Elmer??? where did Hyram go??

Fickle people eh?? Anyway it is so hot and humid today and NO RAIN! Have a new keyboard today so still trying to get used to it. I vacuumed the "K" off the old one today and before I could dig around in the vacuum bag, Harry said he wanted to change the keyboard anyway, so I dug out one of our old ones Seems to work OK but since I do not have my glasses on, it seems to be a challenge for me tonight haha I just finished the watering - this is my job again apparently! Have seen a bit of the Olympics on TV and Canada is doing OK but Britain is really capturing medals today much to the delight of the spectaors.
Here is the message I wrote that was not published Hope it goes through this time.

Blog toubles

Wrote a nice message but it got caught in cyber space somehere - I ' ll try to retrive if I can..

Finally......

I never thought my holidays would start. (I also never thought I would get back into the blog!)  It is also raining here today.  We have had over 2 inches since yesterday.  Our first rain in ages.  Today is Jim's 65th birthday.  I guess the rain was a present for him.  I gave him a card. (generous, aren't I?)  I don't think much will get done around the house today.  I want to do nothing and it is Jim's day to do nothing.  I might last until noon before I go nuts.  I went to bed really early last night.  I skipped meat draw and the last thing I remember is April and her family arriving for a visit. Cory says that Jim needs new wheel bearings for the quad.  It is 12 years old and we doubt the wheel bearings have ever been changed.  Elmer has been moping around the house missing Heather, but a new lady elephant has moved in and he has his eye on her. I guess it wasn't really true love with Heather.  I am not sure of the new neighbours name, but it might be Elsabet. We should find out later.  Kik is making breakfast today, in honour of Jim's birthday.  He has put in his order.  It is so cool out that we really should cook a roast or something in the oven, but we are having Chinese tonight.  I have no plans for my holidays, except  I expect the garden to be going nuts on me. We will be having an office shower for Patty next week.  I am not sure of the day because Mallorie was off on Thursday and Friday and Shirley was sick on Friday so no decision was made.  Yes, your count is right.  That left Elizabeth and I on Friday.  I am glad the week is over.  My month end didn't work out either.  Poor Patty will be stuck with it when she gets back.  I am $2.18 out and I know where it is from, but I don't know how to fix it.  They were supposed to call me from Winnipeg last week, but I never heard.   I left a note of apology for Patty and told her to call Evelyn in Winnipeg.  She didn't know how to fix it, but she was going to ask Derrick.  I love challenging people.  I will keep you posted as my "holiday' progresses.  Hopefully I will have to do nothing at all.

Vacations for all...

Cathy is now on vacation, right? And now Patty is going to the lake for a vacation, right? And poor Beth is finished with her vacation but has some great memories to recall anytime she wants /needs to, right?  So all is good. You folks have yourself a merry good time just like I did.
Mike bought himself a new (used) truck and traded in his car. He has been wanting to do this for awhile now - perhaps a positive and well received interview for a three year contract position helped in his decision. I wish him well in that regard. My little car treats me well and was good to drive on such a long trip. Lots of construction with many stops and starts but if it means better highways it is worth it -especially around Thunder Bay and it appears they are making a new four lane road "around" the city which will likely bypass it for traffic heading straight through either east or west. We have lots and lots of produce here and I have been busy these last few days trying to do something with it all. Cathy I am trying the new cook book and making million dollar pickles (page  168) and I'll let you know how they turn out. This is an attempt to use some larger cukes from the garden.I got my pictures developed and have sent you both some in the mail so you can have a few laughs too! Take care on this August long weekend and I'll call when I win the $30 million tonight!!

Dinner?

Dinner was a bowl of homemade mushroom soup and half a turkey sandwich, but washed down with beer.  We had talked about buying beer at the vendor, but I prefer to make it an occasional treat.  However, David is talking about buying some at the LCBO in Clearwater Bay on our way to the lake tomorrow. Yeah, we've been "generously" allocated 3 days down there for this year.  But I'll be out of touch until sometime Tuesday--just so you know.  I plan to take all of my dyeing supplies with me, to keep busy, but also a deck of cards.  And we have a pile of library books all begging to be read.

We are enjoying our new bed.  I can't seem to get enough sleep.  I'm not sure why. It's not like the sort of dopiness that comes with depression, but rather I sleep well at night, and then nap, and then sleep well again.  My back pain is pretty well gone, but the eye problems continue.  However, I did make an appointment with that specialist, and see him next Friday.

