Love that sun screen smell!

I applied sun screen to the kids and myself this morning. We actually need it now. I love the smell. I love the weather. It's 11°C (58°F for you southerners), clear, and sunny, and should go up to 17°C later this afternoon. The sun makes everything feel so much lighter. I cleaned my mirrors today - I love the smell of Windex, too. I looked in the mirror and saw my reflection. No matter that I look like a cross between a Chia Pet and a Holocaust survivor - it's still a sunny day.

I'm still on a high from the wonderful day I had yesterday. Mondays always have good potential because Norm has Mondays off. Nothing better than a Tim Horton's coffee with your husband to seal the goodness in a day. After doing a few errands in the morning, we met Rosalie at school to sit with her for recess and lunch. She is grounded because of a behaviour issue in English class last week, so I have been sitting with her dduring lunch. I figured a bit of sun would do her some good, too. We picked her up from school and dashed to the beach for a picnic. Rosalie spent her lunch break throwing rocks in the ocean with her Dad. What could be better than that?



After lunch, I went to the hospital to get my PICC line looked at (again). I think I've been to the hospital for that darn thing at least every other day for the past two weeks. It's been bleeding at the site, and last week the nurse was not able to get any blood back out of the plug at the end. That meant a trip to ER then to radiology for the doctor to insert dye into the line to see if it in fact is still working. Everything checked out, but it was a very long morning. Anyway, yesterday I had an appointment for a "cathflo" procedure. That is done to declot the PICC. I sat in a chair at Medical Daycare for an hour or so while the stuff sat in my line, and voilà - it worked. The PICC is doing its thing once again. If you're counting - that's "#3 very good thing" of the day.

When the kids came home after school, we walked down to the beach for a look-see. We have been so starved for a sunny day that we just can't get enough sun at this point. We saw a couple seals in the water while we were playing on the rocks. Hershey is beecoming a circus dog - he found a log that stretched between two rock outcroppings and kept going back and forth. He fell in the water a couple times - hilarious. After about an hour, we went home for supper. While we were eating, the neighbour called and told us that her friend, who lives up-island, saw some killer whales from her window. She figured they would be going by our house in about 20 minutes. We gobbled our dinner and ran back to the beach. From shore, we could see 3 whales playing in the water - beautiful. Still hoping to see some sea lions, we walked to another beach where we could hear them barking away. As we stood on the rocks, we saw four of them right close to shore. What a day.

what a gorgeous sunset

Can you see those two heads in the water? Those are a couple of Stellar Sea Lions.

Rosalie and Evelynne had a nice "conversation" with the sea lions.

With a day like that, it will be easier to take the edge off all the other stuff that's going on. Did I mention that Norm's mill (a specialty plywood mill) is going to half production? With the poor state of the lumber industry and the economy in general, his mill is finally being hit. They have lasted longer than most mills, but can't continue any longer. A vote is being put to all the workers to see if they will accept a "work-sharing" plan. Every single worker has to agree to this plan, or there will be lay-offs. Unfortunately, Norm is in the 60% who could stand to lose his job. The other day, Wanda asked me if I ever think that enough is enough and want to shout "STOP". At the time, I said, "no". I don't think that. I would like a break, but otherwise, I can handle the cancer, the bad heart, and the children's behaviour problems. I've got my family, my faith, and my friends and I can handle it, baby. That was before the job thing came up. Now I would like to announce that enough is enough. I think my character has improved sufficiently that I do not need any more challenges.

I will continue to sing that song, even when it's raining. I stockpiled quite a few very good things to last me quite awhile.

I Can See Clearly

Now I can see clearly now, the rain is gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)Sun-Shiny day
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)Sun-Shiny day

Oh yes I can make it now, the pain is gone
All of the bad feelings have disappeared
Here is the rainbow I've been prayin' for
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day
Look all around, there's nothin' but blue skies
Look straight ahead, nothin' but blue skies

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,
I can see all obstacles in my way
Here is the rainbow I've been prayin' for
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day
bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day