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Sunday, March 28, 2010

Pond Re-Build

Yesterday, albeit 40 degrees, Kevin and I replaced the pond liner. After last year's total overhaul we must have had a hole in the liner as it would lose water very quickly.

We took out the fish - 12 survived the winter - and put them in temporary housing (see tin bucket in forefront). We also found 3 frogs - still sluggish so perhaps not actually awake from their winter nap!

Pumped out the water, removed all the rocks. Put in a new liner and and replaced all the rocks, re-filled and put the fish back in. It is a much easier job with 2 sharing the work! We were able to get the whole project done in a few hours.

Tada!

In Memory of Shiva....a good dog

Monday, March 22, 2010

The three red car family....

My new car.....on the right.....a 2010 VW Jetta.

Next to me is Joel - 1991 BMW 318 and behind him Kevin - a 2002 Chrysler PT Cruiser. The Charger is still in the garage until I turn it in next week.

My new car! 5 cylinder, 6 speed, leather seats with warmers.

Plenty of room in the trunk for Eli's folded chair. Plenty of room for Eli! In fact Todd bought a Jetta 12 months ago so it has been 'Eli tested'.

The offical color is 'Salsa Red". It has a black leather interior with seat warmers. When I drove off the VW lot it had 9 miles on it.

I put the Aussie flag on the back the day I brought her home.

Monday, February 15, 2010

Joel in school musical - Singin' in the Rain

I finally got an electronic photo of the Heritage Christian School 2009 Musical - Singin' in the Rain. Joel is far right - R.F. Simpson.

Not much other news from here...I could post MORE photos of snow.......more snow....more snow....we have all had enough snow!

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Winter Wonderland

We had a beautiful 6" snow fall on Friday. Jay and Maureen came over and we played in the snow. Kevin looks a little like a winter Arabian terrorist!

The morning after.....

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Joel and Shelby - Winter Banquet

Heritage Christian School held their Senior Winter Banquet (Heritage's version of a prom) Saturday night.

Joel picked Shelby up at 4:30 and they went to one of the kids homes for photos - it was in my neighbourhood so they stopped by my house for photos too.

The event was held downtown at the Historical Society. The kids had a great time - after Joel dropped Shelby off (10 minutes early!) he headed to one of his buddies houses where 5 boys spent the night.