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April 29, 2005
HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY,GUINEVERE APRIL!!
Well, my baby is now 30 years old!! I am so happy that she has so much to look forward too and experience for the rest of her life! May it always be joyous!
Here are some stats. for Guin from her baby book!
Baby girl, born Tuesday April 29th at 5:27 p.m. she weighed 7 lbs. 15 ozs. and was 22 3/4 " long. She had (at birth) brown hair with reddish glints and dark blue eyes. She was Blood group B.Pos. and her discharge weight was 8 lb. (good old mother's milk!) Dr. Cameron delivered her ably assisted by Dr. Roy Orvis!! Her delivery nurse was Mrs. Murray.There is a little pink bracelet in her baby book. so tiny!
By May 22nd she weighed 9 lb.3oz. and by Sept. 17, 1979 sje weighed 33 3/4 lb. and was 3ft. 6"
tall..She smiled for the first time at 3 days old, which is really early and she turned from back to front when she was 2mo.3weeks old.
2 1/2 yrs, Favourite toys--"King of the Castle", Fisher Price play people, her tricycle and puzzles.
At 2 1/2 she love "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", "Baa,Baa,Black Sheep". Jan. '78 knows a lot of rhymes.Math-getting an idea of 1 to 1. Counts up to 13.Talks a lot!! "r's and "l"s still difficult.
Jan. 1978--had chicken pox!
Ginny (2 3/4) "There's no big monsters in my room--just little ones!!"
4 yrs. (sitting on the toilet)--"Oh, Oh, here come the bad guys!!"
I will post some morre tomorrow as we went to Alfred and Garra's for supper--pickerel! I am now very tired
Again, Guin--thanks for phoning--sorry about the cell phone mistake, my fault. I love you xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Posted by Cas at 9:39 PM | Comments (8)
April 26, 2005
THE CAT CAME BACK!
Here is our cat relaxing on our bed! What a scare she gave us on Saturday night! We couldn't find her at all and Roy finally had a horrible feeling she might have fallen down a drain hole in the workshop,
We decided to wait until morning in case she showed up. At 4 a.m. there came a little miaow and she was back! We were so happy! Guess where she had gone--up into the ceiling! She'd climbed onto the old maple china cabinet at the bottom of the basement stairs and from there it was just a short jump up1 That is her sleeping place right now or hidey hole, whatever! Roy just has to string some wire to the TV for the receiver and then he can close in the ceiling. Boy--what a scare!
Shelby and I got back late on Saturday and the specialist said my ulcers are slowly healing and to carry on with the same dressings which will mean a twice weekly visit from Home Care. Anyway, I was happy that there seemed to be some improvement. Shelby's leg needs some Profor dressing again and she is also on antibiotics. We go back on June 6th together--worked out well! We always try and sneak in a bit of shopping!
I was bad this trip and did some shopping! I bought Megan's present, myself a beige purse for summer and a little red one for the Red Hat Ladies! I also bought a 2pce. floaty top and skirt for going out occasions--if ever!! ha!ha!
Would you believe it is SNOWING outside!! grrr! When we were in Winnipeg it did the same and the wind was just blowing the snow horizontally! I had to buy myself a sweater at Tall Girls--I needed it--not just an excuse to buy one!!
I'll do more Blog tomorrow as I'm still tired from the trip.
Lots of love to all and hugs where needed!! To everyone--goodnight!!
P.S. PLEASE grandkids! If you come over to play or watch TV and neither Grandpa or I are home--please CLEAN UP after yourselves!! We don't mind at all if you make yourselves at home but we don't have maid service at our house--just the two of us! Thanks a bunch kids--and come again so we can visit!! Love Grandma xoxoxoxo
P.P.S. I also bought 2 hats!! a red summer one--kind of pretend straw and a beigey turqoise blue one
Time for me to be spanked!! ha!ha!
Carol xoxoxoxoxo
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April 23, 2005
OUR NEW FAMILY MEMBER!!
Well, yesterday and today we went down to the S.P.C.A. and looked at all the animals! Dad had seen a picture of "Tom" an older cat in the paper and really wanted to check him out. Anyway, yesterday we galloped down to the pound and perused! "Tom" was quite nice but not quite as friendly as we'd hoped. Three of the other cats were really friendly so we told them we'd talk it over and come back on Saturday to let them know.
Today we drove down, with Shelby of course, who was all excited! We finally decided on "Monti" who is about 7 or 8 yrs. old and is a female cat. She and another cat were found in an apartment in Sioux Lookout totally abandoned, no food, no water, no heat--how can people be so cruel? I hope they get punished somehow!
