YAY!!!!!!! Its that time of the year again. Retreat time!!! I think, by the sounds of it, a few of us are really needing a happy, no holds barred weekend. There is nothing as healing as a week end of food, drink, laughter and friends.
Well now the weekend is past and fun was truly had by all. This year was a wee bit smaller than other times...eleven people. But it was lovely.
The food, as usual, was plentiful and delicious. The games were crazy and fun, and Sue brought her guitar and we sat around Saturday night and sang our hearts out. It was awesome.
On Sunday everybody except Cookie and I left. And she and I stayed an extra two hours and had a wonderful visit. We don't see each other nearly often enough.
Kathy told me about a different route to take to Penticton. It cuts through past Osprey Lake. Well let me tell ya, the last 46 kilometres were crazy bad. The road was a cross between the Bamfield road at its worst and the Banana Bread Trail in Maui. But I loved it! Took one and a half hours to get to Summerland, should have been half hour to forty minutes. But the scenery was amazing and when you are going that slow you see everything. One thing struck me funny...The reservoir lake is there along with a dam. And the name of that lake is Thurst! Hahaha!!!
On the way to Princeton before the retreat, I got one hell of a surprise. My phone rang (bluetooth), not a number I recognized. And it was Monte!!! "Hi Mom, this is Monte." I was shocked. I haven't talked to him since last January. Unfortunately the cell cut out before we got to say much. But I have talked to him quite a bit since then. It was so incredible to hear his voice again.
I am now ensconced at Kevin's. I love it here. Its such a homey little house and I am enjoying them so much. Fenton is turning eleven at the end of this month and Elise just turned eight. And they are such nice little kids. Kevin and Tandy are the best parents. And of course I get to do some cooking for them. Mind you one doesn't eat chicken, one doesn't eat fish, one is completely vegan and the other mostly vegetarian. So its kind of fun planning out the meals. Tonight I made sweet and sour tofu with rice and salad. Tomorrow night its meatballs and spaghetti and salad. Friday night we are having a birthday party for Elise, Fenton, Tandy and myself.
I shall be heading home Sunday morning. Kathy has asked me up for dinner for my birthday. And next week is still up in the air. I need to be in Vancouver on the 11th of November to look after Aryn's critters til the seventh of Dec. I think I would like to go to Nanaimo to see Monte before I go to Vancouver. Busy times ahead. I have pics to post next post. Some are pretty crazy and some are pretty! TTYL
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