Happy birthday to me... happy birthday to me... ROFLOL... yes, hard as it is to believe, yet another year has come and gone, and what an eventful year this has been!

Bill got laid off last summer, and in the fall took a new job with a mine in Campbell River, BC.  We are still waffling about a move out there, even as we're buying a house that closes in April!  Those of you coming to see me at the Creativ in a couple weeks maybe sad to know it may be my last show... Bill's not entirely happy with the company, and is actively looking for a job that will put him back on the 2-on-2-off schedule he loves, which would mean I could stay here, as he would travel to work!  We'll keep you posted on developments there...

But of course our most exciting news is the arrival of our first grandchild!  REEM AUDREY arrived in February, and we can't wait to go to England in May to meet her in person.  I was lucky enough to be Skyped from the delivery room, and saw her and our daughter just after she was born - they hadn't even weighed her yet, LOL.  We have been exchanging texts and videos almost every day since, and the little sweetheart is sure growing - though I think she may always be a tiny thing.  She has great big eyes, and her face is so expressive!

OK, enough proud grandma, what else is new?  My sister has moved into the same village we live in, so if I do move away, she will be close for our parents, so that's one thing I don't have to worry about.  She has also been coming over for a couple hours a couple nights a week, and helping me get ready for Creativ, which is a big help!

Her DH has also been coming over as he's able (he's on disability for back issues), and spending a short time working on my library stairs for me... it's taking a long time at the rate we're going, (GBG), but we might actually get them done this summer!

He also finished the two additional pantries Bill was making for the laundry room, and I got all the doors hung, and they look great, see:

I still have to put on the rest of the handles, but that will have to wait until after Creativ, as I just have too much on my plate right now... well, that's about it for this month... I'm still working on my 2017 bookkeeping, which Bill needs to finish the taxes (sigh), so I best get back to it!  Talk next month...