But as I said, the weather is sooooo nice now. It’s sunny, a few fluffy white clouds in the sky, and the best breeze blowing…ahhhhh. It’s awesome. Now, if it would just stay like this until Winter rears her ugly cold and snowy head it would be perfect!

All in all? The first storm of the season was a total bummer! LOL

Alyssa – 17 1/2, Grade 12:

Megan – 11, Grade 6:

And speaking of weather…that’s about to change drastically – Hurricane Earl is on the war path, heading pretty much straight for us – its 2am here now and he’s projected to make landfall around 9am. Right now??? It’s eerily quiet. Very calm. It started cooling off slightly around supper time and the clouds moved in. The fog started not long after. We had some light showers earlier in the evening but they didn’t last long. Its sooooo quiet right now (well, except for the window fan buzzing beside me lol) Megs and I cleaned up outside, putting stuff in the garage so it doesn’t become airborne later. Some sources say we should just expect some high winds, rain and tide surges. Others say we could be in for quite a storm. Usually hurricanes lose their power/punch the closer they get to us because of the colder ocean waters…but as I said, they’re pretty warm right now. Last weekend was our annual Seafest, and during the shark fishing derby many of the fishermen were commenting that the waters off the coast were a good 10′ degrees warmer then they should be. So. Morning should be interesting. About the only good thing about this storm is – it’s blowing the heat away. Whew! Because honestly the last week as been BRUTAL.

And I really need to make a HUGE shout out to my Daddy – August 23rd was his birthday – and while I didn’t exactly forget, I also didn’t send a card (still sitting on top of the microwave) nor did I call *sigh* I’m horrible! And sorry!! Soooo….happy very belated birthday Dad! I’ll call soon – assuming we don’t lose phones or power after tomorrow!

And I guess I really should get to bed…the day might be starting kinda early for me!

And now we have a mere 2 weeks left of summer before they girls head back to school – and I will very likely head back into the work force again (well, not unless I perhaps win the lottery which isn’t all that likely lol) I really don’t *want* to go back to work dammit, but I’m going to have to unfortunately. I *am* however going to look at another house next week – not to buy but another rental…it just may be less a month then what I’m paying here…and is supposedly much easier to heat…little smaller then what I’ve got which is good…soooo…that might be a change that might happen. If it saves me money it’s a GOOD thing!

Because seriously??? Finding a house to buy has become IMPOSSIBLE. UGH. I’ve been looking for 18 months now and seriously thought I’d have found something by now *sigh* I was soooo sure about the last house I went to see in April…and when it got snatched away from me?? UGH. Just ugh! lol Oh well….better things to come I guess

and speaking of Cape Breton – Pam called last week and asked if she could please have the girls for a few weeks – of course I said yes!!!! LOL So they are leaving on July 30th and coming home August 19th. Yay! Megs is excited about going, Alyssa not so much – I’m apparently a horrible mother for making her go. Oh well. Mama NEEDS a break!

Absolutely nothing on the new home front. Pretty much giving up on that idea *sigh* Which sucks. Would be nice if something good would finally happen for me honestly. Oh well. Enough about that, eh??

And life as of late has been pretty boring and mundane – nothing to report, nothing to blog about (which is quite evident seeing as how I’ve not blogged in over 2 months!) But really – I can only talk about the boring stuff for so long right? Nothing new on the home buying front – I was so close to having one I could almost taste it – but of course it slipped through my fingers. I think I’m done – unless the perfect house comes on the market in the next week or tow, OR I win the lottery?? It aint happening. I *AM* however still on the lookout for another house to rent – one that’s outside of town (or at least somewhere quieter) and something a heck of a lot cheaper a month. So anyone out there that knows of anything LET.ME.KNOW!! ok??

School is finally winding down too – Megs has 3 full days left and Alyssa has one exam to write on Monday. She would have had 2 but she really really knuckled down and brought her math mark up well past the exemption line (as in, if students carry a 70% or above in that subject they don’t have to write the exam) and she went from 63%?? to I think a 75%?? Something like that. She’s also done her work experience at White Point too I believe – one more block of 100 hours to do come September and THAT will be over too. I can’t believe my baby girl will be entering her final year of high school come September. Holy Hannah! I’m old.

The bunny came Easter morning, bringing the usual assortment of chocolates, treats, gifts – silly stuff as usual – play doh in cool pastel Easter colors, bottles of bubbles, skipping rope for Megs, Webkinz for both girls and each girl got a huge container of water balloons – and because the weather was so nice, they’ve been having a lot of fun with them LOL Alyssa had to work both Saturday AND Sunday morning at the Lodge – she didn’t enjoy that at all (neither did I actually lol) – she’ll be really glad when this work term is over…she’s not liking it out there at ALL! She really misses the girls at Transcotia…and she did a lot more “real” cooking there then she’s doing now – told her to get her resume ready and we’ll take one down there – maybe she can get a part time job there for the summer!

House news – not what I was hoping (but really shouldn’t be surprised) my 3rd and final offer was once again rejected *sigh* so now I’m just sitting back and waiting (not so patiently really) – I still want this particular house, but not so much that I’m willing to pay what they want for it…for one thing I don’t believe it’s worth their asking price (and the home inspection I paid for pretty much agrees with me) and two? I also believe that if I can just stay waiting patiently, after a few months perhaps my last offer will be looking pretty good to them LOL Knowing the history of this house – history as in when it was for sale the last time and knowing it couldn’t sell then because of the price, knowing that as far as I know right now, I’ve been the only one to see it since it went back on the market 6 weeks ago…well, I still have a teeny tiny bit of hope maybe of getting it. We shall see – and who knows what might come available while I’m waiting right?? I’m just really hoping to be settled somewhere before school starts in the fall.

Have a great day!

Speaking of Alyssa, this past Wednesday (the 10th) was her 17th birthday…a very low keyed event as far as birthday’s go – Kev and Tracy, Val, Josh and Breanna came for cake, she woke up that morning to a lovely bouquet of flowers from me and in a couple days we’re going to head to Bridgewater and take in the new Alice in Wonderland movie and do some b’day shopping. Couple pics:

in other news – I *may* have found a house. I don’t want to say tooooooo much about it just yet, that’s just a sure bet I’ll jinx the whole entire thing – but please…keep your fingers, toes, eyes crossed that maybe, just maybe something good finally works out for me, ok??? I really really really REALLY want this to work out, okies?? LOL

And now some pics of the most recent storm:

and finally – the snow banks over at the Superstore…we figure it’s going to be at least sometime in May before they’re gone! LOL

Alyssa got new jeans, jewelry AND her ears pierced for the 4th time – well 3 holes now on one side, 4 on the other if you count her upper piercing in the cartilage – told her I really thought that was enough for now LOL Megs of course spent hers on toys (Barbie stuff) and jewelry and the like. Then we had a nice late supper at Boston Pizza and then home All in all, a nice day

And well – I guess that’s it for now. Boring I know – what can I say?? lol Not much apparently