Back from hiatus

Hi everyone!

It's been a while, but I am managing to avoid our zillion cable channels and actually sit down to write something.

Lots has happened in the last couple of weeks, including our St. Patrick's Day/housewarming party on March 17. Rod and I made a ton of food (including Rod's now famous hot wings) and most of his co-workers and their spouses/girlfriends showed up for an evening of great fun (and Lori playing the spoons while Steve played the guitar).

The last guest departed about 3 a.m. and we spent the next day being very quiet ;-)

Daisy has been to the beach again, and she's decided it's not so bad, although she's not ready to go for a swim yet. The last time we were there, dozens of man-o-war jellyfish had washed up on the beach. Hopefully it's a weird tidal thing and not a hint of the summer we can expect. For those of you not in the know, man-o-wars are the worst kind of jellyfish - their sting can be extremely painful. Here are a couple of pictures - they're the things that look like weird blue shells (they look more like very strange-shaped plastic bags if you encounter them floating in the ocean or washed up on the beach.

I love the sunsets here. It's hard to believe, since I thought prairie sunsets were the prettiest in the world, but every so often if the cloud patterns are just right at the right time of day, we have the best view - right from our balcony.

Life has settled into somewhat of a routine, but that should change now that Rod's mom is here! She arrived yesterday, after having travelled from Regina to Calgary to Toronto to Bermuda. All in all, a very long flight, but it was the only way to avoid having her stay in TO for the night.

She also rode back on the same plane with Nick, one of Rod's co-workers who had been home for the weekend so we all shared a taxi into town. We dropped Nick off and continued on to Casa

Hesterman.

We were out for supper last night at Island Cuisine, a low-key restaurant not far from our apartment. They have a good menu, decent prices and they're one of the few places who don't automatically include the tip for the wait staff.

Then it was back home for an episode of "Deal or no Deal" and off to bed.

We did have one surprise up our sleeves, though. When Rod put his house up for sale, we agreed that we would take a portion of the proceeds and have fun with it. Well, Rod's house has sold and we have booked a long weekend away and Jean's coming along. Thursday morning we leave for New York (and shopping in Manhattan - WUHOOO!!!!) for a day there, and then we're off to Barbados for the weekend!! There will defintely be posts of our adventures (and pictures) next week.

But Jean had adventures of her own this morning. We had to pick up some groceries, so she borrowed my helmet and climbed on behind Rod for a quick trip to Marketplace (it's not everyone who has a mom/grandma who is so cool!!)

I followed on foot, since it's only a 15-minute walk and we had to buy enough that we needed a taxi home.

Once I got to the store we got everything we needed and Rod took the bike home and we followed in the taxi.

Rod and Jean are now busy making perogies! And cheese buns, if I have anything to say about it.

Hugs to everyone at home. I'll try not to stay away so long next time.