I had an interesting experience over the last few days involving Wrangler.
Let me start this with a couple of admissions. I really love this dog. I didn't think I would ever love or even like a dog again. And I am not sure if it is just that the dog is amazing and easy, or if he is part of Monte...who I miss horribly.
And in the light of all honesty, if I could, I would keep Wrangler and willingly eat a bucketload of crow. I am very aware of all the things I have said in the past about dogs. But alas! he is Monte's and will be going back to Monte as soon as I get back from China.
But, even as much as I love this dog, I still can't be that person, that dog crazy 'I will lay down and die for you' dog person.
So as you know I took Wrangler into a rip off vet and got him shot up and clipped, in preparation of a stay in the kennel. I got hold of them only to find out that you don't just get a copy of his shots and drop him off. No no no. Nothing that simple.
First of all I had to fill out eight, count em, eight pages of forms. There were pages of info about me, my family, my emergency people, my phone numbers, my vet number, my routines with the dog etc..... Most of the questions I could figure out and answer without too much trouble...although I realize now I gave them an incorrect address. I put 1575 instead of 1570 Freshfield Road. And I thought of that mistake like a bolt out of the blue in the middle of the night. I actually had to get up and check my address just to make sure. Jeez! What a loser.
Then there were the dog forms. Oh. My. God. They wanted to know every single little thing about the dog. WTF??? I don't know!!!
First of all his birthday. I don't know his birthday! I know hes around eleven but thats all I know. What little info Monte was told when he adopted the dog was lost in his brain or in his dysfunctional van or upside down apartment. So I put my birthday, except I put 2007 instead of 1952
Then they wanted to know his personal living history. Oh come on!!! So I told them he had lived with one old couple his entire life. Then the old man died and the old lady had to go into care so the dog had to be put up for adoption. Sounds good to me!
Then they wanted to know all about his dog training. Seriously? Are you kidding? So I told them he had gone to a fancy dog academy in Victoria somewhere and he was super trained. Actually he is pretty good. He could fool them about that one if he doesn't get too excited.
Then they wanted to know how he interacted with babies....oh great I said, children...loves them I said, cats...ignores them I said, other dogs....plays and sniffs and loves them I said, people in general....loves all people I said. Hahaha!! I couldn't tell you about any of those. I know he is friendly with everyone that comes into the house so he probably is good with all those things.
Anyway, you get the idea. I don't think I knew the answer to any one of the questions on the dog forms. It was kind of fun creating a dog out of no knowledge.
Then the kennel tells me that before he could come and stay he had to have a one free night trial run. What??? Are you kidding??? Jeez! What a pain in the ass!!!
So that trial run is today til tomorrow. So I got up early, got his food baggied, got his ratty bed, found his leash and off we go up past Knutsford to the Pet Resort. Mmm hmmmm.
Theres rules. You go in first. Then you take in the paraphernalia. Then you take in the dog.
I go in and guess what....another info paper full of questions they ask you and fill in.
There was one lady in front of me and about six behind. It was the lady's first time too. "What exact breed is Kingston?" 'Oh he is a purebred doodleyorkiepom' How old is he? 'oh he was born in Royal Rhodes Vet Hospital at 9:23 am on July 10, 2010' What is his exercise regime? ' Every morning at 7:35 am he is taken for a half hour stroll. At 4:05 pm he is taken for a fifteen minute extreme workout at the pet gym. At 9:00pm he is taken for a calm down gentle walk for half an hour." What kind of food is he fed? And on and on.
Then its my turn. What breed? Umm mostly Australian shepherd with some healer...we think. How old? Not sure but around 11. His birthday? same as mine...why not? Where was he born? Pretty sure in BC somewhere. Exercise? Hahaha...sure. His food? Fishy dog food. Brand? Whatever the drugstore sells.
Clearly I am not a very good dog mom. And Wrangler took a big dump right there on the floor, in front of everybody. I luckily had a nice pink dog poo bag in my pocket. Which reminds me, its in the back of the jeep. Gotta get it out of there. TTYL
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Thursday, February 22, 2018
DOWN THOSE STAIRS
So in those famous words of Dame Edna, Its time to GO DOWN THOSE STAIRS! Or up. She/he was so funny. A lot of you won't know who that Aussie comedian is, or was, but you should youtube one of her episodes. Soooo funny! And my take away from the show was how somewhere along the way in her show, as she is crawling through some unsuspecting audience member's house, she says those famous words. And so the film crew does and then paws through the poor woman's underwear drawer, shows unflushed toilets etc...
