Sep 12, 2010
…take this photo.
I was making dinner last night and looked up and saw our wine glasses on the counter. I wonder who chose the little one and who chose the big one???????
Special note to the Ontario readers of this blog….there has been a comment posted under It pays to travel to Mexico originally posted Sept. 2. It may save you mucho pesos!!
Sep 11, 2010
Just what every Mexican Rver needs! This one is special. It is a Coleman Insta-Clip 11″ X 13″ screen house. Coleman sells it for 199.99USD. From today, Friday Sept. 10 to Thursday Sept. 16 you can get this screen house here in Canada from Canadian Tire for $84.99. This is an extraordinary deal. Go for it folks.
11" X 13" with 95" centre height and 2 large D shaped doors.
Sorry everyone……I meant feet not inches….thanks for pointing out my error dear husband.
Sep 10, 2010
We spent a relaxing afternoon Thursday with friends Norma & Bruce (he went to Palm Springs with Colin to get the new car) at the Guisachan House Restaurant. Colin has done a few weddings here and the owner Jorge (master chef of many international awards) created a lovely luncheon for us and then treated us to delectable non caloric to die for desserts.
It is a lovely place to bring guests to. The flowers and heritage gardens are wonderful. We had noticed an elderly couple leaving while we were dining. This couple wandered about the gardens for a bit and then I commented that it looked like they would like a photo taken of the two of them. Bruce, ever the gentleman, hopped up and dashed outside to be of service.
These two were so arthritic and stooped over but at the same time they were so happy. It was wonderful to see them together.
What we didn’t realize until Bruce came back inside was that they had owned the property and surrounding area in 1902. They were just leaving Kelowna and heading back home to Manitoba. The fellow asked Bruce to please take their new digital camera and take some shots of the property as he was too shaky!! He wanted to be able to download them on his computer and send them to family. The couple are 91 and 93 years old and right in the swing of things.
I wonder...will we be still be traveling at 91 & 93? I sure hope so.
It seems that whenever Colin & Bruce get together something exciting happens. Right now the two of them are planing something special so be sure to check in next week. Meanwhile Norma and I just hang out!!!
….and then it was time to go. But I truly enjoyed our few hours together and felt relaxed and happy. We all laughed and joked non stop.
Sep 09, 2010
Hot off the press….Mazatlan Mary aka Mary Kay Ray aka extraordinary massage therapist is back on the Isla from her vacation to Colorado. I asked the big question….Has the road from the golf course to Stone Island been paved? Here is her answer…
“Road ….paved….hahahaha haaaaa….sorry to be the bearer of bad news…but …No. In fact, someone from the RV folks coming down should get on the horn with the owner of the RV park and remind them to have the “cattle guard” repaired before any of you are here!! The one by the big compound, about what…2 or 3 miles from the paved road.
I wish I could bear great news about that…but I can not….
good news is…it is really green here!”
My next question was…How are my plants doing? This is her reply….
“Your plants are overall doing well, some look MUCH better than others.”
So some good news and some not so good news re the road. I guess it was too much to hope for.
Mary has her own blog which can be accessed by clicking on Mazatlan Mary at the top right of this page.
……news flash….plant update from Mary.
“All but one plant is alive, the one fern style will probably come back..it
was knocked over and the plantar slightly broken when I got here…I some of
the bougamvilla are MORE gorgeous than ever…then the trade off is that
some are not.”
…hey Marjorie is it my or your bougainvillea that is the most gorgeous????
Sep 08, 2010
What’s been happening, well lots & lots of little things:
~My Dad has been home from hospital for almost a week and overall is doing very very well. He spends over 3 hours per day just doing physio. Good for him. They may operate on his left hip in December or January.
~My Mom made a pot of home made soup. Not exactly earth shattering but to us it is a miracle. She hasn’t been able to do anything but sit for the last 15-18 years so this is big news in our family. In fact she is learning how to use the computer. We sent them our old G5 and it is up and running with an email address even. Not sure she has figured how to open email but she can read the blog. Hi Ma!!
~We now have a running iMac with a new hard drive. We had a local techie come in and reload everything. It took at least 7 hours. Every now & then (about 20 times a day) we go…”oh, now that is lost”, “I don’t have that email address”, “I lost the quote to the client”, “all our passwords for secure sites are gone” and so on and so on. Yes George, we now have Time Machine which automatically backs up the entire computer every hour. Now we have to get something for the laptop.
~We had a bit of an early frost….way too soon.
~Colin heard from the lady we gave Cheikka to and she has a red crowned amazon on order from Europe to keep Cheikka company. Lucky bird, a friend, perhaps a boyfriend down the road.
~Carmeh was found on the lawn shaking a sparrow. We don’t think she caught it but rather found it laying on the ground after hitting a window and being dazed. The bird lives no longer but Carmeh keeps looking for it. Maybe it was time for Cheikka to move on.
~This last is tough to write about. Yesterday Colin mentioned that he thought I had aged lately and asked about the lines on my face. He suggested I get some wrinkle creme. He says his 96 year old Mom has to wrinkles at all! Actually I don’t think that my mom has many either. So if anyone knows of a miracle wrinkle creme let me know.