I apologize dear readers but I haven’t been blogging in real time. The last two weeks were written days or even a week before you saw them. No excuses other than I am very busy. Mostly staining lumber for the deck that Rob is putting together as I sit here typing this and with the day to day of being the house’s wife and the husband’s gal and the child’s mother. Regardless of how much reno needs to be accomplished, everyone needs to eat and wear clean clothing.

So a rundown….

1. As of Wednesday at roughly 10AM mountain time, BabyD and I achieved official permanent resident status in Canada. After nine months and much invasive paperwork, the final okay was a bit anti-climactic. I initialed a few things and signed my name a couple of time and that was it. I am now endowed with the same rights as any Canadian except my opinions of public policy don’t matter but as a former Democrat and a current registered Independent in the States – I am used to that.
2. I am finished staining lumber after a week of doing not much else. I kick ass.
3. BabyD is in skipping camp this week and to calm her fears a bit on the first day I hung out and jumped rope too. Learned some cool tricks. Suffered a high calf sprain for my trouble. I am old.
4. The garden is going gangbusters and I have been harvesting yummy stuff the past two weeks which makes for a less shocking grocery bill but much more prep time in the kitchen.
5. Weather is warm. Will be happier when fall sets in which this being August should be any day now.
6. Picked out a couple of writing courses to take this year at the university in the city.
7. Finally dug my desk out from clutter to ready for school’s start (and the return of my serenity and writing time).