OCT 22, Wednesday;
I
spent the day at the PO project. We got
another window frame done; this one was a curvy one which looks really nice. I posted a picture of it on FACEBOOK!
Today
is also a very sad day; a terrorist attack on our National Parliament and a
soldier killed needlessly! We have lost
our innocence as a Nation! So sad.
OCT 23, Thursday;
What
a busy day and crazy in term of weather.
It rain heavily at times all morning and I had to drive into this
mess. I went to Burnaby and back to
Chilliwack to unload steel doors then back to Langley to pick up window frames
for the PO project and finally in Abbotsford to unload and where I ended the work day. At home, Val cooked us a delicious dinner
then we went upstairs to our landlords where we had dessert and a nice visit.
OCT 24, Friday; end of another week!
Cloudy
and cold this morning but once at our work site, we were inside so it was a bit
warmer. We finished installing the front
doors with the glass inside and put up another wall at the back but we had some
issue that has to be resolved by the Architect.
We also installed the last of the windows on the east side of the
building. A busy day and we were done by
4:30 pm. Came home, had dinner and
relaxed!
OCT 25, Saturday; visit with Ron & Theresa
We
had a lazy morning and finally were ready to take on the day by 1 pm. We went to Rochelle and Kevin for a short
Happy Hour and visit then drove to Abbotsford to visit our friends from the
Shuswap, Ron and Theresa. We had a very
nice visit and a marvelous dinner which Val got a copy of. We left around 9:30 pm and came straight
home. We were in bed by 11.
OCT 26, Sunday; Home cooked dinner with Grand-Daughter
Hayley and Ro. & Kev.
Another
lazy morning watching recordings from our PVR.
I got dinner going by 2 pm and everything was ready by 4. Rochelle, Kevin and Hayley arrived around
4:45 and we had a visit before dinner. I
think that dinner was a success and everyone liked my Shepperd Pie. They were gone by 8 pm and I was in bed by 10
pm.
OCT 17, Friday; it’s been a long week!
10
hour shifts have been hard to get used to so I am glad that it is Friday and
that Monday, I will be back to normal hours for a few days I hope! Anyway, today was an easy one; first we went
to the Post Office job in Abbotsford and installed doors and finished putting the
rest of the glass in the frames and putting some final touch. At one pm I had to take the truck for an oil
change then to a supplier to pick up more doors for another job next week then
a couple more places and back to the “barn” as they say! I was home by 5 pm, showered, dinner and
began enjoying some well earned time off.
OCT 18, Saturday; Relaxing
We
finally got going after a very lazy morning.
We went to the Mall where Val dropped off a couple resumes then back to
Vedder to order more wine. We also
stopped at Graeme’s house but no one was there so we went for a late lunch at
the Jolly Miller Pub. We came home and I
watched some footballs while Val prepared dinner. I BBQ the pork chops, had dinner and watched
the tube at which I proceeded to fall asleep so went to bed.
OCT 19, Sunday; Dinner with grand-daughter
It
was a cloudy day with a few sunny period and comfortably warm. We went to the Vedder River and walked the
trail along the river. They’ve done
quite a bit of work on this and it shows.
There were a lot of fishermen trying their luck. After, we came home but first picked up some
stuff for dinner then began preparing for our guests. Grand-daughter Vanessa and her beau, Shawn,
showed up at 6 pm (she worked today) and we had a marvelous visit. Dinner was also a success! Nessa is a vegetarian so Val cooked a mixture
of vegetables along with a salad and potatoe.
The rest of us roughed it up with steaks as meat ogres. We didn’t have any games so we sat and
chatted until it was time for them to leave.
It was a great day!
OCT 20, Monday; Work once again
The
day began with rain but it cleared up in the afternoon and turned into a
pleasant surprise! This was also a short
day for me, I was gone by 4pm. I did
some stuff in the shop, delivered doors to a local church then went to
Abbotsford project with Kevin. After
leaving work, I went to a “walk-in” clinic and made an appointment to see a
doctor so that I can take my bi-annual blood test for cholesterol and my sugar
level. I had to wait 2 hrs so I came
home and showered then returned at the due time.
OCT 21, Tuesday;
More
pick-up and delivery but all of it for the P.O. in Abbotsford then I spent the
rest of the day there helping unloading then setting up for the next windows to
go up. I was back by 4:30 but had to go
to COTTONWOOD RV to pay my bill and settle the storage issue. I came home.
Val had problems with her phone and spent a good part of the day trying
to get it resolved. She has to buy a new
phone as the present one is no longer any good!?
