Last night we got some nasty hail and lightning ending in rain this morning but luckily by the time Karyn was here to pick up Echo and myself for brunch at Lauralee’s we were facing overcast skies and puddles and nothing more. Brunch was AMAZING… everyone there but Echo and myself were co-workers and very friendly. Victoria was there as well! We had a lovely spread including amazing French Bread… succulent strawberries and devilled eggs. YUM! While her kitties were hiding in their room Karyn and Victoria each took Echo in for a little visit with them so that she could get her fluffy fix. 

After brunch Victoria, Karyn and I brought Echo home and exchanged her for Trinity. She was just too tired to go out for pictures at the city hall! Trinity was a veritable fashion plate in her outfit – a gift a year or so back from her Aunty Karyn (impeccable taste don’t you agree? Very Breakfast at Tiffany’s). We had to bring Fat Sheep along of course (she was also at the brunch) and take some lovely pictures. Trinity was a bit shy and the added post rain mosquitoes did not help but we got a few good pictures and were able to see a rainbow worth of flowers. Thankfully parking is free there on Saturday, Sunday and holiday days. Otherwise it is a 1.00 an hour on the meter. 

Out in the sunshine

With Aunty Karyn and Fat Sheep

After photos it was time for a slurpee run at 7-11. Though I opted to wait and go to the local store with Emanuel and get a special treat for him, Trinity got herself a blue slurpee called Blue Shock… it was… blue! Which of course caused a bit of a mini revolt at home (thus the walk with Emanuel who felt super left out as the twins had gotten way more Minecrafttime than he had – he is just learning how to play). 

At 7-11

My late afternoon and evening has been spent productively… there is cleaning to be done, organizing and of course tossing of random broken or useless items… it amazes me how many broken cars the boys had hidden in the boxes before we moved. I did name some headway in our bedroom as well… still some boxes that are half full to deal with though. It is those last things that are the hardest to find homes for. Ken is hoping to get out to the cardboard recycling and clear out our main downstairs closet so I can access it again tomorrow and that will help a ton. He also has to run out to pick up a Kijiji purchase for me. Rubber-boots for one of the twins! We tried on all the ones in the house and Emanuel and Trinity managed to fit a pair each but not the twins. Sadly Trinity is wearing boy’s boots but she seems ok with it. I may try and decorate them up for her. I added another Kijiji ad myself tonight!

We have stacks of books to sort through and photography and post… we were supposed to make it to a used bookstore at the old house but ran out of time. So the agreement is that it would be best to post on Kijiji and hope for the best. We just need to get rid of the books that no longer interest us. I was surprised at some of my purchases from way back when.

We even put up a mirror in the side entry… that leaves a box of pictures to find and put up and the big canvas we were given years ago by the artist that we need to figure out the best way to mount and not do too much damage to the wall at the same time.

In need of a clean but up on the wall

Oh and I pasted down a scrapbook page – a VERY simple page but a page all the same… I just can’t get to my 12X12 paper right now, well until Ken cleans out the empty boxes… so check back, the rest of the month should have a fair number of pages to share! 

Not the fanciest page to be sure but pretty

But back to work, crafts call, cleaning shouts and Netflix whispers beguilingly! 

Posing in her messy room