Day 1314-1330
Our days really are numbered! Just thought of that as I counted them out. I'm at the store catching a bit of down time, the harvest rush is mostly over, so the store is more quiet these days, although I still seem to have line-ups once in a while.
I am pretty played out, although the tension of the move is over. The house was moved into Edenwold yesterday, and that went smoothly. Glenn and I sat in the RAV and watched it drive away, and I'm telling you, that is a pretty emotional feeling. A lot of our lives happened in that place. Anyway, it is gone, and now the restoration begins. The foundation was pretty wet and rotting, so it is probably a good thing that it was moved. Chances are it was going to start having trouble in the not too distant future, so Colin made the right call in building new. They had to take out a few trees to get it off the foundation, and they actually turned it around in the front yard. They had widened the lane on our side, so needed to go through the yard again with our house. We took videos of the procedure.
Let's back up to pre-move. Einar told us the trucks were coming right after Thanksgiving, so the push was on to get our stuff out! I asked a bunch of people to help, so on Wednesday the 13th we cleaned out the basement. I was pretty overwhelmed with the questions and action. They pretty well filled a dumpster with stuff, and the guys were great, moving the big things like the other piano , freezer, toy cupboard, they even took down a cupboard Glenn had built for books above the desk, and Colin will use it in his house. There was action, and I didn't sleep very well that night! Glenn was on his own again, but enjoyed the company when we broke for supper. He is doing well in the house, and we are learning the ropes all over again. We actually rented a power chair for him while we waited for our appointment to get his fixed. It was good to compare another chair.
In the middle of all this, I started piano lessons! Sorry to a couple of children who came for their lesson last Wednesday, and had to hunt me down in the chaos of the basement. It completely slipped my mind! Good thing they were family!
So, the biggest, hardest job is over, and I may now go through the boxes and sort, store, or throw out a bit more leisurely! I think I need a vacation!
'Til next time,
Louise
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Sept. 22 - Oct. 2
Day 1303-1313
Hmmm... where to begin. We have been sleeping, eating and showering in the new house since last Saturday , Sept. 24. It is working out well, although we don't have enough apparatus up yet. I have been working full time at the store, so that put a crimp into unpacking and setting up tools. We haven't got the TV antenna hooked up and the internet antenna hasn't been moved yet, so unfortunately Glenn has been a bit bored. He also shorted out the joystick on the power chair, so has had to move around in the manual chair, which has its pros and cons. The first day after it happened, (he gave the chair a bit of a bath) I brought him to Avonhurst with me, but he firmly refused to come a second day, so I had a bit of tension that day and kept calling him to be sure he was managing alright. It was probably a good thing for him to have to physically move himself around, it is pretty easy to just sit in the power chair and go. I have to wait until October 14 before the repair shop will look at it, so he will get a bit better at it as we go.
My cold got to be pretty miserable, and I'm still a bit congested. It has been very eventful.
The house is great if I do say so myself. Jackie decided we needed to sleep in it last Saturday, they got together and packed and moved some furniture on Saturday while I was at work. We had another good go on Sunday, and the guys got the piano moved too, so we made real progress. I think we will have another group effort tomorrow, and then I should be able to unpack and sort through all that has come over. There is the big freezer and another piano to move from the basement. I am filling up the shelves, but will organize and throw out more stuff as we go along. It is better now that we have started, and the weather has certainly co-operated. I will sleep in tomorrow though.
'Til next time,
Louise
Hmmm... where to begin. We have been sleeping, eating and showering in the new house since last Saturday , Sept. 24. It is working out well, although we don't have enough apparatus up yet. I have been working full time at the store, so that put a crimp into unpacking and setting up tools. We haven't got the TV antenna hooked up and the internet antenna hasn't been moved yet, so unfortunately Glenn has been a bit bored. He also shorted out the joystick on the power chair, so has had to move around in the manual chair, which has its pros and cons. The first day after it happened, (he gave the chair a bit of a bath) I brought him to Avonhurst with me, but he firmly refused to come a second day, so I had a bit of tension that day and kept calling him to be sure he was managing alright. It was probably a good thing for him to have to physically move himself around, it is pretty easy to just sit in the power chair and go. I have to wait until October 14 before the repair shop will look at it, so he will get a bit better at it as we go.
