Hooray!

One goal achieved.  Now on to the next.  Somehow I feel that panic should be setting in.  I'll hold off as long as I can because I know that panic doesn't achieve anything.  I'm sure I know that!

Condo here I come!

Farewell Uncle Tom

My Mom's last remaining brother passed away on August 3 at age 94.  He was an amazing fellow who immediately recognized my voice when I called to wish him happy birthday on May 30.  A gentle man who loved family.  It was always a must to visit him while in Saskatchewan and that last visit was in May of 2013 when we went out for the LWO 10th anniversary.

Here is a photo taken at his birthday celebration this year.  94.

His obituary: http://fedusiakfuneralchapel.com/book-of-memories/1920608/Worman-Thomas-/obituary.php

Easter and the bunny-flipping ritual

 I know this is out of order but had a dreadful time trying to get it to publish.  May have been the size of the video files.  Now I just have to figure out how to re-order the posts!

Lor cooked the Easter ham this year and we followed it up with the bunny flipping.  Not nearly as fun now that we make sure that everyone has finished eating.  Jimmy had the flu so he and Kim didn't come for diinner.

View from my new office

The only thing that wasn't sad about Valene's retirement as my boss is that I got to move into her office - further from the door in the heat of summer and cold of winter, and far more confidential for patients.  In the office I was occupying previously I could easily hear conversations of people in the lobby so I'm sure they were able to hear mine!

And the bonus is:

Not that I get to stare out the window all day!  There's a reason it is called "work"!

Al & Nancy dropped by

Al & Nancy stopped in Nelson for a visit on a trek that took them through Canmore to Nelson to Kelowna.  It sure was good to see them.  Lor and I joined them for dinner on the Friday evening and then Kim and Jimmy and I joined them for breakfast on Saturday morning.  Sure lucked out, two great visits and two great meals.

Aahh! Victoria!

Had another lovely trip to Victoria at the end of June to visit Kevin.  I had taken that time off hoping that my house would sell and I could stress out by packing and moving.  But no action yet.  I might just be here in another thousand years!

Great views from the top of Mt Tolmie.

The blues in this shot are spectacular.

And these clouds really appealed to me.

And we went to Cadboro Gyro park.

This tree is complete with seating in the perfect photo spot!

King's restaurant is closing!

Dad used to have coffee every day at King's with Maudie and Larry Johnson and many others over the years.  Each day they would buy a couple of scratch tickets and enjoy each others' company.  So when I heard that the restaurant was closing I thought that we should honor Dad's memory.  Jimmy wore Dad's SSR hat, adjusted to Dad's head size not Jimmy's, we all took some scratch tickets and I took the photo of Mom and Dad.  Jim and Kim won back their ticket investment, Lor went bust, I won some - just enough to buy a 6/49 ticket - exactly what Dad would have done!