June 28, 2008
There is a clock at Camping World that has just the days of the week on it. I think we really need one as we have lost our time reference. Can you imagine what bliss that is!?! Sometimes we can remember what we ate at the Cozy Tea room and by counting forward or backwards we can figure out the day as the specials are always the same on a daily basis. Now, Leslie and WC, I think you can relate. We are learning to "eat well" with Bernie now that we are here but it will not be quite the same as we don't have the variety of restaurants to choose from; 2 to be exact that we will eat at.
WC and Leslie are our dear friends "from the road" we met 2 and a half years ago and really hit it off. We try to meet as we travel across the country or at rallies. They are near and dear to our hearts and we feel fortunate to have met a couple we can spend a lot of time with and neither of us feel "squashed". They are on their way to Alaska and I just realize we may be able to SKYPE them and see them while we talk over our computers. We see Mitchell, Andrea, Mike and Brett that way and are waiting not so patiently for Jon and Erin to download it to their computer as I want to see Jack and Lilli's faces so much.
This isn't at all where my head was going when I started to write this but we will get there. It is always a whirlwind in there anyhow!!!
I, yes I, took my FIRST bath last night in my new bathtub. Oh, oh, oh was it good. Living on the road is fantastic but I have yearned for a bathtub. To make it even better, it is an absolutely a beeeautiful bathtub. We will post some pictures. We are missing a part to the water spout so Wayne, who is doing a most amazing job on our plumbing, used the sink spout for the new sink that is going in upstairs so I could use the tub part of the tub and shower combination. Chet got a hold of Price Pfister and they are sending the part free except for the postage. It took 4 men to put the glass surround on the tub yesterday; two inside and two outside. We will have to see if any of those pictures were any good. Lewis, who is our "Jack of all trades" mentioned he had never been in a bathtub with a man before. We all got a good chuckle and I took pictures. Calvin, who is putting together my kitchen cabinets that I brought here that had been in storage for 5 years, is doing a beautiful job changing the base to raise them several inches so we can have a higher counter top. My kitchen is bright red after 5 coats of paint. He also cut the oak for my sink top for the bathroom. We are making the vanity out of a beautiful organ shell that was here. Understand, I have been collecting these plumbing parts for the past 5 years so they could go in my "perfect" house.....needless to say, I am here!!! Jim and Bobby Pelley, our electricians, are doing an amazing job and have already replaced all of the baseboard heat with little wall heaters and yesterday they hung my chandelier in the upstairs turret room. We were supposed to go outside and look at it last night but I was still in my bathtub at 11:00 p.m. We will look tonight and we are going to Bernie's for supper so we will see what we can see from across the harbor. His place is directly across from us.
The cats are on a rampage as there are no crunchies in their bowl and we can't get up just yet. Chet is still sleeping and he rolled over and mentioned about the chandelier just as I put the period on the end of the sentence.
Twilly is a really klutzy cat and even though he ends up everywhere, he slips off of things quite often. I do suppose that has something to do with the fact that he shouldn't be in a lot of places he ends up. He fell in the bathtub while Chet was cleaning it out last night for his princess to take her bath. What a man I have! I have never been so pampered in my life and I bathe in his affection on a daily basis. Oh, to have such a dear,dear husband! Sometimes life with him feels like a day at the spa...........except when he tells me no and that is always said with a twinkle and love as I have no way of turning on my own governer.
Jon, my typing is improving just as you said it would!!!!!!! I still have to watch my fingers, tho!
Sometimes I feel like I will never catch up on my sleep or just plain rest but the days fly by and I must drink the elixir of them. Each one is a joy to get up to here as I just have to look outside and I am ready to burst with feelings of joy, gratitude and the feeling of being the luckiest person in the world. If you can't come here I will try to impart what the feeling is like. May I be blessed with as many days as I am allowed to have; every last second of each one as I am in paradise.
I was dying to cut the lawn last night but for some reason the mower wouldn't stay on. Oh I was disappointed......it has something to do with not reading the directions! Chet was looking over the ones for the shower assembly for the tub last night and saw that IF they had read the instructions first the whole assembly would have been so much easier!
