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May 29th 2015

I had very little hope for today,

as I went to bed pretty sore.

But I popped out of bed 

and caught Caroline JUST before she left

and got to be a sidekick for a couple hours.

We headed out to Norma's

to make our pick ups,

then off to Paper Passion

to drop off Norma's yard sale items 

and retrieve the lost journal.

Then...

as happens with super heroes...

a brilliant idea struck us.

A trip into Remark

for supplies,

and we were dashing off 

back to St Thomas!

Within an hour...

we packed up and switched vehicles.

The sidekick became the super hero,

and vice versa!

The Blue Pearl was on the road to Woodstock.

Kim was expecting us,

and we were in the mood to scrapbook.

We arrived about 2:30 

and spent 7 hours playing with pretty paper 

cutting, pasting, eating 

and laughing.

Kim was a lovely hostess,

I can't wait until next week when her 

big new shipment arrives!

We loaded up the Blue Pearl 

and headed off to WalMart 

(theirs is open until 11pm)

to pick up a dessert for tomorrows

741 Cadet Annual Parade.

One of Judy's last official functions as 

Commanding Warrant Officer First Class.

She will have to hand over this position

to another cadet as she is moving on to the Reserves,

by passing on the flag to the next deserving cadet,

as was done with her in February.

She cannot be in both cadets and the Reserves.

When I got home,

and we started unloading the Blue Pearl,

Caroline left a trail of scrapbooking

from the truck to her truck.

Amongst everything

that we had found amusing all day,

this was a great finale to the night.

John and Judy took the photo

and then helped her gather it all up!

Good thing the last thing 

she said in Woodstock was:

"I really need to empty that tote"

because it was everywhere!

Our little family

took Shooter for a walk

and then slowly

one by one everyone headed for bed.

I am sitting comfortably in front of a fan,

with everything locked. 

Last night was an interesting night!!!!

Sometime during the night

someone broke into and ransacked my truck.

They took some loose change 

that maybe amounted to 50 cents

(they didn't take the dimes ~ but they needed to steal?)

and they broke into at least 

one more vehicle on our street.

AND

at 12:30am I had a visitor!

The dog was going bananas and woke me up.

I opened my eyes and found a cat

looking at me from the other side of the bed!!!

Apparently he/she does not understand

that a doggie door

is not meant as a welcome for ALL animals.

It realized its mistake

and before we could even think about catching it

it sped down the stairs and out the door.

Well thats all from here.

Tomorrows the big parade,

Next weekend is Judy's 18th birthday,

then she goes for her full licence.

In the following weeks we have 

the swearing in ceremony,

exams and graduation.

I am going to need

our vacation at the cottage 

by the first week of July!

Good night from John Street.