Monthly Archives: May 2009

Backyard News

I’m sure you are tired of my yard photos, but I’m so excited to have the time to spend outside! There will be lots more photos to come. My peonies are over a foot tall. My bleeding hearts are blosooming, and some of my hostas are beginning to develop. We [...]

Year in the Life

The Seminary has frequently asked me to write an item for their newsletter/magazine. I have often thought they asked because a) I always say “Yes” to their request and b) I always submitted the article on time. At the end of the semester the Development Office which creates the newsletter asked me, as [...]

Digital Photo Frames

I have been feeling a bit flu-ish today (Tuesday) so I decided it was time for me to get my act together and compile a folder of digital photos (with captions) for my Mom. Emily had received a digital photo frame which she wasn’t using and it seems like the simplest and least bulky [...]

Kinship Similarities

Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree: click on this link to read Rhett’s latest post.
What can I say?
But Jen … I do have words for you … “poor Kristin!”

Last story from Calgary – #6

It is almost unbelievable but Doug and Rhett put in all the baseboards for their three bedrooms, living room, dining room, kitchen, and all the closets. The power nailer made all the difference because Doug didn’t need to drill holes before he hammered in little nails – like he did in our [...]

Part 5 – Monday Stories

Well … it is actually Thursday and I got home safely, but I’m still behind on my stories. Monday was a miserable, nasty day in Calgary – snowy/rain. Rhett & Doug got a big jump on baseboards while Leah did laundry. In the afternoon Leah and I drove just outside of Calgary [...]

Sunday Stories – Part 4

I went to the Lutheran Church on Sunday. It is across the street from Rhett & Leah. I was really surprised to see that they had the LTS portable display up – nothing like walking into a unfamiliar church in a different province and seeing a photo of myself. The greeter was [...]

More Stories from Saturday

This is the third post and I’m still telling you Saturday stories. Everyone, including me, shovelled many wheel-barrow trips. It went real fast when there were two shovellers and one pusher … and one photographer. My arms did run out of steam quite quickly. We also hauled to the front [...]

Calgary Garden Work – Part Two

Rhett & Leah have done a lot of work before we arrived. Rhett cut down a large crab apple tree that they discovered last fall to be a sour apple. It was a massive job as it was the same size as the one which is still beside it, which bears eating [...]

Gardening in Calgary

Doug and I travelled to Calgary on Friday, May 15th to help Rhett & Leah with some indoor and outdoor work. Leah and I will drive back tomorrow. Leah is going to spend some time at her family’s farm outside of Moose Jaw.
On Saturday morning before we were up [...]