Being without child(ren)

This weekend we are packing up the troops (the girls) and heading off to Barkerville, BC. This kids are set to spend 2 weeks with Gramma Gisele. WHOO HOO! They are so excited. I swear they have wanted to pack for weeks now.. everyday we get the countdown. I am so happy that they are getting this opportunity to spend so much quality time with them.. but I have to say.. only one question comes to mind.
WHAT THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITHOUT KIDS? I mean seriously, this will be the first time in over 9 years that Collin and I have "been without child(ren)". It's going to be odd, nice -- but odd.
We have no idea what we will do, we have been throwing around a few plans here and there but so far we have come up with nothing! I am sure we will think of S~O~M~E~T~H~I~N~G ;) that we can do!
Honestly I think it will be harder on me than them.. I will miss them!

For the love of ETSY

I don't know if everyone out there has discovered ETSY or not.. it's like E-bay but for the earth concious. Everything listed is handmade or recycled. I love the concept and even more, I think there is something much better about things you know are handmade. It makes paying a price for something really feel worth it, feel like it took a real person a real amount of time.
I find that I can spend hours on ETSY looking for anything and everything.. so I am trying to also make some stuff so that I can open up my own ETSY store. I am crafty dammit and I really enjoy sewing (well small projects) which fits in nicely to the ETSY environment. I have started to make coasters.. shown below. I've also made a bunch of "Oh so hot" - rice bags to heat up.
Once I get it figured out how on earth to set up my store I will post a link here! If you've never been there - follow the link on my daily addictions list. It's fantastic!

"Blacky" the rabbit that won't stay away!

About a week and a half ago, Blacky the rabbit got loose. Millie had been cleaning out her cage and accidentally didn't latch the gate - so in the morning.. NO BLACKY. There were no tears shed by Millie and she actually said "I'm not sad anyway, we would give her away when we move to town." So away we went on our merry life.. low and behold, the girls and I were out on a bike ride and a man in a van pulls up and says - "Are you missing a rabbit?" and hold up a rabbit with striking resemblance to our beloved BLACKY. *sigh* in the presence of the children I could not say "Hmm, nope sorry sir - no rabbits here!" So we again have our little compost-a-holic back in our lives again. The girls are happy, so I guess we are happy.

Also, we have had some lookers at the house but so far nothing as far as an offer has come in. Although we did have a couple last night that seemed a little interested so we will see how that goes. Collin said that he slept with his fingers, eyes, & toes crossed last night! Can't imagine how that would be comfortable - but whatever works, I guess!

We watched a beautiful great grey horned owl last night from mom & dad's deck. It was hunting about 10 ft from the deck.. very cool. We got lots of great pictures and the kids found it quite interesting. He stuck around for at least an hour then we left so who knows how long he was there.

Not much new here

We've had a good summer so far, the weather is finally nice here.. it's been hot!
The girls have been wearing bikini's for 6 straight days. It's so nice to be able to just relax and enjoy that the mosquitoes are too hot to eat us alive.

No luck yet on selling the house but we are still trying to be patient. Here's a little slideshow of a few recent pictures - enjoy!