Back to Reality

I finished this book tonight. I really liked this one. Actually I have really enjoyed every one of Ellen Hopkins books.
This one is 625 pages about 5 teenagers from different walks of life and how they get involved in selling themselves. Let it be for love, money or drugs.
I would give it an 8 out of 10.

Today was a busy day. I ran around most of the day
I drove Ashley to work for 8:30am.
Came home and typed up a letter for the landlord at my dad's apartment. He doesn't want to give back the last month's rent my dad paid.
I was just going to let it go, but then thought "no" who else has he taken advantage of. So I phoned the Landlords and Tenants Board to make sure I "was" in the right. Which I was. So I typed the letter and dropped it in his letter box. Then I phoned him.
I don't think he liked that I knew what my rights were...or should I say what my dad's rights were.
I also cleaned up my dad's apartment. I am going to finish it up on Monday and then hand in the keys.

I took Ashley out for lunch.
When the waitress asked about the bill. I told her "I'll take it, I guess moms treating again."
She was shocked. She said she would never have guessed I was her mom. She couldn't believe it.
You heard that right Ashley LOL.
And yes I am telling everyone, teehee.

I donated my dad's walkers to the Arthritis Society. The girl there thanked me for donating them. I told her my dad would have wanted that as he had rheumatoid arthritis. She started crying, which made me cry. She said she lost her mom. When I asked her when she told me 2 yrs ago. So much sadness even after 2 yrs.

Well we are off to camp. It is suppose to be a beautiful weekend.

Tracy

What a fun few days

We tried to cram a lot into the 3 1/2 days of our girls vacation.
We enjoyed the hot tub, boy did we love it.

We scrap booked a lot. I think I did 8 pages, which it quite a bit for me.

We enjoyed our reading, in the sun.We even got in some crocheting.
And some practical jokes..OK I was the only one that did the jokes teehee.

This blow up moose head was hanging in her bedroom, don't know why. So anyway Debbie didn't like it so we put it in her closet. When she was out BBQing I snuck it in my bedroom closet. Then early in the morning I put it in the bathroom. Then in the evening I put it in her bed, so it looked like it was going to sleep beside her. LOL. Godfather anyone.Debbie hated this thing. Believe me LOL. She said they were morbid for putting a bug decoration in the cabin.

So I put it on her night stand, so when she went to bed that night she would see it. Ya she saw it, called me a few choice names and put it back LOL. She didn't even want to touch it LOL.Ya you have to be a special person to be my friend and put up with me teehee.

Check out time was at 11:00. We were packed up and ready to go before that, even though we didn't want to go. So we sat on the deck and read till the last second.

When I got home, I unpacked all my stuff, then puttered around the house.

I checked out all your comments. Thank you again you are all so kind.

I then read my posts from the last few days, and when I got to my post about my dad with all the pictures of him. I just broke down and sobbed. It will get better, I know that. But I have been so busy with getting his affairs in order and getting ready for this get away, I guess I didn't really get all my crying out.

Thank you all again.

Tracy.

Take a Hike

We had a little chipmunk visit us. It loved my popcorn twists. Debbie complained that they had too much salt in them and the little guy would have a heart attack. So she wanted to give him a healthier choice, some of her rice cakes. I told her that the little guy likes junk food more......I was right LOL. He bi passed her healthy treat for my treat teehee.
We went for our hike today. That is one of the reasons we like it here. They have major hiking trails.
We wanted to take our cold water and some TP (never know when you need to go and leaves just don't cut it LOL). Neither one of us had a fanny pack. So I was looking around and came up with a solution. The oven mitt. Both of the water bottles fit in it and it had a little loop on it for Debbie's camera strap.
This is at the 3 hour hike. Don't I look like I can walk forever.Still raring to go here. Yes it was a 3 hour hike but a lot of it was climbing up the mountain. There was even a rope to help pull yourself up the steep rocky parts. I Loved It.This is the view from the top of the mountain. I think it is over a 600 foot drop.
After our walk we went for a hot tub. Tanned on the deck, read some of our books and I refreshed Debbie on how to crochet, as she wanted to make some dish cloths.
Debbie then cooked chicken breasts for supper and then we went in the hot tub again.
Then we scrap booked all night long.

What a fun day

Tracy

Mink Mountain!!!

We made it.
My girlfriend Debbie and I went to out yearly girls getaway. There are a few cabins and this year we picked Falcon's Ridge. And what a good pick it was.
After we lugged in all our scrap booking supplies and unpacking them, we take over the kitchen table, we set out to check out the view.

Here is the front of the cabin. It has a two tier deck with a hot tub!!

This is the view from the deck looking down. To the left of the rock trail is a fire pit. That is a deck overlooking the lake. It is on Lake Superior.
This little guy was sitting on the railing. When we came back from one of our walks he was wedged in between this pipe and the outside wall.
We scrap booked all day and all night. We also went for a few walks. Last night Debbie BBQ'd some pork chops. Today we went to the Neebing for supper.

Here is to friends. Phone one of your good friends tonight. They are important to your well being.

Tracy

A get away

Just a quick post.
First I would like to thank you all for your kind words and condolences about my dad.
Thank you also to those who sent me personal messages on my email. I am truly touched.

Now not to alarm anyone, but I will be gone for most of this week. But it is for happy reasons.
My girlfriend Debbie and I go away every year for a girls retreat. It is just her and I. We rent a camp or a room or a loft and scrapbook all weekend. We also go for walks on the hiking trails and chat... alot. LOL.

We planned this months ago. She is on her way here to pick me up. She is taking their truck and is worried all out supplies aren't going to fit LOL.

I am looking forward to live having some normalcy to it. And getting back to check on every one's blogs.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week, I know I will for sure.

Tracy

Hi ho Hi ho. It time for work I go.

We came home early from camp.

I needed to catch up on my book work. I haven't done any this month.

Heather needed to grease the trucks.

So I brought my work to the pit and finished it all.

We were late getting home, no time to cook. So I ran to A&W for some take out. I am so sick and tired of take out. I think the whole family is.

I have been so busy this last week. I think we have hit up every fast food place in town.

After I finished my book work I finshed reading this book. My FIL's wife Joy lent it to me. Very good book. It has lots of twists and turns in it. I would recommend it.

A teenage girl wakes up after a night of drinking and having a fight with her parents. Only to find out that they are all gone.

Tracy.

Pee Break Fail

I finished this book a few days ago.
I was a bit confused at the beginning. Were they twins, did she have a split personality?
It was really good. I would recommend this book.

When we were at camp Kristy and I went for a walk. This is what we saw. We went and got the quad and out camera's.
What happened was the trucker pulled over to go pee, and his truck slid off the soft shoulder. No one was hurt. Mind you I would rather see this than bottles of pee all over the side of the highway.
Seriously how long does it take for a trucker to get out of his truck and go pee. They don't even have to get down LOL. Why do they have to pee in bottles and then throw them in the ditch.
Funny thing is there is a pull off area for truckers not 5 minutes before here.
I walk this part of the highway many times a day at camp. Guess I should walk more on the side.

I went swimming again today. Hubby, Joy and I went across the lake.

Hubby and I picked blue berries. This will be the last weekend for this though. Not too many left. And no I didn't pick them all LOL.

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend.

Tracy