I went up the road to someone's house where they raise trees and came home with 9 trees at $15.00 each. I think I will have to go back today for a few more for the boggy part of the yard; which is most of the yard. It will be so nice to have some on the property as it is pretty vacant right now. I have to strategically place them so they only block the houses across from us and NONE of the view of the water.
I'd better get up now and start another day that I don't want to miss a moment of. I thank my God continuously for what I have....................for me to feel peace so much of the time is truly a gift. I don't quiet often.
June 25, 2008
I will try to use my excellent typing skills and try to get a short muze written this evening. I was mowing the grass which was about up to my knees and my arms are still shaking as they and my whole body are in tetany. I had so much fun. It was an exquisite evening and the sky was a palette of colors. I kept getting bogged down and would have to go tap on the window to get Chet to come out and start the mower for me. I have to think it will take many days to get the parts cut that I want as there will be patches left natural. The grass blowing in the wind is really pretty. I have to pinch myself to know that I am really living in this magnificence; across the street from the harbor and seeing the North Atlantic. We are both still whirling with disbelief.
We went yesterday to Cobb's Arm just before Too Good Arm down on New World Island which is the next island form Twillingate. I could go on and on with all of the names of the little coves and harbors; one right after the other but it would take me half of the night. We went to buy some potted plants to hang on the porch. Oh my, was that a beautiful ride. I know I say that about everywhere we go here but it is all true and we don't seem to run out of magnificence. Sometimes I just say "oh my" over and over as we round each turn. The beauty is still astounding. It is fun to see Chet so happy.
Our home is coming right along and it is so pretty. I can't wait until all is finished and I can show you the kitchen and the bathroom. My kitchen is going to be bright red but I am having a little trouble with the tone. It will work out.
Today I got 2 new roses as only a half of one of the two we planted survived. I do love my flowers but don't have the time or energy to do much gardening right now. Bernie is going to plant veggies in the yard.
We had dinner with Bernie at the Harbour View which is Cal and Josse's restaurant. Oops it is called supper here. Saturday we will be supping at Bernie's and will meet a couple from San Diego who built a home in Herring Neck about 10 minutes from here. All is soooooooooooooooo good. You all must come and see this paradise as homes are selling often to people who come and fall in love with "The Rock"
Congratulations to you, Lorin and Irene on your marriage. May you live in your paradise as we live in ours......wherever we are!
Happy Birthday to our Twilly who is 1 today and a bundle of joy.
Our hearts are singing.............................may yours, too.
June 22, 2008
We went for a walk this evening and were noticing the dandelions. They are so big and healthy that they look like bushes. It makes me want to pick a bunch and put them in a vase. They are amazing.
Today was work this morning with Ann who helps me clean and then I went to bed and slept. The exhaustion was taking over and I couldn't fight it any longer.
I have been somewhat empty inside the past few days-wanting to see my children. I so want to share this with them but they have their own fantastic adventures they are on right now. I'm afraid them leaving them is not in the cards at this time. Brett will have his adventure on July as he jets over here for 55 days! I am having a good time fixing up his room.
My Mitchell just called and we had a fine talk about hi new place he is in the process of buying 70 acres in Topanga Canyon and I couldn't be happier for him.
Jon and Erin are having a great time putting their plans together to build their farm.
All of this couldn't happen to better people.
I sit here yearning for Jack and Lilli Mae but I still feel like the luckiest person to be here and have the friends we are making here. A day doesn't pass without seeing someone and visiting. It will be nice when we actually have a place for people to sit down in our home.
The sun just set and the sky is beautiful. It is 9:30 p.m. and I think I will get a bite to eat.
May your days be bright............
June 21 soon to be 22, 2008
Hi all and happy summer. We even had an unidentified shining object in the Twillingate sky today.....(it resembled the sun)... and it was a beautiful day. We went out and saw a huge iceberg. We offroaded to a spot to hike to get a closer view but we didn't have on safe shoes.
I went to see the beginnings of the quilt that Bonnie is making for me. It is amazing as is her work!
