The next eight days are going to be crazy. Thank goodness Neil isn't terribly busy with the farm right now, so he'll be a big help with the girls (as he was last evening for the Marketing Barbeque at Candy Cane Park).
Tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. my Grandma Byrns, Great Aunt Margaret Byrns (of Washington), and her daughter Sharon Streeter (of Oregon) are coming to our house for a brief visit. Their main purpose in stopping here (as we'll see them in Yellow Grass later) is to deliver the Byrns family bible. I'm very excited to get it, and honoured that my relatives who were in possession of the bible thought I should have it! My Dad's cousin Marilyn, who had the bible most recently, passed away last year and so the bible had to go somewhere. She had intended to give it to me--I guess since I had met her in 1995 and displayed my enthusiasm for family history.
Then at noon, we'll be heading to a paddling pool in Weyburn (or just to Y.G. if the weather is poor) for Ethan's third birthday party. After the party, we'll spend the rest of the day in Y.G. visiting Mom and Dad, Rob's family, Grandma, Margaret, and Sharon. Not sure if we'll stay overnight or not.
On Sunday, I'm going to my Clothing Club party (last one for this year) in the afternoon. It would be nice to get some yard work done on Sunday too.
I only have to work Monday to Wednesday next week, so that's not bad! Monday is the federal election day, so we'll have to vote. I'll have to go to the polling station either at lunch time or after work before 7:30 p.m. There's no clear winner at this point, so it'll be interesting to see the results.
Neil's planning to golf at Long Creek on Tuesday. He's really been itching to go golfing this year and try out his new driver, but this will be the first time.
Hmmm, Wednesday; I think Wednesday is free, unless we don't get the yard cleared sufficiently on Sunday, in which case, we'll have to do that because... Thursday at 7:30 a.m., we have a bobcat company coming to regrade our back yard. Yay!!! (This is another story, but I've had no luck getting a landscaper to do an estimate, so today I went to Waxy's and discussed the situation with them; basically, I'm cutting out the middleman (i.e., many landscapers would subcontract Waxy's to do the bobcat work and supply materials). It couldn't have worked out better (except to have had the work done before all of the rain) because I don't have to work (Thursday is Canada Day) and Neil can be home too. This is imperative so that one of us can have a decent conversation with the bobcat operator.
Friday we're going to a barbeque before the Rider game which is at 8:00 p.m. (The girls and I won't be going to the game.) The barbeque is being hosted by Aly, a woman who sits with Derek and Neil at the games (they have season tickets).
Saturday is Bronwyn's 4th birthday party at 3:00 p.m. That will be fun, of course, and perhaps an opportunity to get to know Bronwyn's Dad, Grant, a little better. (We don't see much of him because he lives in Toronto.)
There better NOT be anything happening on Sunday, July 4!
