I swear I am getting early (or not so early) onset dementia. I just simply don't remember things. And I am not sure if its early onset dementia or just plain apathy.
I will give you an example. My awesome friend Anne offered to come over one day and help me with my laundry (and she can do hers at the same time) and spur me onward with sorting out my still packed boxes of clothes. Toss, hang or sally anne.
So a couple of days ago we made arrangements for her to come over around ten o'clock in the morning one day and we would gitter done. I was pretty sure it was today, Wednesday. I was also going to make lunch. Last night I hauled out my several bags of frozen beef barley soup to fix up (it was way too thick), went to the store and bought bagels to make croutons for a caesar salad. I also bought an apple crumble pie to go with the whipping cream in my fridge.
Now its Wednesday. And it is way past 11. So now I am aware I am mixing things up and not paying proper attention to conversations and plans. I came to the conclusion that its tomorrow she is coming, not today. I settle in to do some lappy stuff. Just as I get comfy.......
The phone rings. Its Anne. She is running late. She had to cook the chicken she promised to bring. What? Shit!!! I totally forgot she said she would bring the chicken. In fact I totally forgot the whole conversation we had. Damn!! And now I have this massive pot of absolutely delicious beef barley soup to freeze again. At least its fixed. (shovel list) And the actual reason she is running late? She decided to debone that chicken. Why? I ask!!!
I have known Anne since we were kids having kids. We met around 1974. And to be friends with this extremely loyal amazing person means you must be able to put up with a person who is always late. And I mean seriously hours late sometimes. She is way better now than she was years ago but .... it still happens on occasion. But you know if thats her worst trait...who cares!
And....she doesn't have a cell phone. I can honestly say she is the only person I know older than ten who doesn't have one. Sometimes I envy her this situation, but damn! its inconvenient for the rest of us!!! You can't find her in stores. You can't cancel or update plans. You can't chit chat instead of getting together. She also doesn't have a computer (I know, right!!!???) so there even isn't emailing. She goes to the library and she watches CBC so she is full of interesting conversation, and thats more important. I guess. LOL!!! I like to give her the gears about it!
Anyway, she is going to be here in fifteen minutes....maybe. And I had best get to it and get the bagel croutons made and the table set. TTYL
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Sunday, January 27, 2019
DESTRUCTIVE FAT MEN
When I was fourteen, living in Kitsilano, Mom had promised us two girls we would get a sewing machine if we could make a dress by the age of fourteen. We could.
But then, in our wisdom, we actually didn't want a sewing machine. Kathy chose a camera, which she got, probably an old brownie. I chose a typewriter. Even then I loved to write. And I received a huge heavy used Underwood. I was delighted.
One day, not long after getting it, the neighbour came over for something or other....to talk to mom. This fellow was massively overweight. And as they stood there conversing, he, like all of us overweight people, needed to sit. So he perched himself on my typewriter that was sitting there on a desk, and totally destroyed it! He bent the whole carriage down to the point it couldn't type anymore. I had had it about one month. I was heartbroken!
I had gone through hell earning that thing. I positively hate sewing. It is the most tedious, stomach clenching, detailed endeavour...and all you end up with are clothes that look homemade. I took sewing at school and I made my own clothes at home til I made dresses...just to get a typewriter that some fat man ruined. (SHOVEL LIST)
Well, last week there was a knock at my door. A massive overweight man was standing there with identification in his hand. I was expecting someone from strata....to check the deck. I guess they were having problems with some of the decks and needed to check them all out. And, sure, why not send the biggest human that can still walk, out to check decks? Makes sense to me. Step out sir, please, and if the frigging thing doesn't collapse it passes the test!
Anyway, when he was finished he came back in and stood on the threshold of the doorway between the dining room (and I use that term loosely) and the kitchen. He talked for quite a while...an interesting conversation. He saw my tiffany lamps and I guess in his spare time made stained glass things. I learned a lot about the process I must say. He wasn't that old and I had him pegged more of a Star Trekker and gamer type guy. Well wasn't I wrong!
