Saturday One of those days

Well today has been a downer I guess you could call it. I haven't felt good all day and for the first time in about 15 years I have had a headache all day long. Just took some aspern and it is seems to be going away. I got up and did a bit of raking on the lawn then cut a few of the hollyhocks stems. Then took my BBQ apart because the heat shield is almost burned Thur. Then I laid in the sun for about an hour. Just couldn't settle into to anything. I guess it was just one of those days. I went to Home Depot and a lady backed up and hit my bumper. Then I drove to Future shop and another lady almost knocked me down with her car door then told me I should be more careful. I held my tounge. I was already half way out when she swung her door open and hit me. Oh well. Then I went to 4 other places looking for some parts for my BBQ and couldn't find them. Then the traffic was so bad it took me over and hour to get home. I guess some days are like that eh?
Hope and pray you all had a better day.

Thursday Afternoon

Yesterday Was a busy day I went to meet Hunter for breakfast and then bowled with the guys. Came home and Wendy made us lunch and I went out and raked (just a little bit) then took a little nap in the sun. Sure was nice sitting in the sun for a change. Then I went in my shop and worked on some piano benches. We had our men's group last night.
Today I got up had breakfast and went beck to the shop and almost finished the benches. When I came out for lunch it was so nice out I went outside on the deck and laid in the sun for an hour. I just have a little more sanding and then packaging the 4 benches and then I can deliver them tomorrow. Well won't finish setting here so hope you all have a great day.
GOD bless you all

Tuesday April 24,2007

Well I had a busy day so far and it looks like I'll be busy a while longer. I went to the Hospital first thing and got a blood test done for The Cross Cancer Hospital. Then I came home and fried a couple of eggs and then changed. We have to ware black pants and white shirt when we are serving the Seniors Lunch. We had about 140 people there I guess. I didn't count but there were about 16 table and about 9 people at each one. I worked until 2 pm. and then rushed home to meet Art Barns (Bobs Dad). He wants me to help him build his shed in the back of his house. Art is a real nice guy and it should be fun working with him again. He helped me when I was putting in windows into my house last year. Now I am going to quit doing this blog and go into my shop and try to finish the benches for Don's Piano Warehouse. Tomorrow I have to call a lady that has a cupboard to put up and a book stand and a shelf. Staying busy helps me keep my mind off this thing that I am going through. Wendy will be home about 7 and I want to be able to sit down with her and spend some time. She is such a sweetheart and I sure do LOVE her. I thank the LORD for her everyday. OK I had better get those benches done. So I'm out of here. Buy for today.

Monday morning

Well here it is 5 am. and I am wide awake. Been awake since 4 am. so thought that I would come check out the old computer eh? I didn't do much yesterday. Went to church at nine. I had to pick up Mrs. Mulbier because Ron was working at Safeway. Our Men's group have been taking the Mulbiers to church for the last couple of years now. Tim, Ron and I take turns. Mr Mulbier doesn't drive anymore and I don't think Mrs. Mulbier ever drove. They are both in their 80's. A real sweet couple. I had to count after service so I quickly took Mrs Mulbier home and came back to the church and filled in as head teller. Normally I do that at the first of each month but Laurent was away at a retreat so I filled in for him. Wendy was working at the book store so we were both at the church all morning. We got home about 1:30. Wendy made lunch and then I went out side and took a few pictures and played with the dog for a few minutes. It sure felt like spring. Watched a bit of Boxing on the TV and watched my man Manfrado get beat. (Sigh). Then Wendy and I watched the last 2 CSI's of season 3. Now I guess we have to wait for until they bring out season 4. I made supper and Wendy made a nice Apple desert(Too good). Then about 10:30 we packed it in. Sundays are usually pretty quiet around here. A lot of time Wendy is working on Sundays so I just lay around by my self. Sunday's are nice to just lay around and take it easy. Now today is a different story. I usually for to breakfast with the Seniors from 8 to 10 at A&W and then it's off to the bowling alley at 11 and we usually finish about 1:00 or 1:30. Most of the guys are 60 to 85 years old and they are a real fun group. Always joking around and just love bowling. These guys are really good bowlers. Then after bowling I have to come home and try to finish some Piano Benches I have on my bench for Don's Piano Warehouse. Then I have practice tonight with The Harmonika Rascals from 7 to 10:00pm. Well that's my story and I'm sticking to it . Have a great day and God Bless you all.

