We are on the road but not for rv'ing

     Sorry it has been some time since we have posted, but we are on the road at the present time.  We did not even have time to pull the RV out of winter storage - Don's mom of 93 years passed away Sunday morning and we drove for 26 hours straight through from one side of British Columbia through to the Saskatchewan - Manitoba border.
     She was a great lady - loved sports, especially curling.  She was blessed with three children, five grandsons and 5 great grandchildren.  She was only in assisted living for a month prior to her passing, and was able to drive prior to Christmas.  We will miss her.
    

A productive weekend

   We are still puttering away on the kitchen.  This weekend was quite productive with four coats of paint on the lower cabinets.  There is only two more coats to go.  Donald has made a wonderful wine rack on one side of the island.  I hope someone will enjoy all this work, as we prepare to get ready to sell this big house.  The good thing about doing all this work in the kitchen is having to clean out all the drawers and cupboards - hardly anything is going back into them, which makes it easier to pack up and also to show the house.

    Since the kitchen is in such a mess, there was no Easter dinner, which is just fine.  Donald has put on a prime rib roast into the Salton roaster oven and is cooking it out on the deck for our supper tonight.  It will be yum. 

   There are no pictures of the kitchen till after it is done, there is no way anyone is seeing this present disaster.

Had the urge to check out our local Provincial Park

     We must have a bit of hitch itch - or at least I do with work stress. I want out of here!   It looked like it was going to be a nice day, but who wee - the wind!  We had a howler last night - woke us up about 4 am and I thought we were going to lose a couple of trees.  That wind continued on in the day, just a lot lighter.
     We decided in the afternoon to get out, take a drive to our nearest Provincial Park ( yep, it is only about 10 miles away ) and see how that is faring through the winter.  Of course, little Gator loves country car rides and walks.  Well, Donna ( Adventures with Tassie ) there is still much too much snow up here in the bush.  I think the southwest is a good choice right now!

     Roads through the Provincial Park campground

    Guess who has been enjoying the tree sticks and bushes?  You bet - Moose.


     We did enjoy our walk, and it looks like within a week all this snow will be gone.  Our feet were pretty wet as the ground underneath was soggy and watery.  Gator loved it, though.  She couldn't wait to get out of the car, sniff at the air and all the bushes, trees, posts and the ground.  What stories her nose must tell her, we can only imagine.



     We had to walk as far anyway as our favorite campsite, # 41, which overlooks the presently frozen lake.  It looks almost ready to welcome us.

Stuff

     The first official day of Spring has passed by on the calendar, and even though it arrives in Northern British Columbia far later than other places, we do have one wee tulip trying to pop up in the front garden.
     Donald is busy working on a post in the kitchen renovation.  It will be fabulous when it is done - and then I can get back to painting and finishing them off.
     I will have pictures on the finish of the kitchen later.  We are getting anxious to be outdoors and camping - that of course will have to wait, but a sunny day really makes you long for those rv times.  Donald has been helping a friend look up new fancy tires for his little trailer.
     I cannot wait for Easter weekend and four days off work - hmmm what to do.... perhaps all will be ready for me to finish the painting... perhaps I will totally clean out one of the rooms in the house and pack up some boxes of stuff. Yes, stuff. I think there is a new book out about having too much STUFF.  I should have written it.  I will be getting rid of STUFF!
     I am needing to chill out after work these days, and with spring in the air, I have started a spring quilt with my fabric STUFF.

Plodding along....

   Again, we have not blogged for some time.  There is nothing much new to report, other than we have been busy still with the kitchen renovation.  Slow but a good job.  I have been busy making some cards and a birthday present quilt. 
      Now that April is almost here, it will soon be time to take the truck out of winter storage.  We do not need it in the winter time here as we can get around with just the car.  It saves quite a bit on insurance and of course miles and wear and tear on the truck.  We also do not need then to put snow tire on it.  The purpose of the truck is to pull the RV, anyway which at this point is just a summer session!

      We are not making any plans at this point due to a few family items that have come up. Peace, all!