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May 30, 2005
ANOTHER MEMORY FOR THE BLOG!
I found the photo that Gawain had given me. He was working in the jungle with the D.E.A. and this was taken in Guatemala. They were dropped in under cover and had to live off the land--they had to trap iguanas and cook them for meat! Also, very limited extra rations and lots of bugs! He really enjoyed the jungle although he said they got absolutely filthy as the dirt camouflaged their skin as well as mud! It takes a special kind of person to be in the special forces! He is in the S.B.S. like the S.A.S. only they do stuff in the boats and underwater raids, etc!!
Later! Cary came over with C.J. who is taking his first driving lessons in the van around the roads in our area. He had also bought the DVD's of Deadwood for the last year--yeah!!!
Still later! Margot came over with Jeremy and Neo and planted the garden that Guin and Allen had made last year. It now is set to grow!
I made some home made biscuits for supper to go with some 2 day old stew leftovers!
Now Roy and I are going to watch the SARS movies which I taped last night--so T.T.F.N.!
love Mom, Grandma, Carol, Cas, etc!!!! :-)
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May 29, 2005
MOLLY AND KITSU JUST HANGING OUT!
I thought this was such a good time to catch the two puddy tats together! Kitsu is from Tokyo and her name means "Comfortable"! We used to wear ukatas in our hotel rooms which were like cotton house coats and you could just lounge around in them! They were very "kitsu"! we were in Tokyo in 1983
We are having another wet day--not again! Last Tuesday I managed to get in my first game of golf and it was great to be out in the fresh air wildly swinging my club and the ball going wherever!! I wear my brace to help with the hernia.
Yesterday and the day before, we went to TimberMax and Schmidt's Greenhouses--my favourite time of year! I LOVE flowers! Must be my British blood!! It is like going into a candy store as far as I am concerned--all the colours and perfumes! I bought 4 hanging baskets for the front--1 fuschia with its bell-like flowers and 2 gorgeos peach coloured hanging begonias. Also a mixed spring bouquet with pink, blues and mauves in it--yum!! Margot is going to come over tomorrow and help plant some stuff and do some general weeding and tidying up. She is so fast and so good at it! I can't even bend down to fasten my shoelaces so it's lovely having a talented daughter-in-law who will help her crockety old mother-in-law!!! :-) Alan said he will come over and cut the grass soon as we have a great crop of dandelions!
Major work this year will be to rebuild the swim dock. We are going to have a work party and BarBQ and sleepover if necessary!! We'll wait until the lake warms up a bit more!
We watched "White Noise" the other night and I kept on waiting to be scared!! It just didn't, to me, come across as a scary movie, I felt it was relying too much on electronic noise effects and a rather lame premise. I get scared by movies like "Alien", ""The Ring" and " "The Vanishing". What do you think??
Sylvia phone today, it was great to hear from her! She is now 86! We went to Teachers' College together from 1969 to 1970--the tail end of the 60's era!! It's great having a friend that you can pick up with at any time and carry on talking as thought it were yesterday!
This year is the 150th anniversary of David Livingstone's discovery of the 100metre high waterfall on the Zambezi River-now known as Victoria Falls. It must be awesome to see it!
Victoria Falls and Zambia Enjoy!
Time to view my blog!!
Well, here are some pics--I hope--from C.J.'s birthday so keep your fingers crossed!
I think this just MAY have worked everyone! Aren't I getting a techno geek?!!!! :_)
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May 26, 2005
OUR YOUNG DAUGHTER'S ESCAPADES!
This is a very early pic of Guin! She was only about 3 months old--look at those long,skinny arms and legs and big feet! She had little muscles in her legs even just after she was born--it was so funny!
She used to absolutely hate the little baby seat--they were used then so the babies could see what was going on in their world and to give their mothers a chance to do a few chores! She preferred to be held though and walked around the house with a running commentary. This pic was taken in July,1975--hence the diaper only!! She could wriggle her way right out of the chair.I guess this was the first of Guin's escapades--she's certainly had a lot in her lifetime! I was going to post this on her birthday blog, but only just found the photo! I will post some more later but right now my stomach is growling!
Did you all watch LOST last night!! More mysteries developing for next season!
love to all Mom xoxoxox :-)
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May 22, 2005
THE 18th BIRTHDAY WAS A BIG SUCCESS!!
