GLENN PETER VAN BREUGEL

On this day in 1968, I gave birth to a beautiful 7 lb 9 oz boy. We named him Glenn after my beloved cousin who was killed in a car accident when I was 18. August 2002 he lung cancer killed him--they said he was too young and didn't follow the symptoms from his sore back. Not a day goes by I don't think of him and miss him like crazy. R.I.P. my son.

CANCER RELAY KAMLOOPS

Though we didn't raise tons of money, we doubled our goal, and submitted over $1100. to the Cancer Relay in Kamloops yesterday. Our team--the Victory Crew--did take home the trophy and prize bags for walking the most kms in the day. According to their calculations, we walked enough steps to take us to the East Coast and back to Manitoba! Not bad walking for 12 hours I say! ha.

PHEW HOT WORK

The beginning of the transformation










Here is what the front yard looks like now









And the people on crew today:








Future photo's: The genius behind all this

AND LADYBUG IS HER NAME

HOME AGAIN

Courtenay and her mom went home this afternoon. She sat up straight most of the day and walked around a bit without any problems. She will have to take it easy for about 3 weeks, but at least they get to sleep in their own beds and that's gotta' be a good thing

COURTENAY'S VERY BAD DAY

Saturday a horse named Sally spooked and threw Courtenay. She landed on her side. The instructor put her back on Sally, but she was obviously not well, so her Mom stopped it. After an inspection by the paramedics, Wendy sent her to Abbotsford Hospital, where the doctor determined there was internal damages and sent her to Children's in Vancouver.

There a CT scan revealed internal bleeding due to a rupture in her spleen. She is confined to bed rest for most of this week, and if all goes well she might go home Thursday.



Lucky for Nathan, the RCMP came by distributing stuffed toys.

UPDATE, WEDNESDAY
She won't be leaving Thursday, maybe Friday. She's eating anything she wants now (pizza last night, burger today Daddy), lipping off her Mom, rolling her eyes at the nurses, and ratting out her mom to me on the phone. She's MUCH better! Doc says on her feet tomorrow, but things are healing on their own and she appears to be out of the questionable stage now. Her mom needs her own bed so let's send lots of energy there to release them Friday!

A MONTH! CAN'T BE

Holy smokes, just checked my blog and it's been a whole month since I last posted! Phew, have I really been that busy? No.

So, today, I need to get dirt to cover my lawn and re-seed grass. Then the truck goes in for oil change & stuff this afternoon, while I spread the stuff around. My neighbour removed the thatch from the lawn yesterday, and his wife & I raked up the old stuff. Next weekend it's the veggie garden that gets attention.

There's been absolutely no action on the house, and the contract with the realtor runs out at the end of May. I plan to remove it from the market then. Rather than have the listing go stale, and dropping the price, I'll stay here. If I sell it privately in the meantime, great. Otherwise, I will re-list at the end of the year or next spring.

So, off I go on the run again.