How do you like that, 4 months in a row. Almost wasn't to be though. The knees are claiming it's all on the feet. The hips just wanted to get out of the way, so as not to hit first. The hands, the hands actually thought about letting go of the compressor, flying backward to soften the fall, and getting back to the compressor before it took out a rib or two. I'm pretty sure we would have lost that gun fight, even Billy the Kid wasn't that fast. The feet were blaming the eyes, ya know, they might have a point, I'm wearing these progressive lenses now and my eyes are progressively getting worse. My shoulders have been carrying too much weight lately to try to take any more impact. So, the brain thought, oh,oh! just before it blacked out.
There I was laying on my back at the foot of the Pearly Gates, but I gotta tell ya, they didn't look so pearly. I was hoping that wicker burns because these looked in too good of shape to be the entrance to that place. I was hoping to lighten the mood so I said, "Hey Pete, your gates don't look very pearly". The reply was, "Well Edward Francis, you're at the west entrance, Peter is at the south, I'm Andrew, besides, you're early, rise up and go back." ( A bit dramatic, don't you think) " My hair is stuck in the blood frozen to the concrete," I said. "You only have 3 strands back there, they'll pop out." Easy for him to say, he had hair down past his shoulder blades. It took me two months to grow those with the snake oil I bought from some guy. He assured me it really was snake oil. Deanie scolded me when she found it in the cabinet. She asked how many species of snakes did I know of with hair. I did get up, there were a couple of construction guys standing around, some apprentice had fainted at the sight of the blood. Ya, I'm thinking he might of chose the wrong career path.
I'm back now, the ice has melted so I should be ok for the next few months.
Have a great day
Loved
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π Well, Ed, it's April First and I'm no fool. I'm not falling for your tall tale.
π Still, there has to be an element of truth in the part about your progressive lenses, the comment on shouldering a heavy load, and the section about your struggle to grow even 3 strands of hair. (It was very unfeeling of Andrew to dismiss them so lightly.) I can even see the young apprentice out cold on the floor.
π Maybe I am a fool after all!
LOL, Lucy
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π HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, MONA AND STEPHEN!
Congratulations on your 10th anniversary! Our Book of Days makes this your first DIAMOND celebration. You'd have to get to 60 for the second one. Have fun trying!
Your Facebook messages to one another are expressions of love, happiness and gratitude. It's truly awesome that the two of you met and married and that your love grows stronger with each passing year. π
We toast you and your family on this happy day. A perfect pair has so much to share with those around them. πCheers!
π Lots of love,
Louise and David
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π HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, LINDSEY AND PATRICK!
We're feeling especially close to you today as you celebrate this SAPPHIRE anniversary. In August, we'll do the same! However, there will be a difference of 40 years. It seems that a fifth anniversary holds the promise of a forty-fifth and both are SAPPHIRE occasions. π Congratulations!
π Later this evening, we'll raise a toast to you and to your dear son, Carter who is sure to be sharing in the happiness of his parents today.
π Cheers and lots of love,
Louise and David
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π HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, MARCIA AND DENNIS!
Congratulations on this 44th anniversary of your marriage. After year 25, the gem chart in our Book of Days goes forward by leaps and bounds - five years at a time. (Maybe that's because the longer we live, the faster time itself seems to go. Who knows?)
π Anyway, it looks like you are well on your way from your RUBY(40) celebration to a SAPPHIRE(45) one. That could make this a red-letter day in a true-blue relationship that dates back to your teenage years. We'll drink to that and to many happy returns of this occasion in your lives.
π Cheers and lots of love,
Louise and David
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π HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NATHAN!
This year your birthday celebrations will be part of the Easter weekend activities. In fact, with Ryanne's birthday happening tomorrow, your family has the whole spring festival covered.
π We hope everything about your birthday reflects springtime joy, beauty and new life as you share this special day with Angie and Ryanne. We add our greetings to those of family and friends as you turn 45 today. Congratulations!
π Cheers and lots of love,
Louise and David
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πππ HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RYANNE
T oday is especially
H appy because
R yanne is
E njoying an
E aster Sunday birthday.
π Have fun with family and friends!
π Warm wishes and lots of love,
Louise and David
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π HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CORY!
π Your Monday birthday should get the week off to a good start. You will already be in celebration mode after the Easter weekend and time spent with Norah and Simone. Now it's your day and Amy and the girls are sure to make it special for you. Enjoy!
Here in Peachland we'll be raising a toast to your continuing success and happiness in Regina where you are close to all the family and are doing work that you love. Who could ask for more? Cheers! π
π Warm wishes and lots of love,
Louise and David
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π HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, SHANNON AND LUKE!