Cary was just smiling so much this evening that I knew he was well and truly happy with his family around him! Cary made some super burgers and Cheryl made some great salads--Caesar, cole slaw amd spinach.pear and nut salad, We had angel food cake,cream,strawberries and fruit cocktail--yummy!
It was quite nice out but the rain was threatening to come soon, but at least we had a chance to sit outside.
Cary (Big) was showing us his set-up for copying the DVD covers so they look store bought!! He also has a big monitor, one of them was 19" I think.
I have just scanned some pics of a young Cary and will post them on my photo gallery tomorrow, now I am too tired!
Have to go and get my leg checked tomorrow a.m. at the hospital, so will report back for Blog duty later!!
I also downloaded more party pics on my iPhoto so will post them too!
Love to all!! Mom xoxoxGrandmaxoxoxoxo
Posted by Cas at 8:57 PM | Comments (2)
HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY CARY, C.J.!!
Once upon a time and far,far away , there was a little baby boy born! His name was Cary John -born May 22nd at 4:57 a.m.He weighed 7 lb. 11 oz. and was 20" long. When Cary phoned me to tell us about Cary's birth and what he was going to be called, I said "Oh, I will call him C.J.!" So, Cary you can blame old Grandma for your nickname!
Today C.J. is 18 yrs. old, almost a magical age--his whole future stretches before him and he can make of it whatever he chooses to do. The whole family wishes him well and a glorious Happy Birthday!
We are all off to Cary and Cheryl's for the BarBQ tonight--yum! And cake too!! double yum!!
I have some more photos of young Cary and also a couple of Melly from the time they spent with us on Boxing Day at Ingall Drive and the heat went off and it was 40 below!!
I will put them on my photo gallery later today.
Well, time to do some chores--boring!!
See y'all at the BarBQ!
love Mom, Grandma, Yorkshire Lass, etc. xoxoxoxo :_)
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May 21, 2005
NEW GLASSES AND SUNBURN!
Well, I finally needed a change in my prescription glasses so here they are! Plus my sunburn from yesterday! (Typical English complexion--fair skin and blue eyes--burns easily!! Also has freckles at times!)
Today has been a rainy day and tomorrow is C.J.'s 18th birthday! Time sure flies! He'll be going to university this fall!
Tomorrow I'll post some pics of Cary as he is now and as he was when younger
Did you know that the taxi drivers in London have to pass a test called "The Knowledge"?They have to memorize over 18,000 street names and routes and after a year they can take their test. So when you see those little black taxis in London, England. enjoy their company and knowledge! Not a bit like the taxi drivers in Winnipeg, although they are improving!
From the Post last week.What do you get when you cross a wildcat called the African servil with a domestic house cat? A Savannah--the new designer breed growing in popularity, but outlawed in New York Ciry.One 29yr.old financial analyst living in Greenwich village has two pet Savannahs who eat shrimp cocktails and steak frites.and sleep on Burberry beds. Savannahs, which can cost from U.S.$4,000 to $10,000 look like little leopard and can be intimidating.And in the jungle that is Manhattan they live on the lam, with owners hiding them from neighbours.New York Times.
I think that is so stupid to pay so much for a cat! What kind of snobs are their owners?!!
A new movie version has been made of The House of Wax. I saw the original in the early 50's and it was really scary as, if I remember correctly, it was in 3-D and we had to use the red and green stereo glasses. It has been classified as 18A so you kids need Grandma to accompany you! Ha! Ha! (Or other adult!)
More updates on next season's TV offerings. As well as our favourites LOST & SURVIVOR,The Amazing Race--2 more editions each. C.S.I. Crime Scene Investigation and CSI Miami and CSI New York, as well as Cold Case, Without a Trace, Cold Case and NCIS.
If anyone is going to Winnipeg this summer, from July 31st to August 13, 'FOLKLORAMA is held. Over 40 different cultures are represented and they each have paviliions, food, dancing, etc/Folklorama Winnipeg
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May 20, 2005
A BEAUTIFUL SPRING DAY!
Well, our cat is certainly very relaxed and becoming a homebody! We have a new little grooming brush so today she had a brushing!
Did you all watch CSI The Season Finale last night?! Wasn't it just awesome!!!!! I was biting my fingernails to the quick when he got buried alive! And then the ants came! And then they discovered the pressure points bombs that had to be defused somehow! And then there was the VERY gruesome dream of the post-mortem! Quentin Tarantino must never sleep at night for all the horrors he can serve up to his audience!!
CSI will be on again in the fall, as well as LOST and SURVIVOR--yeah!!
