Fund Raiser

A couple from our church have two young boys but they have started proceedings to adopt a little girl from China.  They want to go to China as a family to get the little girl so they decided to have a fundraiser.  They heard of a local pub that does fundraisers so we bought our tickets and went.  Our ticket entitled us to a beef burger and fries with either a glass of beer or wine.  The burger was delicious!  They also sold "arms lengths" of raffle tickets and had a table full of door prizes.  We ended up winning two prizes!!!  We should be so lucky at the casino or with the lottery!!

One prize was a gift basket of goodies from IGA.  The other is a Himalayan rock salt lamp.  Apparently it naturally purifies and improves surrounding air quality by releasing negative ions.  It is a great source of energized light and the soft glow creates a refreshing, calming, tranquil and meditative atmosphere....the only problem is the coral colour clashes with the colours in my living room and I'm having a hard time figuring out where to put it!!

Saying Goodbye

Yesterday we said "Goodbye" to my brother-in-law.  It was a long sad day, but he wouldn't want us to sit around and mope, so it's on with life...even if our life is emptier now!!  The good thing is we got to connect with the family and support them.

Sad Sunday

We went to church this morning.  As usual it was a great sermon and it was nice to visit with friends after the service.  This weekend is Aldergrove Days so after lunch we were going to go down to the park and see what was there.  Before we got a chance to leave, the phone rang.  It was our niece with some bad news.  Apparently yesterday, her Dad, B's brother, was on his way to meet up with friends to go on a motorcycle ride but he went off the road and was killed.  Before retiring he had always worked a manual job as a welder, loved hunting and fishing and loved riding his bike.  He was also a very positive and jovial sort of person, who could make you laugh!  At least he died doing what he loved!!  Goodbye and rest in peace.

My Garden

At the old house we had a garden...didn't grow that much, but it was especially nice to have lots of zucchini and fresh beans.  Last year at the new house I planted some lettuce and beans in pots, which was totally new to me, but it worked out pretty good.  This year I've got beans, parsley, zucchini, mint, lettuce, tomatoes, mint, chives, lemon balm and some flowers.  They look pretty and we've already used some mint, parsley, chives and zucchini.  The beans have lots of flowers so I'm hoping for a good crop!

Crazy Mixedup Weather

The weather lately has been so crazy and mixed up.  One day is cold, next day is hot, it's raining then sunny....even our star magnolia bush which usually blooms in the early spring can't figure it out...it decided to send out a few blossoms!!!  That's supposed to happen in March not July!!!

Goodyear Blimp

I was outside in the back yard one day and heard what I thought was an airplane.  When I looked up it was the Goodyear blimp.  That night they said on the news that the blimp was flying out of the Abbotsford airport and would be for the next few days.  Apparently they're going to retire this one and build another one.  A day or so later it flying around again so I took several pictures of it.  This was the best one!

Lawnmowers

Just before we left for holidays, our trusty old lawnmower quit.  Our son-in-law tried to fix it but it needed a whole new motor so we weren't sure if it was worth fixing.  Our son had a "beer powered" lawn mower so he lent it to us.  B made out okay with it but it didn't cut the long dandelions and the catcher didn't catch all the grass clippings.

We went to the Co-op for Canada Day celebration and raspberry shortcake.  Afterwards we decided to go see what they had in the way of mowers and found this one. Electric...rechargeable batteries.  It's quiet, runs good and does a good job of cutting the grass.