Conversations with a 4 year old

On one of our many trips back from town today(this one was the trip back from picking up Dexter from the vet) I was telling the kids that we had to get up early on Sunday morning to go to Calgary to pick up Daddy.

F:  But what if we're still sleeping?
Me:  I will wake you up, don't worry.
S:  You won't have to wake me up because I sleep with my eyes open.

Funny guy.

Quote of the Day

I've been working my way through all these bathrooms.  I'm down to 11 days until the movers get here and I still have an unfinished bathroom.  This evening, after spending most of my day in town running around like a chicken with my head cut off, I finished getting all the cement board up in the shower so the tile can be done.  My hands are swollen from using the olfa knife and I think I have fiberglass splinters pretty much everywhere...

I emailed my husband K(who is in China at the moment) a picture of the finished board job in the shower and his comment is my quote of the day!

'You sure are good at renovations.  Are you sure you have had enough?  I am at Starbucks do you want anything?'

If one was to dig a hole for one's husband, how deep would you say it should be?  ;)

See ya Uncle!

I put the rest of my birds up on kijiji to try to sell them off and a nice guy from Edmonton called about my free roosters.  When he phoned he asked if he could bring me some 'Marble Slab Creamery' ice cream to repay the favor of me giving him all my roosters for free.  Who can say no to ice cream?  Certainly not me!  So I caught them and he tied their feet together and bundled them into his car.  I caught Uncle rooster last and the kids said good bye to their nemesis.  They no longer have to run for their lives when they see him coming.  I think it would be fair to assume that the kids won't miss him one little bit!

(This is an old picture, I didn't have a newer one but he was much more handsome than this.  Not that his good looks made him a nice rooster or anything!)

Animal Withdrawl

As my time is quickly winding down here, I have been slowly watching my animals leaving for new homes.  Most people wouldn't think that saying goodbye to a cow or a rooster would be hard but it really is.  It breaks my heart! 

Last weekend I said goodbye to Sir Loin. 

And Cornelius.  Of all my birds, this guy was my favorite.  He and most of his ladies went to a friend's farm along with my black Indian Runner ducks.

This weekend Sugar and Pepper will be making their way to a new farm near Wetaskiwin where their new people hope to turn Sugar into their milking cow.

Chocolate, Vanilla and their calves Smokie and Burger are staying here for the winter which I'm happy about.  I didn't really want to get rid of them anyway even if I'm not going to be here to enjoy them.  I have a few more chickens to re-home and a trio of ducks but that's it.  At least I'll have pictures to look back on and remember the days of Living the Country Life ;)

Plumber Bummer

Back in August I hired a local Plumber who was recommended to me by a couple of employees at Home Hardware.  I needed him to come in and install the valve and water lines for a new bath tub faucet.  Pretty simple stuff.  So he got it done, charged me an arm and a leg and told me to call him when everything was done so he could install the 'trim.'

Here we are a while later and I got everything installed and went to put the tap on.  Hmm, something not quite right here. 

This is how the handle should look.  Flush with the rest of it.

The Plumber who I paid nearly $200 to install the valve, installed it wrong and now that the wall is finished, the only way to fix it would be to rip the wall out!  How likely am I to want to do that?  Not very.

So, to the Plumber(whose name I won't mention) who preached to me about doing "everything by the book" and not ripping people off, thanks a lot a**hole for not only ripping me off, but also screwing up the simplest of jobs!  Would you like me to tell you where to stick your blow torch?