Today we went over to Bill and Leone's for coffee and sat on the deck--it was so warm, I got a bit sunburned! My first one!
Today I got my new glasses! I'll take a pic tomorrow or Sunday with them on. They look great and guess what--I can see better!!
There were some recipes in the Splenda box, so Roy said he wanted to try and make some shortbread-it uses rice flour and splenda--should be interesting!
a short break while I go and watch a TV Programme. Back soon xoxoxox
My start up disk is almost full! Help what shall I delete? S.O.S.!!! Shall I deleted old manuscrips or old pics in my picture files?
Love to all xoxox Mom xoxox
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May 18, 2005
HELLO AGAIN TO ALL!
A brief post today as I've been feeling sick all day. The antibiotics did not agree with me in the quantity prescribed, so I threw up my breakfast and lunch--yuk!! Roy went and managed to speak to Dr.Dahmer and he's reduced the dose for now. I remember being on the Tetracycline before and the same thing happened--grr!
Did you all watch LOST ?!! Isn't it exciting!! Did you notice in the last scene, when the raft was leaving the island that in the background there was a crowd of people who had not yet been in this year's episodes? I'll bet they will be the nucleus for next year's island people. I could be wrong!
It was nice and sunny this morning and then got cloudy and rained tonight. I did not golf today because of my leg. It's still painful,
The Chelsea Flower Show will be on in England from May 24 to May 28. This show is considered one of the best in the world.It is sponsored by the Royal Horticultural Society and includes a series of gardens
created by some of the world's leading designers, a pavilion filled with thousands of flowers including new varieties and educational exhibits. I would love to see it one day!
Check out the Flower show! Chelsea Flower Show
I hope this link worked!!
I'll close down for the night and read a bit!
love to everyone! Cheryl just phoned and they are having a BarBQ for C.J. on Sunday!
P.S. The pic of the Red Hatters was of the crazy hats contest and the woman in the middle won with her hat decorated like a cake!
Yeah! my link to the Flower show worked!! Margot, you would especially like this!!
Mom xoxoxo :-)
The photo of Brad was taken when he was about 7, I think--just look at that gorgeous lilac shirt with pointy collar! That was the style then and remember it was picture day!!!
love Mom xoxoxo
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May 17, 2005
MEGAN'S BIRTHDAY CAKE AND COUSINS!
Another pic from Sunday--she looks happy to be a teenager! Some of my other pics were blurred--tried taking them too quickly I guess!
Today is a beautiful sunny day! High of 18 C ! Yes, we can handle that!
I had to see the doc this morning and my leg is very painful. It has got another infection on the right inside and is just like a big boil draining--yuk ! I'm on mega anti-biotics until it clears up and have had my leg up all day.A time to get caught up on movies!! I hate having stuff like this happening!
I will check everyone's blogs and then go and watch TV again!
Love and hugs xoxoxoxo Mom
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May 16, 2005
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEGAN!!
Well, we all celebrated Megan's 13th birthday with a BarBQ and cake over at Alan's. A happy time was had by all!! Alan made a batch of his awesome home-made french fries--the round ones--which we all scoffed until we were stuffed! We also had hamburgers,onion rings, hot dogs, salads, etc. and yummy cake with cream and strawberries and kiwi fruit on it!
Megan opened her presents and was happy to get some new clothes and money!!
It was pretty cool out so we all ate indoors.
I went to the Fort Frances luncheon and my leg really started to hurt on the way down. By the time I got home it was pretty bad, anyway, at about 11 pm we went up to emerg. just in case a blood clot had developed or maybe my bandage was just too tight!
They checked it out and the doctor said probably a vein had ruptured but it was not a deep vein, just a surface one, so it was not too bad. He, and one of the nurses thought maybe another abscess was developing under my skin as the area was very hot.He prescribed Keflex, an anti-biotic, and on Tuesday morning I see Dr. Dahmer at 8 a.m.
My Home Care nurse came this morning and was quite concerned as everything had been healing so well. Anyway, wish me luck with my stupid leg!! I spent the day resting and watching T.V.!
Now, Roy and I are going to watch "Survivor", all 3 episodes, as Brad had taped them for us.
Will be in touch tomorrow!
love Mom xoxoxo
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May 14, 2005
RED HAT DAY TODAY!
I was down in Fort Frances at the Red Hat Ladies' Lunch today. Got a ride down with Diane Mason and two other women came too--Olga Hackman and Julie.
