Apr 16, 2011
..and we have accomplished tons. The year end for Colin Jewall Photo Studios Inc. was the big priority, it is done, balanced and now in Vancouver awaiting the wisdom of our accounting guru.
Hours of mental strain after five months of relaxation.
Adios...
We celebrated with a takeout Greek dinner and of course vino.
Colin has been working in the RV, the inside has been unloaded and cleaned, I just need to go in and remake the bed and put the clean stuff away. We haven’t tackled the RV basement yet but hope to tomorrow as long it does not snow or rain. Colin did get my Z3 and the golf cart out of storage so we have lots of wheels. I still haven’t driven anything yet!! By the end of today we should have the house put together and the final laundry done, about 15 loads if you count the dog blankets, rags, etc. The most important was the issuing of a few invoices for jobs that were done while we were in Mexico by our assistant Jason. Colin has seen a few clients and the work is lining up. It will be a busy summer. It has been a very busy last seven days.
Last night we attended a Guitar Festival featuring music from Spain dating from 1517 to 1749. It was an interesting concert held at the Kelowna Art Gallery. One of the performers, Clive Titmuss is also a luthier and had made the 5 early music instruments that were played.
Beautiful craftsmanship and a resulting resonating sound.
Alan Rinehart and Clive Titmuss
After the performance...it took a while to get Colin to leave.
Someone was wearing these Sketchers at the concert, cute, eh!
Apr 15, 2011
…last Tuesday, while my Dad was having hip replacement surgery I too was laying on a medical table.
Yes that is me being injected!
...over and over again...it does hurt, I won't lie!
Done for today....
This is my third year of having my varicose veins injected as a maintenance procedure. I did have some large & lumpy veins way back but now they are more of a small & even very tiny nature. For me it is a three week event, week one & day one the front of the right leg gets done, the next day the left leg, week two is the back of the legs over a two day period and the third week is ‘touch ups’ all over. The awful part, other than about 25 stinging injections each day is the wearing of the compression stockings. I have to say that I just hate wearing them but it does make a difference in the outcome/outlook!! Four weeks of stockings!!
My Dad is doing well from what I understand. He had some trouble getting over the anesthetic and was in a great deal of pain but seems to be over the worst. I do wish I could even speak with him on the phone…I call the nursing station and ask to have them send him my message. Yes I do have family in Edmonton but Mom is disabled and hasn’t been to the hospital yet but I hope to get a report from someone soon who has actually seen him.
Apr 14, 2011
7:00AM on a cool spring morning in Kelowna….hmmmm! We have been using both the furnace and the fireplace since we returned 6 days ago.
It looks like many of my roses did not survive the winter. This is the first time I have seen black stems. I don't plan on pulling them out yet, just in case.
Some of my plants do show the promise of new growth!
But even the early spring flowers are behind just as spring is late everywhere.
The girls just hate wearing their fleece coats and run away when we try to put them on but it does decrease some of their shivering. Note that Colin is still wearing shorts!
If you care to follow the weather here in Kelowna you can click on this link to a weather report with a live webcam of the local mountains & lake just at the bottom of the page.
Also there is a live webcam here at Holiday Park Resort, in fact we are just to the left of the scene at the lake. You can’t see us but you know what kind of weather we are having! Please note that the Park webcam is stuck on March 1, I’m sure it is on the park’s to be repaired list!!!
Apr 13, 2011
…taken from Mazatlan Messenger dated April 12, 2010…
Stone Island Restaurants Close During Weekdays
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Stone Island beach, deserted.
The cancellation of cruise ship arrivals in Mazatlán and decline in foreign visitors has forced 15 of 20 restaurants on the ever popular peninsula beaches of Stone Island to close their doors during weekdays, said Camilo Cárdenas, owner of a beach palapa restaurant for nine years.
The lack of foreign tourists has paralyzed the economic activity of the Island and as a consequence, neither are local families taking the lancha to spend the day at its beaches. It´s very sad, he said.
Don Camilo, a father with three sons, has closed his restaurant Monday to Friday opening only on the weekends when there is more traffic. To augment his income, he has taken on other employment in agriculture and has had to explain to his employees that he can give them work only on Saturday and Sunday.
Restaurants catering to tourists on catamarans are the only ones open during weekdays, he explained.
However, there is some reprieve in sight. Stone Island has been a traditional family outing destination for national tourists during Semana Santa, which begins April 17th.
(from Noroeste)
Apr 12, 2011
…today my father is having hip replacement surgery. He is almost 81 so this makes it a special surgery. If when you read this you could just send him a special healing, healthy and positive thought, I would be ever so grateful. He is a very special father and it is important to me that today goes well.
Mucho gracias from the depths of my heart….
UPDATE @ 3:30PM Kelowna….Dad survived his surgery and they say it went well. He is just about to get out of the recovery room. I forgot to mention that he is in Edmonton, not here, so I was rather concerned. He is also my mother’s caregiver so it makes it even more important. Thanks everyone for your thoughts. I know that they all helped.
