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I must admit, I let myself go! No, no, this one doesn't smell.  I just didn't tend to my blog like I should have.  I'm taking inspiration from a friend blogger, whom has been posting one or more picture, for every day of the year.  I must say she's doing a very good job at sticking to it, so I will give it my best shot, and try it too.  Why not?  Here we go!!!!!!
For those that know me, I haven't been very lucky with my chickens, let's just say I have very fat and well fed raccoons.  I now have one!  She's named MaDame Poulette, and we've relocated her to the garage, so she can be safe from the Raccoon family.  She roams free all day, and loves chasing the cats.  She actually loves it when I feed the cats leftover.  Her favorite? Deer steak!  She dominates all the cats, and gets to eat first, way to go MaDame Poulette!

Beautiful sunny day,+27c, felt like +35


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new look

Thanks to a friend blogger, I noticed her cool new look, and wanted one for myself, so here it is! 
Maple sugar season has been one to remember.  We enjoyed it, got good sugar out of it, and still a bit more to more, or I should hope so.
Easter is just around the corner, time to spend with family and close friends.  Good food, laughs, and did I say good food?
Flowers are sprouting, birds are coming back, animals are waking up, that's all part of living in this beautiful world.
Hope everyone is in high spirits with spring here, brings smiles to faces, and warmth into our homes.

-8c and sunny.


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maple syrup making time

It's that time of year again.  Maple syrup making time.  Weather is being cooperative so far, hopefully it will hold for a few weeks.  Give us plenty of time to stock up on the sugary stuff to last 'till next season.  It's very time consuming, but HO so worth it.  Kids love it, and so do the adults.

 

-1c very sunny, should be  +5c later

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impressed

Last night was then end of 17 days of hardship, tears and joy for a lot of us.  I'm not a big sports fan, and I have to admit that I was dreading, with only one TV station, having to watch the Olympics for two whole weeks.  Surprisingly, it was quite amazing to watch.  CTV, hats off to you, you guys did a good job of keeping us up to date, and having the TV on all day long, I didn't miss a thing, and I have to say that the commentators and hosts were quite amusing. 
I can say that I'm very proud of everyone that played in the Olympics, Canadian or not!  It's my first olympic experience, and I'm proud to say, i enjoyed it from beginning to end.


+1c, cloudy

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living with loss

On February 20th, at the age of 14, Cesar Millan's beloved pitbull Daddy passed away.  Having never personally met Daddy, but watching him on the dog whisperer,  I have come to know and appreciate his sense of balance.  The impact this dog has had on so many people and their dogs is remarkable.  It made me change my mind about certain breeds of dogs that we believe in being "dangerous", when they are simply misunderstood.
Being the owner of an older dog, Tubby, now 12, and having him in our family since he was 5 weeks old, I tear up thinking that their is not all that many years left for him to enjoy.  He is the best dog I've ever owned.  Calm and submissive, almost human-like at times, you wonder how much they understand.  He's learned to pick up on some of our queues almost perfectly.  He's been the companion of our daughters for their entire lives. 
Tubby would not even think twice about putting himself in harms way to save one of us.  He is and forever will be the most loyal dog ever.  Even though he seems to favor Paul over me, I learned to live and accept it.  He's always had the best life could offer, exercise, discipline, affection.
Knowing that his last days are becoming closer and closer, we cherish every moment we have with him.  He is and has been THE dog in our lives.  No other one could replace him.

+4c, cloudy, with a bit snow here and there.


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back in business

Went last night to get my new treadmill.  I'm so happy I get to walk again.  It's amazing compared to my old thing I was using.  Now we're back on track for our weight loss.  I'm going to have to get the dogs used to this new machine now, but we'll take our time, and do it right!
Had lots and lots of visitors last night.  It seems that someone would walk out, and someone else would walk in.  I love visitors, I love welcoming people into my home.
Karate lessons for Audrey tonight.  She's excited about that.


-11c, beautiful skies.

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slowly but surely

We are still working on our weight loss/better living.  It's a little harder without my treadmill, but one is on it's way, if we can only get organized to go and get it, should be tonight.  I'm in need of walking, I've always loved walking, it's probably the exercise that I can do everyday without getting bored.  I would really like to walk outside, but the weather is not permitting it, either by being too cold, or being to warm and then the skidoo's are out, so it's too dangerous to be on the trail.  But we'll manage.  Gotta keep moving.
It's a beautiful day out there today, will definitely go out and enjoy it with the kids.

-6c, bright sunny skies.

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