We are about done with the Birthdays. One more to go in the close family. It was fun though but busy!  Today I took Oakley for grooming. I should have taken a picture but as usual forgot. She does such a good job on him. I took the time to get my curls lopped off too. I don't really like the style but it will get the curls more even front and back once it grows out. As I was heading out of the shop I ran smack dab into my BIL and his wife. So what does one do when you haven't seen each other for 48 hours, well it's time for a coffee. So we did partake till the groomer called that the Mr. was ready. They want to rent a cabin/cottage again this summer. Not sure about that. We shall see. There would only be the four of us as all the grands now have jobs. Well, except for one and he's determined to live at the golf course this year. Tomorrow I really need to do a financial update, do laundry, clean the apartment and of course walk the Mister. Its to get warmer on the weeke...

 We have celebrated 4 birthdays, Easter and a bridal shower. We still have 3 birthdays to go. We will celebrate 2 this coming Sunday. I have posted about most of the other birthdays but not the shower. Its a 1 and 3/4 drive to the farm. K parked his tractor and some equipment out and then as we came in he took the cars to hide behind the shop. You could not tell there were 16 vehicles hidden. We were all there hidden inside. The bride was told it was a late Easter gathering. J her fiancé was going to bring her, but he got called into work. We were worried she wouldn't come by herself, but she did and she was surprised. We played a couple of games. Then we introduced ourselves. After that we had a luncheon. It was a fabulous time. Then another drive back to the city carrying food, and 8 dozen eggs. After, I dropped daughter at her car and SIL at her apartment, I headed home to see Oakley. He did fine but certainly  needed to go out. I was tired but we stayed up late so he could...

 I am so over winter and yet we still get more snow and freezing rain. Hard walking today. I ended up putting my cleats back on my shoes. This will last at least a few days. Sunday they are predicting +2C. We shall see. They keep promising these higher temperatures but only once in a while do they materialize. Enough of the cranky old gal. Tomorrow my youngest son has his 46th Birthday. Not sure if we will see him. I am thinking breakfast out, but haven't presented the idea to the rest of the family. This past week. He celebrated 10 years of no alcohol. I am proud of him. Alcoholism runs on both sides of the family. Sunday we celebrate an couple who are getting married in June. We are having a surprise shower for Ms. C. It should be good. 20 people have been invited. Looking forward to the drive tothe farm. Jean

 I can hardly believe we are 1 say short of the middle of the month. How it goes so far. Easter Sunday was fun. We had 9 here. I started a rheumatoid flair when I put the gigantic ham in the oven. Was able to set everything up okay, then I was hunched over in half for a few days. It was hard walking Oakley, but other than that cleanup was a breeze. We used paper plates for everything. The gals loaded the dishwasher so I could take it easy. This past Sunday we did my granddaughters 20th birthday. Again it was fun. I have noticed my brother in law and his wife are not doing very well. She is having issues with her blood pressure meds along with her water pills. I am not sure what is wrong with him but there is something definitely going on. He is sort of a private person. Of course we all had to be finished eating and funning around before the Masters started. I left early as Oakley needed attention. The Birthday theme this year was everything pink. It rained most of the day. Yesterd...

 About blogging. Been busy also. I thought about moving this year, but I have too much stuff to get rid of in a short period of time. So I stay. I have good neighbours. There is the dog park and really if we want to see each other, it's not that far of a drive. I am trying an experiment with growing green onions in water. So far in a week I have been able to cut them, dehydrated them and started a jar. It takes actually less than a week to re-grow the green portion. I hope to keep them going until mine come up in the garden. I also hope the garden has chives. This week I should make some tri-berry jam. Not sure if I will get to it though. The fruit is frozen so will be okay to do later. Money will be tight for the next two months as I have the dogs needles and a heartworm test to do, and I will probably owe taxes. Then I have some other yearly things coming out. So have decided to live on what I have around which is lots. I will need to pick up navy beans, some powdered coffee whit...