Happy Family Day!

Instead of sleeping in this morning, my daughter Grace and I headed to Bearspaw to see our trainer. The quote of the day at his facility was "Sometimes doing your best is not enough, you must do what is required". That kinda sets the tone, doesn't it!!! It was another great session with James - such a positive influence in all of our lives.
Ended up having a great laugh at dinner last night talking about my blog from yesterday asking people to think about uses for a blanket. A few of the responses were:

• cape
• ghost
• smothering someone
• curtains

Good times...

Today I'm busy doing up some quotes for Spruce Landscaping clients for 2009. It's amazing how much knowledge you lose when you don't use it every day! I was sitting there thinking "how much is it again for paving stones?" and "what's that calculation to figure out how many cubic yards of mulch you need?" It's been a long winter.... Finally figured it out, but what was once automatic, was somehow buried in the deep corners of my mind! This year, we also get to introduce the Home Renovation Tax Credit to clients. If you spend between $1000 and $10,000, you receive a 15% tax credit to a max of $1350. Spruce will be matching that in a program we are just putting together. So, if you need a deck, patio, driveway, sod, retaining wall, etc, 2009 will be a great time to take advantage of the credit and get it done.

Well, enjoy the day with your family, or whoever you may be spending it with. I am trying to convince Mike to make me an omelette cause he's sooooo good at it!