Preps have begun!!

This is a ridiculusly outdated post!!! But I finally got some pictures up!!


Here we are at Richmond preps. After a 3 night stopover in Gordie's old stomping grounds we arrived Monday night. Everyone else was here already. We had a great drive with a few highlights... Here's one. We drove right over her!! Yurtle the Turtle.

Gordie's dad keeps bees. I have always wanted to see some hives so I braved the dull weather, although it was not a good bee day (they tend to be testy on rainy days) and went with him to see the bees. I was the smoker.

Smoke calms the bees. When I realized something was buzzing around in my skirt I was very glad that I had the smoker in my hand. Bees will land on you when you are close to a hive that is a fact... but they dont bite unless they are mad or squeezed... All very very interesting.

We have had some great days so far. Cook one day, clean the next, paint the next... There is a great view from where we have our nightly campfire. We cook supper on the fire rain or shine and then spend a little more time with some music or fellowship or whatever comes up.

We have a new dog around that we all love. She's smart. Sue is her name.

Games people play

Here's two games that someone suggested playing with a partner... apparently pretty fun/funny.

NSEW

1. Stand facing your partner

2. Establish (agree on) the 4 cardinal directions: North, South, East, West

2. Join hands, with one person (only) crossing hands, so that your right hand is holding their right hand.

3. Choose a "leading arm" for each person (they must be different).

4. At random, pull with your leading arm and walk in one direction. Your partner must correctly identify that direction (verbally) as quickly as possible by saying "North", "South", "East" or "West".

5. Either partner can change direction at any time.

6. Continue until extreme dizziness makes playing impossible.

YESNO

1. Face your partner

2. Begin nodding or shaking your head

3. Your partner must say out loud "Yes" or "No" according to your motion, without changing their nodding or shaking

4. Either partner can change at any time, and the other must identify it as quickly as possible

Yay for productivity!!

I have been home now for longer than I care to share. It has been a much needed rest among other things. I only got truly productive this week. I leave on Thursday to head off to Quebec for a month of preps then to Almonte for another month of preps... It's about time that I get productive!!! The other night my mom and I made a cloth sac/bag thing in just a few hours... No pattern just a bag that I had bought in Nicaragua and loved, so we copied it... Mom is ingenious... She has the answer to just about any predicament... When I would walk away for a frustration break, she would just "sew this like this, then pull this and then sew the seam and pull the threads out... See???" You could pretty much fit anything smaller than a 2 year old in this bag!!

Yesterday we went to yoga as usual then ran errands all afternoon. I started to paint the laundry room last night and got it mostly finished so I finished it this morning.... I had to drywall a few patches as well... I can't believe that it actually looks flat where I plastered... I must say that I'm impressed with this skill. Now that that is over with I shall get onto what I have been putting off for too long... Packing... Why is it so hard to do??? I find it works best if I just wait until the night before I have to leave and everything goes a lot faster and smoother. There's always something to distract me.