End of the week

Well here it is Friday (The end of the week) already. boy how time flies. Well this morning I was up at 7:10 am. When I came out of the bed room there was Wendy on her laptop. I didn't even hear her come in from work. So she headed off to bed and I headed off to Happs for breakfast and to see a friend. Actually I saw 2 friends while I was there. I had breakfast with Hunter and then my friend Art came in so I sat and talked a bit with him. Then I headed out to the south side of town where I used to work (Superior Lumber). Got there and saw all the guys and gals and chatted for a while. Then went into Rob's office and chatted with him for a while. I was telling him about our Chile trip and he was saying how he remembered when Mandy was born and we brought her over and showed her off to all the guys at Superior. He was asking about all my girl and their families. He has 3 boys. Then I spilt coffee on my shirt and we had a good laugh over that. I had a styrofoam cup with a hole in the bottom. Then he said (oh) here take off that shirt and put this one on it doesn't have coffee on it yet but give us a few minutes and one of us will spill again soon probably. Then he gave me a SUPERIOR tee shirt and another shirt which he got from Can-Wel a wholesale company. After I bought a saw blade and a box of flat washer I dropped in at Taiga Forest Products just to say (Hi) and they gave me a new Taiga Jacket. Now if I could just find a company that is giving away pants I would have a whole outfit eh? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. While I was there Tom asked if I was interested in changing all the doors in his house for him . Seems like I could be real busy for a while if I want to. I am building 4 piano benches for Don's Piano Warehouse now, that's what I needed the saw blade and the flat washers for. Yesterday Gwen, a lady from our church asked if I would put some eves trough up for her on her new garage and another lady want me to fix some cabinets for her so I guess I will be busy for a while eh? Hank just called and I am meeting him for breakfast tomorrow morning at 8:30am. Well guess I should go finish those Piano benches. Hey did you guys see the NEW Photo challenge that Wendy put on the Blog this morning?? Looking forward to seeing some good pictures eh?? Sounds like fun (Spring things). Well hope and pray that you all have a great day.
Keep smiling and keep you eyes on God. God Bless you all.

Thursday Good News and Bad News

Well it's been a while since I updated this old Bolg so here goes. The Good News is I got a call today from my doctor's office saying that I have not 1 but 2 appointments with The Cross Cancer Hospital. May 9th. ( at 9:45am. for new patients information and then on May 10th. at 10 am. for consultation about radiation (the pro's and con's). So the good new is I do have dates but the bad news is it is not until May. Thats another 3 weeks. This waiting is killing me but maybe now I can get some sleep and they don't seem too worried about it so why am I? I guess the word cancer scares me eh?
Well last week Friday, Wendy and I went to Lethbridge and we stayed until Tuesday. We left about 2 in the afternoon. We had a real good time with the kids and Tanya and Tom. The kids have grown up so much. they sure are a cute bunch. We even got to play a new game with Tom. Tanya and the kids.
Today I had lunch with Pastor Keith. He is such a neat guy. We talked a little about everything but not much of anything. Mostly kids, family, who people see us as Christians and the price of houses these days.
Wednesday evening we had our Men's group here again. They sure are an encouraging bunch. I just love each one of them.
Well Wendy is working tonight so guess I'll just practice my harmonica for a little while and then get to bed and see if I can sleep tonight. Have a great day.

Wed. Evening

We today started out like most Wednesdays. I bowled at 9am. Didn't do as well as I would have liked but not to bad. 175, 213 and 168=556 for total. Today was our final league game. We came out in first place which was good.I really enjoy bowling with Mat and Art. They are really nice guys and fun to bowl with. Then after bowling we all went to Smileys for lunch and the gave our the final awards and money for the standings. We did pretty well. After that I went home and watched a bit of TV with Wendy and then I had a doctors appointment at 3pm. Tomorrow they are calling Cross Cancer Clinic and see if they have a assigned a surgeon and maybe find out just when. This waiting is driving me nuts. Then this evening we had a Mens Group here at 7pm. I always enjoy the guys and love listening to their stories and find out how God has been working in their lives. They are an Awesome bunch. Wendy is working until 6:30 am tomorrow and will be home about 7am. I'll be out of the house most of the morning as I have to go buy some wood for some piano benches. I have and order for 4 so guess I should get started. That will keep me busy for a day or 2.

