Andy and Sheilah arrived safely yesterday afternoon after making appropriate highway choices to avoid roads closed due to flooding in SK. We were under a severe thunderstorm watch but they got here just before the sky fell. … And did it fall – rolling thunder and bright lighting and downpour after downpour.
Doug was able to stay for a few extra days and he made us a wonderful supper – as always – and we talked and talked and talked. They have had a few months with their daughter in BC and now are in the process of heading home to ON.
It is rather wonderful how two years can fall away and it seems like it was just last week when we saw them last.
We had another good visit around the breakfast table and then they were off for points east. They plan to make it to Brandon today but might even go farther east if the travelling is pleasant.
Doug also left a few minutes latter and so now I’m back to a quiet house – just the cat and me. But Doug and the dogs will be back on Friday night.
I like Andy and Sheilah’s matching shirts – they’ve been doing that for years and years!
I’m glad you had a good visit with them.
Seems hard to imagine Kristin, Sheilah and Andy talking and talking and talking and talking ….. but then again, that should not be a surprise. After all, if Mary had been there she’d be the shy, quiet one sitting in the corner not saying a word …. like always … right John?!
Like Jen, I am glad you had a good visit with them. I’m sure they’ll have lots of stories to tell of their western stay
Will you ever change,Mary? You and quiet are not similar in any way!! Kristin and Sheilah and Andy would not have had a chance to get a word in edgewise.
The return of your blog, Kristin, has caused the earth to shake in eastern Ontario! There was a 5.5 earthquake near Ottawa this afternoon – and Jen and her co-workers felt it in Richmond Hill. She called her to see if we felt it, but we didn’t.
When Rhett was a kid he loved “Masters of the Universe” and the good guy (He-man) always said “I have the power!” … yeah … I don’t quite have that much power …
That quake must really have given people a scare – especially when it is not something usual. That’s were my blog might have some simularity!
John – you are soooo right!
KRISTIN!!!!!!!!!!!
(yes, emphasis intended … in response to your comment re John)
Mary: With only nine months exposure in our parish, Kristin has you pegged as well as I did after almost twenty years in our parish. Well done Kristin.
Life is good when I see Mary using that many exclamation marks in reaction to John and I agreeing with each other.
Kristin, life is better when we’re all together with a glass of wine in hand.
You are so right!
I get that from my mom…
I learned it from your Mom, too.
I’m such an influential person, eh? NOT!