Wow time passes fast. I know I could never keep up with this blog on a daily basis, however leaving it too long makes for a lot of pictures to explain. Here goes. We had "Music in the Park" as usual on Saturday night with Rob Holden entertaining us all.
We had the kids after school quite a few nights as well and Max likes to drive around in his car.
Now I must admit that getting old (almost 71...in April!!} brings out the aches and pains in a person. I have mentioned before my Dr. Visits since we got home. My Dr likes to send me to specialists and because I have had a heart attack he takes no shortcuts in making sure any of my pains are not heart related. So in the last 2 weeks I have been to Winnipeg twice to see a nerve pain specialist, and to see a knee specialist, had xrays, did blood work, a CT scan and 2 Dr visits. Now my pain is not excruciating, however it is nagging so I would like to get rid of it so I agree to let everyone poke and prod me. They all agree that there is nothing showing up that would be of any mortal concern but only just discomfort. Whew!!! Like to hear that. Anyway the Pain clinic was near downtown Winnipeg and had a great view of the sky line, and to boot there was no one in the waiting room. That could be good or bad. He said possibly a little carpel tunnel so prescribed a wrist band, which I forgot to get. Woops.
Of course a trip to Winnipeg is not complete without a trip to the Wholesale store and Costco.
Saw this in the bathroom!! Have we really come to the point in life where we need someone to tell us to how to wash our hands!!! Really!!! What happened to my mom spitting on a handkerchief and washing both my face and hands. If we had a little more dirt on our hands, we might be better off. Just because of this sign I DID NOT wash my hands!!
Because we are still a bit slow during the week, Jill an Mia did a revamp of our storage room. They did an awesome job of making everything available within eye sight.
And everyone felt sorry for the old guy loading wood so they all pitched in and filled the truck for me. How nice.
And then it was Wednesday night, the night before Thursday early morning. Sheri came to stay over night to help me out. Its nice to visit with her for a couple hours in the evening.
And then it was Thursday, dirty rotten yucky Thursday!!! LOL. There was the truck again!!!
And then I was off to Winnipeg again!! This time to the Panam Sports Injury Clinic to see about my knee. He took some Xrays and tapped my knees and sent me to the knee brace store which is magically owned by the Clinic. I got fitted for a brace (which seems to be helping!!) and sent on my way. The troubling part to me was seeing the bill for what our Health Care System got billed for the brace. $839.00 and although I haven't looked, I bet Amazon has it for under $100 bucks. grrrrrrr. The nice part was that it cost me nothing. Thanks to all of the taxpayers. lol
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| and I don't have a sporting bone in my body!!! |
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| Dr Office |
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| in the fitting booth |
And because I was by myself on this trip to Winnipeg, No Costco today!!! But a stop at Nicks Inn for a quick hot turkey sandwich. That was a bad choice because about and hour down the road I had to pull over and have a 20 minute nap. That's what turkey dinner does to you!!!
Remember the song words "schools out for summer!!" Well it all came to an end and it was time for graduation. We had a total of 7 employees and former employees who graduated this year. 5 Graduates were from Rivers, Mia, Bethany, Payton, Cassandra, and Sarah. We got to go to the ceremony and supper because we were also celebrating with our granddaughter Dani who was home schooled so never got a grad and her cousin RJ, who is my sister in law's grand son, asked her to be his escort and he invited us to join them for the celebration. Did you figure that our??? I didn't either, but that's what happened. It was a great day seeing all the young people starting new chapters in their lives.
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| Bethany |
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| Mia |
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| RJ and Payton |
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| RJ and Dani |
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| Sarah |
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| Cassandra |
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| They did it!!! |
A little bit of time to relax when that was all over except for more "Music in the Park" Another great crowd to listen to Robin Hamilton this week. We appreciate all the talent that come across our deck.
The saskatoons are starting to ripen. I sent this picture to my friend of 1 lone pink berry to let her know what was happening. Don't want to get her hopes up!!
And a new dessert item for CJ's!!! Apple pie Bombs!!! 2 apple balls deep fried with ice cream and caramel. The taste is to die for!!!
The kids got out of school this week and Grace got her braces fitted along with her bangs cut!! They will be spending lots of time with us this summer.
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| No braces |
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| A mouth full of hardware |
They had a little field day on the last day. It was fun to watch them doing all the events.
We had time for a few bonfires now that the fire bans are off. Thanks Jim and Marilyn for sharing your fires.
And I got to go to a ball game.
The girls are slowly getting the painting done on the golf course and it is looking quite nice out there.
And one more graduation in Brandon. This one has 2 of our employees graduation from Crocus School. We didn't even get close to them because there were like 500 graduates. Good job Tarren and Jorja!!! Their last names both start with C so after the C's we vacated. The whole ceremony took like 4 hours apparently.
Look what is parked back in our RV spot??? Yup its the Ponderosa. Because we will be going to a few different events and swimming lessons and using Percy, we decided to move the Ponderosa into our CJ's spot so we have a home base and we can travel in the other one. Now we have to split what we need in each!!!
It is also good to have for overnight guests like the kids or Sheri. Sheri came on Wednesday to spend the night again to deal with that stupid supply truck again tomorrow. We were surprised when Juliette and Marcel from Slave Lake said they were dropping by for the evening. They love to travel by the seat of their pants and most of their plans are made with little notice. Such was this trip apparently and we were fortunate enough to be on their radar. Great to see you guys again!!!
And then it was Thursday. 6 am Thursday!!! Sheri is an early riser and always has a smile on her face which makes getting out of bed much easier. We got that truck unloaded lickety split!! 25 more pails of ice cream!!
I had to take Sheri back to Brandon this morning for work and we came across this Fed Ex truck on its side on #1 Highway. Guess that guy is not a fan of early mornings either!! Lol
I have been riding my bike 2 miles to town for groceries lately and have mounted a box on the back to carry things. It almost didn't fit all the stuff this load. Sure glad to have the ebike back!!
Another busy week went by. We are seeing more people on the beach and in the campground. I think it will be a busy summer. And we finished off some more days with a campfire.
We stopped by the cemetery one day to show the kids where my mom and dad were buried. We had a fairly interesting visit with lots of questions about how long people had been there and why did they die and why were the veterans graves different. My mom and dad have not got a headstone yet so we had to guess where they were. I told them that it was not important to know the exact location, but we can keep people like Uncle Derek and Clayton in our hearts and minds. Always nice to take kids to the cemetery because death makes them think about life.
And another "Music in the Park" with Paul Madryga who is a guitarist. He can play very nicely and did some folk and classical. Our crowds are getting bigger as the weather becomes more summer like.
Well that was what we were up to the last couple weeks. I'm sure there will be more to report in a couple more. We did get to see a couple sunsets which were awesome. Bed time!! Good Nite!!
