So much to do, so little time to do it in. At least with it raining all week I did not have to worry about watering my gardens, front and back. We went up North yesterday to celebrate Christopher's graduation, it rained earlier in the day then got sunny in the afternoon. Today we went clothes shopping for Candice for work. We founds some nice tops and a couple of nice summer dresses and sandles, so she is good for the rest of the summer. Next project is for me to make a dress for a wedding on the 2nd of August that Candice and I will be going to in Toronto. It is going to be a big Italian wedding, sound like alot of fun. I suck at getting around to answering e-mails so that's next on my list of things to do on a raining day when I cant hang out at the poolside. Like today.

mom's latest project. Betty what do you think.

First one to show up get it. LOL

I,m back

OK, I went a little blog happy today and posted a months worth all at once, sorry, happy reading

relay for life

just a few photo's , our team raised $5300.00.

I raised $550.00, so thank you to everyone who helped out, our top earner was caroline with $812.00, so she got the $2000.00 matching grant, but it was still no wheres near the top idividual earner. This year the lowerest earned was $7000.00 and the hightest $18,000.00 single. groupt was lowest $23,000.00 and highest $25,000.00. It was alot of fun and we stayed up all night and participated in all the events to keep us going. We didnt win any of them ,but at our age it's hard to win a patoto sac race against a bunch of 16 years old. I would love to see the rest of you try that.

Back "garden" before shed.

After shed, see nice beautiful garden, a few more hostas, some daisys, and voila.

Here is garry's new shed, not sure how the caption on the bottom got so messed up, just ignore it.

blog, blog,blog,blog finally an update

Well one more day and it will be Candice moving time. We are taking her up on Sunday and I will stay there one night and take the train back on Monday after she is settled in and all her stuff put away. I should be able to loose those extra pounds I lost and put back on between her
being gone six weeks and losing 8 lbs and gaining back 4 in the 3 weeks she has been home.
The pool hit 66 degrees today a couple more and it will be perfect. If only the sun could stay out long enough for me to enjoy it. I hope it doesnt rain all summer like last year. I really only got in a couple of good weeks of swim time with it going in so late and then all the rain we got in August.
Everyone keep your fingers and toes crossed. I made another towel wedding cake. Garry's niece is getting married and the shower is next sunday in toronto so mom and i are going up with garrys aunt jean anne. This one is while towels with red roses. It\s hard to make for someone you dont really know so I hope she likes it.
A picture of Garry's shed will be comming soon. It should be completed by next weekend. It is comming along really good. The neighbour across the road is building it and he is doing a great job. I will proberly last longer than the house and we might be living in it eventually. He is also going to build a loft in the garage to put all the summer stuff away for the winter so it wont have to go into my basement giving me more space for my sewing room and I will actually be able to park my car in there during the winter. No more scraping off windsheilds. I am really begining to like this guy.

I had my relay for life yardsale saturday, it went very well. I ended up with $496.00. I had alot of stuff donated from the neighbours to help me out. I had a few large a mini fridge that went of $50.00, a computer and desk that our neighbour from Whites rd bought along with the computer desk for $70.00 and a violin that a guy at work gave me to sell it went for $75.00. It was a beginners model and was only $200.00 new so I was happy for to get what I did. I would not have gone lower. I would have donated it to our adopt a school's music program instead.
So I am well on my way to my goal. The person who gets the most pledges on our teams will get to add the $2000.00 cheque from Wal-mart putting them in the top pledges catagory, so the battle is on. Wish me luck

When is a bedroom not a bedroom? When it's a solarium. Yes Candice's new bedroom is going to be a solarium. She will be renting the small room for $595.00 a month. The ad read, if all you need is a roof over your head then the benifits outweight the space and she wasn't kidding.
The room mate works 3-11pm Candice works 8.30-4.30 so they will never see each other. The $595.00 includes, everything, cable, movies on demand, wireless internet, washer, dryer, dishwasher, heat, hydro, phone, and the use of the entire apartment, so who cares that the room only fits a single bed, a dresser, and a bookshelf, all she ever has to go in there for is to sleep.
The building is a security building with security on site, 24 hr grocery store. 24 hr library, indoor and outdoor jaquzi and a sauna and a gym. So looks like I have to make some BIG A** curtains to cover her door, since its all glass.

YEAH, Candice got the girl guide job, it will pay her 43500.00 for the year. It is a one year maternaty contract and she is ok with that because she only wanted to put in one or two years and then move on , so this works out great. there is no quilt about quitting. So now it is appartment hunting time.

Candice's interview went really well, it seemed she was the first person they interviewed because they were not really ready. It is a one year maternaty position and she is ok with that.
It will give her great experience to be able to use for other jobs. It lasted an hour and they even had to get the girl who is leaving to come in and give a job describition because they didn't have one ready yet. Within half hour of her interview they called her and asked for her references. So it looks really good. Lets all keep our fingers and toes crossed for another week. The job would start the beginning of June which means she can finish off her internship get a little break before getting into the real grownup job world.

As I am taking my patio furniture outside since it was like a billion degress here yesterday, I took a few minutes to check the news and see the snow dumped on our relatives to the West and felt bad for all of you. I was very happy to finaly see some sun and get outside in it. I hope it doesnt stay too long and you see some sort of resemblance of summer soon.
Candice has an interview Thursday with Girl Guides, so I need all the prayers we can get to help her out. Her resume is nothing to sneeze at and she has alot of volunteer experience but a little divine intervention never hurt anybody. I am going to do what Grandmere always did in cases like this and I am going to light a candle today at chruch for her. I know Candice is cringing right about now as she reads this line. I am playing into all the sterio type organzied religious stuff she likes to rant on about. Sorry pooky, but it always worked for Grandmere.

Inventory is done and over with so stress days are gone now until vacation time rolls around and the office is short staffed and pulling double duty, but for now, back to normal.
We start our store craft auciton tomorrow with crafts items donated for our relay for life team. The auction will run until the following friday and will end with a bake sale. So everything looks like it is on track.
Next will be my big yard sale with the money for that going to my relay pledge form. I hope it is enough to beat Tim because he has been talking alot of smack about beating me out. It's all in fun and the money is going to good cause so I say bring it on Tim.

It's that time of year again. I will once again be doing the 12 hour relay for the Cancer Society.
The walk takes place \June 20/21 so expect e-mails from my Relay of Life site. Anyone wishing to pledge but do not want to do it online, I can get you the information on where to deposite your pledge. I do not want anyone to feel obligated to donate. I know everyone has busy lives and causes of their own they support so I will appreciate anything that anyone can do for me even if it is just a prayer I last all night or an e-mail of encourgeent.
I do feel though like I have to explain that there is a challenge between myself and the other
Relay team leader. Whichever of us has the most pledges, the other will have to bow down to them and crown them at one of our morning meetings. So you can see I am very determined to win. Work will match anything we can raise as a team so that gives us all lots of incentives to take their money. Wish me luck.

Hello there folks. I am typing this message from my new laptop. With Candice in TO we have been talking online and my computer, which was Candice's desktop from school is downstairs in the sewing room. I came up one day to get a nice hot cup of tea because my hands were getting chilli down there and the next thing you know, Garry is buying me a laptop so I dont have to be downstairs in the cold anymore. Can we say spoiled!!!!!!!!!!! \I am sure I did something to deserve it.

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More pictures of Candice's fundraiser.