Paris Encore, Madness, Fireworks, Oklahoma

This posting will just be to catch everybody up on my activities this week. On Monday my daughter and I had lunch and went to see the movie, "Paris, Je t'aime." I already reviewed it in a previous posting, but it was worth seeing again.

Wednesday I went to a "Summer Madness Picnic," with my Walk-and-Talk Bereavement group. Everybody brought something and we all sat around, chatted, ate, drank a little wine. It was fun although it didn't quite live up to its name. The only possible "madness" was a fuzzy-haired dog being walked that was barking at us. I don't know why.

Saturday my sister and her fiance came downtown to watch the fireworks. It was the Canadian team's turn and they didn't disappoint. The show was loud and colourful. The head of the team was from Winnipeg! His company is called Archangel Fireworks. I remember passing it on Pembina Highway as I was driving home from the reh-fit centre. See, Winnipeg can be known for something other than mosquitoes.

My sister called the next day to tell me that they did not get home until 2 am even though they left my place about 11:00. The lineups at the Skytrain stations were several blocks long. Wow! I'm kind of glad I will be out of town for the other two evenings of fireworks.

On Sunday I hosted my friends, L. and B. for dinner. I made some of my world famous lasagna. Well, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration. But it was a hit.

Tomorrow I will be getting ready and packing for a trip to Victoria. My brother-in-law from Oklahoma will be there with his two sons. I hope there aren't any delays at the ferry. There was a bomb hoax a couple of days ago. Passengers were evacuated and delayed for a few hours.

As soon as I return from Victoria, I go to Surrey for the weekend to animal sit for my sister's menagerie. Buster and Dusty are the two dogs. I don't remember the three cats' names, but they are cute.

When I get back we will be going out to dinner to celebrate my daughter's birthday.

Whew! I really am pretty busy. I may not be posting for a week, but I will be back and posting regularly.

Tata...and Take care...and Peace.

We dare not trust our wit for making our house pleasant to our friend, so we buy ice cream. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson