I didn't have time to post in time to beat the first post on May 1. Louise is awesome, a little quick, but awesome.
Episode 14
Wallpaper
Yes, glorious wallpaper. I remember dad doing it back in the day, I don't remember mom helping though, maybe that's the secret. It might not be something you do with a spouse. I don't know if any of you have tried it, cut a piece, roll it up, spin it through a tray of water and hang it up on the wall. That's actually when the real fun begins, you have to squeeze all the air bubbles out, then it's not quite straight enough so you pull it back to straighten it and the air bubbles are worse, then you squeeze them just a little too hard and the sheet rips. That one gets ripped off the wall, thrown away and you cut another. The process starts all over again, by the time the room is complete you're pretty much down to each others last nerve, but even that subsides when you start studying the results. Just about when you're ready to forgive each other you notice the light switch...it's not there... it's buried under the paper! Somebody forgot to cut it out. A simple fix. I get my utility knife and a little metal square to keep the cut straight, the knife blade is a little dull from having cut in a room of wallpaper for the last 14 and a half hours. I have to press the blade a tad hard to get through the paper and then it happens. The blade catches the electric wiring...listen, I'm not that dumb, I had turned off the power. However, we had thought we were done and I'm terribly forgetful, we had turned it back on. The shock went up my right hand across my shoulders and down to the little metal square in my left hand. You must understand by now, this is no biggie, I've been shocked before, but the wallpaper, oh lord, the wallpaper, burnt from the floor to ceiling and across to the door casing! Jesus Christ...I not swearing... I'm praying my wife doesn't say the wrong thing.
Have a great day
Loved
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🙇Oh Edward...
...been there,💑 done that (without the shocking end☇) and bought the extra roll of wallpaper🏠.
🔮Now... wait until it's time to strip the paper off🗡. You won't have a prayer!🙏
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Hi Loved,
Ahhhhh, the dreaded wallpaper. I could relate to your whole story except for the electric shock and the burned paper. I could see the electric current passing through you. Your words gave me the image. Yikes!
And Louise is so right about stripping it off. That's another whole story on its own.
Lol,
ME
xoxoxoxo
Most of my experiences with wallpaper were things like drawing on it, sticking chewed gum on it, pealing back several layers to try to imagine what the room looked like before. Hey Marcia, remember the amazing Disney wallpaper in our room? I was quite sure Peter Pan would come to life one night. Thank goodness most walls are painted now! lol (-:
Wallpapering. Another whole world I know nothing about. I have decided, however, after reading the accounts of those of you who do know, that I will not add it to my bucket list. (It does make for very entertaining reading though. LOL !
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🕭CONGRATULATIONS, KYLA AND CAMPBELL!🕭
📸You are making lots of news over on Facebook on your wedding day💑. We want to join in on the celebrations and claim Kyla as 'one of our own today👰.
🎊What a happy day this is for those who are near and dear to you! 🍴🍵Our Spot will forever be your spot🖒 as the unique venue for the day you married one another💏.
🔮May your future together be bold, bright and beautiful👪. We'll drink a cup of fine coffee to that!☕☕
💌Wishing we were there,
Louise and David
🙌Hi again, Edward
As you know, our friend, Margaret, is a regular visitor to the blog💻. She is wondering if you are familiar with Paddington Bear's efforts to wallpaper his room🐻. I wasn't, so I simply Googled "Paddington Bear decorates his room" and a whole lot of images came up.🎨 I thought of you when I saw the one where he is clearly exhausted😓, off the ladder🔨 and surveying the seemingly impossible job he has undertaken🔮.
👴👵Like so many of us, Paddington Bear could relate to your wallpapering experience💣 and laugh at himself😆.
Louise😒
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🎈🐶HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MELISSA!👸
💌We are sending you the warmest of greetings on this first Monday in May. Here in Peachland🍑, the sun is shining brightly and we're heading over to Kelowna to have lunch with our cousin, Penny🚗. We'll make it a celebration of our dear daughter-in-law🌹 who is mighty fine at thirty-nine🎂.
