Aunts & Uncle
Here is the picture I've been trying to post.
From left to right:
Top: Melina (Mina), Alcid, Marieanne, &
Bottom: Elizabeth (Betty), Therese, Irene.
Easter Weekend
Unfortunately, I started my long weekend with a virus that surfaced on Wednesday. I had been going full speed for too long, and it finally caught up with me, so I slept for two days! By Saturday, I was feeling fine, but didn't get much done before then. I had bought Dan Brown's other two books
Deception Point and
Digital Fortress, both of which are real page-turners. I finished both of them in 4 days. They do not relate at all to
Angels & Demons and
the DaVinci Code which I read earlier, but I highly recommend all of them. I am awaiting the opening of the
DaVinci Code movie next month with great anticipation.
I did some shopping on Saturday which included more clothes (of course) and a new digital camera. I haven't had a chance to completely set it up yet, but am looking forward to some pictures that I can post. Maybe you'll get to see my "babies" as I practice with the new camera.
I made a bit of a dent in sorting through my closets to sort out and separate the seasonal stuff into the 3 different sized wardrobes I now own. Regardless of size, if I haven't worn it in the past year, it gets given away to friends or Goodwill. I gave Winona 8 blazers and a few suits and a box of miscellaneous items to distribute among her family. The nice new summer dresses
I bought last year in size 14 will have to wait a while longer. I also need to sort out the size 16's which are now tight for me, and put them aside too, hopefully only until the summer.
I had some friends at my place for turkey dinner on Sunday, and Chris did all the cooking. Shirley brought a big home-made chocolate cake for dessert, and I had
Kinder Surprise eggs at each place setting. We had fun assembling and playing with our little toys after the meal. I sent Shirley home with most of the leftover turkey and stuffing by mistake, instead of the plate I had actually prepared for her to take home. Chris and I went downtown to the Doiron's on Monday for another turkey dinner. Of course, Chris and Brandon spent most of their time playing video games. James and April are doing well.
Crystal had her birthday last week, and Steven's is today. Both are now
"Sweet 16" and loving it. I should be getting Adrienne's actual graduation pictures soon, and will post them for all to see. I'm looking forward to seeing them if Adrienne has her graduation exercises in the Fall.
I'm interviewing a cleaning service tomorrow to come in twice per month. I just don't have time to get my housework done properly and still keep up my social life, Progress Club duties and other activities evenings and weekends. I have so many gadgets to set up and learn how to use properly. Every item, including scanner, digital camera, MP3 player, palm pilot, cell phone, etc has a manual I have yet to read and connect to my computer and printer. If I can get someone to come in every second Thursday, I won't be embarrassed to have people visit me at home, and I won't feel guilty about relaxing or playing at the computer on my days off if I feel like it. I do most of my reading after 9PM and weekend mornings.
And now my lunch break is over, and I need to get back to work. I hope you all had a Happy Easter.
Still keeping busy...
It seems like so long ago since I last wrote in my blog, but hasn't even been 2 weeks. Last weekend was relatively slow, I went to the Windmill Dinner Theatre in High River with friends and enjoyed great food and a very good play. Sunday morning, Chris and I did the recycling thing which we put off until absolutely necessary. After that, I volunteered for "Feed the Hungry" at St. Mary's Church and ended up delivering lots of desserts that didn't get served to one of the shelters in Calgary. It looked like one of the grocery stores donated all of their leftover birthday cakes, pies, cheesecakes, coffee cakes, brownies, etc. It was tempting to take a detour and unload some of the goodies at home, but I was good and didn't keep any for myself.
I attended the Safe Street, Safe Cities conference at the Round-Up Centre on Tuesday and Wednesday. When my office registered me, I didn't realize it went from 7:30 AM to 9:30PM each day. It was very interesting and educational, but that's some very long days. I attached a news clip below about the conference.
I was supposed to attend a third day downtown, but there was a crisis at the office and I let someone else go in my place. I tried to clean up the mess somebody in Edmonton created with one of my projects, and am still steaming about how I will have to explain the error to the people who will receive their money late because of it. My Chiropractor took a little longer than usual to get the kinks and knots out of my neck and shoulders today, and urged me to relax. I assured him I have a 4-day weekend coming up for Easter.
I've decided to take young Brandon to a movie tonight. I want to see the Ice Age movie, and I'm sure I'll enjoy it more with a kid. It's playing at the Eau Claire theatre downtown close to where he lives, which means I won't have to drive back and forth from South Calgary to downtown with him. The girls and I want to see Memoirs of a Geisha sometime this weekend, and I also want to go see Syriana which is now at the cheap theatre close to my place. Other than that, my weekend plans are flexible and I hope to get in lots of quiet reading time, and maybe some outdoor time too.
http://pabmedia.gov.ab.ca/ramgen/clips/A162042.rm