My cold got to be pretty miserable, and I'm still a bit congested. It has been very eventful.
The house is great if I do say so myself. Jackie decided we needed to sleep in it last Saturday, they got together and packed and moved some furniture on Saturday while I was at work. We had another good go on Sunday, and the guys got the piano moved too, so we made real progress. I think we will have another group effort tomorrow, and then I should be able to unpack and sort through all that has come over. There is the big freezer and another piano to move from the basement. I am filling up the shelves, but will organize and throw out more stuff as we go along. It is better now that we have started, and the weather has certainly co-operated. I will sleep in tomorrow though.
'Til next time,
Louise
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
August 28 - September 21
Day1284- 1303
We are getting possession of the house tomorrow. It is cleaned up and ready for us to move in! Now if only the weather would dry up a bit so we don't have to track a bunch of muck in I will be a happy woman.
Glenn was over there on one of the drier days last week and said he didn't want to go back to the old house, so that tells you how he feels about the new digs. It will be easier in so many ways I can't even tell you. Yesterday we came home from therapy, and it was raining(again). We drove by the new house and I said to him I would really like to just drive into the garage and be dry while he transferred and I hauled in the groceries. Soon!
I have a cold, and am trying hard to nip it in the bud. So far I'm not too bad, but we'll see how the week goes. My throat is better today, and I don't have a headache anymore, ( aren't drugs great?) Glenn will have to start on the vitamin regime to hold off the bugs.
He is pretty pumped about the house and how we can outfit it to help him up onto his feet more. We will look into a track on the ceiling and a body harness so that the danger of falling is gone. I think that falling really is a great distraction (of course) so he can't concentrate on moving his legs. That will be in the future, we have to live there for a while to see how everything else works out before we do that.
We are well otherwise, just dealing with red tape and all the stuff life throws at you to keep you on your toes. We haven't been able to visit much, as the weather has not been conducive to wheelchair mobility. We'll be expecting lots of company for a while after we move, but that too remains to be seen.
'Til next time,
Louise
We are getting possession of the house tomorrow. It is cleaned up and ready for us to move in! Now if only the weather would dry up a bit so we don't have to track a bunch of muck in I will be a happy woman.
Glenn was over there on one of the drier days last week and said he didn't want to go back to the old house, so that tells you how he feels about the new digs. It will be easier in so many ways I can't even tell you. Yesterday we came home from therapy, and it was raining(again). We drove by the new house and I said to him I would really like to just drive into the garage and be dry while he transferred and I hauled in the groceries. Soon!
I have a cold, and am trying hard to nip it in the bud. So far I'm not too bad, but we'll see how the week goes. My throat is better today, and I don't have a headache anymore, ( aren't drugs great?) Glenn will have to start on the vitamin regime to hold off the bugs.
He is pretty pumped about the house and how we can outfit it to help him up onto his feet more. We will look into a track on the ceiling and a body harness so that the danger of falling is gone. I think that falling really is a great distraction (of course) so he can't concentrate on moving his legs. That will be in the future, we have to live there for a while to see how everything else works out before we do that.
We are well otherwise, just dealing with red tape and all the stuff life throws at you to keep you on your toes. We haven't been able to visit much, as the weather has not been conducive to wheelchair mobility. We'll be expecting lots of company for a while after we move, but that too remains to be seen.
'Til next time,
Louise
Saturday, August 28, 2010
August 11 - 28
Day 1266 - 1283
Colin and Chelsey have moved into their new house, and are getting sorted out. They took some days off to move, and were pretty tired at the end of it. Colin was chatting with me about how much stuff they had acquired over the space of 5 or 6 years. He stopped and looked at me and said, "You're in trouble!" I guess I know that.
Glenn is still fascinated by the way things work. He will still try to take apart anything. I have tossed more electronic things in pieces than most I think.... He decided to start sorting through the "junk" drawers in the kitchen, and has a box of garbage. I haven't decided if I'm going to go through it myself, maybe it will be better tossed than saved and moved. I'll see how I feel next week. We have packed a few things, and Glenn is deciding which laptops to keep for parts. That is going to be a big trip to SARCAN.
