My Day-To-Day Photos

Dad had plenty of opportunity to teach son how to properly shovel a deck and driveway. They were no fewer than four times. We're guessing that about 7 - 8 inches fell from mid-morning to early evening.  Todd is never more grateful for that little, blue tractor and giant snow blower than when so much snow has fallen. It saves a lot of work. Snowshoes were essential for a walk around the yard this morning. It's quite a workout lugging those things around, especially when they get heavy with snow.  What's great about the snow is the landscape. It's absolutely beautiful with its fresh coat of pure white. It had been looking dreadful for weeks.  

It was snowing and blowing out bushels of fun when I woke up this morning. Bear doesn't have the good sense to go into his house to stay dry. It is very likely he was too warm as he is now sporting a full winter coat.  I shovelled the driveway this morning, but Jared went out again mid-afternoon to clean up what had blown back on.  Winds are at 60km/hr today. Blech!

Jared went out to help his Dad clean up around the rings and he found two little mousies having a great time feasting on the leftover wheat. They must not be gluten intolerant. But anyway, the pair were in the way and he didn't want them to get hurt, so he rescued the wee critters and had a great time doing it. I love my caring young man.

Todd added some much needed shelving to each of our closets, so now my sweaters are organized and a lot easier to chose from! Jared had his Canadian composers recital this past Saturday with Wes Froese from Saskatoon. Jared played Nocturne by Clifford Poole. I love hearing this song every time. I made a ting. a mousy ting. It's going to Booboo's house.

Yesterday and today have been busy. I got the potatoes and carrots out of the ground and had some help picking them up at the end of the day. Today I cleaned off the sugar pumpkins, about 144 in all.   Tomorrow, I will take off as many gourds and pumpkins as I can.  Snow in the short-term forecast has my panties in a knot!  Fred was fairly certain there would be no combining today, but Todd is out there straight-cutting oats. Hopefully, he can work quite late, but the temperature dropped very fast once the sun went down. I went for a short round with him when I took him his dinner. Jared has had his third piano lesson already, and has picked some lovely pieces this year. 

The kids have been back at it (school) for a week now. Things are going well. It's odd to see them getting on and off the bus together, but nice. Sad to think it's their last year living at home together though. Heartbreaking for me actually, and I try not to dwell on it too much. Instead, I'm cleaning house and finding all sorts of housewares for Kaitlynn's eventual apartment. The homework load has been light thus far, and Jared starts piano today. He's really not super excited about that, but I know he'll fall right back into it. He writes his Grade 6 theory in December.

I got around to making 21 jars of pickles this year. Just your basic garlic dills and I made a few pints of dilled carrots as well. This should b enough for us to eat as well as be able to give away a few as gifts. Yes, pickles make great gifts. When A&W had their MS support day, we went out and each of us enjoyed our Teenburgers. It was very busy in there! Crushy has been going downhill. His mood has been good and he's eating fine. But, he coughs a lot more and wheezes often. Sometimes, he even pants, which is very hard to watch. He still seems to be enjoying life though and so we continue to give him medicine and plenty of Love.

Jared has several of these puzzles that call themselves 4D.  The 4 stands for the time dimension and there is a map of each building and the year it was built. Toronto was the first one he received and we even mounted that one and had it on display in his room for a long time. Next he got Las Vegas, Tokyo and New York. New York, by far, had the most buildings and even though it was smaller than the others, took the longest time to put together. They are currently, carefully organized into large chunks into their boxes so he can easily rebuild them when he feels like it.