Wow! It does not feel like it has been six months and seven days since I updated this blog! This has been a rather busy year for us so far, and I'm still trying to wrap my brain around the fact that July is almost over, August is almost here, and I'm turning 19 in less than four weeks. Yikes! Pretty soon it will be time to rake leaves and prepare for winter...whoa...hold on!! Alright, so maybe I'm pushing things ahead just a wee bit. This may be Canada, but we probably have about three more months before we have to start raking leaves! :) What I'm trying to say is that this month, summer and year have just flown by! So here's a little update on what we have been doing lately...
If you remember from my previous posts, our town was hit with severe flooding just before Christmas. Sobeys, the store where I work as a cashier/demo clerk (handing out free food samples), suffered a lot of damage. Originally it was supposed to be closed until mid-February, but as it turned out the grand re-opening was not until April 29th. I went back to work in the middle of April to help get things ready for the grand re-opening.
Also in the middle of April, the lady who delivers the morning paper in our town was involved in a car accident. Due to that and some health difficulties she is facing, we took on her route for at least the summer. It does require getting up rather early (Dad & Mom get up around 3-3:30 to meet the truck, and the rest of us get up around 4-4:30 to roll papers before heading out on our routes), but it has been a tremendous blessing for us right now as my Dad does not have a whole lot of work.
In June, we had our annual Homeschool conference. As always, we really enjoyed talking to, learning from and sharing ideas with other homeschooling families.
The first week of July Andrew and I went to Windcrest Bible Camp for the Senior High week. Andrew was a camper, and I was on Task Force. We were blessed with amazing weather and the whole week was a great encouragement to us. I really enjoyed working with the cooks in the kitchen, and was even able to get a copy of the recipe for the Coconut Cream Pie that I love! :) Yes, I'll consider sharing it in the future...
There! That was the extremely basic walk through my summer so far. I hope to post more frequently in the days to come and I have some new recipes to share with ya'll! Until next time...