I know there was a little hockey game on tonight, but I had other places to be.....

        Tonight we got a real treat!! 

We saw the "RCMP Musical Ride":

It was pouring rain, there were umbrella's and wet blankets all over the place......

But how can you resist a man in uniform???

It truly was amazing!!

And to kick whole evening off, we were entertained by this young man......

It seems like such a long time since I've posted anything.  Life is a whirlwind on a tornado!  I should be used to it by now.......

Life goes on - in spite of the horrible loss of a loved one, life does go on.....

I have been involved in a fundraising project the past couple weeks too. On Friday I am participating in a Relay for the Cancer Society.  Both my girls and their boyfriends and I are on a team where we have to walk for a continuous 12 hours. It runs from 7:00 Friday night until 7:00 Saturday morning.  I've done this before and it was fun, but I'm really dreading this year's relay.  Its supposed to be raining and I have a ball tournament to be at the next day - which won't be fun!!  Oh well, it's for a good cause, right??

As well, I've been attempting to be a gardener once again!  I buy a few plants every day - and I have a pile of planters to create.  Maybe next weekend I'll get all that stuff done.  I have a patch of ..... land.... that I'd like to lay sod in.  Currently it's the spot that separates my garden from the deck - and it's just a bunch of rocks........ I want to pull the rock back and lay sod there so it's all grass in the back yard.  A lot of work - but it would be SO nice!  I did get the entire garden planted last week - and ran out of room!!  I've never run out of room in the garden before, I have half an acre  - you'd think that would be enough! 

I do love the yard work though.  I hate when it starts feeling like a chore though - it's nice when I can set a day aside where all I do is yardwork.....and I can enjoy it.  Kinda like sex - sex is GREAT - but when it starts to feel like a chore, it gets old REAL fast!! 

And that is all I have to say on that...................

GO SENS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

I should write when I have a chance. It's Monday night and everyone has somewhere to be tonight, except me!! And that almost never happens for me. 

Today was the queen's birthday - or someone like her - which means we get a day off today. Our May Long Weekend. 

Well, it snowed, it rained and the sun only came out yesterday for a couple hours.  It has been a weird weekend, weatherwise.  Today has been rainy and drizzly and now foggy - I think we've had almost any kind of weather you can have - rain, snow, sun, fog, hail, wind and humidity! 

Friday, the day of the funeral, it was 88 degrees - the church was so hot and sticky.  And later that night, we went back to the farm of our relatives, sitting on the deck, the temperature dropped to 6 degrees - in a matter of minutes!  Crazy!

I'm sure glad this past week is over.  What a long week!  There is so much that I could write about, and so many thoughts have been swirling around my head. But I just can't seem to find the right words - or complete my thoughts enough to have a conclusion.  So many questions, so many stories, so many broken hearts.......

In my extra time to be alone tonight, I was able to finally cross off a couple chores from my to-do list.  The list that got put off to the back burner last Sunday after we heard the tragic news.  Now I'm feeling almost guilty for getting our lives back to "normal". Like it's disrespectful to just move on.....and get on with life as though nothing ever happened.  It did happen - and we will miss him forever...... but our lives must go on and it's going to be hard to pick things up this week ..... I can't imagine how his parents are feeling.

I just love this song...... a good one to sing along when you're alone in the car!!

A very good friend of mine
Told me something the other day
I'd like to pass it in to you
Cause I believe what he said to be true
He said

We're here for a good time
Not a long time (not a long time)
So have a good time
The sun can't shine every day

And the sun is shinin'
In this rainy city
And the sun is shinin'
Oooooh, isn't it a pity
And every year, has it's share of tears
And every now and then it's gotta rain

We're here for a good time
Not a long time
So have a good time
The sun can't shine every day

And the sun is shinin'
In this rainy city
And the sun is shinin'
Oooooh, isn't it a pity
That every year, has it's share of tears
Every now and then it's gotta rain

We're here for a good time
Not a long time
So have a good time
The sun can't shine every day

I want to dedicate this song to my 19 year old cousin, laid to rest just yesterday.  We are going to miss you!!