The plumber got our hot water back on today, as another joint blew when he was re-piping in the upstairs floor yesterday. I have my new toilet in upstairs and it is beautiful.. It is the same style I had in my house in Portland. We will wait to hook up the sink after the floor is closed up.
I so don't have any energy to write right now but want not to get too far behind. The day our things arrived it was total chaos. The house is full and the stable and garage as well. The next day I walked in circles most of the day and was suffering from total overload. Finally, yesterday, I started unpacking boxes. First was my mom's china which arrived intact and warmed my home. I have been doing one box at a time as I am trying to find things that are almost anywhere....oh well! This is taking place while the kitchen is being totally remodeled and a new bathroom is being put in on the first floor, the rooms being painted...Brett's a sage green, Chet's office deep purple and the craft/turret room rouge. They're dark and gorgeous.
Chet had a great time cutting the lawn today; it was a good diversion. He's trying to find some time to get the web page upgraded, maybe tomorrow.
People are being wonderful; Marilyn brought us macaroni and cheese the other night. Bernie had us over to dinner with Marilyn and Gordon on Friday night. We had a great time; lots of good laughs and delicious food.
Tomorrow, Ann will be over at 9:00 a.m. to clean so I have to hit the hay. I can't tell you how tired we are and I don't see any break in the near future. It's a good tired as we are having a good time redecorating and making a home. We have 2 electricians changing out all of the baseboard heaters to wall heaters, someone doing the plumbing, someone doing the kitchen remodel, and someone painting. They are all incredibly nice and we have a good time with them. They all had done some work here and we had to let them know we weren't Greg Domm; we don't dock them for their coffee breaks or keep them out of the rooms of the house. We made it very clear in the beginning that we are fair and good people and I think their tentativeness is subsiding quickly. The house has been a mystery to most everyone here and we have a pretty much open door policy and welcome visitors. We are dispelling the aura of secretiveness and dishonesty that surrounded the place when Greg was here and also the privacy from when the Ashbourne's owned it. They were part of the family that were the biggest merchants on the island of Twillingate. There was an aristocratic feeling which we hope to make more down to earth.
I miss you and love you, my family, so very much. Sleep well.......................
June 16, 2008
I have to write this right now as my feet are killing me, I'm exhausted and want to go to bed. It's good I use my fingers to type!!!!
I wanted to write two days ago that we got dressed in our Minus 33 woolies, 3 shirts apiece, fuzzy boots and Chet said now what do we put o to go outside..... Someone said this is June-uary. It has been COLD and there came a high sea with the waves crashing on the rocks across the street.
We have a little trouble getting things done as people stop in and we stop in on people and there are others that wave us in while we are walking. Trust me, I am far from complaining as it is a great thing to be with everyone so we have not finished what we have do to get ready for the movers.
We went to Gander today to meet the mover at customs and I must say it couldn't have gone smoother....particularly since I sat in the car and knitted. We left home around 9:30 this morning to go 48 miles. It really does take almost 2 hours to go to Gander but what an exquisite drive. OMG the ocean and bays were spectacular and I am sorry if I keep repeating myself but it is too beautiful here.
We finished at customs at 12:00 and then I was free to shop for most of the day and part of the evening. First stop , Subway and one of our favorite tuna sandwiches. Then, off to the stores for a dehumidifier, an electric fire log insert we are going to try and get to work in the bedroom, a clothesline to hang the clothes out in the rain. We took ours out with the motorhome last year soooooooo. A hand mixer, as I killed mine a couple of weeks ago, clothespins, some lights for the upstairs bathroom, on and on. The dollar store was a real treat for me and I didn't even get to see the whole thing while Chet had to go back to the airport to download some papers that had to be signed and sent off today pertaining to one of my rental houses that I sold. It has been the worst transaction I have ever had to deal with but it went to one of the hospitals for a price I couldn't refuse. We had the printer set up in the back of the Jeep in front of the attorney's office furiously printing out pages so I could get them notarized and at the post office in 40 minutes. Boy was it close but we made it. Then it was time to slow down and finish our shopping.....NOT
We decided to phone AMEX to tell them a sizable charge was coming through. Weeeeellllll we were told our early phone payment never went through and talk about wanting to vomit as I pictured our load of stuff not getting delivered....It only took about an hour and a half and a three way call between us, the B of A and AMEX to get it straightened out. Fortunately I had my checkbook with me so we could rectify the snafu and all was well.
