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I’m going to lose it next Tuesday and I’m going to look like a big loser. When I have to drop Josh off at school, I’m going to cry. I am such a sap and I cry with emotion when Emma left kindergarten and Gr.1. Yes left, not started. But Josh, my last link to a little boy… and he’s off to school. My heart is heavy yet so excited at the same time. I thought this day would never come and now here we are, 6 days away.
School.
No not my sickness but the pool season. Been raining a few days here and we noticed the pool was starting to accumulate some algae. We put in some chemicals and thought we saw some relief but yesterday it took a turn for the worse. So last night we emptied, cleaned and stored away our lovely pool. SO HEAVY. Geez I almost broke down in tears a few times trying to move that thing. Of course James and I are still both sick so it’s not fun all all to have to put any effort out into anything right now. But man, that was hard.
So 12 more days until school starts and the Fall season begins. It’s my absulute favorite season EVER.
And I’m still sick. Can’t go to the Dr. cause it’s just sick sick. Like must run it’s course sick. So now James has joined me and I shall enjoy watching him go through what I myself have already been through. I hope there is a light at the end of this tunnel soon.
So what does one do when they don’t feel well? They take pictures of the kittens 
As I type the kittens are reaking havoc on my blinds in the living room. Before that it was the front screen door, then it was my couch, then James foot… Can you see the pattern here. They are little fuzzy terrors right now. This has to be my least favorite time of kitten hood. On a good note, when they’re not running away from me and let me pick them up, their purr machines are up and running.
They’re lucky they purr, it saves their place in this house daily
I’m offically working again and it sure is neat to be doing it from home. Once all the kinks get sorted out with the phones I’m sure it will be perfect. Now my last blog I had mentioned how I was upset that my sister ditched me for my photo shoot with her sister but I got over that We ended up having some amazing shots with the other girl and my one sister that did show up. So the best revenge was to show sister no show what she missed by showing her some of these pics…
I’m so mad right now at my sister. She was supposed to come for a photo shoot today with my other sister. A twin shoot… But at 19, she decided to up and screw me over and just not bother coming today. So I have one sister, for a twin shoot and I have no idea what to do. So mad.
Today I caught a typical pose of my children for once. Kinda sums them up nicely I think. Emma looking a little too bossy and Josh completly lost in his own little world…
The photo uses an action called Fudge.. with a cherry on top. Cool eh?
It is GORGEOUS outside these days. I think almost all of July was pure hot sun and man have I enjoyed it. We’ve swam, we’ve lounged, we’ve tanned.. I say we as it’s been mostly just the kids and I. I think by far this has been the best summer ever. It’s a summer that is about to end for me in 3 days; Come Monday I am a working woman again. And not to far from that is school and I will then be a mother of 2 school age children. WoW. It seems like forever ago I was dreaming of what my life would be like when I had both kids in school and now I’m here. I’m happy and I am content. I don’t think I could really ask for more.
So this weekend we went away to a reunion up in Kamloops and it was actually kinda fun. We picked Emma up from camp on Friday and my sister had joined us the night before so we were full and ready to go. The weather wasn’t the best for the first part of the trip so it didn’t go over well with me and my driving anxieties. Sorry about that James. But once we got up the coquihalla more, we were good to go. We arrived at about 4:30 and my other sister and her bf were there already as well as my brother and his gf. It was cool to hang with them that night. The next day everyone else arrived and it was the same old same old bit. My kid was tough, they harassed me as usual and it was hot hot hot. We came home yesterday and let me tell you I am happy to be here in my house, in my space, in my bed and with my kids happily playing well together.
I think the best part for me was getting to see my Grandpa (my Dads Dad) and Grandma. I saw my grandpa a few years back when he got very ill and my mom and I raced up to the hospital to make sure we were there. He recuperated well and now it’s my Grandma who is having some health issues 
So we took a bunch of pictures and I think we caught them by surprise when they saw all of us bombard them. Think 6 brothers and sisters and 3 kids, 3 other halves and my mom. It was a full house.
Now come next Monday, I finally go back to my ‘real’ job with Father & Son, but SWEEPING now. James and I are at the helm of our very own company now. I am so excited to do this for me and for James. He’s wanted this forever now. This is finally his chance to do it his way. I just hope his way works for all of us involved too. I’ll have faith and we’ll see how it goes.
I’ll try and get some more pics up but for now I’ll leave you with a panoramic shot I took from my grandpas balcony. I think if you click on it, it’ll get bigger for you to see.