Anyway, he had been there for a while when we heard a crack come from his lower area. He stepped back and sure enough, he had cracked the wooden threshold, length wise. Dammit!!!!! He then gave me instructions on how to fix it. I would have told him to fix it for me as HE was the one that broke it but I know for a fact he would not be able to bend over to do it.
I keep a running list of things that need fixing in this place so I added that to the list. When the time comes I shall hire someone to come in and tackle all the fixers I can't do myself. When I die and come back to earth I am going to come back as a handyman....way more useful than a retired mortgage broker who cooks and plays the piano. (shovel list) TTYL
But then, in our wisdom, we actually didn't want a sewing machine. Kathy chose a camera, which she got, probably an old brownie. I chose a typewriter. Even then I loved to write. And I received a huge heavy used Underwood. I was delighted.
One day, not long after getting it, the neighbour came over for something or other....to talk to mom. This fellow was massively overweight. And as they stood there conversing, he, like all of us overweight people, needed to sit. So he perched himself on my typewriter that was sitting there on a desk, and totally destroyed it! He bent the whole carriage down to the point it couldn't type anymore. I had had it about one month. I was heartbroken!
I had gone through hell earning that thing. I positively hate sewing. It is the most tedious, stomach clenching, detailed endeavour...and all you end up with are clothes that look homemade. I took sewing at school and I made my own clothes at home til I made dresses...just to get a typewriter that some fat man ruined. (SHOVEL LIST)
Well, last week there was a knock at my door. A massive overweight man was standing there with identification in his hand. I was expecting someone from strata....to check the deck. I guess they were having problems with some of the decks and needed to check them all out. And, sure, why not send the biggest human that can still walk, out to check decks? Makes sense to me. Step out sir, please, and if the frigging thing doesn't collapse it passes the test!
Anyway, when he was finished he came back in and stood on the threshold of the doorway between the dining room (and I use that term loosely) and the kitchen. He talked for quite a while...an interesting conversation. He saw my tiffany lamps and I guess in his spare time made stained glass things. I learned a lot about the process I must say. He wasn't that old and I had him pegged more of a Star Trekker and gamer type guy. Well wasn't I wrong!
Anyway, he had been there for a while when we heard a crack come from his lower area. He stepped back and sure enough, he had cracked the wooden threshold, length wise. Dammit!!!!! He then gave me instructions on how to fix it. I would have told him to fix it for me as HE was the one that broke it but I know for a fact he would not be able to bend over to do it.
I keep a running list of things that need fixing in this place so I added that to the list. When the time comes I shall hire someone to come in and tackle all the fixers I can't do myself. When I die and come back to earth I am going to come back as a handyman....way more useful than a retired mortgage broker who cooks and plays the piano. (shovel list) TTYL
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
A SHORTIE POST
Sometimes I miss my mom and my husband. When I have exciting news I need to phone one of them! Something exciting happened yesterday, which I will get to in a moment, and after it was all decided and done, I sat here for a few minutes with an empty feeling. My sister and my kids already knew but when it was all done....there was no one to call and share it with. I let myself feel sorry for myself for at least five minutes. So 'unharlequin romance heroish'!!!!
So starting Feb 27 to March 10 my blog posts will be titled "Two Broads and a Convertible"!!!!!!!! Thats right!! We are going to Hawaii..and not Maui this time. We are heading to party central, Waikiki!!!!!!! We will probably rent a convertible for only one day while we are there. Cookie hasn't been to Oahu yet and I would love to take her up to the North Shore where the big waves are and where our family spent a lot of time in the past. I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!! And this time we are in a hotel...one I have been in at least twice before. Which means NO COOKING!!! In fact the last time our family was in the Ohana East, was when that awful huge tsunami hit Thailand etc...Cookie picked the hotel and it was just coincidence it was the same one.
I am not sure why but I am super duper excited about this trip. For one its really soon and secondly I have never had an unfun trip to Waikiki. Bill and I went there for my 60th birthday. We flew over from Maui for a long weekend and had a blast!!!!
Thats it! TTYL
I am too excited to do a shovel list post. And I still haven't got my cord for my other lappy with the gratitude list on it.
Sunday, January 20, 2019
CRAZY WEEK!!!
I just had a very abnormal week. A lovely one but abnormal.
This past week Kathy has been babysitting her two grandchildren. Their mom and dad went to Maui and Kathy moved down to their house to mind the chillins.
They invited me to participate in a nightly dinner and a few episodes of season one and two of The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel. Its an Amazon Prime tv show. Most of us do not have Amazon Prime...but Jo and Craig do! So every night after dinner and kidlets popped into bed, we would watch two or three episodes of the 'marvellous' show. I highly recommend it!!
On Wednesday night though I had a meeting, a four person committee meeting. The committee is the Adopt a Grad committee. It seems that now there is a committee its fifty times more work. I am learning that the more people we involve in something, the more opinions floating around, the slower decisions get made. Drives me nuts. I am a 'think for five minutes', find the answer and get on it right away. And that is for sure what doesn't happen when tons of people are involved.
The meeting consisted of four of us, in my place. I made a whole bunch of butter tarts and a pot of disappointing David's tea and set to. And thats when I found out that nothing could be finalized .... again. And this is the second meeting. I put a ton of work into getting the letters and poster wording etc...written up ...just for it all to be tossed out and changed...but only suggested changes. They want to run it all by the whole Kiwanis group. I discussed this with my sister and she agreed...we don't have to run it by them, thats why we have a committee, we can just go ahead and gitter done. But....we will see. I don't think I am cut out for this. I am too impulsive and impatient. I am willing to pay consequences! LOL!!
Kathy and I took turns making dinners. Last night I took down a pot of beef barley soup and fruit salad and yogurt for the dessert. Well, 2 yr old Stirling ate and ate and ate. He is a huge eater! Suddenly he got the most distressed look on his face and grabbed his stomach and whimpered and said 'Owwwie owwwie'. He had simply eaten way over his limit, bless him! Suddenly a whole lot of what he had just eaten arrived on the scene! I think he instantly felt better!
It was a lovely week! I love those kids, they are endlessly entertaining! And boy did Kathy do some running! I counted five times she got up from the dinner table one night, getting them the things they needed! I so admire her energy.
Well, speaking of energy, I have a busy day today. Its a cleaning day...clothes, bedding, hair, shower, garbage...one of those days. TTYL
Apple charge cords: (shovel list..not grateful list) Apple is NOT consistent. Every device requires a different charge cord. Its so annoying. And the laptop ones aren't snapped into the laptop but they are magnetically held there. Consequently every time you move the laptop it falls out. So annoying. Sounds minor and pettish and it is, but I am still putting it on my shovel list.
This past week Kathy has been babysitting her two grandchildren. Their mom and dad went to Maui and Kathy moved down to their house to mind the chillins.
They invited me to participate in a nightly dinner and a few episodes of season one and two of The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel. Its an Amazon Prime tv show. Most of us do not have Amazon Prime...but Jo and Craig do! So every night after dinner and kidlets popped into bed, we would watch two or three episodes of the 'marvellous' show. I highly recommend it!!
On Wednesday night though I had a meeting, a four person committee meeting. The committee is the Adopt a Grad committee. It seems that now there is a committee its fifty times more work. I am learning that the more people we involve in something, the more opinions floating around, the slower decisions get made. Drives me nuts. I am a 'think for five minutes', find the answer and get on it right away. And that is for sure what doesn't happen when tons of people are involved.
