HELP!!! I DON'T KNOW HOW

Its been a lovely few days.  Spod and I had only one altercation, the sun has been shining, the dogs are happy and I had a couple of fun days with my sister.

She came over the day after thrift shopping and we went for a long talky lunch at Milestones.  So enjoyable.  We then headed off to do a bit more shopping.  On Wed. Spod, April and I went to Emily's for supper.  What a fantastic time we had there.  Met her beau, Austin, for the first time…really liked him.  He is a landscaper so may hire either him or his company to come and do our yard each week.  I think they are coming out here for a salmon bbq on Monday and I shall finalize plans at that time.  She is living in the funkiest old house apartment.  Ahhh…the life of the young just starting out…some things never change!

The next morning I left the house early and met Kathy.  We were meeting a very old friend from Smithers. She lives  right on the Gorge…it was stunning! And what an amazing woman Bette-Marie turned out to be.  Her mother was our Nanny…mostly Kathy's.  Carlson (as we called her) was very very special to us and we didn't know her daughter so well as she was grown and gone.  But she did visit her parents and we met her then.  She also attended my brother's wedding.  We had a lovely coffee and muffin with her and heard stories about our folks and neighbours of old.

April has gone to stay a few days with Monte.  Myles is in Vancouver going through longshoreman training.  Now I am preparing for our trip to Vancouver next week.  We are going to go over on Wed.  We have to swing by (I say so easily) Atlas Veterinarian to give the dogs kennel cough shots.  We then deliver them up to Northwest Kennels.  Parker is going to have a fit I tell ya!!  Oh well…he is the most neurotic dog I have ever met.  We then swing into appointment mode…doctor, hairdresser, old friend lunches etc.  On Saturday we will be picking up dogs, swinging by Auntie Jan's to pick up that lovely dogwood tree she bought in Mom's honour and heading back home.

  Then, and this is what I meant in the title of this post, I have to figure out how to hire a reno guy.  I used to just be able to call Elliott and he would just take care of everything.  The last guy we called came, met with Myles, talked it over and basically told him the cost of the project, then called to say that his number one client, Starbucks, had called so he would have to shelve our project for a while.  And that is what I don't want..I kind of wish Spod was able to do all this.  But he really can't now..he can't hear well enough and his memory can be a little shaky at times.  I guess I shall learn.  But I did make one wise decision.

I texted Aryn:  "AAARRRYYYNNN (whine) can you build us an ikea kitchen?"  And she said yes!!!  She built the one at our last house and it was beautiful!  So we sent her all the specs of the kitchen and she has the Ikea kitchen planner program and she is making us a kitchen.  I am so excited!!!

Now its time for me to get off my duff and go fight the dog hair in this house.  Its insane.  You should see our truck.  Between the dog puke stains and the layers and layers of dog hair, one just doesn't want to ride in it.  So, in light of that, I found a place that details autos right nearby.  Now, this is detailing, not just cleaning, but deep down detailing.  I know how much this can cost but poor Spod didn't!  We went over there last night to make the appointment (they need to see the vehicle) and he told us it would be a two day job and 450 bucks!!  I thought Spod was going to faint!  But I kind of knew so I suggested to Spod we just go ahead and get it done.  Plus, the guy said they fix all the little nicks and scratches too.  And from now on Parker rides in the very back!  Maybe spending that much money will finally get Spod to NOT put the dog in the back seat.

Well I hear Spod bumbling around out there.  He built two outdoor rocking chairs yesterday.  They sit on the front lanai and it seems it is our morning coffee spot!  I will go take a pic and put it on here right now!  TTYL

I LIKED THIS PIC BEST BUT I NOTICED MY REFLECTION…AND I HAD ON ONLY UNDERWEAR, AND NOT THE KIND YOU WANT TO BE IN IN A CAR ACCIDENT…SO I CENSORED IT…I LOVE THAT FIXIT BUTTON

THIS WAS THE VIEW OUT OF BETTE-MARIE'S WINDOW..THE GORGE