Casino Fun

Yesterday evening we went to a community meeting reguarding putting a Night Market in the area down by the casino. They seemed to have addressed the problems of traffic and parking quite well and it's only for a two year trial so I'm quite looking forward to it.

Today we went to the casino and met our friends R&C. Had the pasta lunch and then played on the machines for awhile. My "hot seat" machine was taken so I tried another one and what do you know??? I did quite well on it and came out ahead...good lunch, great friends and winning besides...can't beat that!

Delightful Sunday

Wonderful service at church this morning...informative, thought prvoking, humourous and full of praise...that coupled with fellowship, what more could a person ask ??

After lunch we headed out to Langley to see our friends and exchange our Christmas gifts. I realize that we're a month late but with them having had the flu and schedules the way they are I was thinking it would be next Christmas that we exchanged our gifts. Also stopped at #2 daughter and son-in-law's. Got hugs and kisses from our grandkids and had a lovely dinner with them. We asked them to come in for dinner next week so we can all go to our church to hear the Watoto Children's choir from Uganda. They're such a lively, upbeat group of kids and they put on a great concert!

Phone/security alarm Saga

Everything seemed to be working fine until 3:15 am when the siren went off and woke us up. Reset it, but then of course couldn't get back to sleep. B was out this morning and when he came home he saw one of the securtity alarm trucks down the road so he snaffled onto the guy. Of course there was no work order so he couldn't do much but he did tell me the next time the trouble light goes on I should enter a certain code and it should tell me what the problem is. Who would ever think I'd be praying for the alarm to go off....even in the middle of the night if necessary?????

No Phone

Ever since we got home our phone line has been making lots of wierd noises then on Friday it went dead completely. I called Telus from my cell and they said they'd send a guy out Sat, sometime between 8 and 5...means I have to stay home all day. Got up early Sat, still no phone. Checked again about 9 and wow! dial tone...the guy must have fixed it. Freedom, I get to take Mom shopping! When I got home the security alarm system was beeping and the trouble light was on. Phone's dead again. Phoned Telus on the cell...again. Apparently the appointment was still open...the guy hadn't been down yet. He came and reconnected to a new wire out at the pole and everything is working fine....that is until around 10:15pm the siren on our alarm system starts howling because there was a break in the phone service...so phone again. What gremlins are at work here???? Got an appointment for Wed. Guy came and of course everything is working fine, but he changed some more wires. Hopefully it'll work now! This is getting frustrating!!!!

How many days???

I was figuring it out today and we've only been home from La Conner for 5 nights....seems like a lot more! A dear friend from our church passed away while we were gone so Thursday I was at the church all day, first helping make the food for the luncheon and then for the service. I was so glad that I could help the family at this time.

Didn't take the Christmas tree down before we left so got busy and now it and all the decorations are down and put away for another year. I keep saying I'm not going to put up so many decorations but every year I tend to do more...that's because I just LOVE the season!

Yesterday I met some friends when I took Mom to the store and they reminded me of the church pot luck tomorrow so came home and made a vegetable casserole. Just got that finished when friends called and said they were in our neighbourhood, so they stopped in for coffee. It happened that it's their 11th anniversary so I asked them to stay for dinner. Good thing I'd cooked a lot the day before so it was really easy...warm up the chicken stew, heat up a can of corn and put out some pickles.

The pot luck today was really well attended and the food was great...it always surprises me at the veriety of dishes everyone prepares!

Beach Cabin #1

We rented a cabin at the La Conner Thousand Trails park for a week. Took Mom with us. On Saturday our friends D&M come for the day. In a couple of days it would be M's birthday, so I made dinner and bought a cake and had an impromptu birthday party. Before dinner we played a game called "Spello", that our friend G invented and printed. M enjoyed it so much I gave him a copy. We certainly had a great time, and renting a cabin is an ideal way to take Mom with us for a week.

Isn't the Internet Grand???

I haven't had much time for checking e-mails lately but when I did I had 2 from relatives in Sweden, 1 from friends whom we've been wanting to get together with for several months and just can't seem to connect with, 1 from friends we met while camping at one of our Thousand Trails parks a couple of years ago, and 1 from a gal I went to school with...many, many moons ago!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

May 2010 bring you nothing but health, happiness and joy!!!

We had a delightful New Year's Eve. Went to #2 daughter and son-in-law's. They had some friends from their church in and a fellow my son-in-law has known for many years. The guys had a guitar, drum, shakers and a triangle and our granddaughter had her ukuele and violin so they had a jam session and we sang Christmas songs and church songs. The kids all played really well together and watched a movie...all but one of them managed to stay up till midnight and welcome in the New Year!