A birthday party!

We gained an hour this morning. Silly practice! We follow the US, as we are dependent upon them for trade.

 

Joseph Brian is having a birthday in 12 days. He recently had his quarterly PSA test, and all is good. He uses hand warmers to get his veins flowing better. They last hours, but take a while to warm up. 

His PSA remains at 0.008 and we continue to watch and wait. This is good news.

The girls were coming over for a sleepover, Papa couldn't make it. Heaven knows the month is only going to get busier for all! 

It was a PD day on Friday, and I had a text from Isabelle. She is such a sweetie. I hope you get a giggle from this!

I had a couple of things planned. We have to clean out the craft dresser. They just are getting older, and their time is much more limited. They found some loot to take home, and we cleaned out the drawers. 

Grampa was ready. He surprised the girls with temporary tattoos, after rolling up his shirtsleeves!Jut for a moment, they believed!

The girls were suitably impressed!

My poor bear is falling apart. Grampa found a bear mask. It works pretty well on Isabelle, although bear is leaking sawdust. 

Bear looks pretty good.

We had fun. Isabelle set the table, and folded napkins. I made my famous meatloaf, and Caitlin had made the cake.

The girls had iced it. I found two #1s and a #4. Izzy decided that if she tilted the #1 it looked like a #7! The dinosaur is spewing sprinkles. Very creative.

No blowing, he used a postcard.

After presents, we moved to the living room. The plan was to watch Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat. Caitlin had rented the Donny Osmond version from YouTube, so we Chromecast it on the TV and had a good laugh. Caitlin had performed this in 1995 at her high school. She knew a lot of the songs, all these years later. 

What is really fun, is that the drama teacher directing the show, Perry, directed the show in 1995. Josephine is going to work on AV, and there were encouraging words suggesting Isabelle be in the chorus. (Which is what her Momma did.) 

Jos and her girlfriend are designing the advertising poster for the school this afternoon. 

Perry was both my sons' mentor in later high school productions, as all three of my children attended this high school. Here are Jesse (my middle child) and his brother in Pirates of Penzance. This is a photo of the picture, but you get the idea.

Perry and Jesse have kept up a fast friendship. Although, Jesse switched from acting professionally to being a Wealth Estate Manager in Vancouver. At this point, Perry doesn't know that Josephine is related to Jesse! It's rather fun. The show has been cast, and rehearsals are ongoing. 

When we were ready for bed, Nutmeg took her usual place in the guest room. This is where Caitlin was to sleep – and she is allergic to cats! I'd cleaned and removed Nutmeg's bed. She was hustled out.

It was a fun day.

Happy Birthday JB!

We had the kids over last weekend. It was fun, as always!!!!!

Saturday, November 19

JB is 69! Today is the actual day.
Saturday afternoon we visited, and then, for dinner, spaghetti. Dessert, by Caitlin, was an apple crisp with good stuff JB can eat, and readily accepted candles.



Presents followed, as well as the cutest card, which unfolds into a poster!

Sunday, Remembrance Day

We didn't go out to a service, due to physical issues, but JB shared information about his late uncles, and his father's photo and medals. It meant a lot to the grandkids. We watched the CBC service on TV, and talked about it. I think it was as meaningful. It's difficult seeing a ceremony in some locales.
The kids participated in a ceremony at school, as always. Also, the Girl Guides (including our Isabelle), went to the War Museum on Thursday.

This is my father-in-law, who served in WW II. They were so young.


We've been to our fair share of ceremonies; Perth, Bala, Wahta, and Ottawa.


Hubby laid a wreath one year in Ottawa, prior to retirement, with a tall airline pilot!


Carleton Place has a wonderful display of veterans images on banners, with families represented in some spots.


Next, we went out to get some fresh air. First up, Isabelle found two frogs at the edge of the ice in the goldfish pond. We picked them up, after removing some ice, and took them down to the frog pond. We had to punch a hole in the ice at the frog pond, too. I took them to see the deer scrape. I'd found it during Hooper walkies.



Isabelle rang the bell! She always fetches some walking sticks from the forest.


I'd put the lesser trailcam on the deer scrape, at the suggestion of my photographer buddy, and found a coyote and our big buck.


Isabelle and I went to fetch the other trailcam SD card. I checked it, and found 2092 photos. Isabelle crowed when she heard that!
A buck and a doe, then 1900 photos of 7 or 8 raccoons!


They love cameras!

Bells of Peace

Later, at 4:30, hubby went into town. W'd heard about a Wave of bells to ring out across Canada to mark 100 years since WWI ...
There were about 200 people in the Crystal Palace in Perth, with a couple of readings. The church bells were to be rung 100 times. JB couldn't quite hear them. The legion suggested those without physical bells in the church play tapes. Perhaps that was the problem.

My blog buddy went to his bell ringing in Carleton Place. You can listen to his bells here.

It's another cold day, today, with a storm on the way. It's tougher to manage cats, with Daisy – she is breaking my heart, and both cats reluctant to go outdoors. We're still struggling with Daisy attacking Hooper. Poor hubby, I spent the day crying, yesterday.