Knit till you drop!

I'm sorry for being so far behind this week, but I have been busy. You remember that my girlfriend has a new granddaughter so I decided to knit a little sweater, so my evenings have been full on knit, knit ,knit! But I finished it this morning,and I just have the finishing touches to add, but you get the idea.

So when I am totally finished, it will look fairly similar to this one but different!


I'll be back later...have a great day!

Climbing the Cutbanks

This is where the day began........

What a glorious day it was today! A mite chilly but the sun shone all day. The grass is really starting to "greenup". I was out and about early this morning as I have some crazy girlfriends. They wanted me to come with them to climb the "cut banks" but my better judgment and Trish's "threat to kill" me if I did, held me back and standing on the sidelines. So.....instead.......I took the photos! It was actually alot of fun and made the girls feel like they were running a race and they were winning!
There were 6 ladies and 4 little ladies. Heading up the hill!

Then here they come down the hill!




You can imagine the state of their shoes and feet. This all in the name of fitness. This would be my friends Denise and Trish. And the others I am not sure of their names, friends of Denise's. Denise's two daughters Kennedy,Sydney, and two other girls, were sure troopers to be doing this with their moms so early on a Sunday morning!

The six dirty ladies!

And I'm sorrry to report the photos of the little ladies did not turn out and I have no idea why. So sorry girls:(Then they had to run back to where they had parked their vehicles. So of course, I drove ahead and waited for them to come up the road. What a group, they had so much fun! But I know they will feel the "burn" tomorrow.


Now for some coffee, food and showers. Yes! In that order! This is just how beautiful it was down by the river.

So what did you do for excitement today?

New addition

My girlfriend Vicki, who I have known for 20 years, hard to believe became a Gramma yesterday at 4:29am. Her son Kiel and Sheila had a baby girl, her name is Kendra Ann. Her arrival is a very happy event for this family and I couldn't be more thrilled for them! Kiel is a long time friend of Kaits, and I have watched Vicki's kids grow up from our Salmon Valley days together. It's really hard to believe that our kids are having kids. Well......her kids are, mine will make me wait till I am 100, to make me a grandmother but I guess that's OK too. In the meantime, I get to enjoy and spoil other peoples grandchildren.

I am going to make a cross stitch announcement this weekend. I have something in mind and I'm pretty sure I have all the materials I need. Good thing since our fabric stores are non-existent!
Saturday, Trish, Denise and I are going to a 3 hour Yoga for runners. Should be interesting to say the least. My foot is starting to feel much, much better. Crossing my fingers by the end of the week I will be able to try a few kms. I will still be swimming to be on the safe side because I do not want to be hurt for the summer again.
I had to buy a new swim suit yesterday because when I got out of the pool something had gone terribly wrong.....not a good thing when the chlorine eats your suit. I was not a happy camper. It was suppose to be chlorine proof, good thing they will take it back. Now I have a flashy navy/purple one, I wonder if I will be able to swim better and faster.....doubtful!

The Happy Feet Story

Today we were feeling a little silly. I have a friend at work Rene, she likes shoes. I like shoes. I also have another friend Sandra, she really likes shoes. Can you see a pattern here? Well of course you can, we are ladies who like shoes. Not very practical shoes, sometimes Princess shoes, comfy shoes, athletic shoes, you name them and we have them.

But we have a problem. Well not exactly "we" I mean "me". Rene is not a runner, Sandra and I are runners. If you know anything at all about runners, they have problems at times with their feet. Then there are the Princesses who have feet problems because of the shoes they wear. Heeheeee....

At the moment, I'm not the only one with "Unhappy Feet". The Princess does too. Gee, ya think? Only after hours mind you of shopping in these puppies! Silly Girl. Now I am the practical one with the good old reliable runners and orthodics. Isn't that bizarre?


I am really trying hard to wear proper footwear and let them heal. But when someone comes along with these beauties I am soooooo envious. I have many pairs of these shoes and can I wear them? Will I ever be able to wear them again? I guess..... if I give up running the answer would be "yes". but that would be the unfortunate part, I'm not giving in just yet. So this is my blog on "Happy feet" vs "Not So Happy Feet". So today we had a little fun with it at lunch. How was your day?

Happy Easter!

I think I will be glad when the weekend is over. Way toooooo much eating.......And then with not running, I will probably weigh a ton by Tuesday! Well maybe not quite that much but it feels darns close. Today we had a really quiet day around here. Just the three of us. We had steak for dinner, and just lazed around.

Althou, Glenn did get the lawns raked and I am afraid our composter is history after the bear decided to tackle it last fall. There's no hope to put it back together. I went out for a bit to pick up a few things for Daniel before he flies out tomorrow morning....it will be a long while before we see him again and that makes me sad. It's a good thing we have Internet and texting in this day and age. A mother is never far from her chicks. So I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend. And the Easter bunny treated you to lots of chocolate.

Cleaning Up

I finally found a few minutes when it wasn't snowing, hailing, or raining to get out and "fluff" my flower beds and take out the winter kill. It was quite lovely the evening I was out there and when you start raking and picking weeds it doesn't take long to warm up. Bits and pieces of plants are starting to poke their sprouts through the cold earth. I put out my new solar lights. They are quite cute and really bright at night. The flowers beds are very boring at this point but at least they are ready for planting. Thanks Susan.



Then the weekend began, of course the highlight started on Thursday when my son came home for the weekend. Granted I haven't seen a lot of him but would you like to hang out with your parents or go see your friends. That's a no brainer! But I have had glimpses of him. He has gained weight, filled out, and put on muscle. I have an example of that also. Too funny.



So I went to Home Depot to look for garden doors and try to figure out which style I would like to go with. Darn kids! Oh well, they were old,ugly and hard as the dickens to open, so it was time.

Then we had a dinner for Babe, it was her birthday. Today that is, and this was yesterday. Lots of turkey and cake were eaten. I thought she would like the mushroom solar lights for her garden too. Happy Birthday Leanne. Hope you had a wonderful day.

I am so far behind I think I'm in first place. My son is coming home this morning in an hour and I have to pick him up and what am I doing? Typing....oh well won't take me long. This will be short and sweet. A big weekend of cooking and visiting is in store. We are having our turkey dinner tomorrow on Good Friday, so that we can have turkey sandwiches the rest of the weekend. I have a lot to do tonight but that's fine, and I must remember to take the turkey out of the freezer!

Spring is coming but this week has been very cool and the wind makes it colder. My running days have come to a halt as I tried to go yesterday but it was agony so I will just be water running for a few weeks. Poor Trish, I feel bad but like she said I need to be better by the summer or when the good weather comes. So I will bite the bullet and just go to the pool. But I am not a happy camper believe you me! Getting old really does not pay off especially when you find something you really love to do and it's healthy and you're doing it all for the right reasons.....did someone say life is not fair....any way I am looking forward to having Daniel home, even if it is only for a few days, I don't know when we will see him again so each moment has to be appreciated. The girls are on their way to Hanoi, in North Vietnam. They are loving Vietnam, lots of history and the country is beautiful. They say the food is really good, their only complaint are the "cyclo" renters.....they are always chasing you around wanting you to rent a bike from them! I think Kait has snapped a few times! Too funny. She doesn't do well with someone pestering her...Oh well must get on here. Hope you have a fantastic day!