So now we get the holiday 3 days early... Happy Canada Day!!
This morning we went to the zoo, which was so much fun! Been a while since we've been to the zoo! Of course, the rest of Manitoba was there, too, as it was "Free Admission Day."
Now Ben is at storage getting everything ready for chicken butchering, which will happen again this weekend. Of course while he's there, we find out everything in our storage unit is under water. While some of the stuff is just misc. garage items and probably won't be too damaged by water, there's also my favorite stuff that we just don't have room for- my favorite decor, pictures, all my books, boy clothes that are in between the boys sizes.... Also, our almost new fridge and almost new front loader washer and dryer. That I miss. A LOT. Especially every Wednesday when I do however many loads of laundry this family of 4.3 goes through in a week.
My wedding dress is there, too.
You know, it's all just stuff, but not stuff I want to throw away because it got ruined by water. As far as stuff goes, I love a lot of what's over there.
Anyway, as soon as he gets home, we're packing up and heading off to some friends house where we'll be house sitting for the next 6 weeks. Not too excited for the ordeal of going over there and getting a very busy 1 1/2 year old adjusted into a new place, that's not at all "baby" friendly. So we'll be putting stuff away as he pulls on it for the first few days, but whatever.... If we can help them out and in the process have a dog for them to play with this summer, then it's all good. Since Jaide (our very beloved sweet dog) died last year, we have all been going crazy to get another dog, but we are waiting until we have our own place and our own yard. So hopefully soon.
In the mean time, E will have a 4 legged friend to take care of for the next 6 weeks.
And, to top the day off, it's a friend's birthday, and so we'll be celebrating outside with a bunch of friends and then having combination Birthday/ Canada Day fireworks....
Busy Day!!
We'll be thinking of all our friends and family on Saturday for the 4th, and missing our traditional 4th of July picnic on our boat combined with lots of wakeboarding and then watching fireworks over the lake parked on the boat afterwards at Lake Pleasant... Good memories.
But, now we celebrate July 1st instead of July 4th, so I guess time to make new traditions once we get settled here a bit more and figure it all out!!
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
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It's bitter-sweet to see you write about your life. We're happy to see your situation improving as time goes by. As we see you planting those roots up there, we can't help but be sad as its another step further away from us. We have always hoped you guys would come home, but we feel our hope is fading. The 4th of July will be fun, but deep down it will be sad, because we know where we are supposted to be. And that just can't happen. We will think of you guys.
Uncle B
Hey Brian-
I hear you! We're missing our life down there pretty bad....
It's hard having so many "homes" - you know? Here is home, there is home, Sacramento is home.... We have people we love and consider family in all those places and it just makes it hard to settle fully anywhere because part of your heart is always in another place- even when we were there our heart was in Sac, and now we're here and our hearts are often in Phx....
We are settling up here, but I just hate moving, I'll leave it at that!
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