I have been downstairs briefly after the boys left for Montreal, and its clean and lovely, thank you Anton!. But I have lots of things down there that I haven't even looked at since I moved in here. I also have to do some laundry. I have only done laundry here once since I moved in last August. I have done laundry in several other places but not here.
The boys left Tuesday morning. We had to get up at quarter to five am. But they didn't get to bed til about two, wandering around. Actually I am pretty sure Graeme didn't even sleep at all that night.
About three in the morning I got a call from Pat in Port Alberni that Monte left his friend's house the night before in his van to go home. Its only a couple of blocks. And he never made it. The van doesn't have that much gas in it. It was way below zero and when he left he didn't have a coat.
So Pat pushed the panic button, as did I. We perceive Monte as at risk due to lots of things. He could be reading this and I don't want to piss him off more than he already is with me. And if I actually was guilty of all the things he has accused me of and truly believes, I don't blame him for being pissed off with me.
So by the time I talked to Pat he had called the police...another thing that royally pissed Monte off. But we were worried (and that is putting it mildly). This caused an instant PTSD response in me. This is exactly what happened with Monte five years ago. He disappeared. And by the time he was found, laying beside the freeway in the sleeting snow, I had come to the awful conclusion he was dead.
So for the second time I went through the death of my son process. I can't even begin to tell you how extremely emotionally awful that is. It just leaves your body sick. My poor little man. And even though I tried to control my thoughts, I couldn't. And this goes beyond any shovel list. All I could do was ask Bill, over and over, to go be with him. For some reason Monte has felt very close to Bill in the last months.
Around mid morning he casually strolled into his home, all chipper and happy. By then Pat and a friend were out driving around looking for him. He told Ange that he decided, on a whim, to drive to Tofino. About halfway there he ran out of gas. So he parked the van on the side of the road, got out and hitchhiked home. So now I know. He is way more capable than I have given him credit for. Next time I don't even want to know he is gone til three days go by.
In the meantime what IS at risk is his van. So its been there for one whole day and one whole night. His van is full of his precious stuff...like his number one busking piano. Today at noon a friend of Pat's and Pat are going to drive Monte to the van. I hope he remembers his keys and gas. And I hope there is a van there for him to retrieve. Life with Monte! At least he is happy. Happier than he was a few months ago.
I just want to mention one thing here. A friend of Monte's, Jayla, put a picture of him and description on a Port Alberni site. And I guess it was still up for a couple of days. Yesterday I got a text message from a cashier at Walmart. She said that Monte was a customer of hers and he had been in the store at noon (he got paid yesterday). She told me that he was a really nice person and a special soul. She will never know how much that meant to me. Someone from Bamfield called me to say he was heading into Port that day and he would watch out for him along the way. People are amazing.
Yesterday I took Wrangler to the vet at the end of our complex. Yes, I drove, as I intended to continue on to Safeway. But halfway through the visit I just started feeling sicky sick again and just went home. I will just eat the crap in my house, I can't smell or taste anyway. Poor Wrangler. He was so nervous and clingy. He even snapped at the vet!. So they took him in the back, strung him up and clipped his nails and gave him shots.
Rant time: Vets. While I was in the vet there was a cute young first nations girl in there. She had brought in her pet old old cat. He had a little bump on his backside. The vet had come out to the waiting room. She was holding her cat, who appeared to be asleep. He felt the bump and squeezed it and popped it.
So he said he needed to take the cat back, sedate (not put right out) it a bit and clean it and give it one stitch. Didn't take long. Three hundred bucks!!!! Three hundred!! She almost died. If he hadn't touched the damned thing it would have been fine.
My rant is this....its no wonder so many animals get put down or don't get proper care. Atlas has shown me that it just doesn't have to be that expensive. I know other vets hate Atlas and actually made accusations against them. Atlas took them to court and won. Us patients love them. And they don't charge an arm and a leg. More animals would get better care if the cost was reasonable. End of rant.
So get this, He got three shots and his nails clipped, took all of ten minutes. 183 bucks!!!! Jeez! I need to be in the lower mainland so I can take him to Atlas. They used to clip Homer's nails, and he was a very uncooperative beast, for free!
