After two months of preparation and planning, the municipal election starts today ! ED and her crew were out til after 4am putting up the large signs ! At 10:00, nomination papers will be filed and the hard work will continue !
It's been quite the family affair which has been great for family unity , Hubby goes out on the weekends to doors knock, YS goes weekday nights, ES follows the next day in the subdivisions that were started the day before, I provide meals and babysitting ![ and keep track of commentators and posters on election pages] I've also gathered names and people that want lawn signs which are fabulous. In fact they are referred to as lawn art as they are very different from the norm.]
today Hubby will make an appointment for YGS as he hurt his arm when he was with the other grandparents. Why they didn't phone ES , I don't know. Yesterday afternoon, he sat and the arm did not move at all. could be a bad bone bruise, a hairline fracture. didn't affect his appetite at all.
Now we're got another four weeks of hard work to go !
Monday, September 18, 2017
Sunday, September 10, 2017
And We're Off !!
School is back in session and honestly some days I couldn't believe that I was still working !! Nor could I believe that I canoed down the North Saskatchewan River ! [ I sat in the middle of a voyageur canoe so I didn't have to paddle !] It was so calm and peaceful when we joined all four canoes together and just floated with the current. A unique experience that I had never done before.This week I will actually start working with individual kids so that will make the days go faster.
ED's election campaign is in full swing. Friday night she and her Dad started door to door campaigning. Her strength is listening and engaging people [ as well as massive amounts of research] Her election signs and literature are unique. Lots of hard work ahead for her family and friends. Since I can't walk, I provide babysitting and meals.
We've picked up the older two grandchildren twice this week. We'll do that until their house is sold and they move to Memphis Yesterday they had a garage sale -- sure hope they sold our tires and rims from the Jeep. We also took 2 water pumps from the pond. I don't care if they go for $5, I want them gone !
Both sons were at a baseball tournament, their last this season, so they decided to camp. YGS said that I was lucky because I had two days for my weekend and he had only one as he had to go every Saturday with his maternal grandparents. He would rather stay home and play with his friends and at the park. We told him that in some things, he has the choice whether to go or not . So although his auntie had planned to take hi to another football game, he decided to stay home with me!, Grandpa went to the game in his place- the first in 44 years ! LOL
My friends and family loved their Outlander boxes. I use mine as an extra jewelry box. Supper will be planned so there will be no interruptions !
The Tuesday before school started we went to the Canadian Wholestore store and picked up some beef, and inside round, that I cut into 3 roasts and enough steaks for 15 meals.Then we detoured up to St. Albert for a quick trip into Value Village. I picked up another skirt and two tops, and Hubby picked up some books to keep himself occupied while he waits at school.In one week at school with all the walking I have to do, the skirt has become a little loose . Alterations are in the works. Today I want to dig out a skirt that I had bought a couple of years ago and see if I can alter that.Too funny.. One day in the summer while I was at the dollar store to pick up the little wooden boxes, I bought a necklace for $3.50. It is attractive and received many complements on it when I wore it to school ! LOL. I should have picked up more ! :)
I think I am done pickling, freezing, canning except for tomatoes. We have a lot of tomatoes that we need to pick soon and bring in to ripen. Yesterday YGS and I tore out some plants for the composter. I might try and take some cuttings from the geraniums and fuchsia,
YGS and I went grocery shopping and he asked me if I even knew how to drive ! That was the first time I had driven him ! Hubby usually does or we're in the car together so he had no idea that I can drive ! Heck I've been driving for 47 years ! However being down to one car, I don't drive very often as I don't have to. He helped bag groceries and brought in all but one bag from the garage He even put things into the pantry. I'll have to figure out where he put them ! we. Put a couple of pizzas in the oven when we were given the signal so our candidate and campaign manager could eat and go. Timing was perfect !
We are blessed. Hubby wanted to make spaghetti sauce, but said there was no room in our large upright freezer . First world problems, huh ? We have food, we're warm, we've clothes. We are by no means well off, but we have all the essentials. We're not in the way of a hurricane or a forest fire or tornadoes. Our tornado season has ended and even our summer storms were not that vicious. The air quality has not been great as the fires in BC rage, but we can stay indoors.
Next week is our first full week and it'll be long ! But how lucky I can still work !
ED's election campaign is in full swing. Friday night she and her Dad started door to door campaigning. Her strength is listening and engaging people [ as well as massive amounts of research] Her election signs and literature are unique. Lots of hard work ahead for her family and friends. Since I can't walk, I provide babysitting and meals.
We've picked up the older two grandchildren twice this week. We'll do that until their house is sold and they move to Memphis Yesterday they had a garage sale -- sure hope they sold our tires and rims from the Jeep. We also took 2 water pumps from the pond. I don't care if they go for $5, I want them gone !
Both sons were at a baseball tournament, their last this season, so they decided to camp. YGS said that I was lucky because I had two days for my weekend and he had only one as he had to go every Saturday with his maternal grandparents. He would rather stay home and play with his friends and at the park. We told him that in some things, he has the choice whether to go or not . So although his auntie had planned to take hi to another football game, he decided to stay home with me!, Grandpa went to the game in his place- the first in 44 years ! LOL
My friends and family loved their Outlander boxes. I use mine as an extra jewelry box. Supper will be planned so there will be no interruptions !
The Tuesday before school started we went to the Canadian Wholestore store and picked up some beef, and inside round, that I cut into 3 roasts and enough steaks for 15 meals.Then we detoured up to St. Albert for a quick trip into Value Village. I picked up another skirt and two tops, and Hubby picked up some books to keep himself occupied while he waits at school.In one week at school with all the walking I have to do, the skirt has become a little loose . Alterations are in the works. Today I want to dig out a skirt that I had bought a couple of years ago and see if I can alter that.Too funny.. One day in the summer while I was at the dollar store to pick up the little wooden boxes, I bought a necklace for $3.50. It is attractive and received many complements on it when I wore it to school ! LOL. I should have picked up more ! :)
I think I am done pickling, freezing, canning except for tomatoes. We have a lot of tomatoes that we need to pick soon and bring in to ripen. Yesterday YGS and I tore out some plants for the composter. I might try and take some cuttings from the geraniums and fuchsia,
YGS and I went grocery shopping and he asked me if I even knew how to drive ! That was the first time I had driven him ! Hubby usually does or we're in the car together so he had no idea that I can drive ! Heck I've been driving for 47 years ! However being down to one car, I don't drive very often as I don't have to. He helped bag groceries and brought in all but one bag from the garage He even put things into the pantry. I'll have to figure out where he put them ! we. Put a couple of pizzas in the oven when we were given the signal so our candidate and campaign manager could eat and go. Timing was perfect !
We are blessed. Hubby wanted to make spaghetti sauce, but said there was no room in our large upright freezer . First world problems, huh ? We have food, we're warm, we've clothes. We are by no means well off, but we have all the essentials. We're not in the way of a hurricane or a forest fire or tornadoes. Our tornado season has ended and even our summer storms were not that vicious. The air quality has not been great as the fires in BC rage, but we can stay indoors.
Next week is our first full week and it'll be long ! But how lucky I can still work !
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