My creativity seems to be flowing.  I've been off buying beads.  Beth, it's too bad you weren't with me when I went to the "crazy lady" bead store.  I took my fabric and she got right into it.  We ended up with half her stock spread out all over the store.  I think she likes the company, especially someone who can talk "bead".  Then we went to get a new wine kit, and I dropped in on the other bead store, as I noticed their sandwich board out on the sidewalk.  I had honestly thought they had closed! So I got a few more there.  The 16 containers I bought the other day were used up quickly and now I have to get more.  And I have been thinking through and planning how to deal with the technical problems involved in turning a hat into a fish bowl, but I'll put all of that on the other blog, once I actually start work.

For today, with all of the stuff that we are taking to the lake for three days, I'm grateful for a car with a larger trunk that the previous one.

YOU MIGHT ASK???

What am I doing up at midnight playing with the blog? When I finally found the blog address to sign in, there was a message that our security ( Kaspersky) needed to be renewed - so I proceeded to renew not realizing that it would take almost three hours to go through the downloads etc. Then when I finally go onto the blog, I find your message Patty that made me feel so anxious myself at all the "fuss' that Tuesday caused you. I do  hope that you will have a good sleep tonight and wish you well for tomorrow and all the days to follow. Hope the dinner at the casino was nice? When I got home Wed at 4 pm, I was greeted with "I haven't had anything to eat for two weeks" so I suggested that I would treat him to a dinner out. We went to a restaurant in Sundridge that had changed hands two years ago and were so surprised to see wonderful changes inside and out - beautiful decor and a lovely meal. I even had a glass of wine inspite of being the designated driver!! At last, tonight (Thur) I have finished unpacking - only after watering the entire yard. We now have one channel and it is CTV so I am now watching the Olympics as I write. But I shall keep this short as bed beckons me! Had a wonderful talk with Mike tonight - the greatest thing to happen on Wed was that I passed his military van as he headed for Sault Ste Marie and I was heading towards home. He travels to SSM every Wed returning on Thurs. I was so excited that I actually spotted him as traffic was heavy. I called him on his cell phone immediately to tell him I just passed him and as I looked up a police car passed me so wondered if he would spot me on the cell phone - I played with my hair to pretend I was not speaking on the phone and I guess it worked as I was not stopped!! Anyway I am "back in the saddle again" on the blog so looking forward to much communication amongst us all!  Take care XXX

Rough day

Yesterday we went to pick up the car.  Sitting in the office, we started going through the paperwork.  When he asked for the money, I reached into the envelope and --nothing.  Where was the bank draft?  Frantic trip home, going through all of the garbage, all of the papers in the recycling bin, all of the files we keep in the bankers box--nothing.  Had we lost a $20,000 bank draft? Tears, and wailing, worries we were going to have to sellthe house to pay it back.  But finally we found the right envelope on the side of the fridge, where we normally only keep papers needed for medical appointments.  So back to the dealership and pick up the car.  David wanted to find out when we needed to schedule our first oil change, so as to maintain our warrantee, and while he was doing that, I waited in the car, in front of the dealership. Suddenly here was the salesman , and the financial officer frantically checking the front of the car for the VIN number.  It seems they had the wrong VIN number on all of the paperwork.  So back inside and re-do all of the paperwork. Did I mention how hot and humid it was?  I don't do hot and humid well, and was just about a basket case when we got away from there.  But I did drive it back to our side of the city!!

We wanted to get our insurance sorted out right away, so headed straight to the mall and our agency.  In to the washroom where I washed my face with a damp towel and felt marginally better, picked up my new purse, only to have the handle fall off.  When David checked it, all of the hardware was loose.  He took some off one area to re-attach the handle, but I was hot, humid and upset, so off we went to return the purse--if we could.  It took quite awhile, and David was having a problem with parking the car.  He didn't have enough points on his card for parking, and I didn't have a card.  More ,humid and frantic fuss. I went to arrange to get a new card, while David searched out the gift shop manager.  They were very accommodating about returning the purse, even if I didn't have the shoulder strap.  They even gave me a plastic bag to carry all of my stuff from out of the purse.  It took awhile but I got my $$ back, but by that time, we were both ready for happy hour, so ended up in the bar, where we used my newly returned points to buy supper.  We still had a list of chores, but decided to call it a day.

Overall, the past couple of weeks have been an emotional roller coaster.  So much pleasure in seeing Beth, but so much emotion around health issues, and borrowing money, and making the decision to ,not  one, but two large purchases.  By noon today, after finishing the chores, I was still a basket case and ended up sleeping for two hours.  Today, I'm very grateful that I have new bed.