Sorry for the long away but things kind of got on top of me for a while.
The whole thing with Sam and Heather really threw me for a loop. I've never actually known a child that passed away and it makes you so very sad. Not a great excuse but I just couldn't stop thinking about her and circular thinking is a really hard trap to get out of. Luckily, my friend Sioux was not willing to let me just sit here and moulder and cry. We went and picked six buckets of cherries and then we spent the better part of a week pitting, baking and cooking. We made 70 jars of jam, 18 large pies and 8 small pies. It will be a very very long time before I want to see another cherry nevermind eat one LOL.
I also found something called FLYlady and it has been helping me get this place into some kind of order. I'm quite proud of myself actually. I cleaned out my kitchen, sorted my linen closet, cleaned out the bathroom, sorted the storage room, did all the laundry scattered about the place, thinned out my bookcase and the hall closet is next on my list.
I've also been busy with my brothers cottage. We gots renters. I even have a title LOL Property Manager. I've been doing all the booking, cleaning, getting the contract signed, taking the money and setting up the pages on the websites. It's been going really well so far and he's even been paying me for my work LOL. This weekend I'm off to the cottage with Katie and a couple of friends as one of them is going to Uni in a week or so and they want to have a weekend away (girl bonding or something lol) - I'm just basically going to cook and be their chauffeur. You can even take a look at the cottage if you want - www.cottageportal.com and look under Trentview Cottage on Rice Lake in Ontario.
BT was really sick over the weekend ( we call him Typhoid BT as he passes all his illnesses on to us lol) and true to form, Katie and I are both sniffling just as we are going away for the weekend - typical. So I'm back now and ready to bore the pants off you - hey now put those back on it's just a figure of speech - geez those american boys LOL
8 years ago
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So many cherry pies...just reading about it makes my mouth water!
Perhaps you could mail them to us in the VERY sad event that Obama loses. LOL.
I know what you mean...Heather's loss was a mind bender. Me Mum's house burned to the ground just after she turned 18 and graduated high school. She was always obsessive w/ me to have smoke detectors. I have since stopped using them. After Heather's fire, I went out and bought some...
BTW, if I remember right, you were a Dar William's fan. Were you not? Since I live close to her hometown, I have grown accustomed to seeing her at the local garlic festival (so generous of her) but alas, she will not be present this year.
Oh I wish I had some of those cherries!! THe birds got all the ones that actually formed this year. All our fruit trees had tons of blooms but NO FRUIT!! wahhhh...
glad to see you back sorta!! just post when you can,. that;s what I do. not daily anymore, but when I can.
wow, I still want to see you guys soon, but I am feeling kinda sad for you with this post. I thought I'd nip in and see how my friend Lost is, and i am hopeful that the cherry picking helped. I am doing better....everyday a little better...
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