Just another day

The weather, with it's bright sun, has taken a turn. It's cold and grey out and I am reminded again of how weather can affect moods.

Sunday night................ok Monday morning, hubby gets up at 4:20 AM to get ready for work. For the first time since last fall, we'd left the window open a crack as it was stuffy. The blinds we leave up once we're in bed as the cats greatly love sitting in the window and guarding the street from their perch. I hear a horn toot lightly and some voices. The folks across the street have a grandson living with them. He works nights and that is the usual sound when he gets dropped off at home. The voices sound different though so DH looks out the window. Nope, not the neighbour boy, but  a van moving down the street and three young men moving from vehicle to vehicle. Oh goodie. It's time for spring vehicle break ins. DH hears one say "ok you go look at the white one, you go look at the red one..." Wait!! Those are ours!!!! We head to the front door and they are in our driveway, trying the handles of our vehicles.

DH yells at them and they start to take off. This is a yearly occurance so I stand my usual stance of watching at the door, while DH throws pants on and grabs his keys. I use the term 'watching' loosely as my contacts are not in and my vision is not 20/20. I watch which way they turn and DH goes to follow them. The goal...licence plate. Now keep in mind these are 'just' teens. They aren't armed so it isn't a high risk situation. DH loses them but as he cruises about, he sees that on the other end of town (about 20 blocks away) there are several vehicles with their doors open. He comes home and we call the police. They take down info and do a swing by, but I doubt they will catch them. At least they have it on record though.

My kids just shook their heads. Can't imagine what mother would let their 17ish year olds roam around the streets all night.

We kept the window open to see if they came back last night, but they did not. We froze as the temps dropped near zero LOL

DS2 just got picked up by his scouting buddies and one of the mom's. They are off to the city to a store that specializes in all their scouting needs. It has army cadet stuff too. It is, to DS2, what  a stationary store is, to his mother LOL. He really wants a bivet sack. It is all seasonal so he could use it when he's sleeping in 40 below, or in 40 above. you just change the kind of sleeping bag inside and the liner. The sack itself is about $100. The layered sleeping bag is another $200 ish. He took his birthday money with him that his grandmother, an uncle and an aunt gave him. he has enough to buy the sack, but not the sleeping bag too. He is going to decide when he gets there if he wants to take just the sack and save up for the bag, or wait until he has the total amount to buy it all. I was so proud of him for understanding he can't have it all at once.

DS1 sorted our bottles and cans yesterday. He's off to the recycling depot today to cash them in. He has used up his money he made reffing and needs gas for the car. He figures he has $30 worth so that makes him happy.

As for me, I am brewing up a yummy pot of turkey noodle soup from the carcass of the Easter turkey. My mom gave it to me. Cost to us? some veggies I had on hand, spices I had on hand and $3 for  a bag of noodles. It's a big pot so it will feed the four of us twice, plus enough to freeze for a few work lunches for me.

I have rolled change to take over to the bank today to cash in for the pretty paper kind of money. I will add that to what I am saving for the vehicle plates.

The snow is finally out of my back yard, even against the house. North sides take so much longer to disappear. I can finally use my clothesline again. Now granted it's 4 C right now so nothing would dry, but the PROMISE of clothesline days to come, is warm and bright.