Sunday, October 29, 2006
Tony invited us to one of his Magic shows he was doing at Savoury Elementery school. Rob, Sue and I went and it was a hoot. Carolyn was invited too, but she wasn't feeling well with a sinus headache. Anyhow, we saw Tony do a some illusions we hadn't seen before, but the real joy was watching him work with the kids. He works as well with them as he does adults. He had them squealing with some illusions that seem obvious about what he is doing. They think they know how he is doing a trick, but of course he always has a twist. It was fun.
More later.
More later.
Magic Show
Tony invited us to one of his Magic shows he was doing at Savoury Elementery school. Rob, Sue and I went and it was a hoot. Carolyn was invited too, but she wasn't feeling well with a sinus headache. Anyhow, we saw Tony do a some illusions we hadn't seen before, but the real joy was watching him work with the kids. He works as well with them as he does adults. He had them squealing with some illusions that seem obvious about what he is doing. They think they know how he is doing a trick, but of course he always has a twist. It was fun.
More later.
More later.
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Happy Birthday Helen
Happy Birthday to you Helen. Glad to see all went well on your way back from Loma Linda. Lets hope the news for Ken will be good in 4 months time.
Sunday, Tony and Ann had a turkey that they just had to cook, so they had Rob and Sue, and us over for Dinner. Tony cooked it on his BBQ and was it ever delicious. We had a very enjoyable meal and evening.
We have been to a couple of movies lately. We just saw "The Prestige", it wasn't to bad, but for a movie about Magicians, we found that the "Illusionist" was much better. Rob and I went to see Robin Williams in "Man of the Year" where a "Jon Stewart" like character becomes President of the USA. It was good fun, lots of laughs.
I think I have finally solved the wobbley front end on the MotorHome. I have had this speed related wobble at 35 MPH ever since owning it and no one has been able to solve it. Finally Goodyear has replaced both front tires with new ones and the wobble is gone. Fountain Tire did the work and it only cost me $42.00 for labour, I am quite pleased with that. I appreciate what they did.
Weather has been grey lately and some drizzle, and hopefully it won't bother my golf game tomorrow, but I doubt it. Forecast isn't great.
It’s good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.
-Mark Twain
Ta Ta 'n Peace
Sunday, Tony and Ann had a turkey that they just had to cook, so they had Rob and Sue, and us over for Dinner. Tony cooked it on his BBQ and was it ever delicious. We had a very enjoyable meal and evening.
We have been to a couple of movies lately. We just saw "The Prestige", it wasn't to bad, but for a movie about Magicians, we found that the "Illusionist" was much better. Rob and I went to see Robin Williams in "Man of the Year" where a "Jon Stewart" like character becomes President of the USA. It was good fun, lots of laughs.
I think I have finally solved the wobbley front end on the MotorHome. I have had this speed related wobble at 35 MPH ever since owning it and no one has been able to solve it. Finally Goodyear has replaced both front tires with new ones and the wobble is gone. Fountain Tire did the work and it only cost me $42.00 for labour, I am quite pleased with that. I appreciate what they did.
Weather has been grey lately and some drizzle, and hopefully it won't bother my golf game tomorrow, but I doubt it. Forecast isn't great.
It’s good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.
-Mark Twain
Ta Ta 'n Peace
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Winnipeg, Victoria, Garage
We returned from our week in Winnipeg last Wednesday night. We had a good visit with our gracious host Catherine. She appreciated some activity around the house, she says it has been much too quiet around there. Carolyn spent some quality time with her Aunt Merle, who has not been doing well for her 98 years. She was in the hospital a couple of months ago for 3 weeks with pneumonia, and since she has had a terrible cough which has weakened her. However, she still was able to hold her own in conversation with Carolyn. She is back on antibiotics and so far remaining home.
I got to visit my Mom a lot and she is doing well. She will be 88 next month. She has decided it would be too much for her to travel to Jack's in Oklahoma while we are there, so has cancelled. She also cannot make up her mind whether or not to move to Victoria, however, I believe now that she should. After many talks of the pros and cons, it comes down to who will be there for her when she is finally in a nursing home. In Winnipeg, not many left, and here she has much family. She will not be able to make the trek here later when she needs more care, so she has to make it soon. In the short term she well set up at Lions Manor in Winnipeg, but next spring/summer I believe she should move and we will make it happen. The weather there improved for the weekend, but turned rainy near our departure, and we brought it with us to Victoria.
Noni picked us up at the airport and it was evening so we headed to My Chosin Cafe for din dins (geez more food). We got home later and was surprised by the smell of paint.???? Some garden gnome had painted the inside of our garage. We eventually found it was none other that Rob. Whatever, possessed him, I don't know, (something about us helping them etc.), in any event it was a very pleasant surprise. I certainly hadn't gotten around to it after 12 years and it needed to be done. Noni provided some of the materials and paint. Sue did some of the cleaning up. Thanks to all, Rob in particular. Look nice doesn't it?
