Today has been one of ups and downs. At 5:30 tonight my best friend Debbie's mother passed away with a short fight against her cancer. She lived long enough to let her family gather around her to say goodbye.
Please say prayers for the family as they are lost without their anchor.
Everybody have a wonderful evening.
God bless.
Friday, June 21, 2013
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Thursday Tidbits
It has been a rough week overall. My best friends mother is dying and really all I can think about is her and her extended family. Everyone got the call to come yesterday and things are still not good. I understand how this is affecting them having gone through the loss of my own father 9 months ago.
I did not get the prayer shawl completely done for her mother but finished it off and gave it to Debbie to take to the hospital. I hope it gives Doris some peace.
A happier occurrence came this afternoon. One of the students I worked with and later became friends with is graduating this year from High School. He phoned and asked if we could meet at the school and have our picture taken together.
Jayden is the young gentleman on the left in this picture. Hard to believe that the youngster that I knew is getting so mature. He is such a sweet boy, every time he sees me I get a big hug from him. It does not matter where we are or who is around he greets me the same way every time.
Everybody have a wonderful evening.
God bless.
I did not get the prayer shawl completely done for her mother but finished it off and gave it to Debbie to take to the hospital. I hope it gives Doris some peace.
A happier occurrence came this afternoon. One of the students I worked with and later became friends with is graduating this year from High School. He phoned and asked if we could meet at the school and have our picture taken together.
Everybody have a wonderful evening.
God bless.
Monday, June 17, 2013
Menu Monday for the Week of June 17 to June 23
Good Monday morning to everyone out in blog land, or at least to those who read or glance in!
It is that time of the week again.
Monday
Leftover stew that I froze from an earlier meal. I am going to make dumplings with it this time.
Tuesday
Hot Beef Sandwiches (using the leftover beef roast from Sunday), oven fries and coleslaw.
Wednesday
Chicken Breasts baked on a bed of rice, smothered with mushroom sauce. I will make corn on the cob to go with.
Thursday
Leftover Ham used as a sauce with spaghetti. Coleslaw as our side salad.
Friday
Tuna Pasta Salad, our favorite summer time dish.
Saturday
Pork chops, served with tin foil packets of potatoes, carrots and onions. Hopefully there is some coleslaw left as well.
Sunday
Lots of leftover ham in the freezer so I am not making a ham this week. Instead I will make ham and scalloped potatoes. Green beans will be one of the sides.
Everyone have a wonderful day.
God bless.
It is that time of the week again.
Monday
Leftover stew that I froze from an earlier meal. I am going to make dumplings with it this time.
Tuesday
Hot Beef Sandwiches (using the leftover beef roast from Sunday), oven fries and coleslaw.
Wednesday
Chicken Breasts baked on a bed of rice, smothered with mushroom sauce. I will make corn on the cob to go with.
Thursday
Leftover Ham used as a sauce with spaghetti. Coleslaw as our side salad.
Friday
Tuna Pasta Salad, our favorite summer time dish.
Saturday
Pork chops, served with tin foil packets of potatoes, carrots and onions. Hopefully there is some coleslaw left as well.
Sunday
Lots of leftover ham in the freezer so I am not making a ham this week. Instead I will make ham and scalloped potatoes. Green beans will be one of the sides.
Everyone have a wonderful day.
God bless.
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Sunday Ramblings
Well today was Father's Day and it is the first one that I have not been able to call my Dad to wish him a happy one. It kind of brings back lots of memories of other times and other Father's Days.
The boys have both called Harvey now to wish him the best today. Kris wished he could have gotten home to take his Dad fishing, but considering the wind this weekend I really don't think they would have gotten much fishing done.
This is a picture of Harvey on his fishing trip to Tofino six years ago. He is doing his favorite of all things and seems to be having a great time.
There is my sweetie. He is one happy fisherman!!
Everybody have a wonderful evening.
God bless.
The boys have both called Harvey now to wish him the best today. Kris wished he could have gotten home to take his Dad fishing, but considering the wind this weekend I really don't think they would have gotten much fishing done.
This is a picture of Harvey on his fishing trip to Tofino six years ago. He is doing his favorite of all things and seems to be having a great time.
Everybody have a wonderful evening.
God bless.
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Just A Windy Day
Today has been extremely windy and if there is one thing that sets off my fibro it is the wind. It has been an uphill battle today between my neck, shoulders and hands. Out of all the pain the worse is having it in my hands and fingers.
Typing is a big problem and for every word I type correctly there are three that I have to correct..... Makes working on projects difficult and slow, but I am nothing if not determined to get things done!!! So I am continuing with the prayer shawl very slowly and other projects around the house.
Tomorrow is another day and it can only get better!
Everybody have a wonderful evening.
God bless.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Thursday Tidbits
No pictures tonight just a bit of a catch up on what has been happening here and how we are fairing.
