Summer is Here

It was another hectic day that started off on a sleepy foot this morning. My son was calling me at 5:40 am in order to come back to my bed, so that threw me off my deep sleep. Oh well...c'est la vie! Somehow I managed to drop my son off at school and then drive my dogs over an hour away to a great kennel (Autumn Acres) where they will stay for the next week. We are on our way south to Tennessee tomorrow. I'm looking forward to a change of scenery and some respite from all the stress that's been happening in my life lately.

My son finished up school today and got the numbers of his friends and said his summer goodbyes. His favorite girl friend from class gave him a big hug and told him she'd miss him. I thought that was sweet. She's a really nice little girl and it turns out where we're moving is not that far away from her. Weird how things like that happen. So tonight we'll throw some sausages on the grill, get packed and hopefully have a decent sleep.

Mayhem at my "manor"

Today is just running around mayhem. After school I will be setting up a table to sell handbags and chunky jewelry at the school around the corner. I sure hope there's a good turn out as the weather has suddenly turned cool. I've been running errands for last minute items to set up for this bazaar and just came back from dropping the dogs off for an afternoon of "sitting" at the vet. I have a showing again later this afternoon and can't have them storming around. This showing stuff is a lot of work and I can't wait until it's over. So I must run now and get the jewelry displays organized and finish cleaning up before I leave soon!

Bow Ties

Yesterday was another rushed day. I spent most of the morning looking for a bow tie. My son is in a grandparent's concert today and it is reminiscent of the 40's and 50's era. So all the boys have to wear bow ties. You'd think that after searching around 2 party stores I could find one. But I was told the only chance there'd be one was if it was in the St. Patrick's Day boxes stashed up on top of the shelves. Anyway, the store helped me out and it turns out that after all that rooting around, there were no more green bow ties left. I didn't really care what color it was as long as it had color. C'est la vie! I decided to then trek over to a men's formal wear shop (which was where I had thought of going first but didn't) and finally bought one. It was a lot more than I'd hoped, as I'm sure it's not going to get much wear. Oh, well...the things we do for our kids.

Rushing Around

My Dad used to have an old expression that went, "the faster I go the slower I get there." Ain't that the truth? I was busy rushing around this morning as I usually tend to do when it involves the family errands. Everywhere I drove to, I got stuck at red lights or behind some slow-poke driver who was cruising aimlessly. I went to a big box store to return an outdoor light for my husband only to get stuck in a big line-up. Doesn't anybody have an office to go to in the mornings anymore? Then I couldn't get out the door I came in as it only had a sensor for incoming traffic. It seemed I had to walk a mile to find the out doors. Well, at least I worked up a sweat as I speedily walked my way to the car.

The wind today is ferocious...and much worse when you're out walking in it. The dogs love it, but I am tired of cold wind and would give anything for a taste of sun and heat these days. Sorry pooches, but your walks are being cut short these days. Mama can't take the cold no more! I hear we are about to have some more snow too, just in time for Easter weekend. Ah, April in Canada...what a lovely thing. Ha ha...