Coffee and Colton update

 This morning Hannah called to say she was making a trip into town to drop off more of her cards at the Bean Counter. She wanted to know if I wanted to meet her and Clark there for coffee and maybe a sweet treat. Clark is still not walking because he fell out of their window the other day and sprained something. She took him for x-rays at the hospital and they didn't show any broken bones. So we had some carrot cake...well he had some icing, lol.

I just got home from town and Colin and Trisha were pulling in, just getting home from church and wanted to know if I wanted to come over for coffee. He makes the good stuff, lol! We sat out on the back deck for

about an hour chit chatting. Talk about a nice way to spend a morning!

And just a quick update on Colton's move. He sold his house in Petawawa and made $25,000. It sold very quickly. Then spent a week in New Brunswick looking to buy and found one and bought it right away. It's on the James River. Fully fenced yard for Bentley. Pretty yellow.

He will be coming down the weekend of Colin and Trisha's wedding (yes they set a date!) and then he'll have to go back home to move that week. The girls will be coming down for vacation that week and though we will miss Colton for sure, I'm betting Avery will be pretty happy to have the spare room all to herself, lol!

Colton has been posted!

 I came out of work today and noticed a message from Colton asking if he could call me. That's unusual. I never would have guessed that he was going to tell me he got posted back to New Brunswick dang it!

He said it's for 2 years and if they don't let him post back here again after that, he thinks he'll go into the reserves. He plans on selling his house up here and buying another one down there. I told him if that is the case then we will definitely be coming for holiday this time. Meaning me and Hannah, not me and Mike. I tried to gauge how he felt about it because he has said before that if they tried to post him back there he would quit. He did say he got promoted so he will be Sergeant now and yet he only makes another $100 a month. But he also said he will get another kind of top up because he's now Deployable which is not something I wanted to hear.

Anyway, it's supposed to happen by July 15th. I'm not sure what this means for our trip to Ireland and I didn't ask him yet🤷

I applied for my Passport finally!

 Last Friday, the 13th, we had us some gorgeous weather and I finally

got my shit together and got to town and applied for my Passport.

It seemed however, that the universe was against me. 

I had Mike fill out his guarantor validation part on the form before he left for Lori's but when I went to leave the house I realized he didn't sign the picture. So off I went and stopped at the end of Lori's driveway and he signed. I got to the passport office and when I went to gather up all my things realized I forgot my birth certificate on the table. Like seriously?!!

So back home I went feeling like I was going to be sick to my stomach the whole time! I had almost talked myself out of going back :( Mom told us she used to get like this after we had all moved out and she was getting ready to head back north

Anyway, I got it and went back to town and didn't even have to wait at all. Everything got filled out. I paid my $160 and it only took about 10 minutes. 

I think I have decided to pick Ireland. It's on my list and I know Colin has always talked about going there. But they have picked June as their wedding month. I asked him what that meant for the trip and he wasn't too sure :(

Colton  just texted today and he's been asked to teach another class as soon as he gets back from the east coast, so it looks like we will have Ben for another few weeks.

My Surprise Birthday Gift!

 Well, it turns out I didn't need to figure out what to do with my CPP payments after all. Colton surprised me with a trip to anywhere! Hopefully the kids are coming with me and now any that can't afford it all I can supplement. Talk about the trip of a lifetime!!! I cried when he handed me the passport papers to fill out, that's how he presented it. I couldn't speak

I couldn't find my birth certificate though so had to reapply and get a new one. Then get a passport and I only got my photo for that taken just yesterday. Colton knows I always save things for the last minute and he told Hannah to keep me on top of it, lol. Obviously, she didn't!! :)

CPP

Yes, I'm that old!!

Don't ask me how that happened!😮

   It took forever online. And took me forever to decide whether or not to take it early. I spent alot of time at work today figuring all the figures. I calculated based on my passing at mom's age. All in all it only amounted to a difference of less than $100 month over the 17 years. If you add it up that's alot but only if you live that long, I figure I may as well take a chance and spend it while I'm still feeling good and able to enjoy it. 

   I plan on putting it into an RRSP because of taxes but it would be really nice to save a bit up and do some travelling with it. 60 is a really big number and I've been trying to decide how I can mark it. I went out to see Colin and Trisha in BC when I was 50 and then I had no money and couldn't even afford to pay for extras for us while I was there :(

A Quiet House

 We had the girls here for the long weekend! I managed to give a few days away

and made the trip to North Bay on Wednesday after work.  We packed up their bags

the next day and headed back to the farm. But first we stopped at my dad's house.

They hadn't even seen Em yet in person what with Covid and all. The girls had fun

and never once complained about the long drive. 

Colton was home too and we had a great weekend with fireworks and bbq's

and  campfires . I  luv having the house full and busy. It becomes a write-off but

I raised 4 kids....I'm used to that! The only thing  about having a full  house again

is that once everyone leaves the house seems even quieter than it was before

they got here.

I had to work on Sunday and Colton took the girls home for me (so handy to have

him in Petawawa now!) so when I got home the house was way too quiet!

I sat down on the couch and  cried :(

Air Flow

 So the weatherman has been forecasting for the heat and humidity to begin

starting tomorrow. We have been enjoying the most perfect sunny days with

a cool breeze, almost cold in the shade.   Perfect for getting a good nite's sleep.

So when I got home from work today I wanted to get the air conditioner put into the

bedroom because in a 100 year old farmhouse the upstairs is like an oven in those

warm temps. Not great for getting a good nite's sleep.

I've been putting this window air conditioner in for years now, all by myself but

today the air conditioner went for a tumble down to the cement walk below! :o

It was almost like slow motion and as the cord went falling out the window behind

it, I was thinking why didn't I grab that?! Haha...like that would have saved it...

it weighs 50 lbs!

No time to stop at the local Canadian Tire to pick up a new one tonite as

we were off to watch the kids play soccer. (They're all grown up, but I've been

watching them play for over 20 years, I'm not about to stop now  ;)

Guess where I'm headed first thing after work tomorrow :)