I have been working on the prayer shawl every night and once I am done this post and checked out a few of my blogging buddies I will be at it again. It is moving on slowly but surely and hopefully I will have a picture of the finished product soon. Since my friends mother has only been given 2 to 4 months to live.....it needs to be done and done as quickly as possible.
My basil turned brown and withered over the past few days, so today I replaced it with a healthy one. Now as long as we don't get inundated with rain this one should be okay.
I have weeded the hosta bed and the perennial bed and feel that I am keeping on top of things. Wonder how long that will keep up. I sometimes get tired of all the weeding that needs to be done and kind of let things slide, I hope not to do that this year.
Dad's estate work is slowly but surely coming to an end....well at least the corporation part of it. I am going to take a big hit in taxes, but what else can I do. I am putting as much as I possibly can in my RRSP, but believe me that really isn't much. My sister can tax shelter almost all of her share. Makes me almost wish that I could have made more, or even not put in as much as I did over the years. Oh, well, this is extra money so I guess I should not complain too much. My accountant on the other hand could have a bit of a problem next year making out my tax return.
I went shopping today. Yikes, grocery prices are going up by leaps and bounds. I have a feeling we will be reworking the budget sooner than we thought. As I filled my cart, my thoughts went back to when my mom used to send me grocery shopping. Boy could a person get way more in the way of food back then. Even with inflation I think that those people who are on fixed income are going to have big troubles. I don't think the increased cost of transporting the food has even reached its high point as of yet. I could have fainted when I picked up 10 pounds of potatoes and looked at the price.... $11.99!!! Two weeks ago it was $8.99, if only I had known. Waiting for the garden to start coming in and save us a buck or $11.99.
Everybody have a wonderful evening.
God bless.
I have been working on the prayer shawl every night and once I am done this post and checked out a few of my blogging buddies I will be at it again. It is moving on slowly but surely and hopefully I will have a picture of the finished product soon. Since my friends mother has only been given 2 to 4 months to live.....it needs to be done and done as quickly as possible.
My basil turned brown and withered over the past few days, so today I replaced it with a healthy one. Now as long as we don't get inundated with rain this one should be okay.
I have weeded the hosta bed and the perennial bed and feel that I am keeping on top of things. Wonder how long that will keep up. I sometimes get tired of all the weeding that needs to be done and kind of let things slide, I hope not to do that this year.
Dad's estate work is slowly but surely coming to an end....well at least the corporation part of it. I am going to take a big hit in taxes, but what else can I do. I am putting as much as I possibly can in my RRSP, but believe me that really isn't much. My sister can tax shelter almost all of her share. Makes me almost wish that I could have made more, or even not put in as much as I did over the years. Oh, well, this is extra money so I guess I should not complain too much. My accountant on the other hand could have a bit of a problem next year making out my tax return.
I went shopping today. Yikes, grocery prices are going up by leaps and bounds. I have a feeling we will be reworking the budget sooner than we thought. As I filled my cart, my thoughts went back to when my mom used to send me grocery shopping. Boy could a person get way more in the way of food back then. Even with inflation I think that those people who are on fixed income are going to have big troubles. I don't think the increased cost of transporting the food has even reached its high point as of yet. I could have fainted when I picked up 10 pounds of potatoes and looked at the price.... $11.99!!! Two weeks ago it was $8.99, if only I had known. Waiting for the garden to start coming in and save us a buck or $11.99.
Everybody have a wonderful evening.
God bless.
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
A New Recipe
Tonight I got on line looking for a new recipe to use our leftover pork roast. I found one. It is on Allrecipes and is called Pork Supreme. This was so good it is going to be made again and again. I don't have a picture to show you so sorry.
I also started the prayer shawl for my best friends mother. Her favorite colour is light blue and that was one colour I did not have in my yarn stash. So off to the store I went. I never realized how hard it would be to find a light blue yarn in a bulky weight here. So I bought a lighter weight. Sure hope it turns out.
Here is a picture of the shawl so far.
It looks slightly purple, but believe me it is a light blue.
I also finished off the last of the family reunion silent auction items. I have one more skein of this yarn in blue, and after that one is done, I doubt I will knit with it ever again. Just too temperamental. I do like how it turned out though.
I also started the prayer shawl for my best friends mother. Her favorite colour is light blue and that was one colour I did not have in my yarn stash. So off to the store I went. I never realized how hard it would be to find a light blue yarn in a bulky weight here. So I bought a lighter weight. Sure hope it turns out.
Here is a picture of the shawl so far.
It looks slightly purple, but believe me it is a light blue.
I also finished off the last of the family reunion silent auction items. I have one more skein of this yarn in blue, and after that one is done, I doubt I will knit with it ever again. Just too temperamental. I do like how it turned out though.
Everybody have a wonderful evening.
God bless.
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