HI - EVERYONE- we went to the Day Reunion last week-end. It was very good. We took some pictures so will send them on to you all. We have had a busy couple of weeks. We went to Kim Malacko's Funeral and had lunch with all the guys there. We went to Taco Time on the West Side. Kim was our secretary for many years. We will miss her as Cathy, Kim and I still went for lunches.
Then Cathy's step-daughter came up and we went to a weiner roast on Saturday night. It was alot of fun. We went out to Beazer and had it there. It was good. We saw Wayne and Joan Greep and all of her brothers, Don, Tom and LeRoy. Poor Amanda (Cathy's stepdaughter) had a sun burn that added to the party. After our reunion we went home on Sunday and ran thru some rain but nothing to write home about. We then went over to Art and Meryl's to play cards with all our relatives. The Foggins, the Sanders and the daughter of the Foggins. I only know her first name is Stephanie and her husband and son. Wayne Greep said that Cliffy Kendal came to see him the other day but he didn't know we were in Cardston so we didn't go over and see him too.
Then one of Clifford's old friends died. Craig Watson. He had cancer of the pancreas or liver or someting. Anyway we are going to his funeral this Saturday. I went in to have lunch with Leona today. Clifford and I go early so that we can golf at the Par 3 Golf Course. Then we went to Nutters to get a few things.
Meryl Hough had an accident the other day and we have to take them in to Lethbridge so they can get a rental. We just went in today but we will go in again.
Well that is all for now.
love Marvelle
ps I just read your blog Shirley. Hope you find relief soon.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Our Canada Day Weekend
I haven't done much but sit with my leg up with an ice pack on it for the last two weekends. When I was at the family reunion my left leg, my good leg was aching and after I got home it started to swell from the top of my toes to my knee. I got quite concerned about it, thinking maybe a blood clot. I went to the doctor last Thursday, and he said it wasn't that, but he called it an infection of the cells of skin and wanted to see me on Saturday. On Saturday he wanted to referr me to the Foot & Ulcer clinic, he thinks it might be an ulcer. From the top of my toes to the knee it is very swellen and very very red, and itchy as HE double toothpick!!! I also have very dry skin in the summer time, but it is more to it than that. So I am waiting for an urgent appointment - now I have waited since Saturday - which is only four days to get a referral. I called the clinic this morning and they told me I was going through truage (is that how you spell it) and they would call me when they had an appointment. BA-HUMBUG I want to see a doctor urgently!!! So we have just rested and rested and done nothing for the whole weekend. It is felling a bit better tonight but still feels like my skin is going to burst. The doctor has me on an anti-inflammatory and a water pill, and an antibiotic and they are not helping. It is so itchy I could scream. We will get it looked after though. Dr. Ardell said so. He is so concerned. He called me today and told me I should go to the hospital with it. I told him that would take longer than waiting for the referral.
I must tell you my saga about my flat tire on the way home from the reunion. When I left Gerry and Gwen's on Sunday, June 22nd, my low tire pressure indicator came on. I had look at my front tire when I left Bashaw in the morning and thought it looked low, but the light had not come on yet so I went on to Gwen & Gerry's. When I came out of their place the light came on, so I thought I could make it to Lacombe and get air put into it. When I got to Lacombe, it was POIRING rain, so I thought ok it is only 24 kms to Red Deer. I will stop there and get it looked at. Whn I drove into the Gasline Alley and stopped at the Shell/MacDonald's it was flat as a pancake, but just on one side of the tire - he hehehehe. So I called AMA and they sent a tow truck and the guy changed the tire and threw the flat in the back of the van. I didn't really watch him cause it was pouring rain and I just sat inside MacDonald's. So he had me come out when he was done, and I looked at the spare and it was low. So I backed up to the air hose at the Shell and it was out of order. So I drove to the next Esso Station and was going to put air in it there. It cost $.50 and I had to have 2 quarters, which I could not fine one quarter to save my soul. So I asked a guy stopped there for gas with a fifth wheel trailer if he might have a compressor. He said sure he had one and gladly would pump up the tire. So he gets his compressor out of the trailer, and tried to start his generator. It would not keep running, so he put some gas in it. Finally he got it running long enough to pump up my tire and I got back on the road again to home. Got home about 5:30 pm, when I should have been home by 2 pm at the latest.
So the next Monday morning I took the flat tire to Kal Tire to get fixed and they fixed it for free. They told me to come back in 100 kms and get it torqued, so this past Monday I took it back in to get torqued and I asked them to put the spare back under the van in the carrier. The girl said she had done the job the last Monday and she couldn't get the carrier to come down to mount the tire. So she gets a guy with the power wrench to try to get it down. Then another guy gets under the van pulling it down, while the olter guy is using the power wrench on it. They couldn't get it to come down. So I said, "well what do I do now?" They said I would have to take it to Toyota and get a whole new carrier installed, it was jammed. So I called Stampede Toyota and the part costs $265.00 plus labour. So I called the AMA back and they are going to pay the bill.