The meeting consisted of four of us, in my place. I made a whole bunch of butter tarts and a pot of disappointing David's tea and set to. And thats when I found out that nothing could be finalized .... again. And this is the second meeting. I put a ton of work into getting the letters and poster wording etc...written up ...just for it all to be tossed out and changed...but only suggested changes. They want to run it all by the whole Kiwanis group. I discussed this with my sister and she agreed...we don't have to run it by them, thats why we have a committee, we can just go ahead and gitter done. But....we will see. I don't think I am cut out for this. I am too impulsive and impatient. I am willing to pay consequences! LOL!!
Kathy and I took turns making dinners. Last night I took down a pot of beef barley soup and fruit salad and yogurt for the dessert. Well, 2 yr old Stirling ate and ate and ate. He is a huge eater! Suddenly he got the most distressed look on his face and grabbed his stomach and whimpered and said 'Owwwie owwwie'. He had simply eaten way over his limit, bless him! Suddenly a whole lot of what he had just eaten arrived on the scene! I think he instantly felt better!
It was a lovely week! I love those kids, they are endlessly entertaining! And boy did Kathy do some running! I counted five times she got up from the dinner table one night, getting them the things they needed! I so admire her energy.
Well, speaking of energy, I have a busy day today. Its a cleaning day...clothes, bedding, hair, shower, garbage...one of those days. TTYL
Apple charge cords: (shovel list..not grateful list) Apple is NOT consistent. Every device requires a different charge cord. Its so annoying. And the laptop ones aren't snapped into the laptop but they are magnetically held there. Consequently every time you move the laptop it falls out. So annoying. Sounds minor and pettish and it is, but I am still putting it on my shovel list.
Monday, January 14, 2019
NOT A CHEERY POST
Well two things happened since the last post that are not happy things.
We lost our little Molly Dolly. Yes, she did live a long long time...16 years. Yes, she had a happy loved life right to the end. And yes, she had a wonderful happy last week, chasing her toys and snuggling with Aryn. But none of that makes us feel better. As a family we are truly sad. She was such an incredible ray of sunshine...right to the very end. I know we all complained about her at times...as with any dog she wasn't perfect...but almost.
I am so grateful I had those three weeks with her recently. I was able to reconnect with her in such a positive way. I know she wasn't with me for the last two years but I had her for the fourteen before. She left an indelible mark on my heart. She will be missed, especially by a broken hearted Aryn and a broken hearted Bradley and a broken hearted April.
The next sad event is nowhere near as sad as losing Molly, but will effect my life tremendously. My beloved amazing wonderful red recliner chair is broken. (shovel list) The leg thingy won't go down, the handle won't move and it won't rock. I should have bought a Lazy Boy.
Now to get into it I have to put a leg on each side of the foot thingy and toss myself back into the chair. And when you are a big fat broad, that can be a dangerous thing....as I found out.
The first attempt, I planted a leg on each side, quite a spread I might add. I kind of swayed from foot to foot, getting ready, bent my upper self forward and then launched backwards. I flew back, with what became obvious fairly quickly, more force than necessary, landed with a hell of thwack smack into the chair and it slid back into the dog, who yelped, leapt in the air and tore off into the living room, knocking crap over everywhere. So I decided to do some practice runs, perfecting the physics of it...velocity and propulsion. I can do it like a pro now.
But getting out? Oh jeez! I slide my ass forward, not so easy when you are my size and its somewhat uphill. When my butt is exactly on the edge of the seat, feet planted on the floor on each side of the foot thingy, I rock my upper body back and forth, gaining momentum. When I am ready I heave forward as hard as possible (I might have to do it three or four times) and eventually I get forward enough to propel upwards onto my feet. I have a feeling if I do this often enough in a day I will be able to cancel my gym membership.
I was at Kathy and Kerry's last nite...actually at Jo and Craig's who are in Maui right now and K&K are babysitting for a week, for a delicious dinner. The last two nights I have been there and we are watching two seasons of The Marvellous Mrs. Maisy. What an awesome series!
