New Bed

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

New Bed

The other day, we went to Lethbridge Alberta (about 3 hours away from Cranbrook) and went shopping at Costco to get some groceries. There, we saw a fantastic deal on dog beds; normally priced 79.99, on sale for $19.99. I (Karen) have been looking for new beds for several months now, as the old ones are getting pretty worn out (Home-made by myself out of foam mattress toppers and old blankets). Unfortuneately, there was only one bed left. Of course, I got it, but now, the two dogs are constantly trying to lure the other one away and then sneak in to steal the good bed, while the one lured away gets left with the old bed. For instance, Logan was lying on the bed at one point and Ginger walked over to him and wrapped her tail around his head with her bottom in his face. Of course, that got his attention and he jumped off the bed to follow her to the other side of the room. At that point, she deaked around the couch and jumped onto the good dog bed leaving Logan lay on the old flat one. Poor Logan.....it's a hard life. Actually, it's a pretty funny game to watch and hopefully, I will find another bed soon, so the "sibling rivalry" will stop.

Moose

Friends sent this to Daryl and I thought it was a pretty remarkable picture.

ONLY IN CANADA! Without the picture, this story would be hard to believe.

Pogo Moose Incident - Bracebridge, Ont, Canada - 1 hr. 45 min. north of Toronto.
"They were laying new power cables which were strung on the ground for miles.
The moose are rutting right and very agitated. This one was thrashing around and got his antlers stuck in the cables. When the men (miles away) began pulling the lines up with their big equipment, the moose went up with the lines. They noticed excess tension in the lines and went searching for the problem. The moose was still alive when they lowered him to the ground. He was a huge 60-inch bull and slightly annoyed!"

 

Christmas Eve

As per tradition, Daryl and I went over to Dan and Yvette's house for appy's and some family time. (Dan and Yvette are Daryl's brother and sister in law) We had a wonderful time just hanging out and gorging ourselves on yummy finger foods. Daryl was very excited about the LED solar powered firefly lights for the patio that he received as depicted  in the action shot above.

Present

Yesterday at work one of my students made me a chocolate as a thank you for, well... being a wonderful teacher! (tooting my own horn) I actually like having students even though it takes twice as long to do anything because you have to explain things as you are going along.  It's a great way for you to ensure that your nursing practice is up to date and as good as it can be, because they question everything.  Anyway, I just thought the chocolate was really cute.  She made the top part with the frogs from a mold and in the middle were nuts and caramel.  yummy!

Summer with the Kidlets

So, after a quick trip to the coast and back to pick up the kids again, we somehow ended up with an extra child....his name is Jake and he has been Gav's friend since he was about 6 years old. We have now claimed him as one of the family.   Here are a few pics of Gav, Shayla and Jake during their time with us this summer.  We camped, swam (no picture documentation of this activity), played rugby (not Karen) chopped firewood.  The kids had "airgun" wars (again, Karen not involved.... she just sat quietly with her first aide kit waiting......), ate a lot of candy....  Overall I think a lot of fun was had,  And once again, we can't wait for them to come back!

Garden 2011

here are some pics from my front garden that I started 2010 and then the back garden also started in 2010.  All plants are deer esistent, hardy to zone 3 perennials and have doubled in size from last year when they were planted.  I cut up cut up the old hottub with a recipricating saw (Daryl had to show me how to use it, but then it was really fun.  A good way to de-stress after work, that's for sure! and took down the fence which was falling over around the gravel area.  Daryl put in the landscaping ties and we just added some 1/2 inch round to level it out.  We kept the corner post of the fence and added hanging plant hooks and a solar light on top which we both love.  I also painted the deck and shed this summer so they look better.  I bought some 16x16 cement stones as  a walkway for in the gravel oveer to the grass.  I need a few more.... next pay-cheque. It's so nice to have the blog working again!  Daryl just had to update something on the computer!

attempt to blog

unable to publish new entries. now trying from a different computer.
K