We think "Monti" is more of a male cat's name so we may change it--we'll see!
Right now she's hiding downstairs in the furnace room under some shelves after her trip in our car from the S.P.C.A. building. We have her cat dish,litter box,treats and a couple of toys already lined up for when she deigns to come and play with us!!
Tomorrow Shelby and I leave for Winnipeg for our check up and will be back Monday night so no Blogs tomorrow!
Wasn't it a rip off that "lost" was Again a repeat!! Why don't they show the whole series all at once and then reshow the whole series--I'm sure they woul get a huge audience by word-of-mouth.
Well, at least "Survivor" had a great story line! Who would have thought Jenu would leave of her own
volition? I guess she proved to herself that she WAS a survivor1
Cuppuccino's is now online, so we can check w.geocities.com/cuppuccino to check out their menu--good idea!
Well, supper is now ready so I shall have to say T.T.F.N.!
love Mom etc. xoxoxox :-)
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April 18, 2005
THE DRIVEWAY AFTER THE HAILSTORM!
I had to answer the phone and talk to Guin--she said they were having shorts weather in Toronto too!
She has a job interview tomorrow and another on next week, so we are eagerly awaiting any developments!
Tomorrow we have been invited out to Cary and Cheryl's for supper so we are both looking forward to that!
I have to quit now, my legs are really aching!
Love and hugs from Mom,, Grandma, Carol, Cas, etc. :-)
xoxoxoxoxo
Posted by Cas at 9:09 PM | Comments (1)
WEATHER WATCH!!
We had a really big storm today--high winds, thunder, lightning and hail by the bucket! I was tempted to go outside and sweep up some of the hailstones! They were all up our driveway too--it looked just like winter again!
Later in the afternoon, I had to see the doctor and when we came out it felt tropical--warm breeze and humid air--yummy!
It might storm again tonight, in Winnipeg they had winds of over 100km per hour!
The power went off so we had to run around changing stuff.
Just a short post as I want to post some more photos.
See you later! xoxoxoxo
Posted by Cas at 8:44 PM | Comments (3)
April 17, 2005
WEEKEND CATCHING UP!
Hi again all of you! The weather today was great and tomorrow is supposed to be 26!!!! Definitely shorts weather!
As you can see the ground is getting very dry and now there is a concern about bush fires.
If it does stay warm maybe the ice will go our sooner!
We were going to do our income tax today but got lazy and read the weekend papers!
We were over to Brad and Margot's on Thursday to watch "Survivor" and will repeat the visit next week!
Cuppuccino's are open again and have new owners. They used to make really good home made soup and bagels and wraps for lunch and of course, their great capuccino!
Ever heard of the Swiss Spaghett Harvest? In 1957 the BBC news show Panorama announced that thanks to a very mild winter and the virtual elimination of the dreaded spaghetti weevil. Swiss farmers were enjoying a bumper spaghetti crop. It accompanies this announcement with footage of Swiss peasants pulling strands of spaghetti down from trees. Huge numbers of viewers were taken in, and many called up wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti trees. The this question the BBC diplomatically replied that they should place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best....(According to the www.museumofhoaxes.com this was the crream of the crop for April Fool's jokes!! hoax
I am not sure about doing the link correctly, but you have the web site!
Well, I am winding down again. I just have time to check our my family's Blogs!!
Goodnight all! love Mom, Grandma, Carol, etc.
Posted by Cas at 7:52 PM | Comments (1)
April 16, 2005
SPRING IS FINALLY HERE!
Well, look at that! No snow on the ground! (Just a little bit in the bush still). Last week week was so warm--it went up to 19 and the forecast for tomorrow is 20--I can handle that! I can see the Woodies getting out their boards and sails as soon as the ice is off the lake!
Let's have a competition! WHEN DO YOU FORECAST THE ICE TO GO OFF THE LAKE THIS YEAR? Put your answer under Comments and we'll see who wins the prize as Best
Guesser!
It's been a busy week. Sunday, of course, was Roy's birthday BarBQ. Monday we had a R.T.O. lunch--retired teachers--out at Oxdrift Hall. Wednesday I went to the Dryden Brreast Cancer Support Group meeting as I hadn't been for awhile. There are plans afoot to build 4 Dragon Boats--Alvin Saville and the Rotarians are doing that--they are doing it as a fund raiser for the Cancer Soc. and hope to have the Dragon Boat races on the Wabigoon River towards the end of June. I would like to be one of the paddlers! There will be 10 people in each canoe with a drummer and a helmsman..It sounds really a great way to get people to pledge for. I will give you all more info as it becomes available!