Tuesday Morning and all is snow

Hi guys well guess what I was hoping was that the Lord would send this to Chloe but he sent it to us again. Ha ha.
Well it is pretty, white, wet, cold and about 1- 1/2 inches thick so far but is still coming down. Wendy is at work and I'm not sure I want to go out this morning. Got some things I should do in my shop but got to turn the heat on first I guess. Been looking on The Photo Challenge and I see that Wendy was busy last night while I was out practicing with The Harmonika Rascals. I hate it when she beats me at the Challenge eh? but I have to addmit she sure took some good pictures. Oh well I'll see if I can find some different textures to photograph. Guess I'll have to get out my LITTLE Cannon Sure shot and go to work. Hope it don't cut into my shop time eh? I just knocked a box of Kleenex off my computer desk and it knocked my Batmobile phone down (sigh) a soft surface to a hard one. Ha ha. Might make a good picture, what do you think??
Well here is a picture of my back deck and our pretty white, wet snow.
Have a great day and when you think about it Pray for all our bloggers. God is good , God is Great.
God Bless you all
Dad

Monday Morning

Monday morning and almost all of our snow is gone. It is good to see that it has melted away over the weekend. I was reading Chloe's blog and she was so excited because it was snowing in Texas. We get excited when it don't snow. We left Edmonton on Friday morning and went to Kristy and Bob's for the weekend. We had lots of good laughs, watched a few CSI and a couple of Disney movies. We ate a lot. We had roast beef on Friday, Ham on Sat. and Turkey on Sunday. Shouldn't need any thing to eat for the next few days. Ha ha. We had fun and it was good to hear all their plans for the future. They sure are excited about going to Africa. It will be hard for us not seeing them for 6 months eh? Oh well we'll party when they get back right? Hopefully they will be able to e-mail us often and if they have a web cam we will be able to see them right? I know when Mandy was in Chile last year we used the web cam a lot. Well my sweetheart is sick today so I think I'll go see how she is. Maybe we ate too much over the week end. Well not sure what to do today but I have and order for a couple of Piano Bench so that will keep me busy for a day or so and today is bowling day so guess I'll be able to keep busy eh? It don't take much to keep me busy.
Well had a pretty good day at the bowling alleys. bowled 6 games. 200,183,204 179,191 and 211. not bad for an old fellow eh? We usually bowl 4 games but I guess all the guys felt good today so we bowled a couple more games. Sure hope I do that in the league on Wed. Morning. Wed. is our last day of league bowling for the year. Our team, Art, Mat and I are in first place out of 22 teams.My average is 182, Arts is 180 and Mats is 185.

Thursday Morning

Guess what? It is snowing outside again. Guess I have to realize that I live in Edmonton Alberta. Oh well it will get nice some day right? Wendy is sleeping and here I am at this stupid old computer blogging. There is a million other things I should be doing but thats another story. I have an appointment with Pastor Art at 1:35pm. today. I need something new for our men's group we finished The Wild at Heart Epic. That was good and the guys really liked it. We have 9 guys in our men's group and we meet every Wed. at my house at 7pm. Any of you guys interested in joining us for the evening (ya All come on). The Lord started this group in 1992 right after I came home from a Promise Keepers meeting. Remember I was the guy who was never going to lead a group. So I thought but the LORD had other plans. We have had many guys come and go and many have their own men's group going now.
Pray that the roads will stay nice. This afternoon we are going to go to Blackfalds and stay there and come home Sunday evening. I might even cook a Turkey on Sat. or Sunday. Who knows eh? Sounds like fun and probably cheaper then eating out right? I love visiting my kids. My niece Cassie is coming with us. Then next week we are going to Lethbridge for 4 days to see Tanya, Tom and the little ones(Sorry Adriana) but you'll always be my Little one right? She is getting so big. A beautiful little lady. Well I should get going and do something. I still got the million things to do right? I Pray you will all have a great day.

