Midweek Once Again

 My goodness the days are just whipping by as well as getting much shorter. Soon winter will be upon us here in the Northern Hemisphere bring us time to stay in and get our homes in order for the next set of holidays.

I promised pictures of my sister and I visiting the last two living sisters of our Mom. Both of them lost their husbands many years ago.

First we traveled to Norquay to visit with the youngest of the girls.

Aunt Alice lives in the house she and Uncle Russel moved into when they left the farm right in the village.

This is a picture of my sister, my cousin Brian, Aunt Alice and myself. Her other daughter lives in B.C and was not there at the time we visited.

Here is a picture of her immediate family.

Brian, his wife Joy, Aunt Alice, Velda, her husband Ken.

We laughed and reminisced about our visits when young to the farm. 

Of course they put on coffee for us and you can tell they were farm folk as the table was loaded with squares, cookies, donuts, and so many other lovely edibles. 

As we left we promised to try and visit at least once a year.

We made it to Yorkton in time to visit those that are no longer with us. The cemetery there is so beautiful and very peaceful.

Aunt Alice decided that she wished to be buried near her sisters and so buried her husband amongst all the Koch's. 

The flowers were lovely and we found out that our cousin Greg's wife, Ruby, made all of them when they came up from Chicago to visit Aunt Isabel. 

We then went out for supper and checked into our hotel room.

The next morning we did a bit of window shopping as we did not want to bother Aunt Isabel too early. At 97 she deserves her rest, though I am pretty sure she was up and waiting for us to arrive.

She finally moved from the home her and Uncle Sam (who just happens to be our Dad's brother) moved to about 40 years ago. She is living in one of the two retirement homes in the city of Yorkton and just hates it. The suite she lives in is very nice, but she does not like the meals and says things are stupidly run... If the fire drill we went through while there is any indication, she is quite correct.

Aunt Isabel and I out in the backyard of the home. We were kind of stuck there and could not get to the muster point as the gate was locked. Guess we could have had some bad burns.

After we got back in the residence Aunt Isabel phoned our cousin Cam and we traveled to Bunkers (the business he owns) to visit for awhile. 

After taking her back to her suite, we headed to the restaurant to meet up with our brother's and Jay's significant others and twin girls. Our youngest brother decided not to come, which was a pity.

After our supper (mix up over the time, of course) it was the long journey home.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Saturday Roundup

I did manage to get everything  completed before I made the trip to Regina this week. Much to my surprise.

This weekend will be spent doing things for Kris and trying my best to make him comfortable.

Yesterday we went to visit a doctor here in the city. Kris has bee having lots of trouble sleeping so he decided that it might be  a good idea to get something to help. After waiting for almost 2 hours he finally got in. By the time we picked up his prescription and a few other items it was well past 6. Supper was  very late and not a whole lot done on the tidying front was accomplished either.

This morning I got busy and cleaned the sinks, dusted, washed the floors in the bathroom and kitchen, cleaned the toilet and the sink.

This afternoon I completed the laundry, vacuumed and went for a walk. Then I came back and mended his quilt.

Now we are both ensconced in his living room  having a cold drink and watching Star Trek.

Kris took a herbal recommendation last night. But it did not work to help him sleep. Tonight will be another try along with some herbal tea.

Almost everything in the apartment is run off Kris's phone or by Alexa. Takes some getting used to, but it really helps him out right now.

Providing the weather behaves I will be heading home tomorrow. Then probably back up on Friday of next week.

Everybody have a wonderful day.

God bless.

Christmas Eve At Last

We managed to reach Kurts place by around 5 Alberta time, in other words it was 6 our time. I can not  believe that it took us 10 hours to drive here. Usually we make it in 9 or a bit less.

We were greeted with a lovely hot meal and a roaring fire (which I did not get a picture of perhaps tonight).

Today we took Kris out to the hoodoo formation. He had a great deal of fun clambering the hills.

Then it was back home as Harvey started to feel ill. He is resting in bed right now.

I will share a few pictures of the family.

Kurt giving me his idea of "the look", for daring to take a picture of him.

Kris doing what he usually does, play on his tablet.

And photos would not be complete without Kris' friend.

Ray, his according to him, 25 pound feline pet. I am pretty sure Ray weighs a bit more than that. But I will let Kris keep his illusions. Just thankful I have a good friend who has taken in Shania while we are gone.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God Bless.

Off We Go

We are off on a road trip today to Regina. While there we will visit with Kris, and get some needed shopping done. All of course already saved for or in the budget.

Show you later what goodies I bring home.

Everybody have a wonderful day.

God bless.

Family Reunion Two

Well today we leave for our family reunion in Northern Saskatchewan. We thought we would be leaving the rain and dark skies behind. Nope the forecast says .... rain. Guess we will be bringing it with us as we travel.

Hope to have lots of pictures and stories to share with you when we get back.

Once again blogger will not let me publish in IE (or perhaps it is the other way around). Thank heavens, the youngest of our sons put FF on our computer as well. Trying that now.

God bless.