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relish…

25 Tuesday Feb 2020

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had a lovely day…

my son-in-law arrived and we had breakfast at the “A” before we headed to Costco…

I really enjoy spending time with him and relish every moment… lots of great conversation as we talked about their upcoming vacation…

off to Costco where we picked up a few things and renewed my membership as well as used my annual refund towards paying the bill… this time when the renewal notice arrived, the cheque was on the first page, lol… last time it was on the second page and I didn’t see it… maybe I wasn’t the only one who didn’t see it…

I always appreciate when one of the kids come shopping with me… once we were back home, he helped put everything away and we had a cup of tea before he left to get his errands done…

searched…

27 Sunday Oct 2019

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all the boys came for dinner tonight…

they searched for fish in the pond, but the fish are trying really hard not to be found… wish we could tell them they are going to freeze if they don’t come into the condo;-(…

my son-in-law is much more patient than the younger boys although he only caught a few… two more of the babies and one bigger one…

we talked about catching the fish with grandpa and how the three biggest ones have been in the tank and pond since before he died…

we will continue to see if we can find more… still time before the pond freezes over…

league…

31 Wednesday Jul 2019

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last night I got to watch my son-in-law and oldest grandson play soccer…

my son-in-law recently joined a mixed league… they were playing last night and this was my first opportunity to watch him…

the team needed a spare so my grandson came to play…

such fun to watch the dad, who has coached a number of the boys’ teams, actually on the playing field…

I really enjoyed seeing them play together… what a treat…

spawn…

29 Monday Apr 2019

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yesterday my son-in-law and youngest grandson came over…

we ran out and got a few errands done and then made a late lunch…

my son-in-law barbecued steaks and my grandson sliced mushrooms and chopped lettuce for our salad…

first barbecue of the year and it was delicious…

while the steaks were cooking my son-in-law cleaned up a bit of the yard and the pond… and he found three clumps of frog spawn…

been listening to frogs croaking since I’ve been home, so very excited and hopeful that we will have lots of tadpoles and frogs…

then we walked over to Sargent Sundae for ice cream, although it was a bit chilly, lol…

quote…

23 Tuesday Oct 2018

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spent part of the day yesterday trying to find someone to clean up the leaves in the yard… eventually I hired my son-in-law who came today and raked everything up… then he put away all of the lawn furniture… looks great…

also trying to find a snow-clearing company as my grandson who has been doing the snow removal for the last few years is now busy with university and work and not available…

of three places I contacted, two were already filled up for the winter…

I have received a quote from the third place and will be in touch with a few questions…

hoping that it all works out because I don’t need to be worrying about snow when it starts falling, lol…

sucker…

09 Tuesday Oct 2018

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an elm tree seed started growing a few years ago and had gotten really big right up against the garage wall…

my son-in-law and I have been talking about cutting it down, but hadn’t got around to it…

last weekend he brought the right saw and cut the sucker down…

took a little while before all the bits died back… what a difference it makes and I am sure that the garage floor is also very happy…

the Virginia creeper has also died back over the last week so the garage is looking kind of naked, lol…

BOATsmart…

18 Tuesday Sep 2018

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was so excited yesterday with the mail…

in it was my BOATsmart licence;-)… I worked hard the last week of August to get it after my daughter sent me the link…

when we went camping on the long weekend it was great fun to let my son-in-law know that I had passed the exam…

now for the real life practice…

looking forward to next summer as I work on my boating skills;-)…

camping, day five…

14 Tuesday Aug 2018

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I was up a bit late and all the boys slept in… we eventually had a wonderful breakfast around eleven… it was cooked on the propane stove and the campfire…

there was intermittent rain until around one at which time we headed out in the boat to fish, with a cooler filled with snacks… it was cool so there was no swimming or tubing in the plans…

we spent four and a half hours on the water… it was glorious… we caught four fish in total – my son-in-law caught two, I brought in one, and the older grandson got one… all Jack fish so we had to throw them back, lol… everyone enjoyed themselves…

the sun danced in and out of the clouds and we spotted loons, ducks, maybe a few muskrats and many seagulls…

when we returned to the boat launch the older grandson brought the boat up onto the trailer, which involves a lot of cranking, lol…

once we were back at the campsite we had supper and sat around the campfire roasting marshmallows for s’mores…

camping, day four…

13 Monday Aug 2018

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last night we spent about an hour laying in the boat watching the Perseid Meteor shower… the boys gave up and went to bed after about an hour, but I watched for nearly three hours… some of them were amazing…

this morning the boys got up around 9:30, had cereal for breakfast, packed up snacks and then we headed over to the beach…

only the second time I’ve been in the water since Friday, lol… very refreshing…

back to the camper for lunch of peanut butter and raspberry jam sandwiches…

a relaxing afternoon of playing at the park and sitting around the campsite… much cooler than yesterday, which was a relief…

the daddy arrived and brought fresh supplies and we sat and read for a while… had a great supper of chicken, cooked cauliflower, gravy, raw cucumbers and carrots…

it rained for a few minutes as we did the dishes, but now we have a roaring fire going…

supplies…

21 Saturday Jul 2018

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yesterday I got to spend time with my son-in-law and younger grandsons…

we checked out supplies for a project my son-in-law is working on and then went out for lunch…

I had fish and chips which were tasty… shared half the chips and saved one fillet for another meal……

we talked about the lemon on the plate and how Grandpa had laughed when the youngest bit into one for the first time…

didn’t get any photos of the guys but just managed to take this photo of the dessert – gummy worms, Oreo cookie dirt, whipped cream and chocolate pudding – before it was gobbled up…

then, we stopped at a store I rarely shop in, to look for sandals for the youngest…

and, I found some leggings and a t-shirt;-)…

the funny thing is that last week my other son-in-law texted me a picture of the same leggings that he saw on a person walking through a mall which he thought I would like, lol…