So today Telus guy comes. After talking to the manager that day I have decided I am not going to go back to shaw like he suggested. I am simply going to continue to phone everytime there is a problem and they can spend the dime sending someone out. The manager had the audacity to tell me that if I go to Shaw he would let me out of their contract at no cost to me!!!
Well Holy Hell!!! I told him that I wouldn't pay them a dime even if they wanted me to. I upheld my end of that contract...they are the ones that have broken it. They owe me freaking money thank you very much. My brother suggested a fix that they had to do at his house...with Telus too. So today I am going to make that suggestion and see if they will do it. I shall report back later.
Well I am hungry. I am going to go through my overloaded cupboards and see what gross thing I should eat, just to get rid of it. Can't taste or smell so might as well take advantage. TTYL
I have been downstairs briefly after the boys left for Montreal, and its clean and lovely, thank you Anton!. But I have lots of things down there that I haven't even looked at since I moved in here. I also have to do some laundry. I have only done laundry here once since I moved in last August. I have done laundry in several other places but not here.
The boys left Tuesday morning. We had to get up at quarter to five am. But they didn't get to bed til about two, wandering around. Actually I am pretty sure Graeme didn't even sleep at all that night.
About three in the morning I got a call from Pat in Port Alberni that Monte left his friend's house the night before in his van to go home. Its only a couple of blocks. And he never made it. The van doesn't have that much gas in it. It was way below zero and when he left he didn't have a coat.
So Pat pushed the panic button, as did I. We perceive Monte as at risk due to lots of things. He could be reading this and I don't want to piss him off more than he already is with me. And if I actually was guilty of all the things he has accused me of and truly believes, I don't blame him for being pissed off with me.
So by the time I talked to Pat he had called the police...another thing that royally pissed Monte off. But we were worried (and that is putting it mildly). This caused an instant PTSD response in me. This is exactly what happened with Monte five years ago. He disappeared. And by the time he was found, laying beside the freeway in the sleeting snow, I had come to the awful conclusion he was dead.
So for the second time I went through the death of my son process. I can't even begin to tell you how extremely emotionally awful that is. It just leaves your body sick. My poor little man. And even though I tried to control my thoughts, I couldn't. And this goes beyond any shovel list. All I could do was ask Bill, over and over, to go be with him. For some reason Monte has felt very close to Bill in the last months.
Around mid morning he casually strolled into his home, all chipper and happy. By then Pat and a friend were out driving around looking for him. He told Ange that he decided, on a whim, to drive to Tofino. About halfway there he ran out of gas. So he parked the van on the side of the road, got out and hitchhiked home. So now I know. He is way more capable than I have given him credit for. Next time I don't even want to know he is gone til three days go by.
In the meantime what IS at risk is his van. So its been there for one whole day and one whole night. His van is full of his precious stuff...like his number one busking piano. Today at noon a friend of Pat's and Pat are going to drive Monte to the van. I hope he remembers his keys and gas. And I hope there is a van there for him to retrieve. Life with Monte! At least he is happy. Happier than he was a few months ago.
I just want to mention one thing here. A friend of Monte's, Jayla, put a picture of him and description on a Port Alberni site. And I guess it was still up for a couple of days. Yesterday I got a text message from a cashier at Walmart. She said that Monte was a customer of hers and he had been in the store at noon (he got paid yesterday). She told me that he was a really nice person and a special soul. She will never know how much that meant to me. Someone from Bamfield called me to say he was heading into Port that day and he would watch out for him along the way. People are amazing.
Yesterday I took Wrangler to the vet at the end of our complex. Yes, I drove, as I intended to continue on to Safeway. But halfway through the visit I just started feeling sicky sick again and just went home. I will just eat the crap in my house, I can't smell or taste anyway. Poor Wrangler. He was so nervous and clingy. He even snapped at the vet!. So they took him in the back, strung him up and clipped his nails and gave him shots.
Rant time: Vets. While I was in the vet there was a cute young first nations girl in there. She had brought in her pet old old cat. He had a little bump on his backside. The vet had come out to the waiting room. She was holding her cat, who appeared to be asleep. He felt the bump and squeezed it and popped it.