Tonight I am taking a bunch of lamb chops from the lamb in my freezer that I bought for dinner again and watch some more of that great show. If you get a chance to watch it, its on Amazon Prime, do. It will be time well spent! And I must remember to bring my vicious green mint jelly with me. I am pretty sure Craig would not have any of that stuff in his kitchen! TTYL
Shovel List: Dogs. You love the heck out of them and then they die...breaking your heart. I counted how many times I have been through this loss. Seven. And Wrangler will be eight and I dread when that happens.
We lost our little Molly Dolly. Yes, she did live a long long time...16 years. Yes, she had a happy loved life right to the end. And yes, she had a wonderful happy last week, chasing her toys and snuggling with Aryn. But none of that makes us feel better. As a family we are truly sad. She was such an incredible ray of sunshine...right to the very end. I know we all complained about her at times...as with any dog she wasn't perfect...but almost.
I am so grateful I had those three weeks with her recently. I was able to reconnect with her in such a positive way. I know she wasn't with me for the last two years but I had her for the fourteen before. She left an indelible mark on my heart. She will be missed, especially by a broken hearted Aryn and a broken hearted Bradley and a broken hearted April.
The next sad event is nowhere near as sad as losing Molly, but will effect my life tremendously. My beloved amazing wonderful red recliner chair is broken. (shovel list) The leg thingy won't go down, the handle won't move and it won't rock. I should have bought a Lazy Boy.
Now to get into it I have to put a leg on each side of the foot thingy and toss myself back into the chair. And when you are a big fat broad, that can be a dangerous thing....as I found out.
The first attempt, I planted a leg on each side, quite a spread I might add. I kind of swayed from foot to foot, getting ready, bent my upper self forward and then launched backwards. I flew back, with what became obvious fairly quickly, more force than necessary, landed with a hell of thwack smack into the chair and it slid back into the dog, who yelped, leapt in the air and tore off into the living room, knocking crap over everywhere. So I decided to do some practice runs, perfecting the physics of it...velocity and propulsion. I can do it like a pro now.
But getting out? Oh jeez! I slide my ass forward, not so easy when you are my size and its somewhat uphill. When my butt is exactly on the edge of the seat, feet planted on the floor on each side of the foot thingy, I rock my upper body back and forth, gaining momentum. When I am ready I heave forward as hard as possible (I might have to do it three or four times) and eventually I get forward enough to propel upwards onto my feet. I have a feeling if I do this often enough in a day I will be able to cancel my gym membership.
I was at Kathy and Kerry's last nite...actually at Jo and Craig's who are in Maui right now and K&K are babysitting for a week, for a delicious dinner. The last two nights I have been there and we are watching two seasons of The Marvellous Mrs. Maisy. What an awesome series!
Tonight I am taking a bunch of lamb chops from the lamb in my freezer that I bought for dinner again and watch some more of that great show. If you get a chance to watch it, its on Amazon Prime, do. It will be time well spent! And I must remember to bring my vicious green mint jelly with me. I am pretty sure Craig would not have any of that stuff in his kitchen! TTYL
Shovel List: Dogs. You love the heck out of them and then they die...breaking your heart. I counted how many times I have been through this loss. Seven. And Wrangler will be eight and I dread when that happens.
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
MISANTHROPE
I wonder how many of us don't know the meaning of that word! It popped up on a show I was watching and decided to look it up. And I discovered that the older I get the more I become a misanthropist! It means a very strong dislike of the human race. Hahaha!!! And I have been hearing this sentiment more and more often from more and more people at a much younger demographic than I would have expected. Kind of funny I think. Or maybe sad, I am not sure.
Its been a quiet week. I have been taking Wrangler out for walks, not my fave past time. He pulls and it hurts my back. But he is getting better.
