It’s Jean & Helene’s 29th wedding anniversary today. We went out to dinner with them on Saturday to celebrate.
We were at Tremblant for the weekend so we ate at a nearby hotel called Le Rustique. It is owned and run by a young Montreal couple. They are both Italian and they make really delicious food. J&H are regulars there.
Next year is the big 30. There’s talk of going to Quebec city for a mini-vacation.
Congratulations!
We played golf today at Les Ruisseaux in Mont-Tremblant with Jean & Helene. Les Ruisseaux is a nine hole course. It is perfect for me. It has wide enough fairways but with streams and hills it stays challenging.
I kept track of my score for the first time this season. I got a 62 on the first 9 and a 58 on the second. My putting just wasn’t working today.
I have a benchmark for the rest of the season now.
Carla and her friend Shelley were supposed to be going to Rescue 2008 in Germany to compete and then on to Greece for a vacation.
Shelley broke her foot while training and is no longer able to compete or do a strenuous Greek vacation. Although Carla can still compete she had lost her travelling companion.
That’s where I come in. I decided to fill in the gap. I’ve always wanted to go to Greece and this seemed like a chance I just couldn’t let slip by.
I leave on July 28th and arrive in Athens Greece the morning of the 29th only 5 minutes behind Carla. How is that for planning!
We come back on August 7th. It sounds like an action packed vacation.
I really need to read up on Greece now.
We took a day off from home renovations and biked downtown.
We walked along the celebrations and watched the snowbirds do their fly-by. They go by so quickly and then it’s over. I wish they would do more than a fly-by.
We stopped at Memories on the market to have lunch at their outdoor patio. Service was extremely slow but the food was good.
That evening we went to Paul & Carla’s. They do family fireworks at the nearby park. When we got there several other groups were also letting off their fireworks.
Carla buys the fireworks and organizes the event. Their group’s fireworks were by far the best.
The fireworks went on for at least 1/2 hour. I’m definitely going next year.
We had a family get together at Ken & Amy’s today. They had the whole family over for a BBQ and as usual it was amazing.
Amy always puts out a wonderful feast with a variety that compares to no ones. With all the good food available the highlight and anticipation is always for “Aunt Amy’s famous brownies”.
We had a special guest this year. Iso, a childhood friend of Granny’s was over for a visit. It was nice to see her again.
Thanks Ken & Amy!
We had the floors redone. They sanded down the old ones and added a very light stain. Then they coated them with a water based sealer.
The floors look brand new! We’ve had them done before but never with such results.
50+ year old floors, imagine that!
Valerie and I met 27 years ago when Brian was 6 months old and her daughter Andrea was 5 months old. Val was looking for someone to babysit and I was looking for something more to do.
I babysat Andrea for 6 months and then Val decided she wanted to be at home with her. I wasn’t sorry to lose the babysitting job because I gained a really nice friend.
We haven’t seen each other much over the last few years. We moved to Alta Vista and they moved to Stittsville. Recently Val joined Facebook and found me.
It was the perfect time to renew our friendship. We had dinner tonight and ended up staying at the restaurant for over 4 hours chatting. It seemed like we never lost touch (though our kids are much older now).
I think this time we’ll make the effort to see each other a bit more often.
I spent the day at the water park with Carla, Thomas & Kristen. We went to Mont Cascades on the Quebec side.
It was a beautiful day and it was not crowded since most of the schools were on their last day.
We had a couple of races down the Pro Racer slides. I foolishly decided to try to beat everyone down a face first slide. I won but I ended up banging my face in the process. I spent the next few days with scabs on my chin.
Sometimes I act like a 12 year old.
We are getting the floors done this week prior to getting the new kitchen cupboards. This means all and I really mean all has to be removed from the kitchen & living room.
Luckily we don’t have much furniture so that wasn’t a huge problem. I had been packing some seldom used kitchen dishes so that brought the work down a little.
Emptying the refrigerator and moving it and the stove were the major events. Brian helped his Dad move the heavy stuff using carrying straps. They do work very well (both the guys and the straps!).
Mindy helped a lot by packing the food and moving small items to the garage.
Kat & Hong joined in and helped as well.
Good thing the kids helped. With all the hands in there we still weren’t finished until 11:00 PM.
I had dinner with Terri today. We got take-out Chinese food to eat at her place.
Terri’s days of working at the school board are almost up. She is retiring at the end of the month. She really deserves it. No one has worked as hard as she has.
I’m also glad for selfish reasons. She’ll now have more time to spend with me!
