26/03: March in a Nutshell
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
March 5
Ed and I did a tour to Burlington today and arranged to meet our friends Doug and Donna for dinner. Donna and I don't see each other often but as we've known each other since grade 9 (that's just a few years) we have a great time when we do get together. And tonight was not an exception. Donna and Doug are both sweeties..... Donna treated us to dinner for my birthday (and it's still a ways off) and Doug surprised me with a bouquet of flowers.
Aren't they beautiful .... they lasted over two weeks so I had them for my birthday.
March 10
It's been just over a week since the big snow fall and it's almost gone.
At least we're beginning to see grass again.
March 13
We had a "loaner" today. Friends Bob and Sue had arranged for us to take care of their dog Maggie (a friend of Zaph) today. Turned out their plans changed and they didn't really need a dog sitter but as they knew we were really looking forward to it, they loaned us Maggie for the day.
I'm not sure who had more fun today .... Ed or Maggie. Ed took Maggie for a walk in the morning and then we both took her for a walk in the afternoon. Poor Mags was pretty tired when we took her home. On top of loaning us their dog, Bob and Sue made us dinner for my birthday. I'm being spoiled and it's not even my birthday yet.
March 15
Anne, Victor, Rob and Ellen all agreed to come for dinner and watch my slideshow from our trip to Provo. To get everyone in the mood we broke open the Coconut Rum we had purchased in Provo and made rum punch. Rob and Ellen both said the punch was almost as good as the rum punch we consumed at Da Conch Shack.
Ed did a great job mixing the punch up --- even had the colour correct. Thanks for the recipe Martha Stewart.
March 16
I was off gallivanting (playing bridge) when Ed noticed that there was a "driving lesson" happening in front of our driveway. Ed donated the cones for a slalom course.
Kids seem to be learning to drive at a really young age these days.
When Dustin got bored with driving he got out his stick for a little road hockey.
March 17
Another pre-birthday treat --- Rob and Ellen had us over for a drink. Dustin provided the entertainment. Three and a half year olds are fun to watch.
March 18
Happy Birthday to me and to my sister Carol. She's been around 6 years longer than me so she's really old. Ed and I drove to Burlington today as Ed had offered to do a plumbing job and a woodwork job. The plumber wanted a lot of money to do a simple job so Ed decided that he would do it. I think it took him less than 1 hour to do both jobs. As it was my birthday my mother took us out for dinner. Early in the day my mother told me to pick the restaurant I wanted to go to. When I announced by choices, my mother responded with "Oh, I wanted you to choose the Greek Restaurant", so we went to the Greek Restaurant (one that mom and I go to for lunch on a semi-regular basis). We ended up with our usual waitress and hand a very nice dinner.
March 20
Snows gone again.
Today is Rob's birthday so we took a little gift across the road to him.
Lucky for Rob, Dustin was there to help with the unwrapping of the gift.
March 21
More snow, but it was gone by the evening. The tulips and daffodils think it's spring.
March 22
Today we drove down to Waterloo. When we purchased the RAV it came with a couple free oil changes. Now it's only worth the drive for the free oil change if we have something to do in the Kitchener/Waterloo area. Jack and Lori were able to arrange their schedules so we could visit. They took us out for dim sum (Chinese lunch) to celebrate my birthday. I've really been spoiled this year.
March 24
There was a huge weather warning for today ... rain, freezing rain and snow. Some areas had a lot of freezing rain resulting in downed trees and power outages. We were lucky to get a bit of snow, then a lot of rain followed by just a bit of freezing rain. Minor tree damage and no power outages for us.
March 25
Luckily it didn't take long for the temperatures to rise and the ice to melt off the trees.
By the end of the day most of the snow was gone.
March 26
The back shed is mostly in the shade so it took longer for the ice to come off the roof. The ice slide partly off the roof and stayed like that for over a day.
A walk along the river showed us how high the river is getting this year. We were a bit surprised to see it so high but I guess areas down river had more rain and snow.
