The hush after the storm.......

I don't like to think of my girls visits as a whirl wind storm....but sometimes it is. They are very rambunctious, full of life...and well the activity around here never seems to stop.

My girls and their friend went home today. There is an eerie hush in my house....Bert is wondering around wondering were everyone went. The only reminder that they were here is the mountain of laundry left behind.

Yes....all the bed linens, and towels that need to be washed. Funny thing is, I just did 4 loads of laundry yesterday. I forgot how much laundry needs to be done when you have a houseful of people. I remember the days when the girls were little....I would do a couple of loads of laundry every day....now I am lucky(or unlucky however you want to look at it) if I do one every other day.....Then there are the dishes....I don't think my dishwasher has had so much use since their last visit Oh and then there are the showers and baths.....I can only imagine my hydro bill next month. Ah, but it is all worth it in the end.

It's been enough.....enough Christmas, enough celebrations....I need to rest. I have overdone it....my girls were very helpful...but they don't know where everything is, or where things should go...you know what I mean....you see things in your house that others don't. Anyhow, there has been a lot of activity around here.

Yesterday brought more snow....the girls were to go home....but that didn't happen. So the girls and hubby decided they were going to go out on the quad and have some fun. First they hooked up a tube with a long rope and got dragged by the quad....then if that wasn't enough they decided they wanted to try and ski behind the quad....yup you got it.....Quad skiing....who knows maybe it will become a winter Olympic sport. Middle daughter took footage of hubby and their friend trying their hand at this sport...it was hilarious. The skis would get stuck in the ruts in the road...and well lets say there were some interesting landings.....the not so graceful kind. Eldest daughter has a few choice bruises to show for her efforts. The flying into snow banks did not seem to deter any of them. After a few hours of this they all came in with rosy cheeks and sore bodies but still laughing.

It will be a quite New Years Eve for hubby and I.....and I am ok with that. Eldest daughter thought that she might come back for New Years...but I suggested she stay on the mainland with her friends for a couple of days and then come back. I think she is going to take me up on that suggestion. I think she is a little home sick for her friends. New Years day I am hoping I will be strong enough to do the Polar Bear swim....not sure about that...but I will let you all know if I do.