So he said he needed to take the cat back, sedate (not put right out) it a bit and clean it and give it one stitch. Didn't take long. Three hundred bucks!!!! Three hundred!! She almost died. If he hadn't touched the damned thing it would have been fine.
My rant is this....its no wonder so many animals get put down or don't get proper care. Atlas has shown me that it just doesn't have to be that expensive. I know other vets hate Atlas and actually made accusations against them. Atlas took them to court and won. Us patients love them. And they don't charge an arm and a leg. More animals would get better care if the cost was reasonable. End of rant.
So get this, He got three shots and his nails clipped, took all of ten minutes. 183 bucks!!!! Jeez! I need to be in the lower mainland so I can take him to Atlas. They used to clip Homer's nails, and he was a very uncooperative beast, for free!
So today Telus guy comes. After talking to the manager that day I have decided I am not going to go back to shaw like he suggested. I am simply going to continue to phone everytime there is a problem and they can spend the dime sending someone out. The manager had the audacity to tell me that if I go to Shaw he would let me out of their contract at no cost to me!!!
Well Holy Hell!!! I told him that I wouldn't pay them a dime even if they wanted me to. I upheld my end of that contract...they are the ones that have broken it. They owe me freaking money thank you very much. My brother suggested a fix that they had to do at his house...with Telus too. So today I am going to make that suggestion and see if they will do it. I shall report back later.
Well I am hungry. I am going to go through my overloaded cupboards and see what gross thing I should eat, just to get rid of it. Can't taste or smell so might as well take advantage. TTYL
Monday, February 19, 2018
GRRRRRR.....
I think there should be a rule about taking people to the airport.
When Spod and I were travelling we never ever asked anyone to take us to the airport. I think the kids voluntarily did drive us a couple of times, mainly Monte, and for sure Monte was the one to pick us up the most. But I know people that will go to the ends of the earth to find someone to drive them. Spod and I always called a cab. In the end the fifty bucks was inconsequential and it saved a lot of hassle for someone out there.
But....if you really are going to get someone to drive you, make sure they are people like me, who truly don't mind driving someone to the airport and have the courtesy to confer with them before you book your flight. If there is a choice between an easy late morning or early afternoon flight and an ungodly four in the morning or midnight flight, pick the middle of the day...or plan to pay the twenty bucks (Kamloops cost versus fifty in Vancouver) for a taxi.
The boys fly out tomorrow for Montreal. They told me the flight was at one o'clock. So, planning my week this morning, I calculated a trip to the airport, Kiwanis obligations, vet appointment, dr. appointment etc...accordingly. And then ten minutes ago Anton comes upstairs after double checking flight times, and tells me the plane leaves at sevenish tomorrow morning!!! What the hell?
So, you know those gps voices that go "recalculating, recalculating, recalculating" Yeah well I had one going off in my head. I gave Anton shit til he squirmed and apologized. Poor guy!
Actually I don't really mind. I will get up at quarter to five and drive them out there but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to bug the guy. After tomorrow there won't be anyone to tease anymore.
And I will admit that I would rather drive people at that time than in the middle of a trafficky busy day. There is something awesome about driving in the dark empty streets!
Well off to do ..... well nothing. My house is clean, food is cooked already, too much snow to walk...(I can hear the groans now). I am debating something. The vet I am taking Wrangler to is right at the end of my complex here beside 7-11. Should I walk him there or drive? Hmmmmm....TTYL
When Spod and I were travelling we never ever asked anyone to take us to the airport. I think the kids voluntarily did drive us a couple of times, mainly Monte, and for sure Monte was the one to pick us up the most. But I know people that will go to the ends of the earth to find someone to drive them. Spod and I always called a cab. In the end the fifty bucks was inconsequential and it saved a lot of hassle for someone out there.
But....if you really are going to get someone to drive you, make sure they are people like me, who truly don't mind driving someone to the airport and have the courtesy to confer with them before you book your flight. If there is a choice between an easy late morning or early afternoon flight and an ungodly four in the morning or midnight flight, pick the middle of the day...or plan to pay the twenty bucks (Kamloops cost versus fifty in Vancouver) for a taxi.
The boys fly out tomorrow for Montreal. They told me the flight was at one o'clock. So, planning my week this morning, I calculated a trip to the airport, Kiwanis obligations, vet appointment, dr. appointment etc...accordingly. And then ten minutes ago Anton comes upstairs after double checking flight times, and tells me the plane leaves at sevenish tomorrow morning!!! What the hell?