There were Red Hatters from afar! Fort Frances, International Falls, Atikokan, Dryden, Kenora and Thunder Bay! Total hungry women was about 270!
We had salad, pork cutlet with vegees. and roast potatoes, and then coffee and cake decorated with white red and purple icing--the red Hat colours!!
Entertainment was a chamber orchestra, a Highland piper, some young Highland dancers, an Irish dancer (very good). Then the Highland dancers did a sword dance.
After that they had a contest for the craziest hat. They had just told our group to decorate our hats, but not in a crazy fashion. The woman that won had her hat decorated like a big iced yelloe cake with strawberries stuck on it!! It really looked funny!
We came straight home as we were all too tired to go shopping, and Olga had fallen recently in her sauna and really hurt her hip and arm.
I just had onion rings and some fries for supper as Roy and Shelby had A&W Mozza burgers.
Well, this is just a short post to let you know I am still alive, but tired!!
Tomorrow we are going to Alan's for Megan's birthday so will see you all there family!!
Love Mom xoxox :-)
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May 13, 2005
TWO YUMMY CAKES FOR BRAD!
I tried to load this with the other one so came back to the copy/paste method!
Margot made one of her wonderful cheesecakes and then we had this yummy treat!! We were all stuffed!
Just finished decorating my Red Hat Ladies hat as we have a meeting down in Fort frances tomorrow--I'm getting a ride with Diane Mason. Should be a lot of fun!
Today have to get my hair done at 1 P.M. so will talk later!
love Mom, Grandma, etc.
Posted by Cas at 11:46 AM
BIRTHDAY BOY HAD A GREAT TIME!!
We all had a great time last night and now I have to check my Blog as my computer started acting up while I was trying to post more than 1 pic. I'll have to check with Guin when she phones next!
Love to all!
The pic of Brad in his new shirt is a bit dark, it's kind of a multi-striped blue, tan and greens. Nice fabric too!!
xoxoxo
Posted by Cas at 11:35 AM
May 12, 2005
THE BIRTHDAY BOY WAS HAPPY!
Just got back from Brad and Margot's and had cake and watched "Survivor"!--we all had to get our fix!
I figured Caryn would be voted off after her outburst--who will be next? I hope Jenn, she is so lazy and uses people in her little schemes. I think the whole series is almost pre-ordained and the producers know who will be the last 2 or 3 people left. Brad says the same too!
We really enjoyed last night's "Lost"!!
Molly, our cat, was very haughty with us for leaving her alone Again! We had to go out for an appointment for my nails this morning and then we had lunch at Penny's and went to the library after and bought home about 20lbs. of books!!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,BRAD!!!
We hope that today is a really happy day for you!
I was going to work on your Blog today as I thought you'd be in Thunder Bay but now I have to do a
RUSH job on it!!
Anyway, we'll see you in approx. 50mins. to wish you joy and watch "Survivor"!!
Love Mom and Dad xoxoxo
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May 9, 2005
MORE MOTHER'S DAY PHOTOS!
Here's one of the "Big Boys"! It got really cold when I ran out to take this pic. Shelby said she got one of Josh driving around in my golf cart!
I missed downloading another photo so back to square one!
love Mom xoxox
Notice the special effects that Cary did for the "Long Legs Cary" photo!!
Now let me see if these other photos turned out using the copy/paste technique for extra photos!
My brain has now had it so after I shall go and watch Fear Factor!
P.S. I will post some more pics tomorrow! They all turned out!! Yeah!!
Love Mom xoxoxo
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May 8, 2005
ONE MORE POST BEFORE I GO!
Tomorrow I will download some pics of the family that I took today so you can see the Rogue's Gallery!
Love Mom xoxox
P.S. This is my presy from Roy--capri pants and stretchy knit top--to hide my bulges!!
The other photo was the suit outfit that Guin and Allen had bought me earlier for Mother's Day.Alan and the girls bought a plant hanger and also a yellow pot with two plants in it. Brad and Margot bought me a nice hanging basket with flowers and also a butterfly wind chime in greens and mauves. Cary and Cheryl are going to buy me a plant too and want me to go and choose one next week.
I am one lucky mother who is spoiled rotten with presys and love and hugs!!!
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HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ME!!
