Tuesday, April 4th - we're optimistic that any day now the sun will shine and it will get warmer

The past few days we have woken up to more new snow - not a lot, mind you, just a light dusting, but just enough to let us know that we're still not quite through with winter. But complain as we will, we really shouldn't. The news yesterday announced that Newfoundland was going to be receiving 45 to 65 cms of snow yesterday and today. So really? What do we have to complain about...

It was a busy week for me - two trips into town to do greeting cards.  This week I only have one store to do so one trip will do it (not counting my weekly trip into town on Mondays... just because!)

The weekend was busy for both of us. Lloyd and his friends worked hard at getting the double decker
convection oven moved home. It's a challenging project that's not finished yet. One oven is in place but there needs to be a substantial hole cut through the wall for the venting. He's taking his time about doing that one as once it's cut out, there's no going back. He has to cut the hole before the second oven can be installed on top of the first so it's a multi - day job. We rented a lifting device from a local place on Saturday but it had to be returned on Monday. So, it will need to be rented again once the second oven is ready to be moved up to the top of the first one. The very large mixer is also home and  proved to be a real challenge as well. It's very heavy and a really awkward shape so it took quite a bit of maneuvering to get it off the trailer and into the garage. It has at least 3 coats of paint on it, and the top coat is all chipped and flaking off in spots and it really looks like a mess, not to mention the fact we don't want paint chips falling into our doughs. So my job today is to use paint stripper to try to get as much off as I can so we can sand it down and repaint it.  Lots of jobs to keep us busy!

While the moving was going on, I made myself scarce and went to town with the girls. Brenda, Meghan and I went in to bottle some wine at the local brew your own place.



We worked up a thirst doing that so it was off to the Factory for their Saturday afternoon blues jam. Some friends of Brenda's joined us and we had a nice time listening to some great music.




That worked up an appetite so it was off to Papa Joe's for the first of this year's Burger Love tastings.

The Grind

Papa Joe's

“A BEEFY REWARD AT THE END OF THE DAY. ”

6 oz Island Beef Patty, PJ’s Signature Sauce, 

Chili Island Gouda, Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato, 

Pickled Red Onions, Jalapeno Chips 

on a toasted Classic Bun 

After a tasty burger, it was time for some dessert to finish off our meal - a short walk up the street for the first DQ of the season!

Now that our tummies were taken care of, it was off to the Eastlink Centre to find some motorcycle boots for Meg.  

All in all it was a pretty busy but fun weekend. 

Friday was our Meghan's third dance competition of the season. By all accounts it went very well, as I could tell by the text message she sent me.  .."and then we had the overall awards for the whole weekend and my duet with Jill came FIRST PLACE OVERALL out of the whole competition. Like every duet that was entered in the competition, we beat and came first over all..."  One very happy and excited young lady. Well done Meg and Jill! Looking forward to seeing all these prize winning numbers performed at the recital in June.