Congratulations on the seventh anniversary of your wedding day. We hope that spring is in the air, bringing an extra measure of sunshine, colour and joy to an already special day in your lives. π
π We had to read up on the gemstone chosen for a seventh anniversary celebration - ONYX. Apparently it is a versatile stone that is multi-layered with subtle, natural colours. It is a lovely symbol for a marriage of any number of years. For now, may it stand for the strength and beauty of your constant love for one another. Cheers! π
Lots of love,
Louise and David
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π HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESSICA AND NICHOLAS!
Eighteen is a wonderful age. Congratulations! We hope the day is double the fun because you get to share it with one another.
π€ Today we will be heading over to Vancouver Island for a visit with Marcia and Dennis in Victoria. When the four of us are together tonight, we'll celebrate you and your birthday with a warm toast to youth and to all that lies ahead of you as you graduate in June.π
May you enjoy this special birthday with family and friends in Regina. Many happy returns!
π Lots of love,
Louise and David
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Boy, Loved,
You're not the only one out cold. It just occurred to me today that there was probably an April Blog. Sure enough,somehow, I lost 9 days.
Do you think you may have chosen the wrong career? I've heard of occupational hazards but this is ridiculous. On the other hand, it sure produces great material for an autobiography. And great reading for us.
It was also fun reading all your greetings, Lucy. The various gems for anniversaries and the many birthday wishes are clever and entertaining. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, BJ, I wondered where you were. You could easily have been in recovery mode after reading Ed's April First post.
π Luv Lucy
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π HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BEATA!
π F or this Tuesday birthday
π I n April we wish a
π V ery special five-year-old an
π E xciting celebration.
π Lots of love,
Louise and David
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π HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BETTY JO!
We know that you are already having the best kind of birthday ... on a holiday weekend with some of your favourite people. Give them our love, too.π
Today we are going on a day excursion that you and Bob might easily plan for yourselves. We'll drive around the other side of Okanagan Lake, visit a Cultural Center for First Nations visual and performing arts, and stop for lunch somewhere before completing the circuit back here in Peachland. We will celebrate you
and your birthday by including you in our enjoyment. I'll look for a postcard along the way. π Have a happy day!π
π Cheers and lots of love,
Louise and David
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π HAPPY BIRTHDAY, VICKY JEAN!
This will definitely be a Friday of fun as you and BJ celebrate your back-to-back birthdays with family and friends.π
We have family from Chilliwack coming to visit us here for the weekend. You can be sure that we will pour ourselves a wee dram with which to raise a toast to you tonight. Here's to many more such happy times. Cheers!π
Enjoy whatever you have planned to do on this special day. May your birthday add zing to a wonderful weekend.π
π Lots of love,
Louise and David
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π HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KELLY!
Congratulations on this Friday birthday in mid-April. We're sure that Dehlia and Piper will do something special to celebrate their mom's day. Maybe you'll even make a weekend of the occasion.π
π Here in Peachland we are adding our greetings and wishes to those of family and friends today. May the warmth and beauty of springtime foreshadow another year of good health and happiness for you.π
π Cheers and lots of love,
Louise and David
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π HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ABBY!
A Friday birthday often provides an opportunity to extend the event into a weekend of fun with family and friends. We hope that's the case for you in this year that you turn 34.π Congratulations!
π We are sure that you and Joshua will mark this occasion in a special way. We add our warmest wishes for your good health, happiness and prosperity in the year ahead. Cheers!π
π Lots of love,
Louise and David
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π HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARTIN!
Congratulations! Your Monday birthday just adds to the warmth and beauty of this spring morning in Peachland. π We hope the weather in Calgary is every bit as bright as you mark this special day.
π We have visitors here from Chilliwack and today we're going to hit some of the highlights of the Okanagan Valley. The fruit trees are in blossom and the world around us is teaming with new life. We'll be remembering you as we go, sending you wishes for an especially good day today. May the year ahead be one of renewed good health and personal happiness.π
π Lots of love,
Louise and David
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π HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BARBARA!
We hope your mid-week birthday is already off to a good start. Curtis and children are sure to make this celebration a family occasion. At the end of a day at work and at school, surely there will be party time for all to enjoy!π
Here in Peachland, we are remembering you with happy thoughts and the warmest of wishes on your 36th birthday. π Keep well and be as happy as you are beautiful. May you have many joyful returns of this event in your life.π
π Cheers and lots of love,
Louise and David
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Hi Lucy,
Having returned from Collingwood, I have now had time to read all the greetings you have posted since we left Ottawa on the 14th. Thank you for my own birthday wishes, and I have enjoyed all the others as well. It is fun to see how you approach each celebration in a different and appropriate way.
I hope your day trip was a great success.
