SOMETIMES BLOGGER LAND IS CRAZY

If you want to know why I ended up posting the last thing twice, here's the story: Last night I wrote the blog, but when I went to post it the page kept coming up that it was 0% published. So, I left it and then published it this morning only to find out that it had actually published before. Aaarrrggghhh! Oh well, you get to learn about me twice.

On a brighter note, we are finally officially moved out of the old house. We finished moving all of our stuff over last night. We had been waiting for Mike to finish cleaning out the shed. Brian talked to him on Monday night and told him that we needed it all cleaned out because we had to get our stuff out of the old place. He said he would take care of it right away. He brought a truck up to the shed and I suppose he took everything he wanted. So, on Wednesday the kids and I took everything out, put it in boxes and left it outside for him. I hate to do that, but I have to leave for Whitehorse today, so last night was the last opportunity to get everything moved. Needless to say, his stuff is still sitting there. I wonder how long I should leave it before I haul it to the dump. We hate having junk around our yard, something will have to be done! Apart from that we have got all our firewood sitting in our yard waiting to be cut up, and we have all the lumber to make the woodshed. Hhhmmmmm. I guess that means more building projects to get done. Speaking of building projects - here is Brian with the garbage bin he built (before he put the lid on).

And...here are the porch rails I built. Fancy eh? Unfortunately they won't be painted until spring due to cold weather.

So, now you know why I haven't been posting too often - I've just been too busy. Have a great weekend. Maybe I will post again after my trip to Whitehorse.

TAGGED

Since Sonya tagged me - here are 8 wonderful (or maybe not so wonderful) things about me:

1. I talk to myself all the time when I am shopping.

2. I love to read almost anything.

3. I am addicted to doing sudoko puzzles. (Thanks Mom!)

4. I teach music at school.

5. I detest cleaning house.

6. I love to work with my hands - building, quilting, etc.

7. I really suck at math (the kids never come to me with math homework).

8. I tend to be way too cranky.

Good thing there were only 8, I could barely think of those.

GETTING SETTLED IN

Well, the move went quite well. We still have to move some things into the shed, but we will do that during the week. While we were moving I kept thinking of great things that I could enter on my blog - but, of course, I can't remember any of them now. Anyways, we are really enjoying being in our new house. Our wood stove is awesome - we are so glad we spent the extra money to get one with a catalyst. It has a temperature control, so we have control over how hot our house is. The kids were a great help this weekend. They moved all of their stuff themselves - I didn't have to pack a box or carry a box for them. What a difference from when they were younger and we had to do everything for them.

Naomi is working now. She babysits for the school tutor after school. They have 3 kids, and one more on the way. She really seems to enjoy it. She doesn't work everyday, just a two to three times a week. She gets paid very well too - $18/hour. Not bad for a 15 year old.

That's about all for today. Maybe one of these days I will put up some more pictures. However, we are using our new computer now, so it will take me a while to figure out how everything works.

INCOMMUNICADO

Just thought I would let you know that as of tonight I will be unavailable by email, blog or phone until sometime on Monday. We are rebooting our computer tonight and donating it to our other daughter, Jedine. Our new computer should be up and running some time this weekend, and we will have internet again on Monday if all goes as planned.
Have a great weekend!

FUN TIMES WITH BRIAN

Sometimes working on the house is such a blast. Take this picture for instance:

Brian needed to get between the house and the porch to put some spray insulation in the space where the corner meets. Although he may be skinny, it doesn't mean he doesn't get stuck. And after all the work building those steps, I wasn't prepared to take anything apart to free him. Of course I was no help at all because I was laughing so hard. Lucky for him he finally got out.

Today was the first of our Wednesday afternoons when we get to work together. The grade 1/2 teacher teaches quilting on Wednesdays, so since Brians students are all in other classes, he teaches the grade 1/2 class. Let's just say he was very worn out by the end of the day. There are 15 kids in the class and they keep you hopping. He did journals with the grade 2's while I took the grade 1's. Then we joined together to do art. This was a very, very busy time. Who knew that kids cannot colour independently, or that their Mom's don't want them to press too hard with their crayons. Apparently "Mom doesn't want me to use my crayons." Anyways, when we were all finished we had a stunning display of flying geese and bulrushes and we were still standing.