We visited FCC last week, it was nice to catch up with the people there. They always come out to see Glenn if they are not busy at the phones. Glenn likes to point out program problems if he can just to keep them on their toes I guess.
He fell last week, I didn't see him right away. He was there for a few minutes, and was pretty well snoozing in the sun when I saw him. I was mowing grass, and couldn't catch his attention, so I didn't know right away if he was OK. I yelled at him when I got closer, and made him jump, so I knew he hadn't knocked himself out anyway.. I couldn't get him up, and had to call someone to come and help me. I had been rolling around fixing the lawn mower, (that's another story!) so was feeling the effects of that. He was fine, just grazed his forehead a bit, and got a sunburn on his nose.
We have run into a few glitches with the house, but have so far managed to substitute what was missing with other material. The garage has the dry wall installed in the ceiling, so we can get Dale to install the door now. Once that is closed in, we can put a bit of stuff in there for storage. It won't be long until we move, the plumbers have to come to get the house to work, and the furnace needs to be hooked up I guess. The lights are nice to have now, and the cabinets and floors look good. Just the big job of moving coming ever closer!
'Til next time,
Louise
Colin and Chelsey have moved into their new house, and are getting sorted out. They took some days off to move, and were pretty tired at the end of it. Colin was chatting with me about how much stuff they had acquired over the space of 5 or 6 years. He stopped and looked at me and said, "You're in trouble!" I guess I know that.
Glenn is still fascinated by the way things work. He will still try to take apart anything. I have tossed more electronic things in pieces than most I think.... He decided to start sorting through the "junk" drawers in the kitchen, and has a box of garbage. I haven't decided if I'm going to go through it myself, maybe it will be better tossed than saved and moved. I'll see how I feel next week. We have packed a few things, and Glenn is deciding which laptops to keep for parts. That is going to be a big trip to SARCAN.
We visited FCC last week, it was nice to catch up with the people there. They always come out to see Glenn if they are not busy at the phones. Glenn likes to point out program problems if he can just to keep them on their toes I guess.
He fell last week, I didn't see him right away. He was there for a few minutes, and was pretty well snoozing in the sun when I saw him. I was mowing grass, and couldn't catch his attention, so I didn't know right away if he was OK. I yelled at him when I got closer, and made him jump, so I knew he hadn't knocked himself out anyway.. I couldn't get him up, and had to call someone to come and help me. I had been rolling around fixing the lawn mower, (that's another story!) so was feeling the effects of that. He was fine, just grazed his forehead a bit, and got a sunburn on his nose.
We have run into a few glitches with the house, but have so far managed to substitute what was missing with other material. The garage has the dry wall installed in the ceiling, so we can get Dale to install the door now. Once that is closed in, we can put a bit of stuff in there for storage. It won't be long until we move, the plumbers have to come to get the house to work, and the furnace needs to be hooked up I guess. The lights are nice to have now, and the cabinets and floors look good. Just the big job of moving coming ever closer!
'Til next time,
Louise
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
July 6 - August 10
Day 1231 - 1266
Sorry, I can't believe it's been so long, but we have been occupied. Chris came back to work, the houses are coming along nicely, we went to a wedding, attended the store's 75th Anniversary party, etc, etc. How can you tell it is summer? The most significant change is that Glenn is more willing to attend these events, and as he is out and about, more people lose their inhibitions around him, and realize he is as goofy as ever. He usually has people laughing soon enough, and that is the real ice breaker.
He did scare Chris and me very badly on the 12th of July, as a piece of wiener slid down his throat, and he choked. He actually passed out, and I had to put him on the floor to huff the thing out of his throat. He came to and wondered how he got down on the floor. Chris had been on the phone for 911, but we both realized they would have taken too long to get to us, so we were lucky this time. Thank goodness for a few first aid courses we took when we were driving bus, I sort of knew I had to get that out, and compression was the only way. I had tried to get it out by putting my fingers in his mouth, but he bit me so hard I couldn't do anything more.
