Monday morning

Good morning everyone. Well I went to breakfast with the Seniors at A&W this morning at May field Common. They were all upset because Jorge didn't go. Everyone asked where he was. It is so neat to see how people care about our family. They all enjoy talking to Jorge about Chili and what him and Mandy will be doing there for the next little while.
Yesterday was a long day at Church. I got home about 2pm. Mandy made a Delicious dinner and we had Jay and his wife Karen over for dinner. It was great. Jay and Jorge played a game that Jay brought over on the TV. After that we just laid around and took it easy. Wendy had to work last night so she left at 5:30pm. I watched some football and Law and Order for a while and then went to bed.
I am going bowling at 11 this morning and then I have to go to St. Albert and pick up Hank and go to Dirks and exchange a couple of vest for The Rascals that are a bit too large for the guys.
I don't want to spend to much of my afternoon because Wendy is off for the next 4 days and I really enjoy spending time with her. Hope she feels the same way about it. Ha ha.
Well bye for now and have a great day.

Friday Morning

Jorge and I went to breakfast this morning at Happ's. He was really proud of himself because he ordered all by himself. (Bacon and eggs, sunny side up with white toast) His English is getting better all the time. The lady said (perfect).
Well I think I'll go bowling at 12:30 at the Mall. They have a buckshot game every Friday. It cost you $10.00 for 4 games. It is called Buckshot because the rules are different than regular bowling. You only have to get 9 pins with the first ball and they give you a strike. When you get 4 strikes in a row then you put your name on the buckshot list. At the end they pay for high game, high series and then everyone that got 4 strikes has to start bowling and the one that gets the most strikes wins the buckshot. It's a bit different but fun.
I have to go walk in the Mall. Sigh my walking partner is working . Sorry Wendy. Maybe Jorge and I will go over a little early and I can bowl a couple of games with him. We'll see. Want to hear something scary ? I am going to attempt to clean up some of my programs on this stupid computer.AAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Hope Tom is home latter I might just have to call him eh?
Well off we go with Camera in hand. You never know what you might see in the Mall eh?

Wednesday evening

Hi everyone. Guess it's about time I wrote something in this old blog eh? Today I did a bit of snow shoveling first thing and then walked to the Mall to bowl at 9am. Did pretty good at bowling. I bowled 180,222 and 162. Not bad for an old fellow eh? I met Wendy at the Mall and we walked for about 1/2 hour or so and then my leg started to hurt so I quit. Wendy walked a bit more and then we came home and I shoveled some more snow. It sure was cold out there. Wendy has been off for 4 days it has been fun having her around the house. We watched some CD's of Andy G and (napped a bit) but I think I saw most of it. I spent some time reading most of the blogs and that sure takes some time. Plus I was looking at all the pictures on Tanya Challenge site. Wow is there a lot of pictures on there. It is fun and I'm glad to see so many putting pictures on it.Good job guys. Wonder what Tanya will come up with next???Hope you all have a great evening. Bye for now. I'll be watching to see who's reading my blog.

January 5, 2007

January 5, 2007

Well not much happened today. Got up and read my bible and then Wendy and I went to the Mall and walked for a while. Came home and then I was feeling pretty good so I went to the bowling alley and bowled in The Buckshot that they have every Friday. I won the buckshot so that was fun and I made a little money. At the end (If) you get 4 strikes in a row in one of the 4 games. You bowl until you stop getting strikes. I didn't have to through too many. Only needed 5 in a row to win and guess what I did? They also pay for high game and high single game . There only was 11 of us there today. I have been looking at Tanya's monthly challenge and not sure I can find a picture for all those questions but it sounds like fun. Maybe I will try it. I did read up a bit on my camera today. So she has me thinking eh? Well that my story for today and I'm sticking to it.

