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Where did the time go?

Yikes! Sorry I haven't posted since the day before my birthday!

What have I been doing you may ask? Let's see... since I lasted posted, I've celebrated my 32nd Birthday...been a big part of creating the All-Terrain Vehicle Association of Manitoba (I am now the Treasurer as well as their part-time Admin Assistant)...I've gone to a Kenny Chesney Concert in Fargo...spent a LOT of time ATVing (I think I've put almost 1,000km's on my quad this year alone!)...hmmm...what else have I been up to? lol

My girls have been at their Dad's since July 17th - they are there until August 3rd. My son has been working in Alberta with his Grandparent's company since two days after school ended. He's hoping to save up enough to buy a car. :-) I've been enjoying my time alone - I don't think Robin understands that I need some quiet time. He spends his days driving alone and so when he's home, he looks forward to spending time with me and the kids. I'm the complete opposite...I spend my time with the kids, dogs, etc and so I enjoy as much quiet time as I can get.

Our car was stolen June 5th from in front of the house - Robin left the keys in it :-( They found it 5 wks later 3 blocks away...we've been back and forth with them for 3 wks and got the final word today that they're writing it off - which I'm OK with because once they've driven the heck out of it ...I don't want it back. We paid $3,000 for it and we've driven it for two and a half years....put about 60,000km's on it and we are getting $3,950 minus our $500 deductible and GST so we're walking away with about $3,300...good deal for us. We're hoping to get a pick-up truck that our friend's work is selling for fairly cheap. It's a 2005 F150 pick-up truck with 97,000km's on it - they're only asking $7,500!! I'll be very happy if we get it.

This past weekend we headed to a friend's area to go ATVing... day started out great. Sun, good company but came to a screeching halt. We arrived at the Balmoral Sandpits to find a truck in one of the water filled pits. Another group of ATVers had got there minutes before us and found a little boy clinging to the truck. We got the boy on dry ground, wrapped him in a jacket to warm up - even in the +27 temperature, he was soaking wet and shivering. His step-dad and little brother didn't make it. :-( Dad was driving in and out of the pits and couldn't stop in time so they ended up driving into the deeper of the pits. Who knows what happened from that point on. :-( Very sad day.

Following this post, I'll create a post of pictures. :-)

Take care and stay safe.

posted by Tracy @ 5:27 PM