Catching up again

So here I am again, late in the evening playing catch up on my blog, I am truly sorry for the sporadic and inconsistent blog writing, but until I get my work schedule sorted out, I may very well be writing more update and catch up blogs in the near future, please bare with me as I will get some sort of consistent blogging schedule figured out … eventually.

cartoon3My wife continues to do well, she is feeling good and strong, trying to get her to relax and get plenty of rest and have afternoon naps is akin to herding cats, she will have non of it and wants to help with the house work and has insisted that we at the very least go for daily walks (weather permitting) , her walks usually involve a couple of miles down the grid (gravel) road. As for the house work itself, I have been able to keep on top of it, but let her do the light duty stuff such as dusting (only because I hate dusting) and she makes the meals most often.

The Cancer in her lungs doesn’t seem to be bothering her at the moment, I still worry about her being on a two month break from treatment, I worry that the Cancer will act up again and she will become very ill again, especially if I am at work when it happens. But so far so good, she is almost a full month without treatment and is doing well, her hair continues to grow, she used to be a light blonde but now her hair is coming in darker, how much darker exactly we don’t rightly know yet and won’t be able to say until it grows in a bit more.

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Our son “Hammy” went to the city today for the Punt Pass and Kick regional tournament, he had a blast but Victory eluded him, he came in 4rth , but only the top 3 get to move onto Nationals, he wasn’t very bummed about not making it to the nationals, he said he gave it his best and had a lot of fun and that’s all that really matters to him.

We are very proud of him as he is turning out to be a fine young man, he is very thoughtful towards others, and has a good work ethic, he babysits full time for a couple hours a day after school and has been going around getting clients for his new snow shovelling business that he is starting up this coming winter, he is saving up for a new home desktop computer and a playstation 4 as well as setting his Christmas money aside.

Our son doesn’t get an allowance, he never has, he has always had to work for his money be it house chores or helping me with the yard maintenance business, we taught him early that nothing comes for free, he buys all his own video games and anything else he wants, we just feed and clothe him, the exception being his Birthday and Christmas (Santa goes all out) and yes occasionally we do buy him something such as a game, or bike etc. just because he is a good kid who deserves it and we do love him very much. ( I am bursting with pride when thinking of him )

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So I wish I could say my job is the ultimate Butch job, but alas it isn’t, the only power tool I get to play with is the shop vac….which I blew up tonight! , yeah imagine my surprise when that happened!! vacuum motor parts launched across the room! big BANG!! I ended up having to run home and grab my own shop vac to clean up the friggin mess the work vac left.

I also get to play with the deep fryer , grill and gas stove oh and a pizza oven !! ( I’m trying to make this sound as Butch as I can….and no matter how I word it I fail!) basically my job is Head Cook (hell I’m the only cook) and Butch Chamber Maid (picture that) and for the record I wear jeans, tee shirt, runners(sneakers) and my Camo Base Ball/Hunting Cap that says Git-R-Done ( I bought it at a Larry the Cable Guy and Bill Engvall tour show about 3 years ago).

Other than blowing up the shop vac (not my fault) work goes alright, it’s just part time 3 or 4 days per week , I like the hours it’s usually from 3pm til 10 , leaves me the mornings to slip into the city with my wife while the kidlet is at school, or to sleep in or do pretty much anything I please.

As I said in the previous post, free beer, free food and a pay cheque…what more could a Butch want?

Well that’s about all for tonight, so remember folks: express your love often,never take tomorrow for granted,and be kind to others.

Butch
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Catching up Again!

Sorry for not writing in awhile, there are a few reasons (excuses)as to why I havent been writing lately, #1- out here in the country we lack Cable internet or any other form of land based internet, we rely on a wireless internet mobile stick, (like wifi) , which has many advantages over land based connections, such as complete control over who uses your internet (no stick no internet simple no?), also you can plug it into any pc or laptop ipad or any internet able device and boom youre online instantly, your not restricted to any buildings, grab your laptop and sit in the middle of a field day or night or use it in your car etc, its mobile.

The downside? we have only 1 internet mobile stick and we have a 12 year old who "needs" to electronically amuse himself, (he plays games posts kid type stuff on his facebook and writes his pen pals ) , I am also married to a wonderful wife who has a pretty bad You-Tube addiction, she is hooked on 80s music and funny videos, so that means (even though I pay for the device),I get the last dibs on the internet! (dunno how or why that came to be, I just come to accept it as fact)

Sooo, since I dont get use of the internet often (as much as "I" would like), I have been keeping busy winterizing the cars, the house, the work sheds, the yard etc. getting ready for another 6 to 7 months of pure Canadian Winter HELL, (okay so Im getting old and the winters are getting harder on me with each passing year) I tell you unless you live in Alaska or the North Pole, or Siberia, you just can not fathom how bitterly cold our Canadian Prairie Winters can be, imagine 12 foot tall snow banks on either side of your 135 foot long driveway, that you have to shovel by hand at times because its so bitterly cold your snow blower and tractor are froze up solid, now keep that image and add a balmy minus 45 to minus 50 temperature, much colder if the wind is blowing quicker than 10 miles an hour ,and it does, it usually gusts 40 to 80 miles an hour, yeah, well there you are ,Welcome to HELL and yes it does freeze over!!

I shouldnt curse our luck just yet by mentioning snow just yet (yes snow is a 4 letter swear word , in fact it is the foulest of swear words known to human kind), I mean there is None YET!! this time last year we were buried up to our asses in it, so I count my small blessings,this is October so anything is possible.

Nature sure is pretty this time of year though, all the leaves have turned bright crimson reds and bright yellows,except for the evergreens, blue spruce, white pines, and majestic douglas furs who defy the seasons and remain vibrant greens and blues, the grass is still green though dormant now, hordes of wild geese and other warm weather fowl are gathering in the now empty fields preparing for their journey south, while the summer birds go the winter birds are arriving, chickadees,snowy owls,etc, the rabbits are turning from browns and grays to white, it really is a pretty sight.

I will purchase a new camera (since I drove over my last one) and take photos and post them this winter,I would like to get even more wild life photos than I managed last winter,if I can get a good enough camera I will get you all some photos of our winter storms too, I would also like to get a cheap video camera so I can post videos to this blog, Im working on that, maybe Santa will be nice to me this year.

anyway, thats all for now

Butch
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