Love you,
BJ
π Hi BJ,
I hope your Collingwood holiday was lots of fun. Our day trip was most enjoyable. The weather was perfect and many of the fruit trees were blossoming. We saw several white-tailed deer along the way. I even found a cute postcard but I haven't sent it yet. π
I appreciate your comments about catching up on the blog. It seems there is always someone and something special to celebrate in this family of ours. π Cheers!
π Lots of love,
Lucy
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π HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BRANT!
Congratulations on this special day in your busy year. Even though it's the start of another week of work for you and school for the kids, we hope there will be fun for all at the end of the day. Juliana, Kahless, Briana and Braden will make sure of that.π
π We have a whisky club meeting tonight where we'll be introduced to an assortment of five Balvenie Scotches. We'll make a point of raising the finest of them (a 21-year-old) in a toast to your good health, continuing success and much happiness in the year ahead. Love to your beautiful family, too, on your 42nd birthday!π
π Cheers and lots of love,
Louise and David
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π HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY, SYDNEY!
Congratulations to Tina, Shawn and Sydney on this very special family celebration. We're especially glad we got to spend a little time with you earlier this month during our visit to Victoria.π
O h, happy day! Our family's
N ewest one-year-old is
E njoying her first birthday.π
π Big hugs and lots of love,
Louise and David
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π HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AEDAN!
T ime for us to
W ish Parker's big brother
E very good thing on this
L ovely April day. Have a
V ery happy year, Aedan and
E njoy your 12th birthday.π
π Warm wishes to you from
Louise and David
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π HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JACOB! π
Congratulations on your end-of-the-month birthday!
E xcitement is
L ikely in the air as you turn
E leven today.π
V ery warm wishes are
E xtended from us for a
N ice time with family and friends.π
π Lots of love,
Louise and David
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π HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KEENAN!
Well, this is the first birthday that you will get to share with that darling daughter of yours. At 10 months of age, Gwyneth is sure to add an extra measure of joy to your special day. We imagine that Holly will make sure of that, making this a happy family occasion.π
Here in Peachland, we will raise a toast to your good health and happiness, today and throughout the coming year. Cheers!π
π Warm wishes and lots of love,
Louise and David
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π HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHRISTOPHER!
Congratulations and best wishes on your April 30th birthday. You give us an extra-special reason for raising our glasses in a toast to the end of yet another month of year 2015. Here's to a joyful springtime birthday celebration. Cheers!π
You'll probably have to wait until the end of your workday to light those 41 candles of yours. π Save a little energy for blowing them out, as you make your birthday wish in the company of family and friends. May all your dreams come true!π
π Lots of love,
Louise and David
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π HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MELISSA!
We have already read Alan's Facebook greeting to you π and have seen the picture of the colourful bouquet of flowers you got from Sarafina π. Your birthday is certainly off to a wonderful start. We hope it is truly happy from beginning to end.
Here in Peachland, we'll be celebrating your 35th in our own way ... π toasting your good health, giving thanks for your presence in Alan's life and cherishing our two beautiful grandchildren. We hope this is the best of family days. Cheers!
π Warm wishes and lots of love,
Louise and David
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π HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STEPHEN!
Greetings from us in Peachland on your May 6th birthday. We imagine a celebration that could easily include a ride on the open road with Louise on her bike, right beside you.π But, whatever you choose to do on this special day, we hope you are happy and well at 63.π
Of course, we'll mark your 2015 birthday, too. We'll pour ourselves a wee dram and raise a toast in your honour. πHere's to an abundance of joy on this occasion and to many happy returns of this day in your life.
π Cheers and lots of love,
Louise and David
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π HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JORDON!
Congratulations! Sixteen is supposed to be a sweet age.π¬ Your Mom has sure posted a terrific collage of pictures on Facebook to celebrate YOU over the years.π How nice!
S hare today.
I t's an
X-tra special
T ime when
E veryone
E xtends greetings to the family's
N ewest 16-year-old.π
π Lots of love,
Louise and David
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π HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CAMPBELL!
π Our greetings are being sent from Calgary where we are spending our last few days in Canada before flying back to Scotland. ✈
π We hope your special day is off to as bright a start in Regina as the one we are already enjoying here in Calgary. In your line of work, you are probably a model of fitness and good health as you celebrate your 29th year. Have the best of birthdays today. π
π As you always do, enjoy your time with family and friends now and throughout the coming year.
π Cheers and lots of love,
Louise and David
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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, HOLLY AND JAMIE!
Congratulations! Our greetings are being sent from St. Andrews on our first full day back in Scotland. I'm even having to use someone else's computer because I smashed my own by dropping it on the floor in the London airport.
We won't let a non-functioning computer or the onset of jet lag keep us from raising a celebratory toast in your honour later today. Eddie, Mia, Ellie, Lui and Beata are sure to share the joy of this special Saturday. Have a happy family gathering. Here's to many more. Cheers!