Ta ta all and Peace.
I got to visit my Mom a lot and she is doing well. She will be 88 next month. She has decided it would be too much for her to travel to Jack's in Oklahoma while we are there, so has cancelled. She also cannot make up her mind whether or not to move to Victoria, however, I believe now that she should. After many talks of the pros and cons, it comes down to who will be there for her when she is finally in a nursing home. In Winnipeg, not many left, and here she has much family. She will not be able to make the trek here later when she needs more care, so she has to make it soon. In the short term she well set up at Lions Manor in Winnipeg, but next spring/summer I believe she should move and we will make it happen. The weather there improved for the weekend, but turned rainy near our departure, and we brought it with us to Victoria.
Noni picked us up at the airport and it was evening so we headed to My Chosin Cafe for din dins (geez more food). We got home later and was surprised by the smell of paint.???? Some garden gnome had painted the inside of our garage. We eventually found it was none other that Rob. Whatever, possessed him, I don't know, (something about us helping them etc.), in any event it was a very pleasant surprise. I certainly hadn't gotten around to it after 12 years and it needed to be done. Noni provided some of the materials and paint. Sue did some of the cleaning up. Thanks to all, Rob in particular. Look nice doesn't it?Ta ta all and Peace.
Monday, October 16, 2006
The weather, though cold at the start turned milder and sunnier and quite enjoyable until today when the rains came, well OK heavy drizzle. Our belated Thanksgivng dinner went well, as did our dinner with Betty & Merle. Jennifer (Janet and Georges) daughter was there with several hundred pictures on CD of her Wedding, which we enjoyed with her Grandma (Carolyn's Aunt Merle), her grandpa Mr. Bird along with Cathy (Jen's Cousin and Betty's daughter), Cathy's son Bob (newly minted Army cadet) and ourselves. Jennifer is a sweetheart, very excited and narrated the wedding and pictures very well. It looked like a good one. Not to be outdone I had picture CD's as well and showed some of the Ousey Reunion and our Baltic Cruise. We were all pictured out.
As the week winds down, I attended a BBQ at the Lions Manor with Mom, their last BBQ of the season. I felt quite young being about 20 years younger than the average age there. One gets a clear appreciation of the difference in the male and female life expectancies, I was one of 6 males in a room of about 40 attending the BBQ. Hmmmmm.
Tomorrow, a visit with Mom to her Denturist and one more visit to Betty and Merle, then on our way home Wednesday.
Take care all, Peace.
As the week winds down, I attended a BBQ at the Lions Manor with Mom, their last BBQ of the season. I felt quite young being about 20 years younger than the average age there. One gets a clear appreciation of the difference in the male and female life expectancies, I was one of 6 males in a room of about 40 attending the BBQ. Hmmmmm.
Tomorrow, a visit with Mom to her Denturist and one more visit to Betty and Merle, then on our way home Wednesday.
Take care all, Peace.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Winter wonderland
OK why did we come here. Oh yes family visit. My it is windy today. Flight was delayed in Calgary for an hour so we arrived in Winnipeg at 10:30 pm and by the time we got the bags, got the rental and drove to Catherines on windy snow swept streets it was going on Midnight.
However, glad to be here and see Mom, Catherine, Betty and Merle. Mom is in good spirits, but keeps saying "only a week". Catherine was glad to see us so she could go to bed, she had to work the next morning. No, actually we did talk for awhile then she went to bed. Carolyn saw Merle. She is 97, had 3 weeks in the hospital a couple of months ago with pneumonia, been home since but has been suffering a bad cough. Doc wants to put her back into the hospital for intravenous antibiotics. She doesn't want to go in. Neither have won the battle yet, in the meantime she is on oral antibiotics which she has trouble tolerating.
Mom, Catherine, Carolyn and I went to Maxines for dinner, and DQ of course for dessert, (tradition, you can't muck with it you know). There was no line up at DQ, for some reason, looked sillier still eating this stuff in the car with a gale howling outside, but tradition is tradition.
Saturday we are going to Betty and Merles for Dinner, Jennifer will be in to visit her Grandma (Merle) (Janet side) and her Grandpa (Georges side), and all will be at the dinner. Sunday, Catherine is having her (Thanksgiving Turkey - she kindly waited) with (here is tradition again) Jeanne's cake.
So all is going well despite the weather. It is actually warming up and should be up to 5 C above by the weekend, during the day. (OK on or around 40 F-Scale).