I have been to the mall. Yes, me, to the mall. I have been going through angst trying to buy a charge cord for my lappy. I walked into the Source, into an all male, cocky male, salesforce. You know the type...they know everything techy wise and they see me, an old fat white haired lady who doesn't know anything. Dipshits!
So I tell them what I am wanting. I had already been to Best Buy and they had sold the last one ten minutes before or something annoying like that.
So I look dude in the eye and tell him I need a USB c end to a USB c at the other end. "are you sure?' he asks. "Yes" I say. And I tell him its for a macbook pro. 'Are you sure its not to a USB- A end?' 'NO!!' I say. ' There is no such thing as an ordinary USB anything on Macbook anythings." Anyway he finds it and like an ass I don't even look, I trust macho dude to know what he is doing. I pay 35 bucks for it. I had already paid 35 for the white boxy thing thats on mac chargers. It just didn't come with the cord. Like who knew?
Bring it home, rip open the box, and it has a flipping USB end on it. JEEEEEEEEEZUS!!!!! Idiot! Dumbass! Macho Goon. I'da gone right back but it was after closing time.
So next day I go right back and slap it down on the counter and expressed my pissed offedness to him and say that I need a USB C TO USB C...NOT A USB ON ONE END. This was a different guy. Oh he says, we don't sell those. Oh for cripes sakes!!!
I went home and warmed up old Betsy, went to Amazon, found exactly what I needed. And get this. The cord, ten feet, and brick (the white square thingy) both were 35 bucks total. Thirty Five Bucks. Thirty five bucks cheaper than buying stuff here in town. Sigh. I should have known.
I also now have a giant 8quart instant pot sitting on the floor behind me still in the box. Its been there for a week now. I won't lie...I am intimidated. I went out and bought all the stuff to make pea soup and beef barley soup. I will freeze it all and take it to Port Alberni. But I need to do it and stop letting that thing scare me. At least before the meat goes rotten.
So that was my exciting week. Sorry to be so boring. Oh I did do Kiwanis stuff too. I have become the head of the Adopt-A-Grad committee. We had a meeting tonight and it was a lot of fun. It was just four of us women and the convo got pretty, well lets say, salty! haha! We had fun plus we got a lot done.
Okay gotta bounce. TTYL
Shovel List: Macho dudes that think they know everything. Super annoying.
Its been a quiet week. I have been taking Wrangler out for walks, not my fave past time. He pulls and it hurts my back. But he is getting better.
I have been to the mall. Yes, me, to the mall. I have been going through angst trying to buy a charge cord for my lappy. I walked into the Source, into an all male, cocky male, salesforce. You know the type...they know everything techy wise and they see me, an old fat white haired lady who doesn't know anything. Dipshits!
So I tell them what I am wanting. I had already been to Best Buy and they had sold the last one ten minutes before or something annoying like that.
So I look dude in the eye and tell him I need a USB c end to a USB c at the other end. "are you sure?' he asks. "Yes" I say. And I tell him its for a macbook pro. 'Are you sure its not to a USB- A end?' 'NO!!' I say. ' There is no such thing as an ordinary USB anything on Macbook anythings." Anyway he finds it and like an ass I don't even look, I trust macho dude to know what he is doing. I pay 35 bucks for it. I had already paid 35 for the white boxy thing thats on mac chargers. It just didn't come with the cord. Like who knew?
Bring it home, rip open the box, and it has a flipping USB end on it. JEEEEEEEEEZUS!!!!! Idiot! Dumbass! Macho Goon. I'da gone right back but it was after closing time.
So next day I go right back and slap it down on the counter and expressed my pissed offedness to him and say that I need a USB C TO USB C...NOT A USB ON ONE END. This was a different guy. Oh he says, we don't sell those. Oh for cripes sakes!!!
I went home and warmed up old Betsy, went to Amazon, found exactly what I needed. And get this. The cord, ten feet, and brick (the white square thingy) both were 35 bucks total. Thirty Five Bucks. Thirty five bucks cheaper than buying stuff here in town. Sigh. I should have known.
