A Brings Home Trouble

One Saturday about a month ago, A was driving home from running errands and phoned saying he was "bringing home trouble". Hmmmm....

I asked if it was alive. It was. K gleefully ran down the road so as to more quickly meet whatever it was he had. It was 2 calico kittens, madly trying to escape a cardboard box.

Since building the little barn last summer, A mentioned we needed to expand our cat population to keep up with the mouse population. We did have 2 toms, Socks and Skittles, but Socks disappeared over the winter and had been gone for months. I said I wanted a calico kitten. He brings me two! (What a guy!) K and I decided to go with flower names for the females, and continue with the candy theme for any males that come our way.
So - the kittens adorning the top of my blog are Daisy, the long haired one on the left, and Lily, on the right. Cute, eh?

Wouldn't you know, within a week of getting the kittens, Socks reappears. He's grumpy and has the loudest annoying meow, and is now missing part of his ear. Last week he attacked Lily and K was heartbroken to discover her bleeding on the ear and paw. I jokingly advertised Socks to give away on Facebook, and actually had some takers!, but none were local. (No, I don't want to travel 6 hours in the car with a grumpy tom cat! I like my skin in one piece, thank you very much.) We haven't seen much of him since he attacked Lily. Perhaps he has a guilty conscience?


Daisy, pre-pounce:



Lily:



A Very Dirty Dog Indeed:

Breakfast To Go

On any given school day morning, someone at our house is probably having this for breakfast.

First, pop a whole wheat English muffin into the toaster. (We use the No Name ones from Superstore, which seem just as good as the much more expensive name-brand ones.)




Then pick a jumbo farm-fresh free-range brown egg. Yum!




Next, spray a small bowl with non-stick spray, crack the egg into the bowl, and scramble with a fork.




Zap the egg in the microwave for 30 seconds on full power.




Immediately place a slice of cheese on top of the egg so it starts to melt.




Once the muffin is toasted, assemble and enjoy!




Or if you're running to catch the bus, slip it into a sandwich bag, grab a juice box, and go!

Time Marches On . . .

Wow - does a year ever go by quickly! One short year ago I posted about my mom, the day after her birthday. The other day I was going through pictures and came across this one of her and I taken in August of 1980 (I was 13). It's one of my favorites. Mom looks just like I remember her in this picture - happy and smiling. How I miss her!




I just realized that in this picture, Mom was the age I am now. How weird is that? She sure looks better than I do - she had hardly any gray hair! Wonder who I can blame for my early gray . . .

That was a long break from posting!

Under threat from the Chatty Housewife, I'd better get something up here quick! She said that if I don't post again soon, it's off with my head! (Actually, she didn't say that.) By the way, Chatty, it was nice to see you again.

We got back Monday from beautiful British Columbia. We flew out on Thursday for Richmond's Bible conference.

I have never really flown before, nor have C or K. So - flying was quite a novelty for us! It was really, really neat to be able to go that far away in less than 3 hours!

One of us had to sit in another row, so A sat in the row in front of us, which probably worked out well for him - he was able to take a nap. When they weren't looking out the window, C and K were plugged in a lot. J tried to get a little sleep, too.





J and C have aversions to having their pictures taken. See what I mean?



Window views:





Once we arrived, and picked up our luggage, we had a short wait outside before P & P came to pick us up. There were bright yellow tulips blooming at the airport - what a refreshing sight for us, having left Manitoba with snowdrifts still in our yard!

K quickly made some feathery friends. She makes animal friends everywhere.





After P & P picked us up around 3, they took us to Stanley Park to have a look around.








Soon it was time to get to the hotel, and get changed before going to the meeting room for supper and prayer meeting. The following pics are taken throughout the weekend.









The meetings were really nice. Reading meetings were on Ephesians 1. There's an awful lot to soak up in Ephesians 1!

K enjoyed the pool at the hotel.



The following pictures were taken by K. It's always interesting to see what kids take pictures of.


















We definitely want to make another trip west in the not too distant future, once the Aeroplan miles add up again. We want to have a good visit with P & P & Baby B, and they promise to show us the sights in their area. Can't wait!