Sad Day....

It's a sad day today. This is the day Leo & Jeanette next door finally move out making way for the new people. They are moving into a flat temporarily and consequently they have stored a lot of bits in our basement as well as other friends houses and garages! The new house is looking very smart and they hope to be in it at the beginning of December. Matthew was a bit subdued yesterday - I think he's really going to miss Spencer. I know they aren't moving far (to a new house about a mile away) but he's no longer next door and the fact remains they will not see as much of each other has they have. Emma was at a party yesterday as well to which Matthew wasn't invited, so I think he felt a little left out. Anyway, he was invited to a friends house and they asked if he wanted to stay for a sleepover. This cheered him up no end! All was well until we got a call at 10pm last night asking if we could come and get Matthew because his friend had started throwing up! They think it was a reaction to the injections they had at school on Friday. Luckily Matthew & Emma only needed one of them as they were up to date. Unless that's what's been causing Emma's attitude.....
So how did our week go....Deborah spent three more days on her business introduction course and is learning a lot and getting some good contacts. We'll be sorting out her new website soon. I'm also thinking of setting up a sideline fixing computers for people in their homes. Just thinking of a catchy name...one excellent suggestion is It'sJustaPC (thanks Pat) so I may go with that. Anyway, Deborah is also getting some good information for me as well.
We had the usual run of clubs and activities. I started the cubs on their Computer Badge on Wednesday. Could be interesting this week as Matthew also has Basketball on Wednesday, so he'll be late for Cubs. He seems to be taking quite an interest in it, so I hope he shows a bit more action than soccer...
Halloween is approaching fast and is taking on a fervour akin to that of Christmas. Houses decorated, shops awash with costumes, pumpkins and general halloween tat. One upside is the amount of gourds there are in the farm shops. We have bought a lovely collection of odd looking ones that now look great on the kitchen table. So attractive in fact I have included a photo for you!
Not sure how many Trick or Treaters we are going to get, but I suspect it will be a lot! Best we get a huge supply of 'treats'.
Today (Sunday) was Matthew & Emma's first Ice Skating lesson at the Sackville Sports Stadium. They did okay considering it was their first lesson. All Matthew wanted to do was speed skate. He might be better concentrating and learning how to stop and turn! They seemed a bit advanced for their group so we'll have to wait and see if they get moved.
We went over to Withrows Farm Market this morning to pick up a meat order. All the pork in the shops comes rind free - therefore you can't get crackling! Anyway Withrows will basically do meat anyway you want it so we ordered a side loin of pork with rind on. We ended up with two 3lb joints for roasting, and about 30 chops - all for $42. In fact we had chops for supper this evening and very good they were too! The rest has gone in the freezer for future consumption. While there we also picked up some bones for the dog. The one in the pick is a nice big smoked one. Bella was desperate to get it off the deck - to bury it no doubt - but was kept contained thanks to the gate that Tim built in the spring.
Then after supper we had a fire in the garden and toasted Marshmallows. It had been such a beautiful day and was such a gorgeous evening it seemed a shame to spend it inside! I've also included a photo of one of the maples in our garden - the colours are fantastic - actually the picture doesn't really do it justice, but you get the idea!
And that about sums up another week. Have a good one!