Jabba

I'm a'feared of me' own self! Behold, the BELLY!! (Be afraid, be very afraid).

Do you think this is karma for mocking my sister's big pregnant belly? I'd like to take this opportunity to publicly apologize to her, in the hopes that perhaps that will make my own belly less giant and frightening. Sorry PeeWee!!

But speaking of sister's big pregnant belly, here's the CUTEST picture in the world of my lil' nephew Sammy. Note his strange reading material, har har har. Maybe he'll pray for me and my giant belly that is threatening to take over the world!!

Hangin' in Millbrook

Here are some belated pictures from last weekend, when all my lovely friends from Toronto came to Millbilly-land for the weekend. We had a great time, and enjoyed the CRAZY beautiful weather!

Note that I'm getting VERY large indeed!

Two preggers beauties, relaxing in the back yard

Hangin' outside the barber shop (as you do)

Jen, Theresa and Spencer, Ellen, & Lise and Jarvis

It was a great weekend, with lots of fun, food and laughs. I think the ladies all quite liked the thriving village of Millbrook, especially the walk to the feedstore! Thanks to Ellen for the pictures.

Sarah n' Sammy

Sister Lee and nephews Charley and Sammy are in town for a visit, so I've been having lots of quality time with them. Little Sammy is now 6 weeks old, and he's pretty special! And Charley embodies all the qualities of a two year old, e.g. adorable and horrible!

Here I am having a good snuggle with Sammy-oh!

Fatty McFatsalot

I thought yas' would appreciate an update, even though I don't have anything exciting to tell you. Other than the fact that it looks like Spring might actually be here! The weather has been nice and mild, and almost all the snow is now gone! Woop woop woop!

We've been enjoying the good weather and spent the weekend doing very home-ownery things like painting windowframes and dusting off our outdoor furniture. Here's a few pics from this evening, enjoying some late-afternoon sun.

perched on the porch

The Mill pond

And finally, the pic you've all been waiting for: Fatty Fatsalot!

I promise to try to come up with a more entertaining post next time!!

The Maine Event

We had a great Easter weekend on our Maine roadtrip. Other than the drive down, the weather was chilly but sunny, and we had lots of fun shopping, sightseeing, and cruising the highways and byways of New England.

It might be the last roadtrip for a while, considering that you can't really take a wee smurf on a 10 hour roadtrip, but, we really enjoyed it. And we had the all important stops at the Olive Garden and Cracker Barrel to hold us over on our American Restaurant cravings for a while!

All is well here, except that it's still bloodeh' winter! We've just had another 5cm of snow, and my drive home from work was VERY unpleasant today. Oh well, winter can't last forever, right? And I keep telling myself that all the snow is good for the water table, and will help prevent forest fires, etc. etc. (See? My new job has affected me already!).

Here are some pics from the Maine adventure for your perusal.

A very unpleasant winter storm south east of Montreal... this was when the driving was still 'good'. I was too scared to take a picture later on, when we passed a 9-car pileup and had full on white-out conditions. Rob drove like a champ though, and we got through many hours later, safe and sound.

It made me feel better to see that snow levels were just as high south of the border. This was along the roadside in New Hampshire, and, because it was taken from a moving car, you can't actually tell that the snowbanks must have been over 5 ft tall. Some of the signs we passed were completely covered and you could only see the tops of them!

Worshipping at the mecca of LL Bean. We had a lot of fun shopping, and enjoying Freeport, which is a beautiful town - if slightly creepy because it's too perfect and quaint.

Hangin' on Wells Beach, along the coast. We had a nice walk along the ocean, and enjoyed pretenting that it was warm and that we were somewhere a bit more exotic. It is a beautiful part of the world, and I'd love to go back and spend a week or two driving all through New England. Very lovely indeed!

Spring?

The word on the street is that it's almost Spring. I'll believe it when I see it!

Rob & I are off to Freeport, Maine this weekend to see some sights and have a fun Easter road-trip. Should be a good time! The LL Bean outlet store is located there, so I'm sure we'll have in some quality shopping time too. And now that I'm a working woman, I can spend relatively guilt free! Woo woo woo!

In the meantime, here's a picture from after the snow storm we had back on March 8th. It was a doozy! Poor Rob, he had an awful lot of shovelling to do!

Rob gets ready to tackle the snow outside the back door

I'm outta here! Three posts in one day!? I don't want ya's all to get spoiled - must get back to my twice a month regimen! Though, maybe I'll post some pics from our Maine roadtrip.

Hope the choco bunny brings lots of treats to everyone!

Just for you, blue!

A secret message for a special friend: I miss you! I saw this sign on the way to Ottawa and knew it was a sign! Literally and figuratively, obviously! Does this mean you have booked your flight for maplefest, perhaps?!