The car was reaching maximum density and Chet had no intentions of riding back to T'gate with his head pressed against the front window like he did when we made a trip to IKEA in Portland. We finished up with one last store only because the others I wanted to go to were closed.....another day!!!!!!!!
Tomorrow morning the truck arrives and then the fun begins. I can't even think about it right now.
Chet will be posting some pictures that my new friend, Bonnie Rogers, sent us of the frozen Harbour this past winter that her sister-in-law took. Bonnie is the lady who is going to make my quilt.
Tired, tired, tired and HAPPY FATHER"S DAY TO ALL OF YOU DADDIES yesterday.......
June, Friday the 13th, 2008
I am so happy.......................I AM SO HAPPY!!!!!! I am snuggled in my bed and it was 40 degrees out when we went to eat at 6:00 p.m. It is now 11:33 and howling outside. It just makes me giggle that I was dressed in my Minus 33 wool shirt and leggings, a hat, gloves and a lined leather jacket in June. It's winter for us but we are loving it. Watching the ocean makes it all worth it and of course being in our house makes it fantastic.
Yesterday the electrician showed up and that made us very happy. He is rewiring the kitchen, changing out all of the baseboard heaters to small wall units, adding more plugs and light sockets, a garbage disposal, and prepping for 2 electric fireplace stoves and one fireplace log insert. The other fireplace will be propane. He will be back on Monday.
Newsflash....it is 38 out now and they predicted a low of 39.
We went to eat and sat and chatted with Joyce and Don at their restaurant for 2 hours after it closed. Last night we went for a walk and were flagged into a neighbor's for a visit. It is impossible to be lonely. Friends are always stopping by. Eddie and Linda from across the street arrived from Tennessee today. They're right on the harbor so must be really feeling the wind. The old houses here are built like the boats here; lined inside and out with wood. I feel like we are in the picture "Shipping News".
On Wednesday I went to a local quilt show at St. Peter's Church. It was an amazing thing as all of the pews were covered with quilts that were made by the locals. They were beautiful as was the inside of the church. I fell in love with one and am talking to the lady about possibly making me one. She made it for her daughter who is getting married so it couldn't be mine......darn!
It's bedtime now.......goodnight to you!
June 9, 2008
The Newfies are a hearty lot......We had our first official worker here to work with Chet today and I had a lovely lady here to help me with cleaning up the house. Well, let me tell you, that after 5 1/2 hours of pulling down the ceiling in the kitchen and moving boxes of things up to the 3rd floor Chet had to sit down and tell Lewis to finish as he had had it for the day. I, on the other hand, started with Ann at 11:30 and by 4:00 I was almost moaning and when she left at 5:00 I couldn't get out of my chair I was perched on at the head of the stairs. She literally worked circles around me and said to me " now my dear, don't you be doing things that you are paying me to do". It was really sweet. I told her I needed a Nanny.....
We were invited to Bernie's for a tea and dessert party at 7:00 p. m. so we showered and literally moaned all the way over to Joyce's Tea Cozy for dinner. We had a delicious bowl of chili and as usual started talking to some people at the other table who were also on their way to Bernie's. It is a good thing we were chatting as they were going to the wrong house. It is fun meeting all sorts of new people here and having such a great social life.
Yesterday, Randy, Tracey and Tia came over and we all explored the attic and looked in all the trunks and cabinets. We were on a treasure hunt and it was fun and fruitful. Tia is as adorable as she can be. We went to Cal and Josse's restaurant for dinner and then for a "lickey" which is an ice cream cone. Their soft serves are the best ever. No matter where we are we end up chatting with the people at the other tables. In the states that just doesn't happen. Joyce sits with us while we eat and talks or brings her dinner and eats with us at the Tea Cozy.