Alan👨, Bjorn👦 and Sarafina👧 are sure to do all they can to make this day special for you👩. Just having them there is cause for celebration and we know you will be happy to make the occasion a family affair👪.
🎂Your birthday cake will probably not be as uniquely hand-made as Sarafina's was🐍 but it's bound to be better-lit🔥 and just as delicious🍰. Enjoy all the attention that is yours today💞 and have one of the best birthdays ever🎁. Cheers!🍷🍷
💙Love you lots, 💚hugs all around,
Louise and David (Mom and Dad/ Grandma and Gramps👵👴)
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🙌🎈HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JORDON!👨
We have already greeted you over on Facebook👍 where your mom has posted one of her spectacular birthday collages📷. Yours is a celebration of highlights from a life of happy moments🔥, good times🏂 and loving people💞.
Here in Peachland🍑, we are eager to add to the efforts of family and friends to make this birthday one of your best ever🎁. If we could send you the glory of this perfect day in BC, we would do exactly that☀.
At 20, a whole lifetime of plenty awaits you🎭. Go for it!🙆
💌Cheers and lots of love,
Louise and David
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🎁🎈HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STEPHEN!🎈🎁
⌛Your Monday birthday is already well underway in Ontario where you are three hours ahead of us🕒. We had a luncheon date in Kelowna🚗 before we were able to post blog greetings to you💻.
We hope you're enjoying this day at least as much as we are👴👵. You've been in our thoughts and conversation😎 since this beautiful day dawned over Okanagan Lake.🌊 It's as if Mother Nature knew we had three birthdays to celebrate🔮 and gave us the gift of a perfect day.🎁
We share our joy💕 and wish you and Louuse lots of the same💑. All the best in the year ahead, too🏍. We'll drink to that!🍷🍷Cheers!
Lots of love,
Louise and David
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☕🍰HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CAMPBELL!
🌏Our greetings are being sent from the Calgary airport where we are waiting for the next leg of our flight back to Scotland⛳. Next stop - Halifax.🛬 We will literally be flying high throughout your birthday✈🍷.
We hope your Sunday celebration is a particularly happy one😎. It's your first as a married man.💑 This year you just happen to be sharing this day with mothers, too👪.
We hope you get to enjoy your share of the limelight as you turn thirty-three today🎂. Here's to many happy returns as well.💕 Cheers!🍷🍷
✉Lots of love,
Louise and David
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💑HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, HOLLY AND JAMIE!💒
🕭This anniversary greeting is the first entry we have made on Ed's Edition since our arrival back in Scotland⛳. We are several hours ahead of you here in the UK⏳ so we are already well into your special day before you are getting started.🌏
👪We join Eddie, Mia, Lui, Ellie and Beata in celebrating the love💕, faith📿 and commitment👫 of their parents through so many of the challenges of family living🎭. We know you are still having fun at year twenty-one🎢. This is a day of celebration that goes beyond a 'toast for two'🍻 and becomes a 'salute for seven'⚁⚄. It's party time in the Gustafson family home today🎸🎶.
💏Have a joyful anniversary, Holly and Jamie; many happy returns, too💒. Cheers!🍷🍷
✉Lots of love,
Louise and David
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💍💏HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, CHRISTINE AND JAMES!💍
Congratulations!🎉 Our greetings are being sent to you from our home in St. Andrews⛳. We've been back in Scotland for a week now and are settling in quite nicely.🏡
🕭When it comes to celebrating a special event, we like the 'holiday' feeling that a Sunday adds to the occasion🚗. This year your anniversary also falls on a long weekend🤗, so the family fun can spill over into an extra day off for everyone.👪
We join Presley🙆, Corson🙋, family💕 and friends💃 in wishing you an awesome anniversary today and another year of memorable times together💑. We'll drink to that!🍷🍷
✉Lots of love,
Louise and David
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🎁HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PATRICK!🎂
Congratulations!🙌 Fifty-two looks good on you💃. We hope your birthday celebration puts 'the icing on the cake' of this long weekend in May🍰.
