Summer finally arrived in August! Not only did it bring warm temperatures, it brought friends as well. Long time friends Ginny and Terry Bridle came for a weekend visit Aug. 7 -10. We had a wonderful and relaxing time as you can see in the short video. We enjoyed some sight seeing (by car), a walk through By Ward Market, a lovely outdoor seafood meal, counting beavers at the side of the road and of course, teaching Ginny how to dive for darts at the bottom of the pool.
Please note that the background music in the video is the Juno Award winning Toronto Mass Choir. If you click here you can see some clips of the choir and you might even be able to spot Ginny if you look closely!
Later in the week we had an afternoon visit with friends Mike & Margie North. It was so great to see them again and get caught up. Thanks for stopping by!
Next week Eddie and I will be visiting my mom again and also attending my 40th high school reunion. I am looking forward to reconnecting with some of my friends and having a good visit with mom and my two aunts and many cousins.
Yesterday was my birthday. Thank you everyone who phoned and emailed me! Eddie had work commitments all day and evening so my friends across the street insisted I go over for dinner. They even sang to me (twice)! Thanks Lisa, Roni, Cassandra and Rosalie.
My sister is in Greece and sent me this smilebox. It made me cry ! ! Click here to see it. Thanks, Nance. Love you!
After hours and hours and days and days, Eddie finally won the game BUBBLES (see side bar). He called me in the room for that precious last shot and I made him wait until I grabbed my camera. Although we were disappointed at the lack of fanfare from the program it didn’t dampen our excitement! (Cheers and applause were added by me to enhance the moment!)
For those of you who are hooked on this game the pressure is ON! You CAN win. So let me know when you do and I’ll tell the world through my blog (Lisa - I’m talking to you, girl!)
Ottawa has so many festivals! Bluesfest was July 8 - 19 and Eddie was able to get two tickets to see Blue Rodeo.This band has been one of my favorites for years and I was pretty excited to see them again. I have some pretty funny memories of a concert we went to as a family at Massey Hall in Toronto. There I was enjoying a Jim Cuddy solo while the rest of my family were sound asleep (You know you were ! !). I really think Eddie enjoyed the concert this time, even though it was outdoors, we were standing and it was raining - ha ha ha. Click here to see a short Utube with some of my favorite songs.
We went to Toronto July 26-28 to celebrate Jason’s, Ronnie’s and my birthday. Alice had us all over for a BBQ. Irene and Gordon couldn’t make it as they are busy packing up their things for their big move to Toronto this month. We had a BBQ feast - it was amazing - and then topped it off with a mango mousse cake. Thank you everyone!
During our short stay in Toronto Alice and I spent an afternoon shopping at Pacific Mall looking for knock-off purses for my friends Cassandra and Lisa. We had such a fun time and Alice was able to get us some great deals. I look forward to doing it again - what do you think, Alice? Click here for some pics of our family BBQ.
Vivian, a co-worker of Eddie’s at Minto, drove back to Ottawa with us. The next weeked was the Civic Holiday in Ontario and so she brought her two children over a couple of times to play in the pool. Eddie and I were smitten by Melanie and Zachary. Hope y’all come again soon! Here are some pics of our weekend.