Monday Afternoon/Evening

We had a great New Year's Eve. I played with The Kompanions at The Iron wood Estates. It was a lot of fun and the people really enjoyed it. One advantage of playing on New Years for older people is we were home by 11:00pm. I got home and Wendy and I watched a movie until 12:30 Then Mandy and Jorge came home and we had a bit of wine and heard a pizza calling at 2:00am. I think we finally called a night about 3:00am. Didn't do too much yesterday but did watch lot's of FOOTBALL and gave the old recliner a good workout. Bob and Kristy came for supper and that was pretty much our day. They had to leave right after supper because they are working people eh??
It is a New Year and things were going well for while. Then this morning Wendy wanted me to get her something out of our bathroom cabinet and guess who was perched in there. Ya you guessed it, it is Matilda. Hopefully she won't stay there too long. Then Wendy started taking down all the Christmas decorations and the tree. What a mess that was. I had a doctors appointment at 1:30pm. When I got back Wendy was just getting ready to leave so I just got out of my truck and got in her car and off we went to Wall marts. Couldn't believe the lines in there but if you want the stuff you wait eh? From there it was off to Save-on Foods and bought a few things. Then we drove to the Flag Shop and bought a New Canadian flag. Our is pretty fadded and ratty looking. Then we stopped at Pets Mart and bought dog food. After that we went to The Cheese Cake and met Mandy and Jorge for Supper. So I guess you could say we are back in the grove for 2007.
Oh ya here is a picture of The Kompanions playing at Ironwood Estates on New years Eve. The Ironwood booked us for 2008/2009 right after we finished playing.
I pray that you all will have a Happy and a Healthy 2007.

The End of The Year

Here it is 10 minutes after 3 and I should be getting ready to go play at The Ironwood Estates. I have to pick Hank up at 4:30 so I should be showering and getting ready. This has to be short. So guess what Wendy got yesterday? It sure makes my little Cannon 3.2 look like a midget. Hope she will enjoy it. I'm sure she will. She loves taking pictures and is pretty good at it so it should be lots of fun for her in the new year.
Well this year is almost over and it has been a good year. My health has been good and I seem to have everything that I need and some of what I want or thought I wanted anyway. I have had a great year of bowling and a fair year of music. I am hoping that this coming year we will be playing more. I really love playing the Harmonica with the guys. I hope that we get a chance to make a new CD's with Benny's new recorder but then again who would buy them. Oh well it was a great thought eh? I could send them to all my relatives but maybe they don't want them. Who like music for the 40's,50 and 60's??? Maybe we should start playing some new one's eh? Hey that's a good idea. Well If I don't get going I'll be late so I pray that everyone will have a GREAT NEW YEAR. I'll post a new picture of The Kompanions in our New outfit. when I get home . Bye for now and don't drink and drive.

Love you Floyd

Friday Morning

Well here it is the end of the week already. How time flies when your having fun eh? For me it flies even when I'm not having fun. LOL. At my age things seem to go much faster than they used too. Ha ha. Well I have a few things to do today so I should get after them but it is easier to just sit here on the old computer eh?
I have to make a few CD's and send them out in the next few days. My aunt in Florida and my brother in Conn. and my son in New York . Not sure they will like my music but then again they have probably never heard it before and who knows they might just like it. I only have 5 CD's so far. 2 with The Rascals and 2 with The Harmoniciares and one with the Kompanions. We make them at a friend of mine who has a small recording unit. One of these days we are going to go to a studio and record one.Well here it is 10:30 and I am still here . Got to go buy for today.

Wednesday Morning

We had a WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS . It was just great to have everyone home for Christmas. All went well except that our little grandson was sick all weekend. It was Jorge's first Christmas with our family. He sure fits into our crazy little family and we all love him. God has blessed us so much this year. We all ate too much and probably gained a few pounds. I know I did for sure. I sure miss Tom, Tanya and the kids and Bob and Kristy. I sat at the table all by myself this morning and had tea and toast. Just me and the dog . Jorge and Mandy were still sleeping and Mum was working. Boy was it quiet. I hope and pray that everyone had a great Christmas and now I have to get ready for The New Year. I play New Years Eve at the Ironwood Estates with The Kompanions so I should brush up on the songs we will be playing. I practiced a bit last night but like they say practice makes perfect. Not sure I have that much time but I'll be better anyway, right? I talked to my Sister (Betty) and my brother (Merlin and his wife) and then I called my favorite aunt (Wayna) who are all living in Florida. I was a bit worried about the tornadoes I heard about on the TV yesterday but everyone was fine. Well I'm off to bowl this morning and then I should go help a friend put his new front door in. That will probably take up most of my day and then I'll practice a bit . Have a great day.