Ed and I did a tour to Burlington today and arranged to meet our friends Doug and Donna for dinner. Donna and I don't see each other often but as we've known each other since grade 9 (that's just a few years) we have a great time when we do get together. And tonight was not an exception. Donna and Doug are both sweeties..... Donna treated us to dinner for my birthday (and it's still a ways off) and Doug surprised me with a bouquet of flowers.
Aren't they beautiful .... they lasted over two weeks so I had them for my birthday.
March 10
It's been just over a week since the big snow fall and it's almost gone.
At least we're beginning to see grass again.
March 13
We had a "loaner" today. Friends Bob and Sue had arranged for us to take care of their dog Maggie (a friend of Zaph) today. Turned out their plans changed and they didn't really need a dog sitter but as they knew we were really looking forward to it, they loaned us Maggie for the day.
I'm not sure who had more fun today .... Ed or Maggie. Ed took Maggie for a walk in the morning and then we both took her for a walk in the afternoon. Poor Mags was pretty tired when we took her home. On top of loaning us their dog, Bob and Sue made us dinner for my birthday. I'm being spoiled and it's not even my birthday yet.
March 15
Anne, Victor, Rob and Ellen all agreed to come for dinner and watch my slideshow from our trip to Provo. To get everyone in the mood we broke open the Coconut Rum we had purchased in Provo and made rum punch. Rob and Ellen both said the punch was almost as good as the rum punch we consumed at Da Conch Shack.
Ed did a great job mixing the punch up --- even had the colour correct. Thanks for the recipe Martha Stewart.
March 16
I was off gallivanting (playing bridge) when Ed noticed that there was a "driving lesson" happening in front of our driveway. Ed donated the cones for a slalom course.
Kids seem to be learning to drive at a really young age these days.
When Dustin got bored with driving he got out his stick for a little road hockey.
March 17
Another pre-birthday treat --- Rob and Ellen had us over for a drink. Dustin provided the entertainment. Three and a half year olds are fun to watch.
March 18
Happy Birthday to me and to my sister Carol. She's been around 6 years longer than me so she's really old. Ed and I drove to Burlington today as Ed had offered to do a plumbing job and a woodwork job. The plumber wanted a lot of money to do a simple job so Ed decided that he would do it. I think it took him less than 1 hour to do both jobs. As it was my birthday my mother took us out for dinner. Early in the day my mother told me to pick the restaurant I wanted to go to. When I announced by choices, my mother responded with "Oh, I wanted you to choose the Greek Restaurant", so we went to the Greek Restaurant (one that mom and I go to for lunch on a semi-regular basis). We ended up with our usual waitress and hand a very nice dinner.
March 20
Snows gone again.
Today is Rob's birthday so we took a little gift across the road to him.
Lucky for Rob, Dustin was there to help with the unwrapping of the gift.
March 21
More snow, but it was gone by the evening. The tulips and daffodils think it's spring.
March 22
Today we drove down to Waterloo. When we purchased the RAV it came with a couple free oil changes. Now it's only worth the drive for the free oil change if we have something to do in the Kitchener/Waterloo area. Jack and Lori were able to arrange their schedules so we could visit. They took us out for dim sum (Chinese lunch) to celebrate my birthday. I've really been spoiled this year.
March 24
There was a huge weather warning for today ... rain, freezing rain and snow. Some areas had a lot of freezing rain resulting in downed trees and power outages. We were lucky to get a bit of snow, then a lot of rain followed by just a bit of freezing rain. Minor tree damage and no power outages for us.
March 25
Luckily it didn't take long for the temperatures to rise and the ice to melt off the trees.
By the end of the day most of the snow was gone.
March 26
The back shed is mostly in the shade so it took longer for the ice to come off the roof. The ice slide partly off the roof and stayed like that for over a day.
A walk along the river showed us how high the river is getting this year. We were a bit surprised to see it so high but I guess areas down river had more rain and snow.