Whew!

So, I haven't posted in quite a while now and as usual, many things have happened in the very busy life of Erin!!!

First off, let me say how happy we are that the Senators have advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals!!! They will be playing the Sabres, and hopefully they can keep on the winning track. It should be a great series!

I also have my NKE exam complete for the first part of my HR professional designation. I am happy to report that I did well (I hope!!!). I went in with the attitude that I know what I know, and if all else fails (including me) I can just re-write in October. It wasn't as bad as I was expecting, and after a couple of reviews, I was out of the exam room by 11:00am on Saturday morning!! Yeah!!!!

I did manage to get some decent studying in last weekend when I was in Kingston for business. I always find it strange whenever I actually stay at a hotel in Kingston. I guess it's because I lived there for so many years. Erin was just a sweetie before I left. She has a great passion for lambs and she has a few stuffed ones. Whenever I go anywhere overnight, she sends one with me, full of kisses from her so that I am not lonely. What an angel...... Well, the little lamb she sent with me brought her home a new one, which she named Lucy!! I can't believe how much I miss her when I am away from her....

The other big change that has happened is that Gord's father is now in a nursing home. My sister-in-law Eleanor has done a wonderful job looking after him for about 6 months now, but she realized that he just needs too much care. No one can ever begrudge her for everything she did to make him comfortable and happyy over the past few months. All in all it seems that he is doing well. Erin was pretty sad when she heard about it, but since her daycare goes for regular visits there, she will get a chance to see him often. In fact, she was able to see him this past Friday! I guess she was pretty excited to see 'old grampa' at the nursing home! We will go and visit him every week one day after I pick her up, then Gord will take her another day. I think it has been pretty tough on everyone in Gord's family though, as they see who they have always known as a very strong man going through a pretty rough time aging as he has. I'm pretty sure knowing Lloyd though, that he will spice things up there quite a bit!!!

We just got home a while ago from Cole's birthday party. I can't believe he is 3 already! Erin just loves visiting with Aidan and Cole, and they were all pretty played out when we left. I think it took Erin 5 minutes before she crashed in the car on the way home. She didn't even stir when Gord took her out and put her to bed!

Well, back to work tomorrow. This week brings a visit to Erin's future JK class and happily a quiet weekend ahead!

Take care and enjoy the pics!