And that is my story and I am sticking to it. Now I have to take it to Stampede Toyota and get the job done next Monday. So much for my stampedeing this year.
L.A. I received some pictures from Bonnie. She needs a picture of the Hyde family. She says she didn't get one - she didn't know how that happened but it did. Maybe we can share one with her. If you have some to share with me, please send them to me.
I hope the rest of you had a good Canada Day. I watched some of the celebrations in Ottawa on TV.
Shirley
I must tell you my saga about my flat tire on the way home from the reunion. When I left Gerry and Gwen's on Sunday, June 22nd, my low tire pressure indicator came on. I had look at my front tire when I left Bashaw in the morning and thought it looked low, but the light had not come on yet so I went on to Gwen & Gerry's. When I came out of their place the light came on, so I thought I could make it to Lacombe and get air put into it. When I got to Lacombe, it was POIRING rain, so I thought ok it is only 24 kms to Red Deer. I will stop there and get it looked at. Whn I drove into the Gasline Alley and stopped at the Shell/MacDonald's it was flat as a pancake, but just on one side of the tire - he hehehehe. So I called AMA and they sent a tow truck and the guy changed the tire and threw the flat in the back of the van. I didn't really watch him cause it was pouring rain and I just sat inside MacDonald's. So he had me come out when he was done, and I looked at the spare and it was low. So I backed up to the air hose at the Shell and it was out of order. So I drove to the next Esso Station and was going to put air in it there. It cost $.50 and I had to have 2 quarters, which I could not fine one quarter to save my soul. So I asked a guy stopped there for gas with a fifth wheel trailer if he might have a compressor. He said sure he had one and gladly would pump up the tire. So he gets his compressor out of the trailer, and tried to start his generator. It would not keep running, so he put some gas in it. Finally he got it running long enough to pump up my tire and I got back on the road again to home. Got home about 5:30 pm, when I should have been home by 2 pm at the latest.
So the next Monday morning I took the flat tire to Kal Tire to get fixed and they fixed it for free. They told me to come back in 100 kms and get it torqued, so this past Monday I took it back in to get torqued and I asked them to put the spare back under the van in the carrier. The girl said she had done the job the last Monday and she couldn't get the carrier to come down to mount the tire. So she gets a guy with the power wrench to try to get it down. Then another guy gets under the van pulling it down, while the olter guy is using the power wrench on it. They couldn't get it to come down. So I said, "well what do I do now?" They said I would have to take it to Toyota and get a whole new carrier installed, it was jammed. So I called Stampede Toyota and the part costs $265.00 plus labour. So I called the AMA back and they are going to pay the bill.
And that is my story and I am sticking to it. Now I have to take it to Stampede Toyota and get the job done next Monday. So much for my stampedeing this year.
L.A. I received some pictures from Bonnie. She needs a picture of the Hyde family. She says she didn't get one - she didn't know how that happened but it did. Maybe we can share one with her. If you have some to share with me, please send them to me.
I hope the rest of you had a good Canada Day. I watched some of the celebrations in Ottawa on TV.
Shirley
Ackroyd's July 1 Fun
We had a great time in Southern Alberta this weekend. We got there and back ticket free (some others weren't quite as lucky!)
Peirce ended off the school year by being sick - and being the generous guy he is he shared his germs with us and we've all had our fill of this cold. Peirce was okay when we headed down to Raymond but Jill was still a little blurry eyed and coughing a lot. She enjoyed the parade (watching and being IN it....she jumped on a float with her cousins Zoe and Soleil when they came by) and then slept all afternoon. Peirce played with a multitude of cousins and second cousins and cousins-once-removed. When we got home he puked (too much parade candy?) and went to bed. You know when you've had enough fun when....Yuck!
We have a student staying with us for the month of July. She is 17 and from Spain and seems like a really nice girl. We're looking forward to getting to know her better.
The kids are starting swimming lessons tonight. Jill is taking synchoronized swimming so that should be interesting!
Better run....J&P are having a mother-induced-mandatory nap right now due to still being sick and my spidey senses are telling me that they'll probably wake up soon! I better get a few more things accomplished before that happens!
Peirce ended off the school year by being sick - and being the generous guy he is he shared his germs with us and we've all had our fill of this cold. Peirce was okay when we headed down to Raymond but Jill was still a little blurry eyed and coughing a lot. She enjoyed the parade (watching and being IN it....she jumped on a float with her cousins Zoe and Soleil when they came by) and then slept all afternoon. Peirce played with a multitude of cousins and second cousins and cousins-once-removed. When we got home he puked (too much parade candy?) and went to bed. You know when you've had enough fun when....Yuck!