Home for Christmas

Our whole family is home for Christmas. God is so good. thank you Lord for letting us all gather here for Christmas. This year we have our newest member to our family. Mandy's husband Jorge is with us. I have to thank the Lord for 3 awesome son-in laws. Jorge fits into our family so well. The Lord has blessed us in so many ways again this year. We have all 3 of our beautiful daughters here with their husbands and our 4 beautiful grand kids. We have so much to thank God for. The safe travel getting here and we are all in good health (Sigh) except for little Kellen who is not feeling the greatest. He has a bad cold. Wendy sister Cynthia and her 4 children just came over so except for John our whole family is here now. We are going to celebrate our Christmas tomorrow instead of Monday because Tom and Tanya go to Toms Dad's on Christmas this year. Bob and Kristy are going to Bob's mom and dad's tomorrow evening in Spruce Groove. The poor Christmas tree is loaded down with presents again this year. It will take us a long time to open all the gifts tomorrow for sure. The kids and some of the bigger kids can't wait for tomorrow to come. I have busy day coming as I have a 22 lb. turkey to stuff and get ready for noon tomorrow with all the trimmings. Mashed potatoes, turnips, Sweet potatoes and corn and cranberry sauce and off course gravy. Plus Wendy has some great deserts after dinner. She made some butter tarts all kinds of squares, cookies, fruit cake and some (Cherry Cheese Pie's ) My favorite. She spoils me but I love her for it. Oh and there is chocolates every where you look. Ha ha. We'll probably all gain a few pounds for sure. I hope and pray that everyone who reads this blog will have a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May God Bless you and your family.

Thursday evening.

I got a knock on my door at 10:00 this morning and it was The Future Shop Del. truck with our new Dryer. Our old one died just the other day. Mum told me yesterday that she bought me a new dryer for Christmas. Just what I always wanted. Ha ha.Well we needed it with everyone coming for Christmas. So I got out the tools and went and bought some pipe and elbows(Metal ) because the guy said that we shouldn't use the plastic flex pipe because the new dryer are much hotter that the old ones. However it will probably take a few days as I will have to run a whole new pipe out and it is above the electric panel. LOL. Well the first thing was that the cord was about 4 inches shorter that the old one and it wouldn't reach so I went to the store and measured a few others and they are all the same size. Seems they make them shorter now. (Why) Who knows but they do. So I had to run a new box in from the electric panel. Then I find out that I will have a bit more problems cutting thru a wall and some floor joist to get that stupid metal pipe to fit up in to the top of the electric panel to the dryer vent. I hope I can get it done tomorrow before everyone gets here but not sure. I'll try. I find that I get a bit grumpy when things don't fit or work just right. I must be getting old eh?? Sounds like a good excuse to me. Well so much for my day today.

Tuesday Afternoon

I am late posting again, so whats new eh? Well we have had a busy week. Wendy and I went to Clareshome on Friday morning to see Clayton, Amanda and little Brianna. Troy, Hearther and little Emma came too. Troy, Clayton and I put up a couple of small walls and some drywall. They are going to put in a sink for Amanda for washing hair. Then on Saturday afternoon Clayton, Amanda, Wendy and I went to Lethbridge and had lunch with Tom, Tanya and the kids.It was really good to see them even if it was only for a little while. Then it was ON The ROAD Again. Seems like we have been doing that a lot lately. We get to spend time together and sometimes we even get to take(between sleeps) first hers then mine. Ha ha. She is kinda cute when she is asleep. Wendy has the same problem with our car as I have with our TV. Turn them on and we go to sleep. Went and talked to a Lady about doing some work in her house but not sure she wants someone part time. I think she wants someone to just go in and do it quick and I can't do that. We'll see. I think 3 or 4 weeks and I could have it pretty well done. I did a few things that had to be done and now it's time to just go watch the hockey game.

