Clarence Rd Flood Watch

The flood watch in Southern Manitoba right now is pretty intense with the river rising every day. It should crest this week sometime so hopefully the flood way will be able to hold the excess and peoples sand bags will be strong enough to protect their homes. We feel so fortunate to not have that issue where we are, even though we are about a kilometer from the river. As Jason has told many people who, due to our proximity to the water are worried for us - if we get flooded, than all of Winnipeg is under water.

Even though the Red River will not be flooding us, the amount of water on our property is a little more than we would like. Since we solely concentrated on getting the house built last summer, we didn't have a chance to work on any of the yard. The back yard is surprisingly somewhat dry, however will need to be leveled and tilled before anything can be sodded or seeded back there.


The front yard though (above), has seen better days. Jason spent a couple hours the other night trying to dig some paths to help guide the water into our ditches, however most of it will just need to soak in over time. Our hope is to level the front, get rid of the big hill beside the road, and fill in the ditches a little as well. Once it is leveled off, it will be tilled and one day seeded so hopefully grass will grow and things will look a little cleaner. Since there is over an acre of space in front of our house, I am sure it will see it's fair share of football, baseball and soccer games over the years.

Other than the water watch, not much has been going on around here as life has been pretty busy lately. Easter weekend will allow a least a bit of family time which will be nice for all 3 of us. One benefit to Jason teaching at the school he does is that he also gets Easter Monday off which I am definitely looking forward to it. Hopefully in the next month or so we will have a countertop in the mud room AND CUPBOARD DOORS. I can hardly believe it, but it is true! They have been a long time coming and I am so excited that our kitchen and bathrooms will soon be a little more complete. It will be much easier to hide things away now...I have never had to keep my cupboards so tidy!

More on this later, but we are so proud of our little man for getting his 1st tooth! The 2nd is definitely on its way too so hopefully by the next post I will have a picture to show his new achievement. Once again, my child has confused me as cutting teeth seems to soothe him as he has never slept better in his life. He is odd sometimes, but how could anybody not love him!