We had a wonderful BarBQ and everyone bought food to pig out on! We had steak, potota salad(Margot), Caesar salad, (Alan), Spinach, pear & walnut salad (Cheryl) hash brown potato casserole (Roy) amd Alan bought strawberry shortcake and I bought 2 "Too Tall Lemon and Cream cakes" from M&M--very tasty, both the cakes! We all had lots of fun! Thank you my family for making this day special to me! Sally phoned up just as everyone was leaving, so we had a quick little talk so that was lovely too!
I'll post some more stuff tomorrow--I'm totally pooped!
Love Carol, Mom, Grandma etc. xoxoxo ;-)
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May 3, 2005
GUIN AND BIG BROTHERS!
"Let me hold the baby!" One more photo of Guin before I start putting the rest on my Photo Gallery.
As the youngest she certainly received her fair share of love and hugs from everyone and became a very happy baby with a sunny disposition! Brad was a lot like that as I thought he was going to be my last kid and I was very relaxed bringing him up. Sally was the experimental model and I made many mistakes but she always had lots of love! All my kids had lots of love and still do!! xoxox
Today is cool again but tomorrow is supposed to be 18 C ! Yeah! Roll on summer! I bet Brad and Margot will go windsurfing!
Alan is in Kenora today as he has made an appointment with a lawyer who is supposed to be very good in divorce cases and the child custody stuff. Alan deserves the best and we told him we are behind him 100% and will do what we can to help.
I am excited! Tomorrow is our golf banquet which means golf is just around the corner! This year, despite my hernia, I plan of going golfing as much as I can to make up for when I couldn't! My friend, Midge phoned yesterday and told me she wouldn't be golfing this year. Her health is not as good as it was--she has Parkinson's, She has been very active and goes cross country skiing in the winter. She is
83 years old! Good for her!
Our satellite signals were off for a few days as Bell had sent out new Smart Cards and they all had to be reprogrammed. Anyway, our signals came back on last night so now I can watch "Survivor" and "Lost"!
Roy has his hearing aid appointment this afternoon as the aids came in. He has a 2 month trial period to see how they are, so here's hoping!
BOY OK AFTER WAX BATH
Niagara Falls Ont. An 18 month old boy who toppled head first into a vat of hot wax at a Niagara Falls tourist attraction came out unscathed.
Believe it or not, it happened at the Ripley’s Museum as a Toronto woman was taking her eight children through the Wax Zone.
She was lined up with tourists having glove like casts made of their hands by dunking them in a vat of hot wax.
While tending the rest of the brood, the boy accidentally pushed off the lid and plunged headfirst into the thick brew.
Fortunately, his horrified mother plucked him out within seconds. He emerged layered with a skin of pale white wax.
(One lucky kid!My comment!)
I shall now check my blog site to see if my copy/paste worked and also the photos came out OK!
Back soon!
Guin, you were asking about the answer to the last Logic Puzzle--4B the Spelling Contest. I gave the solution on March 25th--the blog headed 2 bears playing together! Hope you got some of the answers!
I'll post another one for you soon.
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May 1, 2005
MORE BABY PICS.!
AH! SUNDAY! Time to relax and catch up on odds and ends like a pile of stuff for my blog!
I have more photos to scan of Guin when she was younger so I have a job there and will get my Photo Gallery going A.S.A.P.
It is still snowing here! Yuk! After having that glorious warm week we all feel let down!
Here's one for the kids--did you know that the Platypus--that strange creature which is only found in Australia, is very unique. It is covered in fur, has a duck's bill, and webbed feet. Its tail is similar to that of a beaver,which is used to store fat for when food is scarce. It's a mammal yet it lays eggs! When a platypus was first taken to Britain in the 1700's people thought someone had sown a duck's bill onto a mammal's body as a practical joke (from the Free Press) The male platypus has poisonous spurs on his hind legs, making it the world's only venomous furred creature!
There are plans to raise a mysterious Japanese submarine. The I-52 was sunk in the Atlantic in 1944 , The expedition to raise it will be in Nov. or May 2006. It was laden with gold--2 tons and 2 tons of opium. They also wonder if it contains a secret offer of peace. There are no web sites given in the article but I think Dad was researching it the other day.
Reader's Digest has just published a revised edition of "The Most Scenic drives in America".
Besides the famous site at Drumheller well known for its fossil bones--where Alan and girls visited last summer--there is also a marine fossil museum in Morden, Manitoba. It has the largest collection of marine fossils in Canada. A 13 metre long mosaasaur was unearthed in 1974. Its skull measured over 1.5 metres in length! Might be worth a side trip if you go to Manitoba!
Time for my lunch! Back later!! xoxoxo
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