On Thursday, we had a Red Hat Ladies' lunch at Ristorante Pizzeria, so we were all there with our bright head gear scoffing a great lunch!
On Friday Roy was fitted for a hearing aid--they poured a kind of squishy blue plastic into his ear and let it set for 10mins. It will take about 4 to 6 weeks for the hearing aids to arrive.
Last night, Friday, we went to see Ron Hynes at the Auditorium. He was quite good, lovely guitar playing. he is from Newfoundland and had a good repetoire of songs. He's won Juno awards, etc.
I have to take a station break and get my feet up again. They really ache if they are not elevated for a period. back later!
Love Mom, Grandma, Carol etc.
Posted by Cas at 10:54 AM | Comments (7)
April 11, 2005
BIG BOY'S 77th BIRTHDAY!!
Well, although today is actually April 11th (double April fools ) for Roy! We had his party yesterday as all the kids are free on the weekend and it's always great when we have the family gatherings!
Shelby made the delicious cake in the photo--chocolate with whipped cream and strawberries! There were 18 of us at the birthday so we all enjoyed a large piece!
Cary BarBQ'd the steaks out on the deck--it was too cool to eat outside, but it didn't rain on our party!
I also made Chicken Nuggets and hot dogs for the kids of they wanted an alternate choice.(courtesy of M and M served with plum sauce. We also had shrimp and seafood sauce, baked potatoes, Garra's Taco Salad-yum! Margot's asparagus casserole--I love that! Alan's Fettucine Alfredo, cold punches, etc. Everything was so tasty!! I had bought one of those sweet seedless watermelons and we had loads os slices! It made a good little break before the cake!
Roy was the lucky recipient of many presents and was just beaming from ear-to-ear!
Well, tonight is my 'Fear Factor' night! I think it's kind of a silly show as the contestants have to do some crazy things sometimes--especially eating gross stuff! Ah well1 We all have our little failings!
My two favourites at this moment are 'LOST' and 'SURVIVOR', I think they are both great especially "LOST"!!
Well, I shall stop now, my legs ache if I leave them hanging down too much and the nurse came today and changed my dressings.
Take care everyone!
love Mom, Grandma, Carol, Cas etc. !!!!! xoxoxoxoxo:)
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April 10, 2005
OUR GUARD CAT HAS GONE TO TORONTO!
Well, I am now re-posting my messed up blog from yesterday, so let's see if the Cyan pic shows up this time!!
Today is going to be the one day early BarBQ for Roy--his birthday is actually on Monday April 11th and this year he will be 77 yrs. old! He sure looks good so we hope he will keep on doing well.
He went for a hearing test on Thursday and the result was the audiologist said he had a severe hearing loss and he was glad he didn't have a similar loss! Actually the audiologist was wearing a hearing aid, so I guess he knew what he was talking about! He was a very nice guy from Georgie and had a soft Southern accent. The next step is getting fitted for a hearing aid--a behind the ear type was recommended for him as having a larger range of sounds. He said to Roy to try to face people when he was talking to them and within 2 months he would be more able to lip read which would make his life easier with the aid too. Part of the cost is covered by the Assistive Devices Programme, some by our insurance plan and we have to pay the balance. We'll have to bite the bullet for that! I'm so glad that the ball is finally rolling--it is so frustrating to have to repeat stuff 2 or 3 times, and I don't like to shout!!!
Well, this is going to be a short post as I have to get ready for this afternoon!
Shelby made a cake yesterday so just has to decorate it with whipped cream and strawberries--yum!!
Love Mom xoxoxoxo :)
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April 8, 2005
OUR GUARD CAT IS GONE NOW
This photo of Cyan was taken the morning when Guin and Allen left..Roy and I still expect her to come to the door when we come home! She is certainly a friendly little car, or should I say "Fat Cat"!!
It went up to 16 today--justy felt wonderful! The snow is rapidly melting but the ice is still very thick on the lake. Break up isn't usually until the first week in May.
Oh, I have screwed up my photo of Cyan --back to square one!!!
Carol
I have also screwed up a second try at blogging--it's time I had a rest!
CU tomorrow!!
Posted by Cas at 8:52 PM
April 6, 2005
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STEPHANIE! Megan says the same!
Well, we all had a great barbecue at Brad and Margot's with all the trimmings and then came the ritual of birthday cake and presents! Steph was 11yrs. old this year---how time flies! Steph is growing like a weed, but one really pretty weed!!
