Work is winding down, I have one day left! It was another cloudy and somewhat warm day! I went to work at 10 am today for a 5 hours shift. First thing this morning, I helped Bob bring his boat out of the water on his trailer. Then, Maurice and Jack showed up and moved the shed off his (Maurice) lot and into the compound. I helped until I had to leave for work.
For dinner we had chicken then it was a quiet evening at home.
SEPT 23, Friday; last day at work ( I think!?)
I went to work at nine so that I could home earlier. As it turns out, I only put in 4.5 hrs as there was very little to do.
Bob and Gail had the neighbourhood over to their place for Happy Hour and House Warming dinner. There were 8 of us and it was a success. Lots of happy’s and beer & wine and for dinner, a nice chilli with cheese bread and carrot cake for dessert.
SEPT 24, Saturday
A pleasant day! I worked some more on organizing all the stuff we intend on taking south then I went over to Marcel and helped him move his shed as they bought a Park Model. Seems like Bob & Gail have started a trend!!!
Happy hour was at Ron and Theresa, our neighbour on the left of us, and Bruce and Joyce also joined in. We had dinner then I started a fire and Bruce and Joyce joined us for an evening of stories. It was a very warm night!
SEPT 25, Sunday
It rained overnight and it is cloudy right now (morning). I helped Marcel again this morning then in the afternoon, Val planted some tall grass plant so I dug up the holes for her. I went over to Brook’s place on the hill and helped him with his satellite receiver. For some reason, he can’t get a signal. After much fiddling, we finally got a strong signal. We ended up having happy hour there! Gail and Bob joined us then their son showed up from Alberta and we met him, nice kid!
We had decided yesterday to have a “last dinner” as a group at the Greek restaurant in Sorrento so we all met there at 6 pm: Theresa & Ron, Gail, Bob and their son Bob, Marcel & Donna and us of course. We had a good time, good food and lots of laughs. T&R are leaving next week for Nova Scotia where Ron was born and raised, he is Acadian!
We left the restaurant around 8 pm and on the way home, Val realized that she forgot her purse so we drove back but the restaurant was already closed. On the way home, we got a call from Gail that she had Val’s purse and had put it on our table inside the rig so things turned out OK!
SEPT 26, Monday, Tucker’s shots
We took Tucker to the Vet for his shots including rabies renewal. He was not a happy camper and gave them quite a rough time especially when the vet did his anal glands. The look on his face was priceless! Afterwards, we went to pick up our mail then groceries. At home, we unpacked everything and were just relaxing when a yellow car drove by, turned around and stopped in front of our place. At first I thought they were just looky-looks but then they got out of the car and to our biggest surprise and joy, here were our good friends Lori and Dennis! They used to be neighbours of ours in Logan Lake then our neighbours here at the park before Donna and Marcel bought their lot. We’ve always kept in touch even when they moved to Manitoba two or three years ago. So what a surprise when they showed up here! They were on their way to Kamloops and had just driven from Kimberley. WOW! We had lots to catch up on but unfortunately time came for them to leave as they had a commitment in Kamloops. We said our goodbyes with promises to see each other again. We were really happy that they would take time to stop and see us before heading on. It rained on and off all day, Fall is definitely here!
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