What Fun!

Don't you just Love that the days are getting longer!! It has been a great week...we are totally enjoying having Kelly home for a while. Her 3 big dogs and my 2 little dogs are getting along great.

They all love their walks

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The new home site was excavated last week then Jimmy and Mike made the footing forms, on Thursday Jessie came up and helped them with the concrete pour. They will start on the foundation forms soon, then it all seems to go so fast!! Mike drew up his own blueprints for this house and he did a terrific job!

I'll keep you posted on the progress!!

Manitoba, Alberta, British Columbia and Home

Ryan (Kelly's Hubby) has been posted in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba so they have sold their house in Nova Scotia and moved. After much searching they found a home to buy, but it is still under construction and won't be ready for them for a few weeks, so Kelly and the grand dogs decided to come out West and visit us! Yippee!! I decided to drive out with Kelly on the last leg since Ryan won't be making the trip. So, last Sunday Mike drove me up to the airport in Kelowna, BC to to catch my flight to Regina, MB. Kelly met me at the airport after driving about 5 hours from Portage. We stayed in Regina that night.

The pups are all snuggled down for the evening.Nevaeh(at the head) Daisy (in the middle) and Kyisha, a bed full! I don't know where I'm supposed to sleep!



Monday morning we were off across the prairies.

Pretty flat country, definitely different than what I'm used to.

As we drove through western Alberta we saw several windmill farms. They are on the horizon, those are the Rocky Mountains in the background.

We drove about 8 1/2 hours on Monday and spent the night in Sparwood, BC , it is a little mining town nestled in the mountains.

It is home to the 'Worlds Largest Truck'. I think we passed its tires while driving across the Prairies.

Here the dogs are all loaded up and ready for their last day of travel for awhile. They have been on the road for about 12 days! They are good travelers.

What a cool tunnel! It was such a pretty drive through the mountains.

Christina Lake in BC

For lunch we stopped in Grand Forks a town famous for its Russian Food. We ate at the Grand Forks Hotel a quaint little spot. We both had Borscht with wheat bread....

I had a potato & cheese perogie and a pirozhki filled w/cottage cheese.

Kelly had the perogie, pirozhki filled w/sauerkraut and a goluptsi(cabbage roll)

Very yummy!!

Then it was across the boarder and home in a little over an hour. Boy were the the dogs glad to get out and run around in our back yard!! Today we drove about 7 hrs. It was such a nice drive and one I am sure we will be making several times going to visit Kelly and Ryan.

Update on Mom

On Tuesday morning we drove to Wenatchee to Moms Dr appointments. She had to be there by 9:30 for her CT scan. Then we saw her neurologist and neurosurgeon. They were both pleased with the outcome of her last surgery and her resiliency after them. Her motor skills are still doing great..cognitive can take longer, up to 4-6 months to see if there is any improvement. They didn't make any adjustments at this time on the pump since she is doing well as it is. She doesn't have to go back until about April or May for another follow up, as long as things are going okay. She does still have some eye pain, which her neurologist said was probably headaches. In March Mom has an eye appointment with her eye specialist so he can check her eyes further. We were out by about 10:45 am.
We met up with Uncle Clyde and Aunt Lana at their house for a nice little visit, then on home.
It is always a long day for Mom and Dad with so much traveling, but they are Happy Campers!!

Sweet Surprise in the Mail

Look at this sweet Valentine surprise my Penelope sent me( I mean us) in the mail!! All kinds of goodies...my favorite chocolates too!! The cute little tea towel has an applique heart on it but I didn't get that side in my picture(oops). I love the red window clings...what fun!!

She and her husband sold their house in Nova Scotia and are moving closer to home. Well, it is still quite a ways...south central Manitoba....but it is much closer than Nova Scotia.

Happy Valentines Day!!

Mixing it up.....

Onto the hot griddle.....

A bit too much batter...oh well,

Golden brown and piping hot.....

Perfection!!

Happy Valentines Day!!!

My Walk

These are the trees I pass on my daily walk. Can you guess what kind of tree this is? It is an apple tree that has been eaten by the deer year after year. That is why most all of the orchardists put up 8 foot deer fence around their orchards trying to keep the deer out so their whole orchards don't look like this.

This all used to be orchard about 30 years ago. Now just a few scattered scabby fruit trees and a bunch of elm trees. It is a great spot for the area deer and other wildlife to hang out. I usually see a few deer here when I'm walking or riding my horse.

Sale!!

I just thought I would share some of the goodies I got at Craft Warehouse and Pier One at their after Christmas sales. This was all about 10 bucks!! 90% off...how cool is that!

I thought these little birds were soo cute...only 4 left though.

I got these whimsical Santa pillows at Pier One...75% off. They are a good size too, about 18 inches square.

We are headed to the Home Show in Wenatchee tomorrow, we went last year and it was alot of fun. Pepi and Lucy are going to visit Spike while we are gone.

Mom got her staples out yesterday with her Dr. here in town. It has only been a week since her surgery and she seems to be doing pretty well. Still pain in her neck though. Hopefully it will heal for her soon. But Mom is certainly not one to complain, sometimes I wish she would though.