Fuck fuck fuckety fucker!

I had a whole update post and my computer farted and froze up so in the resetting I lost the entire post.  I know, it’s my fault for not saving beforehand but this old dog is not very proficient at new tricks…or thinking ahead obviously.  

I’ll never recall the entire post so I am doing the point form short version instead.

-Harry’s sister Caren is finally out of the woods (or ‘out of the water’ as Trixie puts it).  They are unsure how much neurological damage was done by the meningitis but they do know that she will have a very long recovery and it may take years for her to be back to normal…if ever.  Harry came back home yesterday, he is tired and emotional but he is grateful that his sister is alive.

-The cops arrived at my husband’s work the other night.  No, they weren’t looking for his highness…this time.  They were looking for the bear murderers.  The cockknockers cut the paws off the poor ursine after they killed it and before they hung it off the bridge.  I was disgusted that they would not only kill the animal but also that they would mutilate it as well before stringing it up as a spectacle.  Despicable.  While I would love to see the book thrown at them…and have them beaten with it…I doubt that will happen.  All three of the boys are in their early twenties so at least they are not protected under the juvenile offenders act.  I doubt however that the little bastards will get much more than a slap on the wrist, sadly the penalties for such brutality are still fairly mild.  

-We took a drive out to the lake the weekend before last to see if we could get out there.  We made it across to our island where we were greeted by two feet of snow.  We had to trek through it…naturally I was wearing flip flops…to get to our place where we had a picnic and relished the fact that soon we’d be able to camp again.  We returned this past Saturday to do some brushing and clearing while the trees are leafless and it’s easier to move through the shrubberies.  We want to have the land prepped so that once the road is graded we can get the old trailer hauled out and start building our cabin.  It’s exciting to know that it will finally happen this year and it gives us both something to look forward to…a shitload of work!  We’ve got two OPP’s (old people parties) to go to on Saturday, my aunt is turning 70 and the man that lives with Heiny’s mom is turning 80 so we’ll put in an appearance at both soirees and then we’re off to the (un) lake (there is no water there at the moment) for the rest of the long weekend.  

-Now that our snow is gone and the weather is finally feeling springy I have been cleaning out my gardens and prepping them to plant.  I have most of my flowers in and in the next couple days my neighbor is coming down to turn my veggie garden with his tractor.  I could do it by hand but they are adding manure and fertilizer for me so they offered to mix it all in too.  I love having helpful neighbors.  I have also decided to put more gardens in my back yard.  We had considered planting grass in that area but I decided that I’d rather weed than (make my husband) mow so I am going to build (er, have my husband build) some box gardens for strawberries, asparagus, onions, garlic etc.  My uberhelpful neighbor has also offered me some thornless raspberry canes and I have found a sunny spot to build (er, have my husband build) another garden just for them.  

-My husband did not get the job in the city and while I was getting excited at the prospect of moving I am now kind of relieved he didn’t get hired.  I have plans and things to look forward to here and while I would have dealt with it had it happened, I know now that I just wasn’t ready to give this place and my summer plans up.  Meant to be?  I think so.  Either way it is what it is so on we go.

I am pretty sure the lost post was more exciting…yeah, the other post was fantastic.