One week back

Well, the Sunday after we got home was indeed a day of laundry for me! It just never seemed to end! Gord went skeet shooting, while Erin and I unpacked. She found the Mickey colouring book we got her at Disney Hollywood, so spent much of the morning colouring. I'm so glad I cleaned the house before we left!!!

When Gord got back, he and Erin went outside to do some work around the house. They cleaned up leaves, put the patio furniture away, you know, that kind of cleaning. Erika called for Erin and asked if she could come by for a visit. I think they missed each other!! Gord put them both to work and I went off and did groceries. I got a chance to catch up quickly with Richinda to make sure Sammy wasn't too much of a pain in the butt for them!! Emma came by to see Erin too! I made my way to the grocery store because I had absolutely nothing in the fridge, so I got some quiet time to myself for a bit.

It was pretty much shell-shock going back to work. I couldn't drag myself out of bed to get there early. I swear I was the better part of 30 minutes before I made it to my office, at which time my cell phone went off - people looking for me at a meeting!! Out of the pot and into the fire!! Erin was glad to see her buddies at school and had a great day! She had quite a bit of homework from the week before - which was strange since she only missed one day!!! We worked on that together after I picked her up and got that out of the way.

We made it through the week without any major issues! Erin was glad to get back to Sparks too, where she found out her buddy Michelle from the daycare had now joined too! Friday I got a day to myself. Erin was in school. I took a quick trip into Ottawa to go to Costco. I broke down and bought an artificial tree. I got a pretty big one. I just think Gord needs a break from dragging a real one in and out of the living room. I think we'll still get a real tree for downstairs, it will just be much smaller and much easier to handle!! Other than that, I did a bit of cleaning and tried to catch up the blog.

Saturday was a miserable fall day. One of those days that it just rained and rained. Gord met with the guy who came out to close the pool for the winter early in the morning and the most we did was to take a quick trip into Brockville to stop at the Home Depot to look around.

We did get some bad news in the afternoon. One of our neighbour's called to let us know her father, who is also a neighbour, passed away yesterday afternoon. Our thoughts, prayers, and good wishes are with our friends and their families today.