I also now have a giant 8quart instant pot sitting on the floor behind me still in the box. Its been there for a week now. I won't lie...I am intimidated. I went out and bought all the stuff to make pea soup and beef barley soup. I will freeze it all and take it to Port Alberni. But I need to do it and stop letting that thing scare me. At least before the meat goes rotten.
So that was my exciting week. Sorry to be so boring. Oh I did do Kiwanis stuff too. I have become the head of the Adopt-A-Grad committee. We had a meeting tonight and it was a lot of fun. It was just four of us women and the convo got pretty, well lets say, salty! haha! We had fun plus we got a lot done.
Okay gotta bounce. TTYL
Shovel List: Macho dudes that think they know everything. Super annoying.
Thursday, January 3, 2019
GETTING OLD AND SCATTERED
I don't mind the getting older part, after all its inevitable. I don't want to be like my dear mom who was so unhappy with any sign of aging. But I hate the being scattered part. I tried so freaking hard to make sure I brought everything back from Vancouver and I did...except for Kathy's red boots she had forgotten and asked me to bring home and my charge cord for my new lappy!!!! I can't believe I left it at Aryn's!
So I fired up old Betsy and she is working great, but has screen issues. That tiny pinprick hole she got a year ago has developed into four inches of complete black on the left side of the screen, big disconcerting black lines and blotches covering about three inches on the bottom and a big black blotch on the top right of the screen. When I took it in they calmly told me that you can't get lid replacements for a laptop older than five years. Mine is six. And seriously? When you have spent five thousand bucks on a machine...I expect it to last longer than five years.
Anywhooo, since last post two major things have happened. Kevin and the kids came for a visit...a rarity that I love. And Kathy and Kerry threw an epic cowboy new years party.
The grandchildren are now too big for both to share my red chair. (shovel list). Elise fits but Fenton has grown soooo much. He is almost as tall as me now. He is 11. We had dinner as soon as they got here on Saturday. Then we opened presents. Fenton gave me a lovely little chinese tea pot and Elise gave me a mason jar full of homemade lavender bath bombs. And she gave me a beautiful handmade ceramic tree ornament. I shall put a pic at the bottom. Kevin and Tandy gave me a lovely sampler box of David's tea...a super treat! I can't wait til I have the kids by myself in the summer for a week or two!
We went to the party early and I sat in a chair and watched the young uns' put up awesome cowboy decorations. I will put some of those pics up too.
Boy was the party ever fun!!! I did spend a lot of time in a chair watching line dancing etc...but that is what I enjoy most. I did play one awesome crazy crazy game of Rage Cage...a really fun beer pong! And participated in log cabin building (super large jenga). And the food was super good. Gary brought one of the best pulled porks I have tasted with the most delicious buns. They were soo good...I want to know where he got them!
Cousin Jeni and Jeremy brought a monstrous smoker with them from Alberta. We were treated to ribs, pork belly, tofu and portobellos!!! Insanely tasty and super appreciated!
I have a four cup water bottle. Myles gave me a bottle of Bailey's for Xmas. Well, my water bottle held the whole bottle of Bailey's! I drank the whole thing all through the evening....so good! Well I had to drink a little beer at beer pong.
We got home about one oclock. I did have one moment. At midnight, champagne was handed around. I took my glass a tad reluctantly as I really don't like champagne and it seemed a waste as someone else could have enjoyed it. But I took a sip and I am pretty sure it was Asti Spumanti...my all time fave wine. Bill used to buy it for all of our special occasions. When that wonderful stuff hit my tongue it flooded me with a super case of missing that old man. You just never know when or why its going to hit. Then it doesn't go away for a long time. Just think...a taste of a wine can do that. I would put shovel list but that seems wrong.