OCT 11, Saturday; Shopping
Cloudy
and warm; we went to town and Abbotsford to shop for jeans for me and a new
laptop. We stopped at London Drug,
Future shop for some prices then drove to Best Buy in Abbotsford where I bought
a new ASUS laptop/tablet. Then, we went
to Costco for some buns, pumpkin pie. We
came home, put everything away then had dinner.
A good day overall! I tried out
my new tablet and don’t like it so will return it Monday.
OCT 12, Sunday; THANKSGIVING DINNER
Cloudy
with some occasional drizzles! We slept
in today (7 am) then got things ready for the dinner at Rochelle & Kevin
later. We got the pie, the buns and Val
cooked some root vegetables as part of our participation. We drove to R&K house at 3 pm and Val put
the vegetables in Rochelle’s oven.
Everyone was there by 5 pm, 13 people total, and we proceeded to devour
the turkey and all the other dish that were available. It was a great success, fun, full of personal
thanks and lots of Love. I was really
sorry that son Jeffrey couldn’t make it as it would have been complete. Afterwards, we moved to the living room for
more laughs and fun and dessert (Pumpkin and Apple Pie w/ice cream). Kevin’s uncle, his wife and daughter showed
up for a visit and also K&R’s tenants downstairs who happen to also be good
friends with Hayley. We finally left
around 9:30 pm.
OCT 13, Happy Thanksgiving
I
tried to make it a lazy morning but was still up by 7 am. Anyway, after breakfast and shower, I went to
help Graeme at his house. Grandpa Sid
was already there working on the flooring.
I helped for about two hours but then had to leave as we were going to Abbotsford
to exchange the computer I bought on Saturday.
I got an ACER in exchange but still with WIN 8.02 which I particularly
don’t care for. Anyway, we left the
store only to find out I locked my keys inside so after calling BCAA and
waiting 50 minutes, he finally arrived and two minutes later, we were on our
way. We came back to Chwk and stopped at
the MAJOR LEAGUE for a drink and a bite to eat.
It was a good day and it didn’t rain.
OCT 14, Tuesday; a LOOOOONG DAY!
We
had to be at work at 7 am which meant getting up an extra hour earlier. I spent the day at the Abbotsford job site at
the Post Office and we finally got back by 5 pm. Val had dinner on for me then after soaking
in the tub for a half hour, we watched the tube for a while before going to
bed.
OCT 15, Wednesday; Work in Hope
In
at 7 am under rainy skies, I was assigned to Graeme today and went to Hope to
installed windows at a dealership, Joe also came with us. We loaded window frames which I had picked up
earlier and took that to the job site.
We had to take the windows out (5 of them) and another crew made the
frames then we installed our metal frames then the glass then glazed all the
windows. It was both interesting and a
busy day. The weather cooperated too and
the sun even came out for a few minutes.
We were back at the shop at 5:30 pm.
When I got home, I took a bath, had dinner and was in bed very
early. Val also had a good day shopping
and walking the trail along the Vedder canal.
OCT 16, Thursday
I went back to Hope today
to deliver a huge glass for one of the window, unloaded and installed it; Kevin
came out to give us a hand. By 11 am I
was back on the road to do some pick-ups in Langley, Surrey and delivered doors
in south Langley. I had one more pick up
on the way home but I was 3 minutes late and the shop was closed so came
home. I was done by 5 pm. At home, Val had made a stew so we had that
for dinner and she told me about her day.
We watched the tube for a while and once again, I was in bed early
OCT 6, Monday; SICK DAY!
I
woke up feeling worst this morning so had to call in sick; real bad throaty
cough! Today is my grand-son’s birthday
and I sure hope I can make it tonight for the get together. I had a snooze in the early afternoon and I
felt a bit better afterwards. I sat
outside for a while and took in the sun and the warm air. Val went to meet a friend of hers, Gill, whom
we haven’t seen for many years. Val said
she had a long and marvelous day with her.
Afterwards she went for a walk on the Vedder River walkway then came home. After dinner, we went to Rochelle and Kevin
to share in Grand-son Graeme’s birthday celebration.
OCT 7, Tuesday; back to work
I
was still feeling my cold so Kevin kept me on light duty. I worked mainly in the shop and did a couple
of short runs. I came home early and had
a bath again and it felt good. After
dinner, I was in bed early. Val did more
searches on a job and dropped off a few more resumes.
