Treasure hunts and a birthday...

We have decided to instigate a "do-nothing" day on the weekend. Or a do-virtually-nothing day. When you decide to do that then life instantly becomes more fun. On Sunday we went for a rainy walk in Pacific Spirit Park. Unexpectedly, there was a kid's treasure hunt which was a lot of fun. And informative. I can now recognize, with a degree of certainty, trees such as alder, cedar, birch, Douglas Fir, as well as salmon berries, snow berries and huckleberries...about time...I have been walking and running the Pacific Spirit Park trails regularly, sometimes daily for the past 14 years! The park volunteers hung flags with clues for the kids, like the one in the picture. Bronwyn loved it. She's a real nature girl...

with a touch of the Diva....

River loves the forest too. He just gets a bit tired towards the end...

We had a good weekend...the sail/blind contraption in the kid's bedroom seems to be working...yay! On Sunday it was the Vancouver marathon. The route runs past our house and so we watched people for a while and felt very out of shape. Especially when you see 100 year old people running along! It is amazing how far ahead the guy in the lead was...and he didn't even look tired. Then there were the stragglers at the back who looked like they were in no shape to go on a long walk, let alone run a marathon. Anyway, I need to get back to running...today is the day, in fact.

It does seems like it has been difficult to do fun things lately because I have been ridiculously busy. I do remember thinking that after radiation I would rest...ha ha...silly me. I have been more busy than I was before! Partly because I put things off until after radiation. Also unfortunately, Mark got some weird, and very painful, abdominal "thing" (we still don't know what it is/was), a few days after I finished radiation. He spent 6 hours in emergency with drunks telling him how much hand-sanitizer he'd need to drink to get a buzz. We suspected appendicitis. But that wasn't it. 4 doctors and an ultrasound later, we still have no idea. But it does seem to be going away, thanks goodness! He had to take additional time off work so that put paid to any silly ideas we had about going away somewhere "to rest". Oh well. That's life I suppose. Even though I have been rushing about like crazy, I still feel that the fatigue and the effects of the radiation are going away. And I have decided to make a determined effort to "do more fun stuff" no matter what. And I have almost finished Bronwyn's skirt.

Oh...and happy birthday Trini! It was her birthday on Saturday and her and Lorne came over (and brought the yummy cake) from Fratelli's on Commercial...probably the best bakery in Vancouver. Although I am very partial to Nottes Bon Ton because I love pastries too! Bronwyn and I made some snacks and some chocolate cornflake cakes...they were okay, not nearly as good as the cake! I am currently teaching Bronwyn to cook...now there's a usual thing for kid's to know. Next lesson...how to prepare breakfast in bed for mummy!