We saw a BEAR today! Thank goodness it was at LEAST a 3 minute drive away AND on the other side of the expressway. It walked out someone’s laneway, across the road, and up into a forested area. I tried to take a photo but I only got trees.

We drove around today looking at houses around Parry Sound that have hit the market in the last while. We don’t know if we’re staying here but it was a beautiful day for a drive. We were over by Killbear Provincial Park and I saw a cute little chipmunk on the side of the road. We went up the road just a bit to turn around and when we came back there was a HUGE owl on the side of the road who turned to look at us before he flew off so I bet he just ate that cute little chipmunk :no:

Last night we were invited over to another couple’s house for a BBQ. Jeff works with the husband. Another couple stopped by too. Oddly enough they brought a friend of their’s and she was Mr. Nind’s niece! Small world! He was my grade 9 home room teacher and a great man full of stories. I’ve heard he isn’t well and is in the hospital with cancer. :’(

Anyway, we had bbq’d bear – it wasn’t bad at all. To stick with the bear theme, just this afternoon the landlord was by. He had said earlier I could bring up the box of solar powered moonray lights so last week I had decorated the yard with them. He pulled one out of the ground and showed me a big hole he had patched up in the plastic of the light. He said a bear bit it!! I don’t think he was kidding! There are some things I just don’t need to know. :lalala: I’ll tell you right now, I’m a chicken, and if I see a bear in my yard, especially those weeks coming up where Jeff will be out of town, all the pets and I will be hibernating in the house!

Jeff is bbqing a chicken on a beer can right now. It sure smells good. Here are some photos I took in the backyard this afternoon:

WAY COOL!
This morning at 7:30 I stepped out of the door first to go to the truck (I ride in to town with Jeff and then I take the truck to the gym and go back to town at 4 to pick Jeff up).

As I stepped outside I heard a big SNAP of a stick. Then I saw the big white tail of a deer right on the other side of the garage behind the boat!!

I grabbed Jeff and we tip toed across the lawn to catch sight of her behind the garage when Jeff noticed there were 2 more does behind her! All three just on the other side of the driveway!!

They walked behind the garage and stared at us with their tails way up in the air. Then they took off behind that shed behind the garage and then turned left and cut through the trees behind the house.

SOOOO AWESOME!!

No photos, but I wasn’t going to miss it to go hunting for my camera. Maybe next time!

I finally went to see a Doctor today about my massive tonsils that have been bugging me since the beginning of December.

I went to the emergency department because I don’t have a Dr. here. What a great experience. I was out of there in less than an hour. The Dr. checked out my tonsils and said, yep, they are large. He said they are supposed to shrivel up when you are 18 years old and because mine didn’t they never will. So he made me an appointment with the ear/nose/throat surgeon who visits here so I can debate with him if I should have them surgically removed. The Dr. confirmed that it is a much harsher surgery when you aren’t a kid. He has had some patients spend extra days in the hospital because they can’t swallow so they stay on IV’s for longer.

Anyway, my appointment with specialist is on May 14th.