Well my sissy is about to arrive for tea. We shall test out one of the amazing David's teas! I shall put some pics here now and I still can't access my gratitude list. (now thats a shovel list) TTYL
as usual they are completely out of order
So I fired up old Betsy and she is working great, but has screen issues. That tiny pinprick hole she got a year ago has developed into four inches of complete black on the left side of the screen, big disconcerting black lines and blotches covering about three inches on the bottom and a big black blotch on the top right of the screen. When I took it in they calmly told me that you can't get lid replacements for a laptop older than five years. Mine is six. And seriously? When you have spent five thousand bucks on a machine...I expect it to last longer than five years.
Anywhooo, since last post two major things have happened. Kevin and the kids came for a visit...a rarity that I love. And Kathy and Kerry threw an epic cowboy new years party.
The grandchildren are now too big for both to share my red chair. (shovel list). Elise fits but Fenton has grown soooo much. He is almost as tall as me now. He is 11. We had dinner as soon as they got here on Saturday. Then we opened presents. Fenton gave me a lovely little chinese tea pot and Elise gave me a mason jar full of homemade lavender bath bombs. And she gave me a beautiful handmade ceramic tree ornament. I shall put a pic at the bottom. Kevin and Tandy gave me a lovely sampler box of David's tea...a super treat! I can't wait til I have the kids by myself in the summer for a week or two!
We went to the party early and I sat in a chair and watched the young uns' put up awesome cowboy decorations. I will put some of those pics up too.
Boy was the party ever fun!!! I did spend a lot of time in a chair watching line dancing etc...but that is what I enjoy most. I did play one awesome crazy crazy game of Rage Cage...a really fun beer pong! And participated in log cabin building (super large jenga). And the food was super good. Gary brought one of the best pulled porks I have tasted with the most delicious buns. They were soo good...I want to know where he got them!
Cousin Jeni and Jeremy brought a monstrous smoker with them from Alberta. We were treated to ribs, pork belly, tofu and portobellos!!! Insanely tasty and super appreciated!
I have a four cup water bottle. Myles gave me a bottle of Bailey's for Xmas. Well, my water bottle held the whole bottle of Bailey's! I drank the whole thing all through the evening....so good! Well I had to drink a little beer at beer pong.
We got home about one oclock. I did have one moment. At midnight, champagne was handed around. I took my glass a tad reluctantly as I really don't like champagne and it seemed a waste as someone else could have enjoyed it. But I took a sip and I am pretty sure it was Asti Spumanti...my all time fave wine. Bill used to buy it for all of our special occasions. When that wonderful stuff hit my tongue it flooded me with a super case of missing that old man. You just never know when or why its going to hit. Then it doesn't go away for a long time. Just think...a taste of a wine can do that. I would put shovel list but that seems wrong.
Well my sissy is about to arrive for tea. We shall test out one of the amazing David's teas! I shall put some pics here now and I still can't access my gratitude list. (now thats a shovel list) TTYL
as usual they are completely out of order
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| CABIN BUILDING |
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| THE GAL WITH THE PINK HEADBAND IS TAYLOR...THE GIRL WHO LIVED DOWNSTAIRS FOR THE SUMMER |
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| LOOK AT KEVIN LEANING ON THE DOOR LIKE A REAL COWBOY |
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| THAT WAS A WHOLE LOTTA BEER TO GET THROUGH!!!! |
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| PIN THE PENIS ON A COWBOY TEDDYBEAR OR SOMETHING |
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| MY AWESOME SISTER |
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| LINE DANCING LED BY AN AWESOME DOROTHY ... WHO WAS REALLY GOOD AT IT |
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| MY GORGEOUS NEICES EMILY AND DOROTHY |
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| AS YOU CAN SEE WE GOT THROUGH THEM ALL! |
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| BELLYING UP TO THE BAR |
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| THE FANTASTIC DECORATIONS |
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| MY SINISTER OLDEST SON |
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