April and Myles came up for a big kegger party at Craig and Jo's. And they were here for the weekend! They got up here late Friday night. More on that in a minute.
First I want to mention what happened on Thursday. It was wonderful!!!!
As I have mentioned here on occasion I have been feeling totally overwhelmed by what has to be done in this house to get it sold. I made the decision that I would not 'sort' stuff but just get the place in show worthy state. But that means a ton of packing heavy stuff around, rearranging rooms, up and down the stairs etc.
While I was having dinner one night with Leanne, I was lamenting that all the boys that used to hang around were all gone for the summer, thus no one to pay to help. She offered Blair, her son. He isn't working right now and could help out!!! And so I arranged to hire him for Thursday. And I gotta tell you, that boy was truly amazing!!!! He knew exactly what to do without being told, made intelligent decisions, and when we sat down for a break he was an amazing conversationalist!!!
What an awesome kid. Leanne should be so so proud of that kid!!! She obviously has done a phenomenal job as a mother. And while he was here he got a number of phone calls, places he has applied to for work...all calling and wanting to either hire him or have him come in for an interview! It won't be long before he has a good job!
Meanwhile, after he left, I felt a thousand pounds lighter!!! I still am in shock at how much that guy ploughed through. Soooo impressive!
I just had dinner with Leanne. It gave me the opportunity to tell her how impressed I am with her son. Actually both her kids are amazing...clearly awesome parents here. Kids don't turn out like that without a proper loving upbringing. And I was right...Blair has a job! A good one at Costco!
So back to April and Myles. A little interesting note: I am Helen. Myles's mom is Helen. Myles Dad's mother is Helen. What the hell (en) !!!!????
The kids arrived tired and late Friday night. On Saturday we loaded all the garbage Blair and I had garnered and filled the back of Myles's truck. On the way to the dump we stopped at Cora's and Myles bought us a lovely breakfast! After the very satisfying trip to the dump we went to a crazy store on the north shore called Surplus Herbies. If it exists, Surplus Herby's sells it. We spent a good hour in there. Myles bought gold panning stuff, added to mine, we are going to have fun when we go camping!
On the way home we stopped at Save-on. Sunday was Spod's birthday. So we bought stuff to make two of his fave dishes....beef barley soup and apple pie to have for breakfast the next day. Which I made when we got home. After dinner the kids went to the party. Sunday we got up and ate soup and pie for breakfast! It was delicious! Bill would have loved it! The kids had to head home early and were gone by noon. I loved having them visit...and I miss them when they are gone.
I went down to the Bootles and spent the rest of the day with them. The girls were up from Vancouver so had a chance to visit with them. I spent a splendid afternoon rocking a wee one in a rocking chair...not a hardship for me!! He fell asleep around one oclock and woke up at five. I rocked him that whole time! And loved every single second of it. We then all converged on Craig and Jo's for a wonderful steak dinner and lots of fun and laughter. Such a good time!
And today I spent cleaning out corners and shelves. I just can't believe how much useless crap finds its way into my life. What the hell? I have to absolutely make sure that my next place has NO STORAGE SPACE!!!!!! I swear to god stuff propagates the minute you aren't looking.
So now I am going to try to get a picture of myself to post. It is Monday and I have been very remiss at the whole thing. I really need a whole month to just concentrate on my health and change my eating habits to much much healthier ones. I know what I have to do. I think July might be a good month to give it a go. I HAVE to get my steps increased. This lovely life of mine just doesn't lend itself to self improvement! But really I am thinking about that awesome trip to China next February. I want to be spry and healthy and energetic for it. A good goal and very doable given the amount of time between now and then. Anywhoo time to bounce. TTYL
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