ahhh.....2008 eh?

Well first off.....brrr freak'n brrr!!! After the first week of holidays being absolutely fantastic weather...we are now coming out of a three day freeze, starting out this morning at -40!!!! Poor Dennis had to boost his truck to get to work, and then let it defrost in the shop(I am guessing still there) to start work! But I am also guessing the client getting eight windows today would have also called to request a postponment...LOL

Things have been busy busy here on the Acres, with no rest for the wicked! Never fails with my kids...up by 7am everyday! I can barely remember the daze when I didn't move before nine am! And the things they can do video games to charades to the new tape recorder with two mikes, this is just this morning! ...including what seems to be eating none stop!!! To say we are a multi-meal eating family would be an understatement around here, not to mention the abuse the poor pink bathroom faces daily...as i knock my head against the desk. High fibre babies the doctor calls them...but does it have to hit them all at once?????? But no complaints, "fric, frac, and freak" have been loving their holiday time together, and having a blast.
Sadly we were missing a member this Christmas, do to an Ice Jam in the Family Blender our oldest Anthony did not make it home for Christmas. For me the first time in eight years, for Dennis the first xmas morning without is son in 16years. Worse we seem to be adjusting to his absence, which sets in the guilt. Even sadder is that the guilt is far easier than the stress that is involved in the blender. The piece of my heart that flows out on a tether waiting to be reeled in, waiting for the tug on the line that says...ok I understand things now.
So now the end of holidays, Alex will return to his mom in the beach on Saturday, only two more sleeps to go! The weatherman claims the temp are going up starting today, so hopefully we will get some outside time before he goes. Our skidoo is low on gas, so we will wait for Dad and as I learned Tuesday morning going to the store for the first time on it...steering in a parking lot is not that easy(i am not that strong?) so you can give a really big smile on the sno plow drivers face at 8am when you slide right past the pumps and onto the road infront of him smiling and saying sorry as I pulled the skiis in the right direction...and skipped the gas station, grabbed the milk and returned home to the Acres.