Friday, August 16, 2013

Not Much Happening Here

Chris reminded me that I had not posted recently. There is a reason for that - there is not much going on.

Out youngest granddaughter Sierrah and her friend Rosie came up on Sunday. Our daughter in law LindaLee and her friend Katherine drove them up. LindaLee and Katherine stayed the night and Sierrah and Rosie stayed until yesterday when I drove them back to Victoria. It was a seven hour, no stop trip for me, a long drive.

Sierrah and Rosie are not hard to keep entertained. I took them to the video rental store and Norma took them downtown once, otherwise they amused themselves in the TV room and outside. What great, intelligent kids! Their moms are doing a great job.

We had unexpected but welcome company on Wednesday afternoon when Norm and Liz, friends from Terrace and Victoria dropped in. We go back a long way. Liz used to be married to Jim Fulton, Member of Parliament for the Terrace area who Norma worked for up there. Jim passed away some time ago. Norm is from Prince Rupert and was Jim's Executive Assistant in Ottawa. They now live in Victoria where Norm is a lawyer for the Province of BC while Liz is contemplating retirement, also from the Provincial Government. They were up here playing golf and had a hotel room just down the road. We gave them heck for staying in a hotel when we have an extra bedroom (and motorhome) when we stay at their place when we have to go to Victoria. Anyway, we had a nice visit and Norma found some slabs of salmon in the freezer. It is always nice catching up with old friends!

Other than that, we have just been taking it easy, nothing noteworthy. We bought a new facet set for the motorhome kitchen to replace the old one that leaks onto the counter-top. I slid underneath to see how easy it would be to replace it but it is very cramped under there! I might have to remove the sink or maybe even call in a plumber. The cabinet underneath is so small, I cannot get my arms above my face to work. Add the poor lighting situation and it creates a nightmare. I hate hiring people to do jobs that I normally find easy to do but this might be an exception.

The deer attacks on the flower gardens have been held at bay by the new fence. Three of them, mom and two tiny babies, came up the driveway a couple of days ago and nosed the fence. They are all looking a lot skinnier than they used to be so I hope Norma feels bad about that.

The weather has been pretty good, at least until the past few days when we have had rain showers. I am starting to plot a new route through part of Mexico. I will share it when I get a little more information. In the meantime, Life Is Good.

Norma....... Can we come in??

Rosie, Sierrah and Katherine Hula Hooping.

10 comments:

  1. I'll just bet that Norma doesn't feel bad at all. The deer have kept away from our roses, but some apples and tomatos have mysteriously disappeared this week. Deer are really sneaky anren't they.

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    1. They are actually quite smart. If they want something, they will eventually get it.

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  2. for Norma...if you get some lovely red delicious apples cut them up in to quarters the baby deer love them and you will eventually be able to feed them by hand......I know I shall get a slap when you come to SMA....cheers les

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    1. Les, Norma says she has something special in mind to feed YOU.

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  3. Looking forward to your plans. First time for us going south this winter. Maybe we'll cross paths.

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    1. It would be great to get together Bill. Any idea where you are going?

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  4. When replacing a faucet, I always pull out the sink. It saves me a lot of grief and pain.
    Love the deer, tame them with the apples, and then they're dinner!

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  5. Quiet with not much going on is OK! We have days like that also.

    You are starting to plan your Mexico foray .....and we just started talking about our plans for the US southwest. No island trip for us up your way....at least so far.....but one never knows! If the weather is great and we free ourselves, we could try to make another trip to Quadra Island.

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  6. Wow, for nothing going on it's quite a report. I've been lazy about posting thinking "who wants to hear about my daily routine?" Lots of people do. I've got thing pending on the rv too.

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  7. Nice to hear from you again, look like you keeping busy thou.

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