Wed. evening

Hi everybody. We today has been a busy but unsettled day for me. Seems that no mater what I do I a bit unsettled. Who know why??? Well this morning I bowled with the Senior league and did not to bad. I61, 209 and 202. Not bad for and old goat eh? Then after bowling I went to lunch with Henk and Mat. Henk and Mat used to work together but haven't seen one and other for about 12 or 15 years. After lunch I took Henk home to St Albert and then came home and tried to do some work in the shop but that didn't work so I went shopping at Safe way as we needed a few things like Ice cream and things like that eh? You know things we needed. Oh well guess there is no fooling you guys. Any way then it was home and getting ready for our men's group to night. I baked a cake last night for them so now you see why I needed the Ice Cream. Good plan eh? Hope you all have a great day. And you blogger keep on blogging.

Monday Morning

Wow! It is snowing outside and thats not good but guess I have some good news anyway. My daughter Kristy just sent me an e-mail saying that YWAM has received some of their forms and they will soon get a firm answer from them. It sure is exciting to hear about Kristy and Bob applying to go to Africa on a YWAM DTS for 6 months. That is nice but that is a long ways away. But if God sends them there who am I to question. I sure will miss them. Then I will have one daughter in Chile and another in Africa. (Don't even think about it Tanya) Your far enough away as it is. I miss you every day. I really enjoyed the time we had together last week. We'll be down there next week and spend 3 or 4 days. It is awesome how God works in our lives. I really miss Mandy and Jorge. Oh and my niece Cassy is applying to go with YWAM to Chile in September too. So what am I doing sitting here, maybe I should be applying for something.(Sigh) The last mission trip for me was 2005 to Poland. I find that when I go on mission trips or just anywhere for more than 2 days I miss my sweetheart (Wendy). Last year I went to Flordia to see my sister for 2 weeks and that is too long to be away from her. I hadn't seen my sister for 7 or 8 years so it was good to see her.
My family will soon be spread all around the world. I will then need this old computer to keep in touch with them eh?
Well it's off to the bowling alley to bowl with some of my old Senior buddies. Well have a great day and remember God is Good. God Bless you all.

Sunday Afternoon

Sunday afternoon and all is well. I am just waiting for my sweetheart to come home from work. Sure did miss her today.
Well lets see this morning got up and got ready for church as usual and at 9am. I left for church. Had a coffee with some friends at the church and at 9:30 went to service. After service I had to count. W have an awesome team on the first Sunday of the month. We finished about 1:30pm.
Came home got some lunch and went down stairs and practiced playing for about 2 hours. then got on this old computer and did a bit of Blog searching. Seems not everyone up dates on the weekend. Including me. (Sigh). Did a bit of looking at some of our pictures of our grand kids. They sure are cute. I have this beautiful picture of one of my Grand daughters( the oldest one) on my computer as a screen saver. Maybe I'll share it with you all. Well didn't do much today so can't blog much eh? Hope and pray that you all have a great day.

Friday March 30, 2007

Today Wendy made breakfast and then it was off to do some shopping. I really like it when she is home with me. We started at Wall mart just to get a few things. Daaaaaaaa. They had can good on sale for .67 cents so guess we got a bit carried away. Peaches and Cream Corn, Cut Green Beans, Peas and Cream style Corn. Then after we got what was on our list we headed to Pak Mail and mailed some stuff to Mandy and Jorge. It is really nice and warm out today but a bit cloudy. We are going to some friends of our for lunch ( Irene and Vern). They want to see all the pictures we took when we were in Chile.
I have a few projects to finish in my shop and then a couple of small jobs that people want done so guess I 'll be buys for a few days. I guess that will make the time go fast but wait I don't want it to go so fast . Oh well I guess it is all in how you look at it eh? I enjoy working with wood so if it's fun why not.I called the Dr. office yesterday but the lady said it may take a couple of weeks to set everything up with the surgeon. I know Wendy is a bit impatiant but what can you do Well just talked to Mandy on MSN so better get ready and go to lunch. Should practice my Haarmonica when we get back. We just did the Tulip Festable at The Mutart on Sunday. We got a good picture of the boys. For those who don't know I'm the second one on the left. With the real pretty shoes. Ha ha

Monday March 26, 2007 Good News, Bad News.