We have to go to bed as we are exhausted and oh so sore and tomorrow is another day.
I wish I could give you a little piece of this paradise!!!!!!
June 7, 2008
I said to Chet the other day that I don't think I have ever been more content anywhere, as I am here in my whole life. I don't know what the magic is...but it is here and I drink up the town of Twillingate like a tall crystal clear glass of water in my favorite purple glass. That is a funny comparison as the water here has a yellow tint to it...the fresh water that is. I sat on the front porch and just watched the cars on the other side of the harbor and looked at the houses nestled in the hills. What a wonderland; much like the Dept. 56 pieces of Dickens Village I had collected for years and will go up on the shelves that are already built in the bedroom. What a pleasant relief life is right now.
Yesterday we started knocking out the wall that separated our back hall and the kitchen. Today we finished and now have a big open room for the new kitchen. It will be fun putting it together after having so many of the pieces in storage for the past 5 years. I have a farm sink, a granite counter top and some cabinets that were all a display from George Morlan Plumbing. I was waiting for the perfect place to put them. We worked until our arms wouldn't move anymore. We packed the car full to take the debris to the dump but it was closed. Bernie said it isn't locked and we could have gone in anyway.
Today a cruise ship spent the day here on its' last day of a 16 day cruise that originated in Iceland and went to the Arctic, The Labrador, parts of NL and to our famous little town of Twillingate. It was great fun sitting upstairs in the turret/craft room watching the people being shuttled ashore and watching the line of cars belonging to the townspeople over on the shore near the dock. The ship left at 4 p.m. and all was back to normal.
Tonight we had supper at our neighbor's house. Marilyn and Gordon Ashbourne are cousins to Helen who used to own "Gaye's House"! It will be interesting to see what is said about my 13 mannequins when they arrive!!!!!!!! We had a traditional Newfie dinner of boiled meat, carrots, turnips, parsnips, yellow split peas, sweet mustard pickles, potatoes and cabbage which were all cooked in one big pot except the pickles, of course. We had custard and date crumb squares for dessert. It was so delicious and we had a great time. We love to hear about the stories of T'gate. it is a famous town in NL and so is our house.
Our things will be delivered on June 17th so it gives us extra time to get things ready as we thought they would be here this week.
Bernie came over and put a composter in our yard today and is going to plant some veggies. It is still too cold to put them out but we will soon. I have tomatoes, zucchini, and spinach starts to add. Tomorrow more tearing out and some rearranging. We are LOVING life...........
June 3, 2008
Life is good......my blood sugar tests have been PERFECT here and that is a good thing. A great thing!
I just thought I would start a muze before I start some of the many things I want to do at once.....paint, vacuum, clean the motorhome, listen to our new sound system that Chet set up last night, type to all of my friends but will wait the 7 days for our Internet to be installed ,as we have to change to web mail to get them to go out. I'd like to sit and watch the ocean, open up the wall that we are removing in the kitchen, get my yarn organized in my craft room, and hold my poor Freddie as he is having another one of his low potassium and infected jaw bouts. He comes and lays his head on my chest like a baby as he is hurting and wants comfort. I wish I could take his pain from him. My poor old boy. Well, how is that for starters......now I have to choose one thing to do!!!!
Chet went down to Cal's restaurant to help him put in some ceiling fans and give back some of the help Cal has given us. It feels strange to be in a home and alone after 4 and a half years of 24/7 being together. I have such a good man.....
Carl and Jeff are talking about coming for a visit in September. Oh yippie, goodie and all sorts of jumping up and down with excitement at the prospect.
Well off to make a choice about where to start.....what will take precedence!
June 2, 2008
Good morning! This is an early morning muze as my mind is full and I am so sore I can't even think about getting back into bed. All I want is for the coffee pot to hurry and to find the ibuprofen. My back is seizing and my shoulders hurt from painting. My toe that I broke is hurting for the first time today. I think one of our bedfellows slept on it as there were 3 cat bodies all snuggled up at the foot of the bed. Just a big OUCH is all over my body.
