Good mornin'
I can't believe Monday has rolled around so quickly. I really do need another 3 days of weekend this week.
Ruth - Glad to hear that your show went well. I would really love to see you in action some time - you are such a talented person in so many ways.
cac - I have finally gotten into the exercise routine, also. I still don't like exercising, but I know that I need to get it done. I power walk on my lunch breaks and will be getting a fitness trainer in January to work on weight training. I know that when I miss one session, it gets easier to miss others, so I have tried to be really faithful with the workouts, also. I'm not sure if I am losing because of them, but at least I don't gain...
Mamacita - Hope the hat goes well. I am always unsure as to whether I should use DPNs or a circular needle. My luck always holds true that I have the wrong one for every project, though.
ellis - Do you have pics of the dump in the water.
The worst dump that I had in the water was when a horse I was riding stepped into a hole at the bottom of the river and started to swim with my waist deep in water. The worst part was that it was during spring run-off from the mountains and the water was brutally cold. I rode all day in wet jeans and had burns up and down the inside of my thighs. At the time I was performing with CP Hotels and had to sing that night...I could barely walk. It was quite a sight.
Barb - Here's to an OP day. You can do it.
Laurie - Hi. Have a good day...
Weezle - Wishing Terry the best on his new job. I can empathize with you on the double jobs. I remember when DH and I built a new house. We had budgeted a 3% increase in interest rates (plenty of room for the times), but when we were building the interest rates increase by 13%. By the time we secured our mortgage, the payment for the mortgage, alone, was $4 more than DH got paid every month. On top of the mortgage there was food, utilities, car payments, etc. Our children were little at the time, so I didn't work because my entire salary would go to child care. Fortunately, DH was a licensed mechanic and was able to get a part-time job pulling wrenches to keep the bills paid. He also got the summers off (he was teaching), so could work full time as a mechanic in the summer. You just have to do what you have to do... Great job.
Got back from the FIL's birthday party yesterday. As usual, the wicked SIL spoiled it and she wasn't even there. BUT, of course she needed to call her father and let him know that she couldn't come because she wasn't invited. This accomplished 2 things: 1. She got her complaining in and made sure that FIL knew everything was someone else's fault. 2. She spoiled the surprise birthday party. She is a piece of work, but hopefully, we won't have to deal with it anymore.
The really bad part of the weekend is that I gained three pounds. I now have all of my August challenge weight to lose, plus an extra 3. I really must be disciplined the next 2 weeks to manage that. I am back on phase 1 for the next 2 weeks. I just need to get this done, and procrastinating losing the weight just won't make me very happy with myself.
While we were at the birthday party, I took a scrap book to the senior's home in which my in-laws live. It is a bit of a strange story behind this book.
When I was 5 my grandmother got a job as the matron of a senior's home and had an apartment in the home in Red Deer, Alberta. Since my mother worked and I was too young to leave at home, I spent the summers living in the senior's home with my grandmother. I have often joked that I grew up in an old folk's home.
As my in-laws moved around following retirement, they found themselves buying a house in a small town between Red Deer and Calgary. When they decided to sell their house, they bought a condo in Red Deer and settled in there. Three years ago, they decided to move into a senior's home and put their name on every waiting list in Red Deer. A month later, they called and told us that they were accepted into one of the homes and could we come and help them move. When we got there, low and behold, it is the same home in which I grew up.
I moved my mom into a senior's complex last year and found a scrap book that my grandmother put together, documenting all the things that happened over the 10 years that she was there - including cards from many of the residents and newspaper articles. Since the home is starting to prepare for their 50th anniversary, I took the scrap book down to them to use for that event. It was a small coincidence, indeed, but fun to look over the past 50 years.
When I dropped it off on Saturday, they were thrilled to get it. They don't have any of the really early stuff from the opening of the place. And that's the little story around the scrap book...
That's all that's happening in my life so far. Nothing serious, just life. Hope everyone has an OP day. Take care.