👴👵We're confident that Lindsey👸 and Carter👶 will work together to make this Monday birthday special for you🎂🎶. Of course, we are happy to join them👪, the rest of your family💕 and all your friends🍾 in wishing you one of the best birthdays ever🍭.
Have a fun-filled day🎉 and another year of happy family life with Lindsey and Carter🏡. We'll drink to that; cheers!🍷🍷
💌Lots of love,
Louise and David
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🎁🎶HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DIANE!🎶
Congratulations!🙌 You've reached the age that asks the question, "Will you still need me, will you still feed me...🏡
👍Of course, the answer is a resounding YES, not only from your immediate family👪 but from those of us who are also lucky enough to be included in your family💕 and among your friends💃.
In fact, we are eager to join Michael👴, your children💞 and your dear grandson, Carter👶, in wishing you an especially happy day today🍰.
And here's to a whole lot more at sixty-four!🍷🍷
💌Cheers and lots of love,
Louise and David
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🎈A WARM BIRTHDAY HELLO, TRICIA!🎈
📘Our Book of Days makes this a SAPPHIRE occasion.🔵 If we were artists like you, we'd throw a whole range of blue paints on a canvas🎨 and blend the colours to celebrate YOU today🎂.
🔥Blue is the sea and the sky; the expanse of the heavens and the depth of the universe; a beautiful bird and a delicate flower; a true heart and a reflective soul💙.
So often when we think of you, we feel like raising a celebratory toast🍻. That's especially true today as you turn 45🎁. To LIFE, then!🍷🍷
💕Lots of love,
Louise and David
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🍰HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SHANNON!🎈
Our greetings are being sent to you from Italy🌎 where we are visuting family in Pordenone. We'll be going to Francesca's wedding in Meduno on Saturday.💕
Though we are on the move, we are content to stop and send wishes your way today.🎂 That's the advantage of the Internet. The world is at our fingertips. Here in Italy, a bottle if wine🍾 is never very far away either. Before this day is out, we will raise a birthday toast in your honour. Here's to a happy 39th birthday and many many more. Cheers!🍷🍷
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Lots of love,
Louise and David
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🎁🎈HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANN-MARIE!
🖒Congratulations! 🔔Fifty is considered one of life's milestones🎭. May your day be GOLDEN in every way.💛
🌍We are writing to you from northern Italy on the eve of Francesca Antonini-Canterin's wedding day👰. As we explore the town center here in Pordenone🕍, we'll find ourselves a nice sidewalk cafe☕ where we can raise a birthday toast in honour of you at 50🙆.
💕We join your family and friends in wishing you the best of birthdays🎂 and many more of them to follow this golden occasion🔮. Cheers!🍷🍷
✉Lots of love,
Louise and David
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🎨👪HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CURTIS!🎈
🌏Our greetings are being sent from Pordenone, Italy, where we are spending time with family.👪 It is raining hard here but we won't let the weather dampen our spirits as we celebrate YOU at 52.☔
We know that your family will make this a marvellous Monday for you🎂🎁. We join them in wishing you the very best start to another week in the life of an artist whose unique creations inspire a spontaneous kiss from sweet Adeline💋.
💃Have a great day today. May it signal the beginning of another very good year in your life🎭. Cheers!🍷🍷
✉Lots of love,
Louise and David
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💃🎈HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BJORN!🎂
Welcome to the teen years!🙌 As your grandparents, we are especially proud of you today.👴👵
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💓Huge hugs and lots of love,
Grandma👵 and Gramps👴
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🎤🎶HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GHIE!🎶🎤
👴👵Hi from us in Italy where we are spending time with family and friends after Francesca's wedding weekend.👰 Now our thoughts turn to you on your mid-week birthday🎂.
Of course, Paul will be on the road today🚚 but we know he'll be in touch with you along the way🖥. We join him in wishing you birthday happiness💕 and good health in the year ahead of you🔮.
🏡You'll probably have to wait until the coming weekend to celebrate this occasion with Paul💑. In the meantime, we are raising a toast to you on the very day that you turn 47🎂. Cheers and congratulations!🍷🍷
✉Lots of love,
Mom and Dad
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