It is strange being here without Dennis, to "harangue out" with, but nice memories pop up every time I turn around, he is still very much here.
Bad weather always looks worse through a window. ~Author Unknown
A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water. ~Carl Reiner
Ta ta and Peace and keep warm.
However, glad to be here and see Mom, Catherine, Betty and Merle. Mom is in good spirits, but keeps saying "only a week". Catherine was glad to see us so she could go to bed, she had to work the next morning. No, actually we did talk for awhile then she went to bed. Carolyn saw Merle. She is 97, had 3 weeks in the hospital a couple of months ago with pneumonia, been home since but has been suffering a bad cough. Doc wants to put her back into the hospital for intravenous antibiotics. She doesn't want to go in. Neither have won the battle yet, in the meantime she is on oral antibiotics which she has trouble tolerating.
Mom, Catherine, Carolyn and I went to Maxines for dinner, and DQ of course for dessert, (tradition, you can't muck with it you know). There was no line up at DQ, for some reason, looked sillier still eating this stuff in the car with a gale howling outside, but tradition is tradition.
Saturday we are going to Betty and Merles for Dinner, Jennifer will be in to visit her Grandma (Merle) (Janet side) and her Grandpa (Georges side), and all will be at the dinner. Sunday, Catherine is having her (Thanksgiving Turkey - she kindly waited) with (here is tradition again) Jeanne's cake.
So all is going well despite the weather. It is actually warming up and should be up to 5 C above by the weekend, during the day. (OK on or around 40 F-Scale).
It is strange being here without Dennis, to "harangue out" with, but nice memories pop up every time I turn around, he is still very much here.
Bad weather always looks worse through a window. ~Author Unknown
A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water. ~Carl Reiner
Ta ta and Peace and keep warm.
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Happy Thanksgiving
My where do the time go. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend. We did and we all got together at Lyn's for a big traditional feed. Everyone pitched in and it went well. There certainly wasn't a shortage of desserts. Besides the 6 (yes six) pumpkin pies that David and Tena brought there was also, Carolyn's Pecan Pie, and Apple, Strawberry, Rhubarb Crumble; not to mention a couple of other desserts that I can't remember as I was too full of the others to get to. Anyhoo there were 16 of us in all and it was great fun.
The big news is that our prospective tenants cancelled on us, just before we went to Winnipeg to meet them and get a deposit, hmmmm. Timing was lousy as we just don't have time to try again, so it will remain empty, unless Rachel (who is considering moving out) wants to stay at the house for awhile. She said she will let us know. Anyone else? No big problem if it stays empty as we have enough people to look after things.
Hey! Lewis blogged, check it out on my link. It relates their trip to the East Coast etc. Good blog.
Catherine blogged, she's saving the turkey for our visit. She is reminiscing about the good old days, since she has decided to sell and move out to the Wet Coast in Spring/Summer of next year.
Jack too blogged - annual draining of the pool!
I have talked to Mother several times the past few days, so there is much to discuss yet again about what she wants to do herself, stay or move, decisions, decisions.
Otherwise the weather here has been spectacular, Great golfing weather, some occasional rain, but sunny and bright most of the time. Carolyn is gone for her annual medical today. She is suffering with a heel spur that is keeping her from walking with me, so she is seeing a physiotherapist for that. I had my medical last week, all OK, good for another 12 months or 12,000 miles whichever comes first.
"Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all."
(Harriet Van Horne)
"Never eat anything that you can't lift."
(Miss Piggy)
take care, ta ta and peace.
The big news is that our prospective tenants cancelled on us, just before we went to Winnipeg to meet them and get a deposit, hmmmm. Timing was lousy as we just don't have time to try again, so it will remain empty, unless Rachel (who is considering moving out) wants to stay at the house for awhile. She said she will let us know. Anyone else? No big problem if it stays empty as we have enough people to look after things.
Hey! Lewis blogged, check it out on my link. It relates their trip to the East Coast etc. Good blog.
Catherine blogged, she's saving the turkey for our visit. She is reminiscing about the good old days, since she has decided to sell and move out to the Wet Coast in Spring/Summer of next year.
Jack too blogged - annual draining of the pool!
I have talked to Mother several times the past few days, so there is much to discuss yet again about what she wants to do herself, stay or move, decisions, decisions.
Otherwise the weather here has been spectacular, Great golfing weather, some occasional rain, but sunny and bright most of the time. Carolyn is gone for her annual medical today. She is suffering with a heel spur that is keeping her from walking with me, so she is seeing a physiotherapist for that. I had my medical last week, all OK, good for another 12 months or 12,000 miles whichever comes first.
"Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all."
(Harriet Van Horne)
"Never eat anything that you can't lift."
(Miss Piggy)
take care, ta ta and peace.
