RV Show Marathon

Every year my husband wants to go to the RV shows and we have to go into every unit from tent trailers to the big fancy motorhomes. We bought a new trailer last year, so I thought I'd be off the hook this year....not so!!! I'm not sure there's a recession...the parking lot was almost full and there was a 15 minute line up to get into the Tradex Center. As we were leaving a few hours later there were 5 or 6 cars waiting for us to pull out so they could have our parking space!! As we looked around there were a lot of units that had sold signs on them. We talked to the factory rep for the Tango trailers and voiced a couple of concerns we've got with our new trailer and he was very helpful, so actually I'm really glad we went.

My cousin lives near there so I called her and we went and had a wonderful visit with J&A....we don't get to see each other often enough! My cousins had a wasp nest (no wasps in it, thankfully) so they gave it to me to take to the grandkids to take to "show and tell" so we stopped there on our way home and they were thrilled to have it. Our daughter was a bit skeptical though!

It's a Fantastic Friday

Our oldest grand daughter's school is taking her class to camp but it still costs the families a couple of hundred dollars. Our daughter and son-in-law told her she'd have to do something to raise at least some of the money. She phoned us, her great-grandmother, aunt and uncle and asked if we had some work she could do to earn money. She had a day off school today for a professionl day so her dad dropped her off here on his way to work and she and I emptied and washed all the stuff in my china cabinet, we had lunch and I drove her to her great-grandmother's and she vacuumed for her. She'd also collected a bunch of pennies so we helped her to roll them. It's so good to see that she's not just asking for money, but willing to work for it!! Way to go sweetie!!!

Yuk...It's Snowing

It's snowing again, but it's supposed to turn to rain this afternoon. One thing, I'm glad if it had to snow it's doing it today and not yesterday. Yesterday was a busy day. First the chiropractor, home for lunch then I met M. at the church and we set up for our Women's Ministry meeting tonight, home for dinner then back to the church for the meeting. Had a wonderful speaker on fraud prevention, a testimony from a gal in our choir and our Secret Pal drawing and refreshments. M & I were in charge of set up and clean up so we had to make sure everything was cleaned up and put away but everyone pitched in and we got it done. I got to run the big dishwasher again...good thing I had all that practice last week! It sure is nice to get together with the ladies. Thanks to H. we have a very strong Women's Ministry.

Sad Day Today

Got up to glorious sunshine this morning. Went to church and as usual the service was wonderful. Our pastor certainly knows how to make the bible stories come alive, but alas there are some in our church who are not getting the message to love one another as Jesus commanded and have been giving our Pastor a lot of flack. Today our pastor announced that he is resigning. There are many in the church who will miss him ... I know we certainly will. If you're so inclined please pray for our congreation. Thank you.

Good to See the Sunshine

Yesterday (Friday) was nice and sunny so we went down to Point Roberts and met our friends M&D from our church. It was such a beautiful day and it made it even more special when we spotted a couple pair of bald eagles perched on the trees and looking so majestic. Also saw herons and hawks. Left there later than we should have and got tied up in a horrific traffic jam. Decided to stop at Burger King for supper and let the traffic disperse a bit. When we left it looked like the traffic had cleared until we got around the corner...and we were at a standstill again. Decided to go visit #1 daughter and son-in-law. Had a lovely visit and as we were leaving my daughter said, "Mom, it's after 9:30 pm...there won't be any traffic now!" How wrong she was...in the middle of the bridge there was an accident involving 7 or 8 cars so we were at a standstill again...but only for about 15 minutes!! It wasn't on the news so hopefully no one was too seriously injured. Another lovely day today, but it's turned cold again and the forcasters are even saying the "s" word...I DON'T WANT ANY MORE SNOW!!!

Incredible Day

Like so many other people, American, Canadian or whoever, we were up early this morning to watch the inaugeration. It seems impossible that we can still remember Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speach and all the racial unrest in the southern states, in so many ways it feels like just yesterday, yet today Barack Obama is the leader of the country!!!

Lending a Helping Hand

The leader of our Women's ministry at church asked if I would be available to help clean up after a funeral that was held at our church today. I got to run the commercial dishwasher...first time I've done it. I tell you every house with a big family should have one of these things!!! You load a tray and set it in place, it goes through and in less than 5 minutes the dishes are washed, sanitized and dried...all you have to do is put them away...and it takes everything...big or small! It was fun working with the ladies and I was glad to do my part. God Bless.

Where Does The Time Go????

Can't believe it's already Thursday evening. Wednesday my husband had a craving for bacon for breakfast and since I don't usually buy or cook bacon we decided to go to the local casino for their $2.22 breakfast buffet...can't go to the golden M's for that price and he got to eat all the bacon his heart desired along with eggs, ham, sausage, hash browns and pancakes. Afterwards we went to Ikea and walked and walked and walked. I swear that place is a maze and you have to walk for miles to get anything there, but at least it wore off some of our breakfast! I also managed to find some curtains for the rec room...the old ones are hanging together with a hope and a prayer...time to replace them. Biggest problem is trying to find curtains for a window 10' wide and 3' high! Ended up getting 2 sets of 2 panels, so I'll have to shorten them and stitch 2 panels together for each side. Finding time for that might be as big a challange as finding the curtains...but find time I will and at least my life isn't dull and boring...haven't got time to be bored!!!

