Happy Canada Day!

Let's celebrate our considerable freedoms and the lands we share, and the fact that we are not our neighbours.

Have a great day everyone and stay cool!

My kids came through for my husband yesterday on Father's Day.

Although 22 couldn't be here, she brought him a lovely bouquet of flowers on Saturday. 19 gave him a Father's Day/Birthday gift combined which is the LEGO Mersk Container Ship. My husband's birthday is this Wednesday but he will be at a golf tournament, so 19 thought to give him the gift yesterday when he would have time to build it, which he did. I gave him a new bathrobe but I don't have a photo as he wanted to wash it. It's black with grey trim and very soft.

After husband's birthday comes my birthday, on Monday, June 29th. We are having some family over on Saturday for a big June birthday celebration (there are 3 in one month). And then it's Canada's birthday (Canada Day) next Wednesday (July 1st), with another planned family get together.

Had a lovely Mother's Day yesterday. Now that the kids are adults, the gifts are better, lol! 
Pretty cushion is from 21, book is from 19, and chocolates are from my husband.

Honestly did not expect anything from my husband but he remembered my favourite chocolates! I also received a beautiful bouquet from 21's girlfriend on Friday, as well as some cookies & cream drops from 21 as a prelude to her Sunday gift.
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I feel very, very, lucky to have the family that I do, and I am so proud to be a mother to these two wonderful young people who amaze me every day.

I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Easter Weekend!

Now that my kids are grown, Easter isn’t really a big deal at our place. We are atheist humanists so there isn’t a religious angle. I do tend to enjoy pagan celebrations though, so there is a feeling a rebirth and renewal now that the snow is almost gone and above zero temperatures are a daily occurrence. 

Of course, we are having a big family meal on Sunday (Ham and Scalloped potatoes), but our 21 yo daughter may not make it into town with her girlfriend. She has a life of her own now, about an hour away from us, which is fantastic. At least they were both here over Christmas.

I’ll get the kids each a small bag of Cadbury Mini-eggs and an Easter Creme Egg just for the sake of tradition, but I’m going to buy myself some Charles Dickens books at the bargain books section in Indigo as my Easter treat. I got Great Expectations for Christmas and now I want to read his whole catalogue.

My youngest and I watched the launch of Artemis II yesterday, and it was definitely nostalgic for me, growing up in the seventies and eighties. It’s exciting and all that, but I wish money was being spent on other things. I don’t actually foresee humanity being able to colonize other planets as a realistic or practical goal. So then, what is the use of spending billions of dollars to fly four people around the moon? Because we can? I don’t really get it.

Anyway, I’m trying not to spend too much time contemplating current events because sometimes I look around and wonder if I’m living in some weird other dimension. Still hoping for the best and that things can turn around over the next couple of years.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend with family and friends, and are enjoying the turn of the weather like I am.

Cheers,

Alison