Spring has Sprung.

Well another week bites the dust and the weather is taking a decided turn for the milder. We even managed to do a bit in the garden this weekend. Mainly repairing damage done by the snowploughs over winter! I replaced a section of French drain from the end of the drive and scraped a load of gravel off the lawn (if you can call it a lawn- mostly moss). Most of our efforts this year will directed to making the drive more snowplough friendly I think. We must make a point of marking the boundaries next year. We also have a lot of damaged trees that need seeing to. Might have to pay someone to come and sort them.
Matthew was off school all week with the sickness thing. Emma had recovered by Tuesday and was fit enough to get to Cubs on Wednesday. It was the pack race night for Kub Kars which was nice as Emma missed the main races on Saturday. I even managed to get hold of a photo of the main event - not brilliant but you get the idea. The building in which it was located is called the Armouries. A huge brick, almost castle like, building which is home to a couple of Canadian Army units. As you can see there were a few military vehicles in there. Anyway, Matthew missed the Pack race night because he was not well, but Emma had a great time. They all got a certificate and some chocolate cars for taking part.
We have friends coming over to visit in June and have just booked a hotel to go Whale Watching while they are here. I can't take time off as I don't have any leave accrued, but we're going over a weekend. Really looking forward to that. More friends arrive towards the end of August. They have applied to emigrate and are hoping to move out later this year or early next. Anyway, they are spending a week or so in Ontario and Ottawa and then come to us for the last week. We might have other friends in August, but they haven't confirmed dates as yet.
Next door came round last night and we all sat in the media room and watched The Magic Roundabout. Strangely, it has been recently released over here, but re-named Dougal and re-dubbed by American actors such as Whoopi Goldberg. Anyway we watched the UK version with Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue and Joanna Lumley. We managed to buy a sofa for the media Room from Sears Outlet. Bargain it was, but we had a hell of a problem getting it in through the doors. I was beginning to think it maybe wasn't such a bargain, but we took the doors off and the sofa feet and managed to jam it through without too much damage. However, it's really comfy....
Needless to say I didn't get my new desk at work, despite assurances. We suspect it has in fact been delivered by the supplier, but nothing for the last few days...Problem is, there is a lot of Office re-arrangement going on and so the maintenance men will be tied up with that. I'll start chasing on Monday though...Oh, I haven't got internet yet either...fabulous. One of the people we work with has handed hs notice in and leaves on the 18th April. He was going to retire (had to) at the end of May anyway, but decided to leave on his terms. Sounds like cutting off your nose....Anyway, I'll be picking up a lot of his work so that should keep me busy.
Apart from that a fairly quiet week. Deborah was at the Fall River Garden Club this afternoon where she's been saddled with publicity. She joined to get some tips on gardening in this area. Should be a challenge! The bulbs are all well through. We have hundreds of Tulips. If we getting anything approaching a decent show, I'll post a picture! (assuming Bella doesn't eat them all of course).