Another day of cleaning and hail storms

Not much new and exciting today- we had another Hail Storm roll through about 6 o'clock.
This time I was already outside (about to do my doggy patrol- another joy of showing the house~ I get to do doggy patrol once or twice a day) and could hear the thunder in the distance and the black clouds in the North. So I managed to get the dogs into the garage before I had to run out looking like an idiot trying to duck the hail.
I also spent at least 2 hours on our files looking for the tax assessment. It really sucked. And I couldn't find this years- no matter where I looked it's been misfiled somewhere.
We have a showing first thing tomorrow morning. So after Nater went down, I spent the rest of the evening vacuuming, and tidying the kitchen. I so hope we get an offer soon. and I can stop living in a "SHOW HOME"

What do you get when you cross a Polar Bear and a Seal????

A Polar Bear

Shopping Day

Nathan and I got kicked out of the house twice today for open houses.

So to kill some time we went to Crappy Tire.

Totem

and Sobeys

I fell in love with a Buddha head sculpture at Crappy Tire... It was reduced from the original 24.99 to 12.50 so it was already 50% off

but I came home without buying it to dig through all the drawers for any Canadian Tire Money that was lying around...That stuff seems to appear everywhere. There was some in my receipt drawer, some in Chris' change tin, some with the kids stuff and some in the garage.

After scraping together this stash I went back and bought it... in "real money" it only ended up costing my $2.91, when all was said and done. I think it's a pretty cool piece especially for less than 3 dollars.

I couldn't decide where to put him, so he's living beside the half dead plant (I really need to find the time to trim it back and water it soon) in the carport- Hopefully he'll find a cool permanent home at the new place.

last week @ Grandpa Zoom's

Poor Kid, doesn't look like he had any fun!?!?!?

How to Reupholster a Chair- Do It Yourself

How to Reupholster a Chair- Do It Yourself
I really wanted to reupholster that couch for the patio last summer- I ended up throwing it out with all of this de-cluttering...because it was half ripped apart and I couldn't figure out how to get the new fabric on. At least if I get the same bright idea once we move I'll have a reference point to start from.

The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards

I'm so excited I just read an article that The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards has been turned into a movie there was a whole article about the Down syndrome girl Krystal who is going to play the role of Phoebe, In the July issue of Reader's Digest (pg. 50)
I loved this book, I lent it to my Mother in Law when I was done, and she read it within a weekend too!
It's one of those stay up all night to finish books... I hope the movie is at least half as good.

Yucky Hail

We had quite the 20 minute hail storm tonight,

we had one on Thursday as well. I put a couple good big pieces in the freezer to prove to Chris when he got home it really had been marble sized hail.

These chunks were just as big and more came down. It went on for at least twenty minutes. The Carport roof, where the fiberglass is was just rattling I was afraid it would break, and there was a river running down the front street and a pond in the driveway. Nathan watched it for awhile at the front window with me. Every time I said "that's hail making a banging banging" he'd "bang, bang on the front window with his hand.