Not your everyday wedding!

You're always proud of your kids but this past weekend made me specially proud of my daughter Liana. She did such a fantastic job of planning and organizing her son's wedding. Everything went off without a hitch and the weather was fantastic! All the guests seemed to enjoy a casual and fun-filled weekend at Vivian Lake. The food was fantastic and about as medieval as you could get without going out and slaughtering your own! Fireworks lit up the sky that night and were enjoyed by all the campers at the site. The Bride was beautiful and did not appear to be stressed at all, just happy to be married at last.If you want more info, go to Liana's blog posted at the right hand side of this blog.

It's GR-RR-REAT!

Yes its true...we are soon to be GREAT grandparents! Does that make me feel any older? NOT! It is exciting tho' and I tell everyone I know the GREAT news.
We had a GREAT visit with Jennifer this past month and was sorry to see her go. Connie was here for a week also so that meant we did a GREAT deal of shopping.
Also, hubby bought me a little old Nisson car, circa 1986, so now I am a little old GREAT grandma in a little old not so GREAT car.The thing is, now hubby does not think the car GREAT enough for me. He has driven it to work several times and the thing really is a GREAT piece of junk! Our neighbor just bought his wife a new little something or other Toyota and is wanting to sell his 1999 toyota Corolla and so we are frantically gathering up all our little bits of money that we have here and there to buy this GREAT, well maintained Toy. So you will probably not see me driving an old not so GREAT nisson any time soon and a GREAT big "for sale" sign will be going on the windshield. Some young teenage person would probably think its GREAT to be bombing around town in a car with no speedometor,a dull paint job and a moldy interior..oh, did I mention it has a GREAT stereo system?

Oh, my Angelina Lips!!...

I'm not a die-hard camper. Seems everytime we go camping, its cloudy, or raining or cold and sometimes all three at one time. This past weekend we went camping and, you guessed it, Friday night was freezing. We hunkered around the camp fire all night and the next day, it was the same thing..just plain ol' cold. But Sunday morning we woke up to the most glorious sunshine! And it was hot! I revelled in the sun, absorbing all of that beautiful heat. The next day did I pay for that, I was burned in splotches all over the place but the worst were my Lips! I am still suffering..I think the Lord is making my mouth pay for all the complaining about cold weather that I did..guess that will teach me to be thankful for the weather whether I like it or not!

Tools, Tools, get your tools here....

We had a garage sale yesterday. Did very well as far as garage sales go. Met some interesting people, neighbors mostly, but I think there was one there that wasn't too neighborly! What possesses some one to go to a garage sale and actually steal an item and take off. I mean, really, garage sales are pretty cheap but someone wanted it cheaper...like free! You never know what someone might want to buy, like broken down garden tools, rusty old bread mixing pans,garden knee pads or a half box of #2 coffee filters! Tools were the ticket item in this sale and Ed had a ton of them..made a lot of men very happy and they pulled in a lot of bucks. We actually had wives grabbing their hubbys arms and hauling them away...with hubby yelling, I'll be back, I'll be back!!
I didn't do as well, seems nobody wanted little bags of ribbon or a silver tray that needs yearly cleaning.Oh well, we can always try again with a fall garage sale.

Home is in the heart...

Good news! My baby daughter is coming home for a visit! We don't get to see her, maybe every two years. We sure miss her but since she chose to marry a Texan, she's a long way from home. Seems it doesn't matter where we live or how long we have been away from"home", there is always that one place that will always be "home". I guess I will always think of Prince George as "home" even though we lived in Kelowna longer than we did Prince George. I suppose that comes from having raised our children there, serving most of our working life there and then leaving our children there. I guess the heart always stays in the place where the people we love stay. Our family is stretching out over the province so guess that thought is going to have to change.We miss them all but seems the younger generation are building their own lives and I guess thats as it should be. After all it would be pretty crowded all living in the same house. Wouldn't that be one nightmare!

Quiltbuds...

I went on our annual quilting retreat this past week. What a blast we had!There are seven of us who get together every May for a long weekend to fabric shop, maybe take in a quilt show or two and sew all day in our jammies!.
This time we chose to go across the line to take in some quilt shops. Of course none of us adhered to the $50.00 a day shopping cross the line rules.The girls all decided that if someone had to charm their way back across the line then I was the one that had to "take one for the team". But we had no trouble getting back home..which was too bad because the border crossing guard was kinda cute!
Can you imagine what seven menopausal women are like all crowded into a 12x15 room? The poor back door nearly broke off its hinges, opening and closing all day..what a contribution we made to global warming and it gave new meaning to the term "sweatshop"!
We did have a lot of fun and spent a whole wad of money on fabric we just had to have, heavens knows that none of us own enough fabric yet to satisfy our fabric owning urges. A lifetime would not be long enough to sew up the yardage we have gathered in our coffers. Some day our daughters will inherit our treasures and by then they will be at the age that they too, will be wanting a 'hobby' to fill their retirement hours.

The Spirit knows...

Just had a birthday..a BIG one! Now I know that age is just a number,my head knows it,my heart knows it but the spirit says hey, where has the time gone?I don't feel this big number.I think as you get older the spirit grows stronger than the body and thats a good thing. After all we're headed where the spirit is the only thing that counts. That doesn't stop the aches and the pains and the body that doesn't want to move too fast but it makes life still very much worth living.Being retired is wonderful and even better when the government choses to support you.Just remember to keep smiling, it sure hides a lot of those wrinkles.