Sunday Afternoon

It is about 5:17pm. and soon I will be going back to the church again today to serve after the production tonight. Tonight is the last night and it will probably be a late one. Lots of people have come to the musical and hopefully many have come to know the LORD because of it. Christmas is only 14 days away. I am praying that everyone I know will have a great Christmas and that God will touch each one of their hearts in a very special way. Many time we seem to get so caught up in the (Christmas thing) that we forget what Christmas is and why we celebrate it. Many people think of Christmas as Santa and presents and never realize that it is Jesus Christ they should be celebrating. We as Christians should be watching for the oppertunity to tell those that don't know. God has been so good to us we shouldn't forget telling others about Him, especialy this time of year.
Wendy decorated our tree and it is beautifull. Our home looks so good at Christmas with all the decorations that she puts out. Thanks sweetie.

Hi everyone. I'm back from Lethbridge. We were there for 4 days. Let me say 3 night and then we left on Friday about 11am. The drive was good coming home until we got to Edmonton. We stopped in clareshome and talked to Clayton for about an hour.Then grabed lunch and drove to Red Deer. We stopped and talked to Kristy and Bob for a few minutes then hit the road again. Ya real exciting so far eh?? I will be heading back to Clareshome on the 15 to put up a wall for clayton and Amanda and play with little Breanna. She sure is cute.Clayton and Amanda have a few vidio's of her on their blog. Check it out if you have time. Well got to go do my todo list that Wendy left for me.(sigh)

It is still really cold out there.

Monday Afternoon

Hi everyone. Well it is Monday afternoon and still snowing. We have more snow now that we had all year last year I think. this morning Jorge and I shoveled our drive and sidewalk and then went to Breakfast with the Seniors and then went to a Grandpa Bill and shoveled his drive and sidewalk. So we got a good workout for sure. It was about -23 C outside. Then I went bowling and really did good at that. I bowled 4 games 200,203,193 and 205. I have had a couple of really good weeks bowling. It seems to be more fun when you bowl well. Ha ha . To night I* am going to take Wendy to work and then in the morning I will pick her up and we will head to Lethbridge. Then on Friday we will come home. I sure do miss these little ones. I can't wait to get down there. Mandy and Jorge are going to take care of our dog for the next few days. Sorry Jorge but you'll have to do all the shoveling until I get back. They say it is warmer in Lethbridge. Jorge has been such a big help with all this snow. And guess what he can cook really good too. It must be really hard for him comming from South Americia to weather like this. He is a lot of fun to have around and fits into our family so well. God is so good.

Thursday Morning and Snowing

Well here it is Thursday and it is snowing like mad outside. Looks nice from inside but now I should go out and shovel the drive and sidewalk eh?? Maybe if I keep typing Jorge will do it eh? Just got an e-mail from my Sister in Flordia telling me how warm it is down there(sigh). Oh well what would we do with temps about 77% F?
Well last night I had a Mens Group here from 7 to 9 but they didn't get out until 10pm. What an awsome bunch of men. They sure all love The Lord. You could just sence that God was here with us all evening. They are talking about a group of us getting together and going to Hope Mission and helping there when they need us. They are looking into it now, also The Mustered Seed and The Bissel Center.
Well after the guys left Mum came out and she had Alias Season 4 in her hand so Mandy, Jorge, Wendy and I watched the first one (Only). We would have watched more but Mandy had to go to work this morning.
Yesterday I bowled in the morning at ED's at West Edmonton Mall. I had a pretty good day. My first game was 156 with 3 splits and a miss then the second game I bowled 246 and the 3rd. I bowled 215. Not bad for an old man eh? Right now my average is 177 but I'm sure it will go up a few pins after that 617 for 3. I really enjoy bowling. This afternoon I have to practice a bit on my Harmonica because We play Friday evening at Lynwood Nursing Home with The Harmonika Rascals. Then we have a practice on Sat. morning with The Kompanions for our New Years Eve Gig at The Iron Wood Estates in St Albert. We are booked for new years to 2008. Hank is the youngest and he is 69, I'm 70 and Benny is 74. In the Rascals there is 6 of us and we are all over 70 except Hank. Next year we can say we are all over 70 haha. Guess we are not the youngest group on the block eh? They are all a great bunch to play with. Well I don't hear the sound of shoveling so guess I should go out and do it. Ha ha.

