Lots to Learn

So much has happened since my last blog.  Telus sent us a letter saying they're upgrading the lines and our cell phone is too old...don't know what they're talking about...it's ONLY 11 years old!!!  They sent us a new cell so I managed to get it activated and I've made a few calls, but still working on the rest of the features.

Mom wanted to treat B & I to a birthday dinner, so we went to the casino.  On the way in she fell on the escalator...fortunately she wasn't hurt...just embarrassed.  On Sunday after church we went and had a bar-b-que with our bible study group...beef and/or chicken kabobs with lots of trimmings...yum!  That evening we went to the Grad banquet at the church.  It's such a delight to see these kids ready to embark on their next phase of life.  They all look so young yet in a lot of ways seem much more knowledgable than I felt at that age.

Monday was my milestone birthday so we went to Fraser Downs and they gave me a free lunch, a little gift and a $5 slot play, so that was nice.  We sat looking out over the race track while we ate, unfortunately there was no racing on, but it was very pleasant anyway.  Tuesday our friends D & M from Everett came up to visit us.  Mom came over and we had lunch, visited and I cooked dinner and we toured the area a bit and chatted up a storm.  They stayed overnight so next morning it was more eating and more talking.  We had such a great time with them and she spoiled me by making me another set of earings and a pendant...this time a really pretty blue in the most delicate setting! (I was going to post a picture so took a picture with the cell phone...I learned that much, but then couldn't figure out how to download it onto the computer)

Wednesday night was the hockey game and the stupid riots. Our granddaughter's choir concert was postponed...guess they didn't want to compete with the Canucks.  That night B got sick... feverish and chills...that's not good.  Thursday granddaughter had her dance recital.  B had a shower, felt a bit better so we went...I knew he was sick when he asked me to drive!!!  Since he retired 12 years ago I hardly ever drive.  By the end of the evening he was really sick again so today I drove Mom up to the Dr.'s and the lab then tonight I had to go fill the car with gas.  I got thinking about it and realized that this was the first time I've ever filled gas on my own!

Go Canucks Go

Between watching the Canucks play hockey, getting the vegetable garden planted, trying to figure out my new cell phone and everything else I haven't had much time for blogging! This morning we went to the local casino for another one of their "free" pancake breakfasts.  Went back for the two draws they have for $250, but unfortunately we didn't win either draw!  Thought we'd stop at Wal-Mart but when we saw the number of cars and all the construction around there we decided to go another day.  I still find it really hard to believe that the little rural area we've lived in for so many years is facing such a building boom and all these new stores and eateries are now so close to us!

Carrots good for eyesight????

Monday I took Mom to get her eyes tested.  The Dr. told Mom she didn't need new glasses.  When I told my husband he said, "no wonder her sight is good, look at all the carrots she's having!!!"...so maybe the old wives tale is true and eating (or in Mom's case, drinking) carrots is good for your eyesight!

Last evening Mom, #2 daughter, daughter-in-law and myself went to our churches' Spring Tea.  The colour scheme was lime green, white and black...sounds odd but it looked really good and the ladies in charge did a great job of putting together a fantastic evening...lovely little sandwiches, huge strawberries, lime green lemonade type drinks, coffee, tea and for dessert angel food cake with berry sauce and whipped cream...yummmmm  The other neat thing was the men were dressed in dark pants, white shirts and black bow ties and they waited on us...it was such great fun!!!

Recitals

Two weeks ago we were at one of our granddaughter's dance recital, today we were at the oldest granddaughter's violin recital and two weeks from now we have #3 granddaughter's choir AND dance recital to go to!  The kids work so hard all year and they really do a good job so we're really blessed to be able to go see them...even if it does mean running all over the place!

Victoria Day

We were at one of our parks for a few days and on Saturday they had a "tea party" in honour of Queen Victoria, complete with games, tea, goodies, candy and of course a birthday cake.  Afterwards we played bowling on the Wii game...I even won...in real life bowling I usually end up throwing a lot of gutter balls, but not this time...I could get hooked on this Wii!!!!  Our friends R&F were also there and we had such a great time we decided to meet at Silver Reef Casino on Monday for their seniors buffet.

Yesterday morning I went to my last Ladie's bible study for the year then after supper I went back to the church to watch our youngest granddaughter practice for her choir performance then stayed for our "Women 2 Women" ministry.  One of the ladies was showing us how she makes bread, buns and even coffee cake from a yeast dough.  She also had an assortment of jams there that she had made so she told us how she does them....she cooks them in her crock pot, uses no pectin and very little suger...wow...my kind of jam.  When I got home last night I scouted out some fruit from my canning room and set up my little slow cooker and let the stuff brew all night.  Today I made the jam...turned out good...now what else can I make jam from????

Mother's Day

Hope all you Mothers out there had a great Mother's Day...I certainly did!  Last year Mother's Day was bittersweet because we thought it would be the last Mother's Day with my Mom.  Mom's doing well.  Don't know if it's all the carrot juice and supplements she's been taking or what, but whatever it is, it's great that we still have her with us...everyday is a blessing!

After church we stopped to see Mom and #1 daughter also stopped by.  Came home for lunch and #2 daughter called and so did our son.  Our friends called and invited us up for pizza and coffee, so we went up there and had a lovely visit.  They're upset because they were supposed to go away but someone tried to break into their motorhome by putting a crowbar to the door.  They sure wrecked up the door, didn't manage to get in but in the process broke the door handle as well.  Now no one can get in or out of the motorhome and ICBC has to send someone out to make the claim and arrange for it to be fixed, because you can't get in to drive it to the center.  Apparently it'll take 8 weeks to order a new door, so it doesn't look like they'll get out anytime soon!  It's when I hear things like this that I'm so grateful that our trailer is in the shop, out of sight and unaccessable to those who think only of them selves and destroy property...for what?...a few dollars, if that???

Date Night

B and I went on a "date night" tonight.  Today I noticed an ad in the local paper that the casino is having "date nights" every Thursday evening in May.  You get a 2 for 1 meal and a $10 slot play, so we decided to check it out.  It's held in the lounge and there's a special menu which gives you a choice of one of two salads, one of four entrees and one of two desserts.  We both had Ceaser Salad, B had the steak and I had the wild salmon fillet with dill sauce and we both had the black forest cake...all this for $25...and we got to watch the Canucks on the BIG BIG screen TV!  It was fun and the food was done to perfection!  A couple of times we got so excited about the Canucks, I was afraid we would choke...but we didn't...just really enjoyed ourselves.  Then we went and cashed in the coupon for 2-$5.00 slot tickets...only problem was the slot tickets went through the machines really fast!!!