Hi everyone. Guess it's about time I updated this old Blog eh? Well as you all know Wendy and I went to Chile for 3 weeks and had a wonderful time. Watched our youngest daughter get married again for the Second time to the same man. They were married on Nov. 4th. 2006 at Beulah Alliance church and then in Chile for Jorge family on March 10th. 2007. We met all of Jorge family and friends. They are a lovely family and we enjoyed getting to know the all.
Well before we left I went to the Hospital and they did a biopsy of my prostate. The doctor was going to call us and give us the results before we left but he didn't. Smart doctor because the news wasn't good and it probably would have ruined our trip. When we got home there was a few messages on the phone to call him as soon as we could. The bad news is that I have Prostate Cancer. The good news is that we caught it at an early stage and the doctor says there is a very good chance of cure. Being uneducated on the whole thing we felt so inadequate and confused on which of the 3 options the doctor gave us. (2 types of radiation or surgery). There are some brutal side effects for all 3. We made an appointment with our GP and he walked us through the whole thing and looked at all the pro's and con's of the 3. Because I have IBS and take medicine for that our GP recommended surgery. So that's the way we are going to go. I would just ask you all for your prayers as we go through this thing in the next few weeks. I realize that it is all in Gods hands. If God has more for me to do here on earth he won't let anything happen to me and I trust Him with all my heart. God has been so good to our family and I know he will continue. I feel great and don't have any of the symptom's. So that the NEWS in a nut shell. (A large nut shell eh?) Just pray that God will give my 3 daughters, 3 son in-laws, grandchildren and my beautiful wife Wendy peace of mind as we go through this.
So what is this weeks challenge Tanya. We are all waiting. Is it the letter F, cause I have a lot of FUNKEY things around the house. Ha ha
Oh! I almost forgot. We had a wonderful weekend with Tanya,Tom,all the grandkids and Kristy and Bob. It was a house full but I loved it. I have the greatest family and I love them all.
Today I bowled and did really good for and old fellow. ( 204,201 and 172 ) not bad eh?

Friday Morning

I woke up to the sound of little feet this morning. Haven't heard that in a little while. We have Tanya and Tom and the 4 little ones here. They sure do brighten up a home. My floors are covered with toys and the kids are having a ball. It is good to see all the toys being used and even the toys look happier. We have a closet 10ft. wide and 8ft. high filled with old toys the girls had. They got here Wed. evening about 9:30pm. Yesterday we all went to the Mall to Fantacy Land and the kids had lots of fun and rides. Then we came home had supper and after the kids went to bed Tanya,Tom, Wendy and I watched a movie.It was fun. I love it when the house is full of people and kids. Kristy and Bob are coming up tonight for the week end. Ya-hoooo. Got a busy day ahead of us so I should get going. I have a doctors appointment at 11 and then I'm sure the kids will have lots of things to do.Will try to keep you up to date with all the happenings.

Friday Morning

Hi everyone we are back from Chile. I feel like I should have my seat belt buckled up after all that flying. We had a wonderful time and it was kind of hard saying good by but we did it. It was good to get home. 3 weeks is a long time. My dog sure is happy we got back so that is good. She didn't forget us anyway.She is a bit of a pest now as she follows me every wheres I go she is right on my heel. Wendy had to go to work this morning (sigh). I miss her already as we have been together every day for the last 3 weeks. It was fun. Oh well someone has to make some money so we can go again eh? Maybe I'll get some time tomorrow and tell you guys all about our trip. It was a beautiful wedding. Wendy is working on getting all the picture together. She averaged over 100 pictures a day so she has a few to go thru eh? Chile is beautiful and saw quite a bit of it. Would have liked to seen more but ran out of 2 things (Time and Money) ha ha. Have a great day and love you all.