We have a student staying with us for the month of July. She is 17 and from Spain and seems like a really nice girl. We're looking forward to getting to know her better.
The kids are starting swimming lessons tonight. Jill is taking synchoronized swimming so that should be interesting!
Better run....J&P are having a mother-induced-mandatory nap right now due to still being sick and my spidey senses are telling me that they'll probably wake up soon! I better get a few more things accomplished before that happens!
Have a Safe and Happy Summer!
Hi everyone!
It was a quiet weekend in my house. Dave is in Hinton for 10 days opening a new Quiznos there. So I am home getting lots of projects completed. I have really enjoyed our new deck. I sit out there alot reading and just enjoying the nice weather.
My work is picking up again and we are rebuilding after the US debacle. We have had several nice diversified companies come onstream.
David is back from Argentina again. He's here until September working. Doesn't have a job yet, however.
My girls are busy with babies and children. Heidi has a new baby, Naomi. She's a real sweetheart. She was 2 days old, when she got her. We had a birthday for Alexis. Heidi and Kara will have birthdays this weekend.
It's good to hear your house is ok in Lethbridge, LA. I saw it online last night. That must have been something....8 inches of rain in 2 hours! I hope Ryan and Beth's house is ok too. I haven't talked to them yet.
Ryan and Beth are enjoying Edmonton. They have had a really successful summer up there. Business is really good for him. The only downside is their housing this year is not what they have enjoyed in the states in the past. I guess you can't have it all!
Well, I hope everyone has a safe and happy summer! We are planning a trip in August to LA and then flying with Blackie and Debra to Buffalo, NY to do a Mormon History trip. It should be lots of fun!
Love, Colleen
It was a quiet weekend in my house. Dave is in Hinton for 10 days opening a new Quiznos there. So I am home getting lots of projects completed. I have really enjoyed our new deck. I sit out there alot reading and just enjoying the nice weather.
My work is picking up again and we are rebuilding after the US debacle. We have had several nice diversified companies come onstream.
David is back from Argentina again. He's here until September working. Doesn't have a job yet, however.
My girls are busy with babies and children. Heidi has a new baby, Naomi. She's a real sweetheart. She was 2 days old, when she got her. We had a birthday for Alexis. Heidi and Kara will have birthdays this weekend.
It's good to hear your house is ok in Lethbridge, LA. I saw it online last night. That must have been something....8 inches of rain in 2 hours! I hope Ryan and Beth's house is ok too. I haven't talked to them yet.
Ryan and Beth are enjoying Edmonton. They have had a really successful summer up there. Business is really good for him. The only downside is their housing this year is not what they have enjoyed in the states in the past. I guess you can't have it all!
Well, I hope everyone has a safe and happy summer! We are planning a trip in August to LA and then flying with Blackie and Debra to Buffalo, NY to do a Mormon History trip. It should be lots of fun!
Love, Colleen
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Happy Canada Day
Happy Canada Day to everyone. Tell us what you did for the holiday.
Rollie and Lauretta Boisselle came to Lethbridge for the long weekend and since we can't get them a room at the El Rancho anymore and I am here alone, they stayed here with me. It has been a fun week end. We went to Raymond last night for a variety type show. I was really good. Then we went and saw the parade and had lunch with the whole Heggie family. It was a fun day.
Taylor was in Raymond and I saw her on Monday night. Dawn and Allen and kids were there today also. We drove home in one of the worst rain storms you can imagine. We got 8 inches in two hours.
When we got back to Lethbridge we realized we have been declared a disaster area because of the rain storm we had today. If you watched the news tonight you would have seen the flooding all over the city. Thank goodness our house if fine. I didn't even realize there was a problem in town until people started calling me to see if we were OK. All is well.
Dawn and Allen stopped in before they headed for home tonight and we had a nice visit.
I am managing OK with Gayle away. I am busy as can be with Moroni's Quest sewing and other projects, my house is getting all caught up and I am working for Brad for the next couple of weeks. I haven't had time to get lonely. It is a good thing I am busy. Gayle is settling in well at the hotel. He likes the hotel, his new staff, and things are falling into place for him. We talk three or more times a day on the phone.
Lets hear from everyone else. Tell us about your week end.
Love to you all
LA
Rollie and Lauretta Boisselle came to Lethbridge for the long weekend and since we can't get them a room at the El Rancho anymore and I am here alone, they stayed here with me. It has been a fun week end. We went to Raymond last night for a variety type show. I was really good. Then we went and saw the parade and had lunch with the whole Heggie family. It was a fun day.
