My computer was delivered.  I plugged it in and was doing fine till I tried to connect to the wireless internet...couldn't find the right spots to click on so phoned my friend.  We went up there and it was a learning curve for him as well since he's never worked on Windows 8.  We did get some things figured out and now I find I have to also get used to a new keyboard...keep hitting the wrong keys and have to really look for things like the delete key!  I did figure out Skype and talked to my cousin and I've set up some "favorites", so I think I'm doing quite well!!!

Yesterday we went to our oldest grand daughter's ukulele concert and it was fabulous!!!!  She and her dad (he works on the sound board for the concert) had to stay for the evening concert so our daughter and the other 3 grandkids went back to their place, ordered Chinese food and had a feast while we visited.  My sister had given me some clothes for the youngest and C had so much fun trying on all the clothes...she was so impressed with them!!!

Long time of not Blogging

The last 2 years have been crazy around here.  Things have hopefully settled down and now I'd like to see if I can get around to blogging again.  I really enjoyed it at the time so hopefully will again.

Recap of my life for the past two years:

We're still getting out in our trailer and enjoying our Beachwood and Thousand Trails memberships.

Mom had lung cancer and I ended up spending a lot of time with her...talking, doing her shopping, cooking, meeting with home care nurses...anything I could do to make her life easier.  She passed away eight months ago and I still miss her terribly.  It's been quite a job cleaning out all her earthly possessions and it's made me realize that I end up "collecting" just as much junk!!!  Got to make things easier for our kids when we go so I've been on a campaign to de-junk....got a feeling it's going to take me several years!!!

My laptop computer was giving me problems so a friend cleaned it up for me but it's still not working right so I ordered a new one.  Of course I don't know too much about computers so he recommended which one I should get.  I ordered it and have been tracking its travels to me.  I should get it today.  In the meantime my cousin's son-in-law asked if he could look at my old laptop and he did all kinds of stuff to it and hooked it up to an external monitor and it's working really good right now...still looking forward to my new one though.

Time to Get back to Blogging

So much has happened since my last blog!  Both hubby and I had milestone birthdays...so now I'm really feeling old.  I had a really nice birthday EXCEPT....hubby got a "charlie horse" in his calf muscle the morning of my birthday and it just wouldn't go away, in fact it travelled up into the thigh muscle.  Then he had 3 days of fever and chills (which we thought was lack of sleep and dehydration...especially when I made him a couple cups of hot water and honey and the chills stopped).  Got him into our doctor...our doctor is so special...you can phone him and actually get in to see him that day!  The Dr. thought it was muscular BUT...it could be a blood clot so if the leg swells up...get him to emergency...in the meantime take these heavy duty muscle relaxants.  A few hours later a rash appears on his leg where he'd been rubbing A535 and/or Aspercreme...reaction???  sounds logical!  Leg definately not getting better so it's off to emergency where after 3 hours he was told he has shingles and he could get some anti-viral meds but they may not do any good since it's been over 3 days since the rash appeared.  The pain will probably last another month but could last a couple of years or longer...that's not good news!!!!  We got the meds anyway, he took them and now he's SLOWLY starting to get better...at least now he can stand, sit or lie down for more than 5 minutes at a time!!

Yesterday we went out for the day and stopped at the casino which has the $2 buffet.  It was so nice to get out of the house, but today he's really tired and sore.  I am so looking forward to the time when he will be well enough for us to hook up the trailer and take off...everyone else we know is off travelling and we're stuck at home!

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!