Warm wishes and lots of love,
Louise and David
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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, CHRISTINE AND JAMES!
Congratulations as you mark 14 years of married life. Our Book of Days calls this an IVORY celebration. When we saw the pictures on Facebook of Christine's brand new bicycle, we thought it fit the occasion perfectly. The white frame gives the bike an elegant, light and stylish look. Nice choice, James!
We're sure that Presley and Corson will be sharing the happiness of this special day. May the love you have for them and for one another continue to deepen with each passing year. Cheers!
Lots of love,
Louise and David
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PATRICK!
We hope your mid-week birthday is a wonderful Wednesday from beginning to end. Lindsey and Carter are sure to make this day a happy one for you, as they do every other day of the year.
Here in St. Andrews we'll be raising a birthday toast in your honour. There's nothing we like better than to celebrate the health and happiness of someone special on a joyful occasion. May your life be great at 48! Cheers!
Warm wishes and lots of love,
Louise and David
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DIANE!
Congratulations! We cannot let this DIAMOND celebration go by without wishing you a bright and sparkling 60th birthday.
Often people mark the start of another decade of life in some special way. Your family and friends will probably do all they can to make your 60th birthday a memorable one. We hope so!
Here in St. Andrews we will pour ourselves a wee dram of our best scotch as we drink to your good health and happiness today. May the coming year present you with many new delights that fill your days with joy.
Cheers and lots of love,
Louise and David
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TRICIA!
This is one very special day for all of us. Every time we get to wish you another happy birthday, we celebrate the miracle that is YOU, still living life as fully as possible.
We have already read on Facebook that you are unexpectedly celebrating your forty-first birthday in Banff, surrounded by its beauty and comfort. Good choice for a great gal!
Here in St. Andrews, your candle of hope is burning and we are anticipating the toast that we will raise at the end of this special day. May it be a thrilling Thursday that launches you into a year of renewed health and well-being. Cheers! Here's to LIFE!
Lots of love,
Louise and David
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SHANNON!
Congratulations on your 35th birthday! Our Book of Days suggests a gift of CORAL on such an occasion. It's a natural, colourful substance that surprises and delights those who discover its beauty. Nice, eh?
Here in Scotland, we have already poured ourselves a glass of white wine and and are drinking to your health and happiness. Here's to a satisfying Saturday birthday celebration with Luke, family and friends. May you enjoy many happy returns of this occasion in your life.
Cheers and lots of love,
Louise and David
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANN-MARIE!
Your Sunday birthday makes this a perfect day for a family celebration. From beginning to end, we hope it's a time of ease and enjoyment for you, at the center of attention. Have fun on this day that you turn 46!
We will have our own wee celebration of you later this evening when David returns from his afternoon round of golf. Here's to happiness on your birthday; may it spill over into a year of lasting joy and personal success.
Cheers and lots of love,
Louise and David
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Ann says:
That's so nice! Thank you.
π Hi Mary Ellen. Thanks for passing along our greetings to Ann-Marie. We enjoyed the birthday toast in her honour.π
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π HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CURTIS!
Your mid-week celebration will probably have to wait until the end of the day. Then, oh what a party that will be!π We know that Barbara and the family will make this a special occasion for you. (You'll have lots of help blowing out those 48 candles, that's for sure. π)
π We want to add our wishes to those of others who are celebrating with you today. Have an enjoyable birthday from beginning to end. Here's to another year of fantastic creativity and family fun. π
Cheers and lots of love,
Louise and David
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π HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BJORN! π
You make this Wednesday very special for your grandma and gramps so far away in Scotland. Have fun on your birthday.
N ow
I t's time to send our
N ine-year-old grandson a big hug from
E ach of us.π π
π We love you lots today and always,
Grandma and Gramps
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Thank you so much for the beautiful birthday wishes! It was a wonderful day and Barbara made a Rice Krispie cake to celebrate. Lots of love to all.
π You are welcome, Curtis. We're happy to hear that your day was such a good one. Dave and I have so many great memories of celebrations topped off with rice krispie cakes.π Barbara is on to a good thing there and together you are storing up happy memories of your own. Cheers!π
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π HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GHIE!
The fact that your birthday falls on a Friday means that Paul is there to celebrate with you at the end of his week on the road. π That's nice! We're sure that he will make the whole weekend special for you. Your Facebook pictures certainly reflect his love for you. π As always, enjoy the time you have together.
We send the warmest of wishes from Scotland where we will soon be raising a toast to your health and happiness on your 43rd birthday and throughout the coming year. π Here's to you and Paul; may all your dreams come true. π
π Cheers and lots of love,
Mom and Dad
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