There, I won't talk about that again, we were pretty shell shocked, and supper was not finished by any of us. Now we cut his wieners in half, and try not to distract him when he is eating.
We managed to go camping last week and were happy to have a good stretch of weather. In fact, we fried, so that is amazing for this year. I realized that I can't do it without help, but Wendy came, and the kids stopped by, so we did OK. It was good to get away, even though it is a whole new bit of work. We bought a tankless water heater for the camper, and it works very well. Glenn and Chris figured out how to hook it up, and we were happy to be able to run hot water for dishes right into the sink. Luxury!
I could babble on, but the houses are waiting for finishing, and we are not very good at waiting. The kids would really like to move, and are a bit more impatient than we are, but they have a bunch of new stuff to play with, I have a bunch of old stuff to sort through, which probably makes a big difference. We'll let you know when the big event happens.
'Til next time,
Louise
Sorry, I can't believe it's been so long, but we have been occupied. Chris came back to work, the houses are coming along nicely, we went to a wedding, attended the store's 75th Anniversary party, etc, etc. How can you tell it is summer? The most significant change is that Glenn is more willing to attend these events, and as he is out and about, more people lose their inhibitions around him, and realize he is as goofy as ever. He usually has people laughing soon enough, and that is the real ice breaker.
He did scare Chris and me very badly on the 12th of July, as a piece of wiener slid down his throat, and he choked. He actually passed out, and I had to put him on the floor to huff the thing out of his throat. He came to and wondered how he got down on the floor. Chris had been on the phone for 911, but we both realized they would have taken too long to get to us, so we were lucky this time. Thank goodness for a few first aid courses we took when we were driving bus, I sort of knew I had to get that out, and compression was the only way. I had tried to get it out by putting my fingers in his mouth, but he bit me so hard I couldn't do anything more.
There, I won't talk about that again, we were pretty shell shocked, and supper was not finished by any of us. Now we cut his wieners in half, and try not to distract him when he is eating.
We managed to go camping last week and were happy to have a good stretch of weather. In fact, we fried, so that is amazing for this year. I realized that I can't do it without help, but Wendy came, and the kids stopped by, so we did OK. It was good to get away, even though it is a whole new bit of work. We bought a tankless water heater for the camper, and it works very well. Glenn and Chris figured out how to hook it up, and we were happy to be able to run hot water for dishes right into the sink. Luxury!
I could babble on, but the houses are waiting for finishing, and we are not very good at waiting. The kids would really like to move, and are a bit more impatient than we are, but they have a bunch of new stuff to play with, I have a bunch of old stuff to sort through, which probably makes a big difference. We'll let you know when the big event happens.
'Til next time,
Louise
Monday, July 5, 2010
June 20-July 5
Day 1215 - 1230
We had no therapy today, and that worked out because I'm at work. The regular driver is cutting hay, so Donna is making deliveries, while I mind the store. Glenn phoned me and told me he was sitting on the deck having coffee, and didn't I wish I was there! Hmmm... he has to amuse himself, I guess.
The house is painted with a couple of coats, so the finishing carpenter will start work next week, (he's on holidays, that seems to still be in effect with our building project) The flooring is ordered, and I haven't heard about the cabinets, but we are getting closer to moving. The paint really makes a difference.
Glenn is out and about, and would really like to fix a few things around the yard. The lawn mower is having a fit, and the grass is getting out of hand. Glenn cut some yesterday, and kind of smoked the belt, which he says is too long and loose, so we will try a shorter one, and see if it helps. He likes to do that, it is good exercise for him. I'm not very good at fixing machines, mostly because I don't want to, so I do get a bit testy. Glenn tends to clear out, but to be fair, I have told him to go away when I am working on something and he is trying to tell me what I'm doing wrong. I guess I don't take guidance or "advice" very gracefully when I'm being bitten by mosquitoes, and skinning my knuckles on hard to reach nuts and bolts!