I'll post some more pictures when I figure out where my photo gallery is! Guin left me an instruction sheet, but we didn't have time to practice it! I've also got some more photos to scan for my blog.
It's nice and warm today--around 15--roll on Spring!!
Here's some interesting tech news from Japan.The 2005 Aichi Expo opened in March and will run to
September. At the gates you will encounter a reception robot which looks like a Japanese woman, but which is clearly not human. Name Actroid, she, or it, is capable of understanding naturally spoken words, and can carry on a conversation with a guest in Chinese, Korean, English or Japanese. Other robots roam the site including those used for cleaning, security and transportation. But one of the most well-programmed and useful are PaPeRo child care robots. These amazing machines have a face recognition function that enables it to recognize a child's face and respond to facial expression changes. It is able to discern the speech patterns of different children and has a mobile phone link for staying in contact with the parents. It also reads stories, sings songs and organizes games--incredible!!
One more techie info. --Toyota Partner Robots which are humanoid in design, and will show off some of their talents by playing together in a jazz band. Ultimately though, the partner robots are to be used in assisting, especially the elderly at home and in hospitals, offices and factories.
Japan's famous Bullet Train reaches speed of 250 k/hr on raised tracks. It travels slowly while within the city limits of Tokyo but then speeds up when it's out in the country. There is a digital readout of its sped as it goes along. We travelled on it in 1983 from Tokyo to Nagoya Meals are served on the train in the form of either Western or Japanes style--you just point to the menu--there is a picture of the food! I tried a Japanese lunch which included sushi, noodles, etc. I asked our server for some milk and she said," Mirouk? Izor Hah!" Translate as milk--iced or hot!! It was funny but at least I got my milk!
In an article about sound producers they wrote about some interesting sources of getting sound effects for movies and video games.
To duplicate the sound of robot bees, one researcher finally hummed through a kazoo and ran an electric beard trimmer across the surface of his bath--voila! Robot bees!
To simulate a cock fight, the stock sound effects were all benign birds, the two stood around a microphone making angry clucking noises and later electronicallly altered--scraping the ground to fake talon noises and flicking towels to simulate the sound of wings!
One very interesting effect was produced for CSI Miami, they needed the sound of a bullet passing through human tissue. He recorded squirting a bowl of Jello with water, his own flapping cheeks and, to get the sound of a bullet striking home, Breaking lengths of rotting wood!
I'll bet that some of you Junior Bloggers would like to think about reating your own special sound effects!
Well, it's time for supper, so have a good day everyone!
Guin phoned yesterday and they are in Toronto at Allen's parents house -after the trip from Hell with the U-Haul! Guin and Allen will be doing posts about it soon
Love Mom, Grandma, Carol, Cas etc..xoxoxoxoxo and hugs to all!!
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April 2, 2005
SAD DAY TODAY! HUGS AND GOODBYES!
Today, Saturday April 2nd was the final loading day for Guin and Allen. The bikes went in and some last minute boxes.
Cyan was packed in her little blue cat holder and placed on the front seat of the truck. Five minutes later we saw this cat in the yard! Cyan!! She had undone the zipper on the top and sneaked out of the cat holder, jumped out of the window and came back into the house!! Who said she only has a brain the size of a peanut! She had to be bribed back with Cat Treats!
Margot came over the night beforre with Steph and Jeremy and she had packed a treat basket for them
for the trip with yummies in it!
We were all crying when the moment came to say goodbye as we wished Guin and Allen good fortune in the next chapter of their lives, whatever it may bring.
-----The phone rang---Guin phoned from Marathon. They had to travel really slowly as the U-Haul is not good on hills. In addition, they discovered that their bright headlights did not work, just the regular ones. They also have to re-start the vehicle with a screwdriver if they have to stop. They spent 3hrs. at a garage, but they couldn't fix it. You would think that the company would make sure their vehicles were in a more roadworthy condition.
Shelby is just leaving for home--she spends Satrurdays at our plce and has supper. The boys helped her move on Wednesday into her new apartment on King St. by the laundromat.
I saw the specialist and he is going to follow the same treatment that Shelby had for her leg ulcer. So right now I have dressings from my toes to my knees and elastic bandages wrapped on both legs! I feel like a mummy!! I believe that this will help with the healing. I also have to elevate my legs as often as possible, even at night. I've put a large cushion under the mattress to help with this.
DON'T FORGET! Daylight Savings Time starts at midnight!!
Well, I've been up since 6 AM so I'm ready to go to bed now!
Love and hugs from Mom xoxoxoxo
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