So, you know those gps voices that go "recalculating, recalculating, recalculating" Yeah well I had one going off in my head. I gave Anton shit til he squirmed and apologized. Poor guy!
Actually I don't really mind. I will get up at quarter to five and drive them out there but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to bug the guy. After tomorrow there won't be anyone to tease anymore.
And I will admit that I would rather drive people at that time than in the middle of a trafficky busy day. There is something awesome about driving in the dark empty streets!
Well off to do ..... well nothing. My house is clean, food is cooked already, too much snow to walk...(I can hear the groans now). I am debating something. The vet I am taking Wrangler to is right at the end of my complex here beside 7-11. Should I walk him there or drive? Hmmmmm....TTYL
Saturday, February 17, 2018
GAMES AND FUN
I am getting heartily sick of coughing my brains out. It always worries me that my eyeballs will pop out and now my ribs are cracking and my stomach muscles hurt. And every time I start coughing it scares the dog. hahaha!!! He leaps into the air and runs into the other room. I have to admit there are a couple of times I did it on purpose.
Kathy and Kerry were up at Sun Peaks the other day. On their way down the mountain they offered to go out to Rivershore and pick up my jeep. What a nice thing to do! So I got her back...all fixed up. The jeep sat out there for almost a week. And it came back just as filthy as it went in, inside and out. I had them fix the floor mat on the passenger side, it kept coming up. It involved taking the seat right out. And all the dirt was still there on the floor. How is it other people get their cars all cleaned and lovely when they go into the garage? And putting oil in the differencials cost me over two hundred bucks!
Yesterday Anton and I went to Kathy and Kerry's for dinner and games. We had such a good good time. And every one of us was hacking and coughing. Emily and James were there and we played Code Names after dinner. That game is so addictive! Little Stirling was running around like a little trooper, continuously heading for everything he wasn't supposed to touch! And Ainsley bounced around in a ratty tatty awesome tutuish rainbow colour dress. Dinner was delicious as usual and home by 11. Its super cold here right now and even though we were only a block away we almost froze.
And now its snowing.....again. I know we are only half way through February but this winter shit is beginning to get tiresome. So is having to constantly run to the loo....gotta go. TTYL
Kathy and Kerry were up at Sun Peaks the other day. On their way down the mountain they offered to go out to Rivershore and pick up my jeep. What a nice thing to do! So I got her back...all fixed up. The jeep sat out there for almost a week. And it came back just as filthy as it went in, inside and out. I had them fix the floor mat on the passenger side, it kept coming up. It involved taking the seat right out. And all the dirt was still there on the floor. How is it other people get their cars all cleaned and lovely when they go into the garage? And putting oil in the differencials cost me over two hundred bucks!
Yesterday Anton and I went to Kathy and Kerry's for dinner and games. We had such a good good time. And every one of us was hacking and coughing. Emily and James were there and we played Code Names after dinner. That game is so addictive! Little Stirling was running around like a little trooper, continuously heading for everything he wasn't supposed to touch! And Ainsley bounced around in a ratty tatty awesome tutuish rainbow colour dress. Dinner was delicious as usual and home by 11. Its super cold here right now and even though we were only a block away we almost froze.
And now its snowing.....again. I know we are only half way through February but this winter shit is beginning to get tiresome. So is having to constantly run to the loo....gotta go. TTYL
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
STILL SICK
I think I said in the last post that I got the same thing that I had at Christmas. Wrong. This one is way worse. I can't smell or taste or quit coughing or get enough air (I feel like I am drowning). I haven't eaten and my skin looks like that of an eighty year old malnutritioned old lady. (Oh wait!!! I am an old malnutritioned old lady!) And I am tired of this! I haven't been out of the house since a week ago.
And when I did try to go somewhere Tank tanked. I ended up calling roadside assistance (which I didn't even know I had) and they towed the jeep away. Its still at the dealership, waiting for me to get well enough to go get it.
And guess what? Remember I posted about the last Telus guy that was here three or four weeks ago? He wasn't very nice and cast suspicions on the many many times the upstairs pvr quit working. I mean jeez, what the hell does he think? I sabotaged it on purpose every time...telus muncheousans? So when he left I said thank you, see you in three weeks, in a very jaded tone of voice. In fact I wasn't very nice or polite through the whole damned thing.