Sunday Evening

Hi everyone. I have had a busy week and really didn't write much on my blog. I just got home at 9:45pm. from a meeting with 4 guys and we talked about missions. Terry,Al and Jake are all going on a mission trip. 2 of them are going to Mexico City and one to Managua. I would love to go somewhere this year but as Wendy and I are planning to go to Chile in Feb. that will be my trip for the year I guess but I am going to pray about it for sure. That will probably cost me more than I can afford but we are going anyway I am looking forward to meeting Jorge's family. Next year I would love to go on a mission trip with Wendy.
This morning I went to church and really enjoyed the service. The pastor was talking about Putting First Things First in Your marriage. On my way home I was thinking how Blessed I am and how God has Blessed our marriage. I came home and just had to read more in my Bible again. I just couldn't stop thinking how God has Blessed our family and our church. How Blessed we are to be able to go to church on Saturday evening or Sunday morning and worship Him alongside of our Christian Brothers and Sisters. For me it is a time to Praise Him with words and Songs and thank Him again for all he does in our lives. What an Awsome God we serve.

Tuesday Morning

Well here it is Tuesday morning and so far I haven't got anything done but some computer stuff. My fingers are tired and my butt is getting sore.
I didn't go to practice last night with The Harmonika Rascals because the roads were too bad. Well i don't have anything important to say so I hope you all have a great day and God Bless you all.

Hi this is Hank (Opps sorry about that)no it not hank but sometimes I feel like hank eh?
Well this weekend has been a very happy beautiful and special time for me. My little baby, Mandy got married to a wonderful man,Jorge from Chile. I was so proud of both of them. It is so cool to see your baby girl so in love with a man that loves her just as much. It was a beautiful wedding and I would be lying if I said I didn't cry. They made a beautiful couple and the smiles on their faces told the whole story. Tanya, Krisy and Wendy looked beautiful also. (they always look beautiful). Tom and Bob sure looked handsome. What an awsome family God has given me. The grandkids were all so beautiful and what good little kids they were. I can truthfuly say I was so impressed with the way everyone just jumped in and helped with everything it was just so neat. Thanks everyone. Mandy's and Jorge friends came and really made the day complete for them. All I can say is what a Beautiful Day it was. Thank you Lord. And may God bless everyone that was there.

Wed.

Well here it is Wed. and this Sat. Mandy and Jorge are getting married. I guess most things are all ready. Hard to believe that I will be walking my baby down the isle. I am so proud of her and Jorge. They sure are a lovely couple. I have had the pleasure of getting to know him in the last 2 month and it has been fun. We have worked together, bowled together and ate ice-cream together(Maybe gained a few pounds together) but don't tell the girls. I am so proud of our Beulah family and friends for the way they have shown thier love for these 2. God has truely bless Mandy and Jorge with these people. Thank you Lord for all you done for them and for us. We fell truely Blessed as well.
I just picked up my NEW glasses today and believe it or not but I can see things now I haven't noticed in a while. They don't have the line in them so things seem to move a bit now but when I get used to them it will be much better. The glasses hasn't helped my hearing any but that's another story for another day. Bye 4 now.