Walk a lake

Sept 1, 2017

We are heading to the cabin at Wakaw Lake for the annual Matlock reunion. It's eight of us, the hosts, Shirley and Gary, sister Joan and Dennis from Lumsden, brother Terry and Cathy from Lumsden and Deanie and myself. This is the 27 th year. We usually have it on the August long, but the Ebert's family had a full reunion this year. 167 people at that one. They outnumbered us for the date. We are looking forward to a great weekend.

Have a great one yourselves

Loved

August 9 th Sorry

There are times when my creative juices totally dry up. Turns out that's quite a bit more often than not. Yeah! Writer's block, that's what it is. Sure, more like me being a pro at crastinating. Anyways here is an August thread to work on. Oh, I'm working this week, maybe if I'm careless enough I can come up with a new story, or, an old story retold.

Have a great day

Loved

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!

Oh my gosh ! I see I completely missed June. I'm glad and thankful that you didn't. I suppose I should worry about it, I make the absent minded professor look like a genius, of course, I guess that's what he was. I never worry about losing my memory, it wasn't until grade six I remembered that 2 + 2 = 4, it was embarrassing having classmates watch me count it on my fingers. I still forget my keys when I leave the house, you're probably thinking "I do too ", but not every single time, sometimes I forget why I left the house. July 1, Canada Day, 150 years. It's a big deal every where you go, well I guess not every where. I figure at least one place in Scotland it is. Very exciting news that Tricia and Marie are going to be spending a couple of hours in Regina this month. It is always so great to see them. Canada Day won't be the most exciting day of this month and I know my 7 sisters would agree.  I always loved telling people I have 7 great sisters, then hearing " do you have any brothers ?".

Have a great day

Loved

May 1 2017

I don't usually get upset with people doing stupid things, I've done a load of them myself, but a bunch of numptys were moving material while a table saw was running. Really bad idea. So, when the first hammer flew past my head I kind of passsionately muttered JESUS CHRIST!!! I felt bad right away, dad would have been disappointed had he heard, and mom, mom would have had a bucket of soap and a scrub pad threatening to wash my mouth out to scare me. Then... all of a sudden... HE was standing there, yeah, it was HIM. I didn't recognise HIM immediately, the blue jeans and t-shirt confused me and definately the steel toed boots threw me off. It wasn't even the wounds in HIS wrists, really, after 50 years in the construction industry, I've been pretty close to duplicating those myself. It was the calm and peace eminating from HIS being, oh yeah, and the halo, the halo kind of gave it away. I didn't know what to say... so I asked, "How's your DAD?" HE said HE'S been golfing ever since Mr. Palmer arrived. I thought God would just control the flight of the ball but Jesus says HE lets it fly where ever. If HE lands in the bushes HE just moves the bushes, HE tried burning the bush the first time but Moses showed up hoping to renegotiate the ten commandments. Then I asked if HE was there to take me, no, HE just wondered why I called. So I asked HIM, "How am I doing, why are we here, what is life all about?" HE smiled and said "That's easy, you're doing....That's when I woke up and saw the 2 x 4 laying beside my head, there was an eyebrow embedded in the end of it, looked familiar, even through the reddish haze of the blood streaming across my eyeball I'm pretty sure it was my DNA. The paramedics arrived, "Hey Jimmy, it's Tony's brother Ed again. Ed how are you feeling?" I looked up through my one good eye, " I'm good......I'm always good".
Have a great day
Loved

April 2017

There I was, moving across the floor, installing the hardwood planks. I had developed a good rhythm, spinning my mallet to the metal side to place the plank, setting my nailer in place, spinning my mallet to the rubber side to drive the nail. I was going at a good rate until the sweat was pouring off my bald head, I should have repositioned my glasses before they worked their way to the end of my nose. but, I did not. So, when they slipped off the end of my nose I was quick to grab them, maybe a little too quick, and, my mallet was rubber side down at the time. Yep. I smashed my forehead with the metal side of the mallet. Of course it had to be the worst spot to hit, although I'm not sure hitting yourself anywhere in the forehead with a metal mallet is going to do any less harm. I was bleeding profusely and, I was a bit stunned. By the time I realised what happened the scene had gone from looking like an accident to more along the line of a crime scene. To make matters worse I slipped on the blood and landed on my back on a tube of 10 second grab construction adhesive. Now I was stuck to the floor, I started to slide out of my t-shirt until I felt a sliver enter my lower rib cage, I had to slide back into my shirt to rid myself of the sliver. That's ok, I had a knife in my pocket so I was able to cut off my shirt. It's against safety rules to work without a shirt so I was going to have to go home and change. I had walked to work in the morning so I was walking home when the cops pulled up. They said someone had called them about a bloodied half naked man walking down the street, I did have to admit, that would be me. They asked me about the other guy, I said he was 18 inches tall, weighed about 4 pounds, had a steel skull and a rubber face. That's when they told me to get in the car.

Have a great day

Loved

March 1 2017

I am unable to come up with a new adventure so I will share a favorite of mine.

Katharine Pyle, “The Toys talk of the World”

“I should like,” said the vase from the china-store,
“To have seen the world a little more.

“When they carried me here I was wrapped up tight,
But they say it really is a lovely sight.”

“Yes,” said a little plaster bird,
“That is exactly what I have heard;

“There are thousands of trees, and oh, what a sight
It must be when the candles are all alight.”

The fat top rolled on his other side:
“It is not in the least like that,” he cried.

“Except myself and the kite and ball,
None of you know of the world at all.

“There are houses and pavements, hard and red,
And everything spins around,” he said;

“Sometimes it goes slowly, and sometimes fast,
And often it stops with a bump at last.”

The wooden donkey nodded his head;
“I had heard the world was like that,” he said.

The kite and the ball exchanged a smile,
But they did not speak; it was not worth while.

Have a great day

Loved
 

Feb.1 2017

I walked over to mom and dad's grave site yesterday. It was quite quiet in the yard, the only sound was my boots on the ground. I was trying not to wake anybody. It was hard to find their stone, I had a pretty good idea where it was but they were all covered in snow. I was just about ready to give up when I saw an "INI". I trudged through the snow and cleaned off the rest of the stone to reveal their names and dates and the rosary etched in the granite. The stone really looked good. I thought about leaving a snow angel but by the time you get yourself up afterwards there's not much of an angel left, so I stepped a cross into the snow. I asked them how I was doing and waited for an answer.  None came. I guess they weren't home. As I was leaving I imagined them saying...

Have a great day

Loved