Well....its out again. I am pretty sure it has to do with the wifi router. What shows up on the screen says ...NO SIGNAL! So this time when I call Telus I am going to tell them to put its own router upstairs with that tv. And I will not be charged for it. Idiots.
Kathy came by today at lunch with Thai chicken soup and egg sandwiches and salmon sandwiches. Normally I would maybe have trouble eating the soup, not my fave, but I couldn't taste a thing. It was such a lovely gesture on her part. I love it when she visits. We always have such good visits.
Well I am signing off for now. Seven more days and my boys are off to Montreal. I am not sure how I feel about that. I am sure going to miss them. TTYL
And when I did try to go somewhere Tank tanked. I ended up calling roadside assistance (which I didn't even know I had) and they towed the jeep away. Its still at the dealership, waiting for me to get well enough to go get it.
And guess what? Remember I posted about the last Telus guy that was here three or four weeks ago? He wasn't very nice and cast suspicions on the many many times the upstairs pvr quit working. I mean jeez, what the hell does he think? I sabotaged it on purpose every time...telus muncheousans? So when he left I said thank you, see you in three weeks, in a very jaded tone of voice. In fact I wasn't very nice or polite through the whole damned thing.
Well....its out again. I am pretty sure it has to do with the wifi router. What shows up on the screen says ...NO SIGNAL! So this time when I call Telus I am going to tell them to put its own router upstairs with that tv. And I will not be charged for it. Idiots.
Kathy came by today at lunch with Thai chicken soup and egg sandwiches and salmon sandwiches. Normally I would maybe have trouble eating the soup, not my fave, but I couldn't taste a thing. It was such a lovely gesture on her part. I love it when she visits. We always have such good visits.
Well I am signing off for now. Seven more days and my boys are off to Montreal. I am not sure how I feel about that. I am sure going to miss them. TTYL
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
SICK...AGAIN
And yet again I am sick. I am getting tired of this. It is exactly the same thing that I had at Xmas. I thought that once you got that particular virus you then had immunity. Clearly not.
I am using my new smaller laptop. I like it. But ironing out the initial wrinkles is annoying. I was kind of sticking to the old lappy to avoid those annoyances, but the internet kept crapping out every five minutes on the old one. I would have to shut the internet off up at the top and turn it back on every five minutes. And then it started to do that on the new lappy. Usually I can solve my own computer problems but this time I had to call Kevin. And I think he actually solved my pvr problem as well. Clever boy.
But I shall continue with this new little laptop now that I have it up and running.
I have missed a few things this week due to being sick. One of them was the Kiwanis meeting. I really enjoy them and I was going to make Kathy's and my lunch (egg sammiches...our fave) but I just couldn't go. And tonite I am supposed to be attending a fund raiser dinner and there is no way I can go. And I think I am going to have to post pone my lunch with Dana tomorrow. :(. (shovel list). I love having lunch with her and her mom.
Graeme's dad was here for a couple of nights. He lives in Trail. What a lovely person!!! He is so much like Graeme its funny. It was such a special treat to meet one of the boys' parents! Gives you such a different perspective on the kid. And I can see why Graeme turned out to be so special. (and I don't mean 'special' in the Forest Gump way!! Haha!!)
Graeme is on his way back to Trail with his Dad and all his stuff today. He will be back in a couple of weeks to head out east with Anton. I feel so bad that Monte isn't quite ready yet to join them. I think it would be amazing if and when Monte can go to Montreal and meet up with his friends.
Well thats it for now. My head is coming off and I cannot quit double sneezing. For some odd reason my sneezes have turned into two sneezes instantly one after the other. What the hell? They feel good though! TTYL
I am using my new smaller laptop. I like it. But ironing out the initial wrinkles is annoying. I was kind of sticking to the old lappy to avoid those annoyances, but the internet kept crapping out every five minutes on the old one. I would have to shut the internet off up at the top and turn it back on every five minutes. And then it started to do that on the new lappy. Usually I can solve my own computer problems but this time I had to call Kevin. And I think he actually solved my pvr problem as well. Clever boy.
But I shall continue with this new little laptop now that I have it up and running.
