. Well, must go, I have to leave for my volunteer job shortly so must get ready.

Thirty-four Years ago

Ralph and I were married 34 years ago tomorrow. March 16th was on a Saturday in 1974. There was not as much snow on the ground in Nova Scotia on that day in '74 as there is today. I was 20 years old and Ralph was 22. We thought we knew everything and had done everything and had seen everything :-) Funny, now that we look back on it. We were just kids.

Thankfully the kids made it. Lots of times it doesn't work this long. Now we have been together so long that I think we both can't remember what our lives were like without the other in it. Thank God most days that we know each other so well. We are becoming so forgetful that we are finding that between the two of us we do remember most things :-)

What else is going on....well, we are going out to to supper and to the casino tomorrow night. You may recall that last year on our anniversary we did that and both Ralph and I won around $600.00 each. Maybe we can repeat this year.

Countdown is on for my trip to Asia....44 more days. Ralph is getting in his supply of hotdogs and Kraft dinner so that he will be well supplied for suppers while I am gone. Speaking of suppers...I cooked a turkey for supper tonight. I have started cooking my turkeys upside down on a rack in the roasting pan and I cannot believe how much moister they are, cooked that way.

Okay folks, I guess that is all I have to say tonight. Take care, remember Spring is on the way and this long, long, winter is almost over.

Doris

Hello again

Yes, I know it has been a while since I have been on here. I had to update the blog tonight so that I could put this picture up for all the folks in Ontario. Sorry..... here is what we are getting today from the big storm. Rain, rain and more rain. It is taking away every last bit of snow. Thank you rain, thank you.

I took this picture just before dark. We have had a wicked winter also. It seems that we only see the sun for a day every couple of weeks. Thankfully the time change is tonight so we will start getting longer days.

Ralph is up watching the Brier. He has curled a lot this winter. Been in a lot of bonspiels. We have both been well though which is great. No colds or flu so that is good. Jake has fared the winter pretty well also. He did have an issue with his leg (the one he had the operation on) but it is fine now. I am gearing up for my trip to Asia. I leave on April 30th. I fly from Halifax to Washington, D.C. and then 22 hours in the air to Tokyo, Japan. Then we change flights and go to Bangkok, Thailand. Then onto another smaller flight to Pkuket, Thailand which is where we stay for the first week. Here is a website if you would like to see what Pkuket is like.

http://www.phuket-photos.com/

What else is going on....let me think. It has really been an uneventful winter actually. Ralph has been travelling a lot and it seems that every time he is out of town we have a storm of some sort. Oh well Jakie and I manage to make out okay. Picture above is of Jake in October when he had a sleepover with Riley, the neighbour's Golden. Doesn't Jake look huge onside of Riley? What am I saying? Jake is huge onside of Riley. :-) Speaking of Jake, he has just come down here and pushed his nose up under my typing arm which is to say "mom, pet me".

Just spoke with Trish and she is riding out the storm in Oshawa. She and Joe are doing well. Both like their jobs so that is good. San is doing well. Has a new beau, Andrew and is really busy with her practice. Still no grandchildren, but I don't talk about that much....well..I don't. Okay, maybe I do a little bit. Someday, someday. :-)

Okay folks that is it for me. Would love to hear from all of you. Let me know how you are all doing. Oh by the way, for those of you attending the reunion this summer, I just want to let you know that Ralph has already started putting his easter bonnet together for the Easter Bonnet contest.