May Long Weekend

It's always sort of been an ongoing joke in my family that in the town that I was raised you always pack snowsuits and shorts on the May Long Weekend. Once again this year it's been proven that the old adage is true. My mom spoke with me today and told me that it has gone from Sunny and warm with them out camping to them having over a foot of snow in the last two days.

Needless to say the camping trip is off and they are back at home hoping the snowplows will find their way to their rural property soon.

Meanwhile here at home my son and I are singing along on Itunes to a bunch of kids music we have for him, classics like the farmer in the dell and B. I. N. G. O when he looks at me and says I need to turn the music off. I ask him why he calmly tells me he wants to hear the "Rain Song". Sure enough I look outside and it's pouring rain. I gave him permission and he opened the door and listened to the rain and the birds cheeping for a minute or two. What a kid.

At Home

Sitting at home with my kidlet and the sun came out for a while between rain storms. I thought I would try to take advantage of it since goodness knows how long it will be until I see that bright orb they call the Sun again. Not having the energy to actually travel or hike anywhere I decided to take advantage of what's in my own yard for once. As it turns out my roses are in bloom. I love my rose bushes but by far and away my favorite one is right by my front door. It's a tiny little thing only about 3 feet tall and 2 feet at it's widest point but the colour of the buds is gorgeous. A deep crimson red which I see rarely but when I do I always love.

Even as I finished taking the picture the sun once again retreated behind the clouds. No more attempts to get the picture I want for now.

Men and Facial Hair

My husband tells me he wants to grow a full beard. I tried to tell him he's crazy! A goatee yes, a mustache okay but a full beard? Don't get me wrong I think a man has to have the right to decide ones look the same way a woman does.. you just have to be willing to accept the consequences. I'm not sure he's completely weighed out the consequences based on the simple fact that the woman he loves.. and yes that's me...HATES full beards. Here's to hoping I can knock some sense into him.. or at least find a way to shave it off in his sleep.

Nothing Clever

Well here I sit with nothing clever to say. I wish I could say I did but alas nonetheless here I sit. Perhaps tomorrow inspiration with strike and I'll find something.

Nothing much happened today. Went to work to once again save the world one call at a time. Had to yell at someone which wasn't the highlight of my day but I think I got the point across that I would love to help providing they would stop talking long enough to listen to the solution. It amazes me why that is so hard and yet each day it's proven it is. Once again proving that a person can be smart but people are dumb.

Irony

I'm sitting here thinking about Irony... Irony in all it's glory. I see it every day and yet it always seems to sneak up on us. It's there in Hockey when a team that barely makes it to the playoffs has already eliminated two opponents that should have beat them instead. It's there in the Biggest Loser where a competitor eats his way to weight gain instead of weight loss.

What makes this happen I don't know. Why in the world I am thinking about it is an even greater mystery. Perhaps it's the disappointment in the simple things like looking forward to a photo excursion and due to weather it happening when you can't attend.

Boy...how philosophical can a person get.

On that note I'll commence my nightly ritual of getting ready for bed and hope that irony chooses another house to sleep at this evening. Perhaps I may even find a way to bridge the gap that irony introduces and continue about my day tomorrow as expected. In that tone I've attached a photo of a big old iron bridge...okay it's neither old nor is it probably constructed from iron but I'll pretend it is for convienence sake.

Headed Home

Well we had a good visit with my inlaws in Oregon. Nobody strangled anyone else which let's admit is a successful weekend for most families. We drove back home today and while there wasn't a lot to take pictures of since what was already a long day would only get longer if we stopped, I did manage to sneak a couple pictures through the window of the vehicle while driving. Well while my husband was driving, even I'm not that crazy!

I am however exhausted now and so I will add my picture here and promptly get ready for bed.

Oregon Trails

Today we went out on one of the walking trails near my inlaws. It was quite pretty there beside the river and I took a couple pictures. What I'm trying to figure out why my sister in law and husband enjoy "argueing". I swear that they take the opposite side on every matter they discuss just so they can disagree. Let's just take for example that the sky is blue. I'd give details of the actual conversations but they include everything from religion to faith to what's for dinner but that would be sure to offend someone so we'll stick with the sky.
If one of them starts that conversation I'm sure the other would reply with... well actually it's not blue it's the reflection of the sun against the water particles in the air that give it a bluish cast..while the other would reply well actually I believe it's blue because of the pollution particles in the air and that the sun bounces off the sea and provides that blue appearance. Now as a disclaimer I don't actually believe that either of these arguements are valid and nor did they actually occur but I'm pretty sure that if it did that's how it would go down. It's enough to just make a person want to stand up and screech who cares! unless I'm wrong you are both agreeing that that sky is bloody blue! I swear over the weekend that I've heard them argue both sides of many arguements both ways depending on who starts it.
What's worse is that they are enjoying themselves and I'm trying to figure out why I'm here listening to it.

Our Trip

Well I haven't been on for a few days because I'm on holidays. That's right that illusive time we all cherish every year and can't seem to get enough of. That time when work is just a four letter word and relaxing is the name of the game. This time we took a couple days off at home and puttered around the area taking just a couple pictures and then headed down to Oregon in the United States to visit some family.

It's great to see our nephews who are growing so very fast. My son is loving the chance to run around and play like a boy with his cousin. The poor boy is normally surrounded by a pack of girl cousins who are the delicate and dainty flowers they should be.. Okay that's so not true but they still aren't the rough and tumble boy style of play he's enjoying now. And while he loves his girl cousins to bits and pieces I think he's revelling in the blaster shooting and dinosaur wars that he has found today.

The sun is out and we're foot loose and fancy free. My husband set me loose in a mall with an unlimited spending budget which meant the longer I was there the more scared he became. He was lucky however and I came home with one pair of shoes that cost less than fifteen dollars. Now for all my fellow shoe lovers you'll know and understand how restrained I was.

And for all the husbands out there you'll know how happy mine was!