'Til next time,
Louise
We had no therapy today, and that worked out because I'm at work. The regular driver is cutting hay, so Donna is making deliveries, while I mind the store. Glenn phoned me and told me he was sitting on the deck having coffee, and didn't I wish I was there! Hmmm... he has to amuse himself, I guess.
The house is painted with a couple of coats, so the finishing carpenter will start work next week, (he's on holidays, that seems to still be in effect with our building project) The flooring is ordered, and I haven't heard about the cabinets, but we are getting closer to moving. The paint really makes a difference.
Glenn is out and about, and would really like to fix a few things around the yard. The lawn mower is having a fit, and the grass is getting out of hand. Glenn cut some yesterday, and kind of smoked the belt, which he says is too long and loose, so we will try a shorter one, and see if it helps. He likes to do that, it is good exercise for him. I'm not very good at fixing machines, mostly because I don't want to, so I do get a bit testy. Glenn tends to clear out, but to be fair, I have told him to go away when I am working on something and he is trying to tell me what I'm doing wrong. I guess I don't take guidance or "advice" very gracefully when I'm being bitten by mosquitoes, and skinning my knuckles on hard to reach nuts and bolts!
'Til next time,
Louise
Saturday, June 19, 2010
May 30 - June 19
Day1194-1214
We are thinking very seriously of building an ark and gathering up the animals 2 by 2! We are not only wet, we are soaked, and missed a heavy rain that has flooded the west of the province. We don't know when Colin and Chelsey are coming home, but I think they are in the mountains, and away from the worst of this.
Glenn is stuck in the house when it is so muddy, but he does go onto the deck to do some stretches and walking. He is tanned, and I guess that is a sign of some sun shine. He's well and enjoyed the wedding. We had booked a room in the hotel, so it was good to be able to go there for a break during the day. His tux fit well, and he was able to visit with a few people, though not as much as he would have liked. It would be nice to have his speech back a bit more, and it continues to improve, but we are impatient at times.
Chris's convalescence is going well, he is improving, and rebuilding his strength. He is in the zone where he has to be careful about over doing his strength, that could cause more injury and that would set him back badly. He is getting stir crazy, and hopes to be able to get back to work with light duty so that he is earning a wage, and occupying his time. He was able to attend the wedding, and stayed and visited the night away, although he stayed sitting at the table, and was careful of his wounds.
The Wedding was great, the kids were great, the food was great, even the weather was great, and a good time was had by all. If there were problems, they were small.
The houses continue to progress, but the lousy weather has caused some delays there as well. They are both stuccoed now, and our garage is ready for cement. We will eventually have to have the trenching done, and I really hope the weather stabilizes before that happens, because I don't even want to think about the yard all torn up and rain and more rain on it!
'Til next time,
Louise
We are thinking very seriously of building an ark and gathering up the animals 2 by 2! We are not only wet, we are soaked, and missed a heavy rain that has flooded the west of the province. We don't know when Colin and Chelsey are coming home, but I think they are in the mountains, and away from the worst of this.
Glenn is stuck in the house when it is so muddy, but he does go onto the deck to do some stretches and walking. He is tanned, and I guess that is a sign of some sun shine. He's well and enjoyed the wedding. We had booked a room in the hotel, so it was good to be able to go there for a break during the day. His tux fit well, and he was able to visit with a few people, though not as much as he would have liked. It would be nice to have his speech back a bit more, and it continues to improve, but we are impatient at times.
Chris's convalescence is going well, he is improving, and rebuilding his strength. He is in the zone where he has to be careful about over doing his strength, that could cause more injury and that would set him back badly. He is getting stir crazy, and hopes to be able to get back to work with light duty so that he is earning a wage, and occupying his time. He was able to attend the wedding, and stayed and visited the night away, although he stayed sitting at the table, and was careful of his wounds.
The Wedding was great, the kids were great, the food was great, even the weather was great, and a good time was had by all. If there were problems, they were small.
The houses continue to progress, but the lousy weather has caused some delays there as well. They are both stuccoed now, and our garage is ready for cement. We will eventually have to have the trenching done, and I really hope the weather stabilizes before that happens, because I don't even want to think about the yard all torn up and rain and more rain on it!
'Til next time,
Louise
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