May Flower taken in the Brule Hills May 22, 2005 while out for a 'photo taking drive'  

Field Trip

A bus load of little people, grade 1 & 2, on a field trip to a Jillian Jiggs play and I didn't have to take the bus. Yeah! For parents who have gone on a school field trip the bus ride can be fun or it can be a ride to hell. I, myself, love the bus ride, would not trade it for anything -- except for when it comes to a bus load and I mean load, 3 little people to a seat, whoa before we go into the safety factor here, I know all about how unsafe it is to have 3 in a seat on a school bus with no seatbelt so this is where my story takes a turn, I filled my van, 8 bodies, and drove to the destination, that meant 8 less people on the bus plus there were numerous other mothers who also drove. You see the problem is that the buses cost close to $400. for the day and the 'powers that be' could not justify paying that kind of money for an extra bus when there were parents who could possibly drive...

...all that said, one field trip down, one to go. Today was my daughter's grade 1 field trip to Pembroke, Ont. to see a Jillian Jiggs play. It was great, the kids had a blast. 4 little girls and 4 moms, 4 giggly little girls.

The parents had a blast, too. Rarely does a parent sign up for such an event if they don't totally understand how the day will go. It is ALL about the kids, it is their day -- they are usually divided up into little groups of 4 or 5 and each parent has a group to look after. Now, even for me who works at the school and who knows every child, it is still a very daunting task to make sure you don't loose one or two. After all, they are all the same size, they all seem to be dressed in all the same clothes --- I mean every child in the place and usually other schools are there with the same age group of children, everyone being the same size and hair colour as your charges --- or so it seems. Ahhhhhhh, if you are wise though you will join another mother and her group and between the two of you the task will be a little easier, one in back, one in front.

Bottom line is always that anyday you get to spent with your child is a great day! Hey and we even managed to stop at Dairy Queen for ice cream, although we told the teacher we got lost...

Ahhhhhhhhh...

Seems I live my life around the school year. I have 3 children in school, grades 1, 4 and 7. I am also a noon supervisor at the junior school as well as a retiring Pres. of the Home and School. So, needless to say, I cannot wait for the end of the school year. There is so much to wrap up as far as the Home and School is concerned, especially since I am passing the torch, i.e., fundraisers, year-end meetings and dinners, getting the books together - I am not very good at looking after the paper trail, I love my computer because it has all my important stuff all crammed into it's memory - and just making sure everything is in place to make a clean start for my successor for the new year.

I am also very busy with all my other committee work. I love being a volunteer, especially when everything is going well, but then who doesn't, it's not much fun doing anything if it is not going as planned.

Yes, I am going to bore you with all my committee work. Let's see, where do I start...Friends of the Library which does fundraising and supports programs in our local library, Armstrong Heritage Farm which will be a living museum depicting life in Pontiac County 1890-1920, and The Pontiac School of the Arts which we hope will one day be a year-round art school but for this year, 2005, it is a 9-day event happening from July 23-31. You can check it out and hey, who knows, maybe you will one day decide to make a trip our way and see what Pontiac County, Canada has to offer, afterall, we are known as the 'greatest unknown'. Among other things we have an abundance of wonderful artists in our area and we are do more than just fight off the language police.

I'm Here!

Well, after much time of thinking about this blogging stuff I have finally taken the plunge and created my own, or actually, I am at the beginning of my own blog.

"What Do We Do Now!"

As you will notice the name of this site is not written as a question but rather as a statement because there would be no right answer if this were a question. Besides, I am not looking for an answer because the only thing anyone of us can do it to continue with whatever we have to do, to go on and fight the fight, live till there is no living left.

Life is short, live it and live it well!

A perfect place to relax - with friends.