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Family Portrait

 
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African Geography Game

How well do you know your African geography? Just click on the map above to try your hand at the game.

You should be able to do better than me! – I only got 40%.  Yikes.  Better do some studying!

Hyper hyper

The video says it all.

Generations in Saskatchewan

Great grandfather, grandson and great grandson.

A few weeks ago Jrock flew back to Saskatchewan to visit his family.  He met up with his brother D, his wife R and their new little baby.  What a cute little munchkin.  They drove across the province to go visit their grandfather… now a great-grandfather!

Jrock found it interesting travelling with a little baby.  He was amazed at how much diaper fill a small little guy like that could produce.  He also commented how exhausted his bro and sis-in-law were, since the baby was up breast-feeding every night. Mostly it was just funny what a softie his brother has turned into, obviously totally heads over heels for his son.  J came back looking forward to fatherhood himself – they aren’t that far apart in age, and I think he really felt for the first time that his peers/brother are also in that stage of life.

the proud uncle

We got another call from his Grandad last week – wanting to know how things are coming along with the other grandkids-to-be.  Soon little D will have some cousins – funny, they will most likely be a little older than him, even though he was first to arrive!

Ah, the statue of Porcupine Plain SK

A tired new dad

Travelling with a new baby and managing it well!

Auntie and Rusty II

Little D

Jrock’s parents

Great grandfather, grandson and great grandson.

the proud uncle

What a nice weekend

I work a lot.  Most of my adult life, I’ve had a few jobs, and usually work overtime… It’s not really because I love to work 24/7 – It’s because I like the variety of new challenges and change. And I also have generally a lot of energy.

Over the last year, I’d slowed down quite a bit – two jobs, but really only a full-time job all put together.  I was spending time gardening and cooking and taking pretty good care of myself and my family.  I had found a simpler groove.  But the last month, I’ve been working too much again… not really my choice this time, either.  My garden has been suffering, and it hasn’t been great for training a new puppy!

This past weekend, work finally slowed down and I decided to take two days off.  Friday after work, my husband dumped his exhausted body onto the passenger seat of our truck and we drove off into the dark to Ellison Park, near Vernon.  A quiet supper, 13 hours of sleep and a hike with the dogs later, we felt refreshed and revigorated. 

Roughing it with his copy of Wine Spectator

I love getting away on 15 minutes notice!

It’s a big world for a small dog.

Maggie teachng the trick to the leash.

His first time seeing a big waterbowl!

He was like a little raccoon in the water. SO cute!

It was a grey but beautiful day on Okanagan Lake.

When we got back Saturday afternoon, we went for a coffee, shopped for shoes for J, and spent another quiet evening, this one at home, watching a good movie. Sunday I got to hang around the house, try a new French stew receipe, baked some German Zuckerkuchen, drank loads of herbal tea and a couple glasses of wine, played with the dogs, read a book cover to cover, (Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears… really good,) and saw an evening movie (Religulous – ) at the theatre with Jrock.

I could get used to this….

Maggie Monday