Slogging Through

Slogging through Seems to be an apt title today since I seem to be slogging through a bunch of stuff.  The rain has been pouring for a few days now and though right at the moment it is not raining it seems to be possible that at any moment the skies will open up for another downpour.  the forecast called for a drying trend two days ago but it has not stopped raining heavily all the same... so much for predictions!

Everywhere there is mud... have a look at this...

The water is pooled every where and will not dissipate...

This is a rare thing indeed...
Even my flowers got hit....

They look so pathetic in their barrels with the petals all beaten down.
... and through it all we're slogging through. All that praying that I did last year must be coming back to bight me on the bum. Everything is looking lush and green and I guess we did need the water but why things can't come in a more measured way is beyond me.

I've been slogging through spinning for the 150 hour project. Yes I ran out of yarn and need some more...  not much, but some, so I have been spinning for the last few days whenever I possibly can. I'm doing ok and I only have two more baggies of fibre to spin so I should have that done today if all goes well and there are no interruptions.  At least that is my plan. But I really have my mind on the next project so I'm slogging through the 150 hour project too.

For the last few days I've been helping the parents move furniture around in their house. They have decided to move Dad's chair into the spare bedroom in an effort to give him some privacy.  His chair is is home... he sleeps in it and eats in it and pretty much lives in it. We also brought him in a book shelf and desk so that he can continue working on his 3000 page book of genealogy. He has been working on it for twelve years now.  He has traced our family back to the time of William the Conqueror. so he has written a book  of our family. It's actually quite interesting... but time consuming.  Meanwhile it has been a slog cleaning up the papers and Christmas cards and birthday cards that date back ten years... real horders they are. They also had a leak in their bathroom so Teapot has been doing his best to fix that... slogging is actually an understatement for all of that.

Teapot and Daughter #1 leave at the end of the week for summer camp with the JCRs. They are headed for Cochrane, AB, for ten days of fun so we are trying to get done everything that we need to do before they go. It is an intensive time for sure. Too much to do in too little time... but we're slogging through.

For family member who want to see them I leave you today with another picture of the girls... on the eve of that graduation ceremony of two weeks ago.

Can you tell that Daughter #2 doesn't think much of getting her picture taken.??? Yeah kind of...

Have a great day and hope you're not slogging through like I am... and no more rain.... at least for a few days... not likely!