Impromptu Life We Lead

After lunch on Sunday, we were going to go see our son but he was busy. I went and checked e-mails and wanted to check out a casino website to see if they still had their $2 Tuesday buffet special. They do but they also had a promotion on for $100CAN = $100US and that one ended on Sunday. Told my husband then checked to see if I had enough money, phoned Mom to see if she wanted to go with us...then we headed across the line to the casino. On the way we stopped and cleared out the mailbox then stopped at Safeway and got a fantastic deal on some meats and yogurt then went to the casino. Mom decided she was hungry so we went to the cafe in the casino and had wonderful fish and chips. Got our money, played a bit and had a great time. Between the 3 of us we broke even but did get a great exchange rate and we had a wonderful time to boot...this morning we had no idea that we'd be gambling tonight. Life is wonderful!!

What's this....More snow???

I had a busy day yesterday taking down Christmas decorations, making cabbage rolls and a big pot of soup. Mom came over yesterday...first time she's had her car out since before the snow. She loves her car again...my husband took her and her car down for air care and not only did it pass but the guy told her she had an excellent car!
Today #1 daughter and son-in-law were down for a visit then I cleaned up the living room after getting all the decorations out of there. When I looked outside it was supposed to be raining but the raindrops were pretty big and all white ... looked like mixed rain and snow to me!!!! At least it didn't turn the driveway all white again!

Rain and Cards

I took some pictures today of the back yard. We can actually see the garage roof and some green grass. It looks like the blueberry bushes survived. Also took a picture of a couple of the cards I've been making.

Rain at Last

Living where we do, I never thought I'd be happy to see it rain. It was supposed to rain on Sunday, but instead we got another hit of wet snow...was really heavy to shovel! Yesterday morning we woke up to rain and lots of it. Now there's backed up drains and some structures have collapsed from the weight of the snow and rain. Luckily, my husband had shovelled off our carport a couple of times and made little ditches to the drains so we've been okay. Went to Safeway's Customer Appreciation Day yesterday. Think everyone had the same idea. It's like the familiar rain came so everyone came out of their hibernation. While we were at the mall, I went to the Dollar Store and picked up some stickers. Now I'm punching, adding stickers and cutting to make 3D cards...having great fun, and they're turning out pretty cute, even if I do say so myself. Sorry I haven't had a chance to take any pictures of the cards yet.

Coconut milk update

I found a bunch of recipes for coconut milk...the wonder of computers!!! In typical fashion I read over several recipes then decided to concoct my own version, so I pan fried some pork, added a bit of soy sauce then some coconut milk and garnished it with chopped green onion...turned out good...kinda like a conconut falvoured sweet and sour sauce. There was a recipe on the can for pina coloda, but I din't have any pineapple juice so I used pinapple-mango juice, water, ice, vodka and blended it up...tasted so good I made another!!! This morning I blended up a banana, pineapple-mango juice, water and a spoon of coconut milk for my breakfast...no vodka this time...too early in the morning and anyway we were heading to church!
Went to church, the parking lot was still pretty icy, but the service was good and it was so nice seeing all our friends again. Ended up asking two couples to come here for lunch. I had enough of the soup I made the other day so warmed that up and put out stuff to make your own sandwiches, some chips and goodies and we were set to go. Had a good lunch and a wonderful visit!

Lovely start to the New Year

Yesterday afternoon our friends G & D called and asked if it was okay for them to stop by. Of course it's okay!! My husband and G watched a movie so D & I had a great time to chat. While we were chatting I put together a big pot of soup and asked them to stay for dinner. Cooked some fish and pasta and veggies to go with the soup so everyone enjoyed dinner. Today it was sunny so before we get another dump we decided to go to town and do some banking and get a few groceries...also picked up some stuff for my Mom, since she hasn't been able to go out shopping. So many of the parking lots are just a solid sheet of ice!!! Now I'm on the computer looking up some recipes for coconut milk...I got a screaming deal on a case of it last month and of course I couldn't pass it up....so now I've got to figure out how to use it!!! Sometimes wonder how I get myself into these things...but at least my life isn't dull and boring!! I also spent a bunch of time last night making cards...thanks W for the neat punch!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009

Happy New Year everyone...hope you all have a very healthy and productive 2009. We'll be looking forward to the arrivial of our new grandbaby in early June and we can't wait to get out camping...as soon as this weather clears!!! In 2008 we were away about 115 nights...maybe we'll beat that this year!! Last night we went to the local casino for dinner. We were going to stay until midnight but it was getting far too crowded so came home about 11:30 and welcomed in the New Year here. When we came home it was raining, so we thought of some places we wanted to go today...unfortunately about 1:00 am it started to snow again. This morning there's about 2 inches of slushy white snow covering the ice that's still on the road. Think we'll stay home...that way I can play with the new punch #1 daughter got me for Christmas. I did up a couple of cards yesterday...it works neat!!!!