I am living a charmed life; I am sitting in front of the bay window at the end of the sofa and can see either the harbor or the N. Atlantic. All I have to do is shift my eyes to the right or left. Oh what a dream come true........the only thing that is missing is my family. Oh to share this with them. Sweet Jack asked me the other day how long it would be before I would come to see him. I couldn't even let the feelings surface until now as it is an ache that radiates through my heart. How do we all stay happy as we live our dreams??? Just live them and suck it up as we can't have everything. We love it here so much that we don't care to leave to go to the bigger towns for even a day. We will have to go to Gander to the customs office to meet the driver of our goods plus the ones that didn't stay for Jon. Like Bernie said they are coming for a reason!!! We shall see. We can take back whatever when we return to the West coast.
WC and Leslie are starting on their way to Alaska but are stuck in Utah trying to get their satellite dish to work, It is even baffling the technicians. We have to have ours shut off for the stay here as it doesn't want to work. It's too close to the curvature of the earth to pick up the satellites and we will have our internet in 8 days.
Well my dears, I smell my famous Jose's vanilla nut decaf fresh in the pot so I will sign off and get my ibuprofen...............if I can stand up!
June 1, 2008
HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA. HAVE A BEEEEAUTIFUL DAY!!!!!!!
OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG, yesterday was an absolutely stellar day; one that blew our socks off.......I don't wear socks tho! Chet kept pointing out the fog bank outside of the harbor. It was a strange one, I must say, all white and very low to the water. We kept looking and then it dawned on us that it was not fog but it must be ice. We jumped into the car and went out to the lighthouse at Long Point and there it was as far as the eye could see in either direction and as far out as we could see. Pack ice. Miles and miles and miles of it with some icebergs mixed in. There were seals below us in the water and they were having a good frolic.
The ice was so incredibly spectacular. Even more so than the icebergs we have seen. It happened to be a gloriously sunny day and we just stood in awe as it floated by. We had a million projects going so we came home and watched an iceberg float by the mouth of the harbor again. It is so amazing to watch them pass by as if a boat. We also saw two cruise ships. Later in the day we went back and a lot of the heavy ice was past us but there was still more coming. We drove to LITTLE HARBOUR and saw it close to the entrance. What an amazing day!!!!
We came back and I had started painting Brett's room so I worked for a while then we went to take a shower. The first time we used it the hot water was hot for
about 3 minutes. The others were fine. Yesterday the hot water lasted about 2 minutes, just enough time to get shampoo in your hair. I screeched a lot and
said to Chet that was the 2nd and last time that was going to happen. Off to the hardware store we went and a new hot water heater was delivered an hour later.
Chet worked all evening and got it all hooked up and boingo there went another pipe in the floor upstairs. Someone was not too well versed in soldering. Once again, no water, so we had to go to Cal and Josse's to fill some buckets for the toilet. GRRRRRRRRRRRR................. This morning the pipes were dry enough to solder so Chet fixed the problem. We held our breaths while we turned on the water and HURRAH....all was well!!!! What a nice long, hot shower was taken today.
We went to Bernie's for supper which is our dinner and had a great time eating hot dogs and salad. We sat at the table in front of his window in his kitchen and watched the water as we ate and chatted.
Supposed re-plumbing of the house was a figment of "DR." Gregg Domm's story-not his imagination. A few things might have been done but whomever did it had their eyes closed. The blow off valve had been put way up the piping and that is a big no no. It was upgraded some years ago and the water heater was an oldie which provided us with about two minutes of hot water.
We will re-pipe everything and don't even want to think about the upgraded electrical work at this time.
We still love what used to be Helen's house and is now Gaye's house. We are rearranging EVERYTHING so as to erase Greg from the place as there is not a good feeling about his presence here. The one saving grace in the scheme of the puzzle is meeting Bernie. There is an ease and comfort here that I have never felt anywhere else in my life and I know that Chet would agree.
Freddie is getting another infection in his mouth so we started him on antibiotics today. The old boy is losing his choppers and is a hurting unit right now.
