More Cottage Photos...

Home from the cottage

well.... the kids and I had a whirlwind 3 day trip to the cottage with my sister... we had a blast... it was soooooooo short..... with the kids work schedule and juggling people at the cottage, we still squeezed in 3 nights ( give or take! )

We picked taylor up at 10 on Monday night at work.... raced home to grab my jacket and pillow ( which I forgot ) and hit the road..... we got to the cottage at 1:15 AM ...... and left just after 12 today ....

it was so fun though.. the kids had a real blast with their cousins....

Here's some pictures ..... More to follow

Honda's new toy....

check this out... maybe I'm behind the times... but this is the first Honda convertible I've ever seen.....

PRETTY COOL EH???

sigh... someday, when I grow up.....

I'm gonna get me one of these!!!

Life's sad irony

is this.....

that when our hearts are the most fragile, our tongues, and the tongues of those around us, are stronger than ever.....

sigh....

Things I have learned.....while inspecting in Burnt River

[1] There are no public Washrooms in Burnt River....

[2] There is no Tim Horton's in Burnt River

[3] There are no coffee shops at ALL in Burnt River

[4] There are no public washrooms in Burnt River ( did I tell you that before ? )

[5] There is only ONE retail establishment in Burnt River

[6] The ONE retail establishment in Burnt River is not open very much....

[7] The hours for the SOLE retail establishment in Burnt River vary, according to the afternoon nap pattern of the 84 year store owner.

[8] When you stop at any given retail establishment in Burnt River, particularly after lunch, you run the risk of waking it's proprietor!

[9] Buying a bag of salted unshelled peanuts from a general store in Burnt River does not help you get access to a washroom.

[10] "No Name" unshelled peanuts are not very good.

A monument to my stupidity

So.... last night, Anna wasn't feeling very well...... she went to bed early.....

I headed up around 9 to check on her.... she was lying in bed, reading.....

She asked me if I would pass her the pillow that was sitting on the floor by her bed...

I grabbed it... and thinking I'd be FUNNY..... I swung it over my head, in a grandiose gesture..... pretending that I was going to hit her with it......

what I didn't plan for was the ceiling fan....... I hit it FULL FORCE with the pillow.... severing the globe and the bulb.... glass flew EVERYWHERE.... all over the carpet , all over her bed spread.......



JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPERS!

so much for Anna going to bed early...... she headed for the living room, while I re-decorated her room... pffffffffffffff

Here is what was left of the bulb...... I think I'll make a pen holder out of it!!!

After 20 minutes of vacuuming and cleaning up, I had her bed remade..... and coming down the stairs to the basement with an armload of glassy bedding, I stepped on the new yellow pages book, that was sitting on the stairs.... and wiped out and bounced down the last few steps on my gluteus minimus , and ended up sitting on the bottom step with my head spinning, and my feet in the recycling bin at the bottom of the stairs..................................

baaaaaaaaaaaaaaa......

Observant Behaviour - 101

Abbigail Colleen Mackay

Fifteen years ago today, my little TIGGER was born..... it's hard to believe that she is 15 ......

I'm very proud of the young woman you are becoming Abby......

I love you very very much!! Happy 15th birthday!!!

Love Daddy