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A Full Saturday

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Todd is combining peas while Glen is swathing canola. Fred is hauling for Todd and Diana took in some of Sunflower and then who knows what, probably yard work. Kaitlynn took a road trip to Regina with a group of friends. Jared and I stayed home and got some stuff done. Here is Crushy playing peek-a-boo, and if that's not cute, I don't know what is. My orchid is doing a lovely job of blooming. It has more blooms on it then when Todd brought it home as a gift for me. It is so rewarding to have nurtured it back to this state. Now I have to figure out how to repot it and continue to keep it happy When I woke Kaitlynn up yesterday morning for school, I noticed this wonderful new piece of art on her wall. She had done it from start to finish the previous night, and of course I swooned over it. Not only is it a black cat, but it is my little black cat - Sooty! Todd had to run in for parts this morning and so I accompanied him for some time together. I did not g...

An Early Spring Cleaning

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It's gorgeous out there! Shop and garage doors are open. Todd disappeared with the tractor. Bear has himself stretched out in the snow, trying to cool himself down.  It is still below zero, but barely and the forecast is for five degrees above for the next two days. After going through some books at Uncle's house, we brought home quite a few and so that inspired us to sort through some of our own. I am quite tempted to keep some of these baby books, but like Todd said, they are better off in circulation rather than being stored for goodness knows how many years in the garage, and then becoming too musty to actually be of any use.  I can get rid of the books without getting rid of the memories, so I took a few photos of the ones we read pretty much on a daily basis to the kidlets. Piles and piles of books to be given away.  Brenda will have a lot to chose from! "My Big Bright World" and "Animal Crackers" were in the nursery before KK was born and ...