Possible homecoming?

Dar is doing a little better today, more walks in the hall. Trying to steady out pain meds. Hopefully she'll come home tommorrow. The kids and I are hoping, but not as hard as she is. Pray for her, she really wants to come home, but I think she's a little nervous about pain management

Update

Sorry this has been a while coming, but you know, life comes at you fast, especially where gravity is involved. Dar fell, (Most of you know this). She was crack filling the ceiling, and fell off an 8' ladder. Broke her left humerous, (she assures me this is NOT funny). She also demolished her elbow. Layed in emergency's hallway for 24 hours, fasting and awaiting surgery. Got a five hour surgery, a rod down the broken bone, a new elbow, rerouted nerves, and a heck of a lot of pain. As of today, (saturday night), she is recovering in the hosp.
A big thanks to all our friends at Five Points. People have painted, cleaned, sent cards, flowers and prayers. Dar will come home to a finished living room/great room. People have watched,(and fed, no small feat with connor) the kids, and have lightend my load, allowing me to take care of Dar. God is good to have put us here.

Online life

Well, we're sure settling in well to online life. Facebook and e-mail are checked regularly, and I've even had occassion to chat with Dave twice this month. I feel connected. On another note, Connor and I have been fishing some lately, (yes, dad, I got a license). But have been frustrated trying to get the trout to take bait.
So, Online I go, and I found a neato rig for fly fishing with a casting setup. We were gonna try it tonight, but Dar drove off in my car and throds are in the trunk. Basically, you weight a bobber, and have a 2-3' leader beyond that to attach the fly to. Cast it out and let it drift downstream into position.

The "Joys" of running

About 6 years ago, I used to be a runner. It all started as a bid to pass the Cdn Forces PT requirements. So, last week when Connor stated an interest in the Army as a career, (He's 10, so it's not like he's been talking to a recruiter yet), we decided to teach him to do some research. He's reading "Starship Troopers", we watched "Platoon", and are going to watch "Full Metal Jacket". And we started running together at 6:30 in the morning.
Alas, 38 is not 17. I have since gotten some new running shoes, (I messed up my knee when I fell the second day). Connor is a machine, loving it, and pushing himself. He runs, and we're gasping and wheezing, and he'll say, "I can make it to the next driveway".
Right now, we're still running/walking the 2 Km. We're hoping next week or the week after to be able to run the whole distance.
The best part of Running in my opinion is stopping.
(But we're gonna keep on doing it)

Just another update

So, I have an e-book reader now. My only complaint is that I don't want to read it in the tub, (I might drop it). I have all kinds of great books, and am enjoying reading some old favorites, (LOTR, Hornblower, Etc.) and have discovered some new ones, (Brian Aldiss, John Ringo).
I also can read PDFs, so scans fo backwoodsman magazine, and other stuff works great too. I'm amazed at the battery life! 24 hours constant use.

Post Spring Forth

Well, Spring Forth has come and gone again. I really enjoyed presenting a workshop called, "Finding confidance". Had great attendances, and good participation from the kids. Connor and the Jrs. had a great first experience. All are home and tired now. Good speakers, good worship, great to catch up with a lot of old friends.
Tomorrow is mother's day, and the kids have gone all out for their Mom. I'm proud of them, and they're excited to celebrate her tomorrow. French toast!
Well, to bed! and tomorrow, to worship! Life is good.

Getting ready for a busy weekend

This weekend we have spring forth, and Mother's day. Yes, I'll be wearing my daffodail on Sunday in honor of Mom. Going to try and get out on the Yamaha tomorrow. We sawa school of brown trout on Saturday, and so Connor and I are hoping friday to try and catch some. A friend told me they caught the biggest brown trout they'd ever seen today out of our little coverdale river.

Fiddlehead fever

We decided to try an early run looking for fiddleheads, this year, Mother's day weekend is always difficult. So, Sat being fine and all of us having the day free, we loaded up the canoe and headed to Pakindale.
There was low water, and we scraped up the hull of the canoe quite a bit, but, bonanza, we found a couple of really good sites for fiddleheads. The kids and I love these, Dar not so much. She likes picking them though. I was surprised at having a strong bow paddler again, who could steer the canoe too. I'm used to having an engine up there, and I do all the steering. Dar was seeing rocks, prying or drawing, and we were by them before I knew of them - What a pleasure!
We enjoyed lunch on the river, saw a school of what were I presume sea trout, and startled a pair of bald Eagles.
Hah! Connor is over there cleaning fiddleheads now, He wants to sell em, he can do the grunt work.