Friday March 9,2007

Hi everyone. Just 3 more days and then we are flying home.(sigh) Not sure I ´m ready to go home just yet but guess I have not chioce. Well I must say we have had a lot of fun and this morning I went with Jorge and his dad to a market that was really different than any thing we have in Edmonton. Fresh fish of all kinds and every kind of meat you would want.We bought some of both for the party that we are going to have after the wedding inYumbel at Jorge´s grandpa´s cabin. I hear that there is going to be about 30 people there. It will be in the evening after the wedding. I think they have over a 100 people coming to the wedding. The place is beautiful and if the weather is good it is going to be outside right near the ocean and beautiful beach. Jorge´s Dad and Mom have been so nice to us. I´m going to miss being treated like someone real important. Well we have done lots of things and seen some real beautiful country.We have been white water rafting, horse back riding, seen lots of beautiful lakes and been to 2 different hot springs. I went down the water slide at the last one. Oh remind me to tell you about the roads to the Hot springs. We bowled again yesterday and I bought a new suite and tie that Jorge picked out. Well you know me and colors??????? Mandy and Wendy wanted me to get a blue tie but Jorge said no a yellow was better and then went on to prove it. haha. Well got to go to the spa and the to get a massage??? Never did that before either. haha Kristy I hope you found the papers you need. Mum thinks that she gave all of them to you before. Glad to hear that Tanya and all her family is getting better. Well Tuesday is fly- day. See you Wed. Love you all and miss you a whole bunch. Wish you were all here to see Chile but when we get back Mum has about 1000 pictures for you to go thru. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Jorge is putting together a video for tomorrow about him when he was a kid. Just between me and you he´s still a kid but don´t tell him I said that . Hahaha. Just watching them (Mandy and Jorge) they were made for each other. He sure fits right into our family. We have had so much fun with them. See you all soon. Love you all.
Dad and Mum

Wed. March 7.2007

Hi everyone. We are having a ball here in Chile. Having a bit of trouble with my Spanish but am learning some new words. We went travelling last Friday and got back home here in Concepcion. We went first to Jorge´s Grandpa´s cabin and stayed for one night. We had a BBQ there with his uncle Marco and his wife. Then we went south to a little village called Villarrica. We stayed there for 4 nights. We went to some hot springs and drove around to see the area..the weather was nice but rained one morning. Mum took lots of pictures. About 100 a day so you will have lots to see and it will be easier than me trying to write it all out. We went to another town called Pucon for another day. We got back here on Tuesday late in the afternoon. We had lunch at his uncle Marco´s home. The country is beautiful. Lots of big trees. Today Mandy and Mum got their hair done and Jorge got his cut. Everyone is getting ready here for the wedding on Saturday. Jorge´s family is so nice. They treat us like we´re someone special. We are staying at his grandpa´s house and his grandma is so sweet. He has a lovely family . We will meet more of them on Saturday at the wedding. Jorge and I went shopping while Mandy and Mum got their hair done and I bought a couple of mate cups and pipes. They have fed us so well I think I have gained a few pounds already. Last night his sisters Paulina and Carolina and his dad played for us. The girls play the mandolin and his dad plays the guitar. Only a few more days here and then we are headed home. (Sigh) It is going to be hard to leave but we have had a real good time. Love you all and will see you soon.
Dad

Hi everyone. Well it´s still hard to believe that we are here in Chile. We are fine and things are going real well. We went to see some boats at the Navy base andsome Seals and then went downtown here in Concepcion and had a complato ( big hot dog with all the trimings). Then we let for Pichilemu and met with Mandy and Jorge´s leaders. Oh on the way we stopped at Torroes winery. That was fun.( bought some wine) Then we went house hunting and they found a beautiful little cabin that they are going to rent. We went downtown and walked around and both Mum and I got sunburned. We only spent about and hour on the beach but that was all we need I guess. The sun seems to be much hotter here. The people at the base were so nice. We went out for dinner ad then went back to our cabin and then we left on Sunday morning for our 6 hour drive home. Last night we went for pizza and then walked around and went to the bank. Then Jorge took us on a mini tour of Concepcion. Joege Mom and dad and his sisters are so nice. We are staying with his grandpa and grandma right next door to his dad. They are such a sweet coiuple. Today Mandy and mumand Jorge´s mom are going downtown to do women things and Jorge and I are going to do some men things. Haha.