OCT 8, Wednesday;
It
was a busy day! It began slow but soon
became busy. I did a bunch of cuts for
window frames then drove to Burnaby to pick up door frames and came right back
to the shop. I delivered the window
frames to the job site where the rest of the guys were, unloaded that and
loaded the old windows then I helped the crew.
I had to remind them a couple times that I am 67 y.o! I finally got home at 6 pm and after a drink,
we had dinner then watched SURVIVOR!
OCT 9, Thursday;
Another
easy day! First I had to unload door
frames at a job site then drove to the “home shop” to unload the old windows I
picked up yesterday. I went back to the
job and got my marching orders from Kevin and drove to Cloverdale then Langley
to have the truck service. An hour later,
I drove to Surrey for a couple of pick-ups, one of which I had a hard time finding. I got back to Chwk and unloaded the truck
then went home after picking up the Jeep at “Green Acres” where I had the
U-joints changed. I came home, had a
drink, then dinner. It was a good day
and sunny & warm. The forecast is
for rain for the next few days.
I called Virgin and reduced my plan then Bell TV and cancelled that for the next 6 months
OCT 10, Friday; TGIF!
It
was a busy day! First I went to Langley
to pick up windows for a job in Hope. I
had to take Kevin truck and the cargo trailer.
I arrived in good times but unfortunately, the order wasn’t ready and I
had to wait around for almost 2 hrs.
Once loaded I took the trailer back to the house and after unhooking, I
went to Abbotsford to get the cargo truck and go to ALUMINEX to pick up a load
of doors and frames for the Post Office job.
Joe came with me and once again, they weren’t ready but we were soon
loaded and back to Abbotsford to unload the whole thing then home. It was a long day and I am glad it’s the
week-end! Three days to boot as it is
Thanks-Giving W.E. Val and I sat out for
a drink then had dinner and watched the tube, I was in bed early as I was
tired! It was a very nice day again weather wise!
OCTOBER 1/14, Wednesday; More work
Today
was only a half day of work. I learned
how to glaze windows which was interesting and easy (when you have the proper
tools). In the afternoon, I took the
motorhome to the dump station and then to Cottonwood RV shop to have it
winterize and get an estimate on the leak with one of the slide. I got a call later that the leak was caused
by a separation of the ceiling on the slide so after discussing the price, I
gave the go-ahead on the repairs. We had
dinner then watched the tube. Mainly
cloudy today. Unger Windows gave all
their employees a gift certificate for Mark’s World. A total surprise and very much appreciated by
all of us!
OCT 2, Thursday;
I
was on the road most of the day picking up and delivering. I got back at the shop around 3 pm and
unloaded what was left. Kevin and I
loaded two windows that belonged to Graeme and took them to his new house and
installed them; Graeme joined us at the house in time to give us a hand. After that heavy work, I went home to a
wonderful meal and, for the first time in a long time, I had a BATH! It felt wonderful and it relaxed the tired
muscles and bones!
OCT 3, Friday;
Today
was sunny and just right for temperature.
We went to a private house in Chilliwack and installed 2 windows in the
bedroom then four little ones in the basement.
It took much longer than we anticipated and we were finally backed at
the shop by 5 pm.
An
evening of relaxation and looking forward to two days off.
OCT 4, Saturday; Days off, laundry and Company
BBQ.
A
busy day with lots of sunshine to enjoy!
Val did the laundry while I fixed the towel rack in the bathroom. Then we went to town and got a couple items
out of the motorhome and got a few groceries on the way back. At 5:30 pm, we drove to the Chilliwack Corn
Maze where we met Kevin and Rochelle and the rest of the workers for UNGER
WINDOWS. We had fun looking around,
meeting everyone’s other half and doing the maze which turned out to be challenging
and fun. We were supposed to have a BBQ
there but Kevin and Rochelle decided to have it at their house so we all drove
there. At the house, Kevin was the
perfect host and made sure we were all looked after and cooked perfect
steaks. Rochelle had already cooked
potatoes and made a salad. Joe, one of
the employees, is also a guitar lead in a band so he entertained us around the
fire. The whole evening was a success and
it finally ended around eleven pm.
OCT 5, Sunday; visit from Jeffrey
I
woke up all stuffed up and runny nose; Great!!!
I spent the day on the couch wrapped up in a blanket and had a
snooze. Val went to a shower for
Courtenay and Jeffrey showed up around 3 pm for a visit, to do his laundry and
got a free dinner out of it! J Jeff had a hockey practice tonight so left
around 6 pm and we watched the tube for a while. I was in bed early after making my lunch and
getting the coffee ready for the morning.
