Reflexology

The beginning of June during "senior's week" we went to a talk about reflexology.  That's something that always interested me, especially after reading the book, "Stories the Feet can Tell",  but never gave going for treatments too much thought.  I'd had acupuncture before but B doesn't like needles so wouldn't go.  The reflexologist who gave the talk was very knowledgeable and explained things very clearly.

At the senior's center they have a block of time for appointments and the price seemed quite reasonable, so after much debating, we joined the center and went for our first appointment.  It was quite the experience and we've returned several times since. 

I was telling a friend that both B and I were going and he asked me how it went.  I told him that I'd been feeling discombobulated and now I feel like I'm put together properly.  It's like in Star Trek when someone is "beamed up" but they missed a few molecules when they reformed, now with the treatments I feel like all my molecules are together again!! I also feel really relaxed afterwards!!

When we were at one session, B mentioned he had a stiff neck.  She didn't have an appointment after us so she took the time and had him turn toward the pain and she worked on his ear then turn the other way and worked on the other ear....his neck felt better!!!!

Busy Life...but good!!!

Our friend who has the cucumber greenhouses called and said he had lots of cucumbers, did I want some?  Got a bunch and made my usual salads and pickles with them then decided to try using cucumber in the Chocolate-chocolate chip zucchini cake I make.  Thought they might be too moist so put them in a sieve for awhile, but no water came out of them.  Cake turned out beautiful and yummy!!

A neighbour has an abundance of apples on her tree so she brought me a couple of boxes.  Got busy and over 2 days made 2 double batches of Apple Danish and Apple Pudding Cake, plus froze several bags of chunks of apples...also froze most of the cakes...freezer's getting full! 

During all this it was our 52nd wedding anniversary so we decided to go to a local restaurant and have dinner.  B had salmon and I had a delicious steak.  We told our waitress it was our anniversary.  She asked how many years and B said "25 backwards".  Took her awhile to figure out what he was talking about but after dinner she brought us a piece of cheesecake with whipped cream and a sparkler on it and wished us a Happy Anniversary.

Running Begonia

This was such a meager little plant when I got it...but look at it now...it's even doing a whole lot better than the others I got at the same time.  There was a label on the pot saying running begonia...no other info...never heard of it before and even the gal at the cashier didn't know what it meant.  This picture was taken a couple days ago and now it has even more blooms on it!  It is such a pretty little thing...kind of reminds me of the Ugly Duckling!

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!