I managed to finally finish all the bonus levels on my game Liong: The Dragon Dance from BigFish – a Mah-jong game. One of the bonuses of having the hubby home. He DID make it home late last night – yet another chapter in the saga of the Reinsch-Johnson family. Ken left for home right after his last meeting (not thinking to call since all the people he saw have their phone lines through Shaw so – FREE LONG DISTANCE IN CANADA…..anyway) only to end up in an accident. Luckily no one was hurt and the van has no visible damage. And even better – NOT Ken’s fault. A woman sped her car through an intersection forcing Ken and a truck to slam on their brakes. The police came and she gave everyone her insurance info so here’s hoping we don’t have to use it! So even though he got a decent headstart the accident slowed him down… a little over 3 1/2 hours after the time consumed by the accident and report he got home – cranky but in one piece. The drive home was stressful leaving him with nothing but the accident and our lack of follow through on a promise by the government… speaking of which:
So when the government fails to fulfil a monetary promise for the 3rd time in 2 weeks for a process that has taken 2 months to do a 2 week wait period are you allowed to become an independant country unto yourself and declare war? Now I know that is foolish (after all where would I get the army…. although 4 kids…) but it is the feeling behind the situation to a “T”. Thurday apparently came and went and NOTHING… Ken called and the form we did when we had the first big delay was no reconciled or something. I do realize that it is not the entire body of the government letting us down (and from what I hear we are not the only ones with the same issues with this division) but it sure feels like it. After all if I were to offer someone 100.00 on an exact date I would hand it over. You don’t dangle cash in front of a family of 6 that is needed and then go – oops I mean NEXT week. So we are REALLY down to the line and I am hoping that Tuesday will be THE day (please keep a positive thought, prayer for us) and then I can work on NOT hating the system… so much.
I have to admit I got spoiled this morning – after breastfeeding Trinity I got to go back to bed and SLEEP IN! Until 11:30 in fact! And then a nice long bath. So it was not until noon that I got anything done which, big surprise, was starting yet another batch of applesauce and a tray of apple leather. The boys still cleaned up all the icky apples and then played outside. What a restful morning.
Sean joined us for the afternoon. The guys are watching a new series Ken downloaded – Legen of the Seeker based on some books Ken had read. Trinity has finally forgiven Sean for not seeing her the month and a half we were in Minnesota so they have been having a great time hanging out together again. She is in a much better mood today – I wonder if that is because Ken is home now or that I sent her to bed early last night.
New Game - Toss the Cheerios!
Today was another warm day so the boys were VERY happy to play outside in sand and pool. Neither Ken nor myself was very interested in venturing far from the house so no trip to the park. Hopefully tomorrow will be nice and sunny and we can head off to the park or just on a walk. Summer is quickly coming to a close and it feels like there is still so much to do! I would love to do so many things but I have such a list for next year.
Splashing in the Pool
I am a little overwhelmed with the bounty that is what Ken came home with from our friend Kathy’s. As she does not currently have time to bake and such she sent home the majority of her supplies and their containers. Things like flour (white AND whole wheat), sugar and a vast variety of spices. This is going to stretch our budget even further as now I have more than enough things to make the desert items we love. I hunted down a recipe online for oatmeal applesauce cookies (I know again with the applesauce – but we have it so lets use it!). I figure I need to find my sugar cookie recipe and maybe splurge on some more icing sugar and use the sprinkles that she sent as well! My plan is to make vegetable soup on Monday that will see us through quite a few meals using up the celery I can’t get the kids to eat (carrots and potatoes are on sale at H&W this week). Of course with some noodles. While cleaning up the apples that fell off the trees in the storm last night I have more than enough for two more batches and Ken picked some off the other tree to try. (they bruise horribly when they hit the ground and I am too short to pick them so the past week I have been unable to get nice enough apples to cook).
Proof Ken is Home - and That I Put Him to Work!
All of this of course happening when the weather has WARMED UP again! What is this? We are in CANADA… summer is supposed to be short and all that and all of a sudden we are nearing the end of August and the weather is nice? I am not complaining but what a surprise. So I am going to take full advantage and pitch the kids into the backyard while I make as many different foods as possible with what is in the house. Maybe for one of their homeschool activities we will make something together. Now I just need to find recipes that call for whole wheat flour.
I am hoping on a nice sleep tonight and then a relatively simple and worry free Sunday – or at least that is what I am shooting for. At least Ken is home safe and sound!
Emanuel and Dog! Creativity at its Best 🙂