I have missed a few things this week due to being sick. One of them was the Kiwanis meeting. I really enjoy them and I was going to make Kathy's and my lunch (egg sammiches...our fave) but I just couldn't go. And tonite I am supposed to be attending a fund raiser dinner and there is no way I can go. And I think I am going to have to post pone my lunch with Dana tomorrow. :(. (shovel list). I love having lunch with her and her mom.
Graeme's dad was here for a couple of nights. He lives in Trail. What a lovely person!!! He is so much like Graeme its funny. It was such a special treat to meet one of the boys' parents! Gives you such a different perspective on the kid. And I can see why Graeme turned out to be so special. (and I don't mean 'special' in the Forest Gump way!! Haha!!)
Graeme is on his way back to Trail with his Dad and all his stuff today. He will be back in a couple of weeks to head out east with Anton. I feel so bad that Monte isn't quite ready yet to join them. I think it would be amazing if and when Monte can go to Montreal and meet up with his friends.
Well thats it for now. My head is coming off and I cannot quit double sneezing. For some odd reason my sneezes have turned into two sneezes instantly one after the other. What the hell? They feel good though! TTYL
Saturday, February 3, 2018
Well I am still surviving. Not happily but that is just going to take time.
Anton got his working visa!!! He was one happy boy I tell ya!! So fast! Our government can work quick when it wants to!
So Graham and Anton are heading to Montreal on Feb. 20. They are going to work and go to school there. And I am going to miss those guys. I have kind of taken it for granted having them around. Its going to be awfully quiet when they go.
So, I'm planning some trips to keep busy. As I have said I am going to China on the 13th of March. Between now and then I need to make a trip to Vancouver to take Monte's dog down to Aryn to get back to Monte. After I get back from China I am planning to go to Penticton for a while and see the grandkids. Its been forever since I have seen them. Now and then Fenton texts me from his ipad! Its soooo cool... the last time he sent me a picture of himself and I took a selfie and sent it to him!
In June Kathy and Kerry have asked if I would like to go on a road trip across Canada with them for a couple of weeks!!! I am sooo excited!!! They also asked Kerry's sister Wendy but she isn't feelin' it so much. Which is really too bad. I would have loved it if she came. Anyway I, for one, can't wait. I'm putting money aside for that trip as we speak!
In August I shall be attending the Smithers Bulkley Valley Fair!!! Aryn and Bradley got a long term job in Prince George. So I shall go and visit them up there and then we shall make a trip to Smithers. I am soo excited about this one. As most of you know I was raised until I was twelve in Smithers. And even though I have lived elsewhere for most of my life, I still consider myself 'from' Smithers.
And after that...well money will dictate. I want to go to Cuba and Cabo San Lucas with Cookie. So its time to pull in my belt, sock the money away and make some plans! Gotta keep busy running from those worry demons. TTYL
Anton got his working visa!!! He was one happy boy I tell ya!! So fast! Our government can work quick when it wants to!
So Graham and Anton are heading to Montreal on Feb. 20. They are going to work and go to school there. And I am going to miss those guys. I have kind of taken it for granted having them around. Its going to be awfully quiet when they go.
So, I'm planning some trips to keep busy. As I have said I am going to China on the 13th of March. Between now and then I need to make a trip to Vancouver to take Monte's dog down to Aryn to get back to Monte. After I get back from China I am planning to go to Penticton for a while and see the grandkids. Its been forever since I have seen them. Now and then Fenton texts me from his ipad! Its soooo cool... the last time he sent me a picture of himself and I took a selfie and sent it to him!
In June Kathy and Kerry have asked if I would like to go on a road trip across Canada with them for a couple of weeks!!! I am sooo excited!!! They also asked Kerry's sister Wendy but she isn't feelin' it so much. Which is really too bad. I would have loved it if she came. Anyway I, for one, can't wait. I'm putting money aside for that trip as we speak!
In August I shall be attending the Smithers Bulkley Valley Fair!!! Aryn and Bradley got a long term job in Prince George. So I shall go and visit them up there and then we shall make a trip to Smithers. I am soo excited about this one. As most of you know I was raised until I was twelve in Smithers. And even though I have lived elsewhere for most of my life, I still consider myself 'from' Smithers.
And after that...well money will dictate. I want to go to Cuba and Cabo San Lucas with Cookie. So its time to pull in my belt, sock the money away and make some plans! Gotta keep busy running from those worry demons. TTYL
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