Spotty is still fat and Twilly is a joy a minute. He reminds me of a cat that I once had that I hand raised and who was totally attached to me. His name was Horrible Hairless Herbie as all of his hair fell out as I was bottle feeding the litter and he and a couple of the others lost their hair due to the lack of something the momma cat was to have passed on to them. She couldn't feed them and moved to the neighbors because she would get stoned with the kid who lived there.
I loved that kitty and memories flooded in today of how I got rid of him because Lorin couldn't stand him scratching at the back door. An ache crossed through me and I only hope he had a good life and was loved like I loved him. I'm sorry Herbie, I am.
We had another wonderful day even though it rained. My pond was full and looked so cute. We are going to put heavy plastic in the area that it is diverting the water underground to see if that helps before we divert the stream.
It is beddie time in NL so a very happy lady bids you adieu......very happy but oh so sore from painting and getting into positions I haven't been in since being on the road!
May 29, 2008
My tummy is all full of salad and Kielbasa, microwaved garlic cloves and toutons.....the grilled bread dough that they
are famous for here. This morning we had cod cakes and scrambled egg whites. Oh, it will be fun when I get my
kitchen finished.
Our washer doesn't work in the house. Maybe it froze to death...we're not sure.
It was a beautiful day most of the day until the clouds rolled in. It seems we get up and don't stop all day long. We
are still sorting things out and trying to make arrangements for people to work for us. It will all fall into place. It
just gets exhausting and it is hard to make myself sit down and write my muze.
Yesterday we saw some more spectacular icebergs and a beautiful pheasant. I had never seen one in the wild
before. We didn't have the camera one more time. We have to hang it somewhere so we don't leave without it.
We went to eat supper with Bernie at Cal and Josse's restaurant last night. We see more people on a daily basis than
we have ever seen in our lifetimes. We have some wonderful friends and neighbors. I really have come to like
Marilyn and Gordon Ashbourne, who live across the field, very much. They're very nice people and I enjoy hearing all
about T'gate from them and everyone we meet. The only fly in the ointment has been Greg Domm, who we bought
the house from. The stories that are rampant in this town about him are unceasing. I would say it is his good
fortune that he is in Ontario and not here, as I don't think anyone wants to see his face again. The great thing that
has come of this is that we met Bernie, Randy, Tracey and Tia, the Ashbourne's, Jim and Linda Smith and their son
Caleb, and are meeting new people every day. Sometimes it is so hard to understand them as they have such thick
Brogues and talk a million words a minute.
The story about Greg is so convoluted and I am so tired of hearing about him that I don't even want to begin as I
would like to get this posted tonight. It will be great to get our internet on the 10th.
All of our things got packed yesterday in Portland and just caught the driver as he was putting the things I had left
for my son Jon on the truck. We failed to tell Carl who was overseeing everything that we had separated a lot of things for
my son. The driver pretty well remembered what he had taken from behind the cardboard barrier but I'm sure we
will be getting some of the things that weren't coming, It ought to be interesting. At least the wood stove and the
leaded glass windows and the farm tools stayed, Nothing like paying $1.50 a pound for things we don't need. Who
knows, maybe it all stayed!!!! Chet just talked to the driver and he is picking more things up in Seattle and will be
stopping in Edmonton, Alberta, Ontario and then on to us. It will probably be 2 weeks before we see our things but
we need every minute of the time. We are shuddering as we wait to see how much over the estimation we
were....aaaarrrrgggggh!
We LOVE it here in Gaye's house, formerly Helen's house and then Greg Domm's house, now ours.....why I even got
a call from an Ashbourne in Ontario yesterday who wanted to buy some of the family pictures that were left but I
had already given them to Marilyn as I could see no reason to hold on to pictures of someone else's family photos.
I will sign off and get this posted when we go down to the restaurant to use Cal and Josse's wifi. They have been a
great help and are good people.
I shall sign off now as the former Hell's Angels that Greg Domm said we were.....pretty cute....not. The only bikes
we ride are recumbents and don't do that all that often!
Love to you all as my whole being misses you...... |