Taylor was in Raymond and I saw her on Monday night. Dawn and Allen and kids were there today also. We drove home in one of the worst rain storms you can imagine. We got 8 inches in two hours.
When we got back to Lethbridge we realized we have been declared a disaster area because of the rain storm we had today. If you watched the news tonight you would have seen the flooding all over the city. Thank goodness our house if fine. I didn't even realize there was a problem in town until people started calling me to see if we were OK. All is well.
Dawn and Allen stopped in before they headed for home tonight and we had a nice visit.
I am managing OK with Gayle away. I am busy as can be with Moroni's Quest sewing and other projects, my house is getting all caught up and I am working for Brad for the next couple of weeks. I haven't had time to get lonely. It is a good thing I am busy. Gayle is settling in well at the hotel. He likes the hotel, his new staff, and things are falling into place for him. We talk three or more times a day on the phone.
Lets hear from everyone else. Tell us about your week end.
Love to you all
LA
Sunday, June 29, 2008
The Stewart Family
Garry the kids and I just got a new puppy.
She is a yellow lab. Her name is Sierra Stewart.
She is a yellow lab. Her name is Sierra Stewart.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Yeah, Summer Vacation
The Stewart Family
Ashley just finished grade 2 and will be heading to grade 3. She will start piano in the fall.
I had the kids registered at Sir Winston Churchhill pool for lessons. And it had a fire in it.
So, maybe we will try again this fall.
Christopher had his Kindergarden Grad on Thursday. They sang for all us parents.
And we all cried. My baby is going to be in School full time next year.
And will join his big sister in all day school. They are loving that they can see
each other at recess and lunch hour. And Now what will I do with all this new time
on my hands.
Christopher is a darling younge man. He makes me laugh.
Ashley loves to sing with me on the Rock Band wii. She loves to read books to me at night.
Garry started working for a small company called canex and then they were bought out
buy a big company called veritas. He worked for canex for 3-4 years. And then started with
veritas DGC. And they were globle. Now he's working for Divestco. INC. In the north East.
He has been working since April of 1994.
So, I can go have lunch with mom at deerfoot and 64th. At the ATB. or join Garry
at deerfoot and 32nd. for lunch. And he is much closer to home.
We have a new addition to Our family. Garry and I talked for years about having a dog.
So, Tuesday night after work We stop at a pet store. We were looking for a fish tank.
And I saw this little yellow lab in the window. So, I went to tell Garry. He said lets take it
in the back room and talk to them about her. I thought Garry would have said no, No dogs.
But, to my surprise he said Yes. And That night she came home with us. She is only 6 weeks old. And her name is Sierra Stewart. So, looks like I am puppy training for the summer. She was really good last night. She slept the till morning. She will grow up fast.
And will be a big lab. My mom thinks I am crazy.
We are heading for the lake July 12 till July 27th. And we might hit Cranbrook.
For a few days. Jeanne is going for day surgery. So, We want to be there for when
she gets out. And her recovery too.
Have a great and safe summer.
The Stewart Family.
Ashley just finished grade 2 and will be heading to grade 3. She will start piano in the fall.
I had the kids registered at Sir Winston Churchhill pool for lessons. And it had a fire in it.
So, maybe we will try again this fall.
Christopher had his Kindergarden Grad on Thursday. They sang for all us parents.
And we all cried. My baby is going to be in School full time next year.
And will join his big sister in all day school. They are loving that they can see
each other at recess and lunch hour. And Now what will I do with all this new time
on my hands.
Christopher is a darling younge man. He makes me laugh.
Ashley loves to sing with me on the Rock Band wii. She loves to read books to me at night.
Garry started working for a small company called canex and then they were bought out
buy a big company called veritas. He worked for canex for 3-4 years. And then started with
veritas DGC. And they were globle. Now he's working for Divestco. INC. In the north East.
He has been working since April of 1994.
So, I can go have lunch with mom at deerfoot and 64th. At the ATB. or join Garry
at deerfoot and 32nd. for lunch. And he is much closer to home.
We have a new addition to Our family. Garry and I talked for years about having a dog.
So, Tuesday night after work We stop at a pet store. We were looking for a fish tank.
And I saw this little yellow lab in the window. So, I went to tell Garry. He said lets take it
in the back room and talk to them about her. I thought Garry would have said no, No dogs.
But, to my surprise he said Yes. And That night she came home with us. She is only 6 weeks old. And her name is Sierra Stewart. So, looks like I am puppy training for the summer. She was really good last night. She slept the till morning. She will grow up fast.
And will be a big lab. My mom thinks I am crazy.
We are heading for the lake July 12 till July 27th. And we might hit Cranbrook.
For a few days. Jeanne is going for day surgery. So, We want to be there for when
she gets out. And her recovery too.
Have a great and safe summer.
The Stewart Family.
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