I know the kids want their daily checkup on the Aero.....so here is day 7. I can't believe the lettuce is starting to look like lettuce. I am loving this thing....thanks Mike and Robin!!!
Monday we took the motor home over to Gananoque, as planned. By time we got there and went through the list and of course toured a few new coaches (I still like mine best) it was after 1:00 pm. We were both starving and still had to go to Watertown to do a bunch of errands there. So....we decided to do lunch in Canada. I thought Chineese but Salt said he didn't feel like it so we decided on lunch at the Casino....just lunch of course...ha ha. Well, we set a given amount or time and or money, whichever ran out first and actually stuck to it. Of course the money went (not much) before the time. I ended up loosing $5.00 so I told Salt I would take him out to dinner at the Texas Roadhouse with my winnings. He was like "wait, you didn't win" and I said "OH YES I did, if I only lost $5.00 I won!!!
We went on to Watertown where Salt needed to purchase a new alternator for the island truck. I am SO glad he is such a good mechanic. Living on an island can get very expensive if you can't fix you own vehicles.
We followed one of the Amish buggies again today. I remember when we used to have to go to Pennslvania or Ohio to see the Amish; now it seems as though you can't go to Watertown without seeing them. I know we are getting a lot of Amish moving into the area but not sure exactly how many families we have so far. Last year when I was so busy and didn't have a garden, we purchased a lot of vegetables from them. As a matter of fact I even bought my jams and pickles from them last year. They are very kind, polite and industrious. I am hoping to get our screened gazebo for the hot tub from them.
We are still wearing winter coats going across the river....and I am tired of it! Rain again today...more of the same tomorrow. I got a text message from our daughter-in-law today asking for "mom's recipes". I have been kind of puttering around with putting together a cookbook for the kids, grandkids, nieces and nephews for the last couple of years. I start it and then put it away when a bigger project comes along. This may just be the year I finish it.
Tomorrow coffee at our house....will be very small as not many of the summer friends are back yet.
We will be going to a cookout at my brother and sister-in-laws' (George and Cheryl Karpel) on Sunday. We have not seen them in over 7 months so are very excited to catch up on their lives.
Emily will be there with her fiancee who we have not yet met so we look forward to seeing them and hearing about plans for a September 2009 wedding.
Happy Birthday Jill (Karpel)! We are following you on your blog and your trip to California. I know you will have a great time with Jonny!!
We are hearing from all the nieces and nephews (and cousin Shane).....they are all tired of school and/or work and looking forward to their time on the island. Janna and Chelsea are pushing for another family reunion. We haven't done one since 1999 so it is certainly long overdue. There is no way we can put it all together this summer as everyone needs to plan for time off and it takes a huge amount of planning to get sleeping accomodations, food, etc for such a large crowd. Mike and Robin won't have any vacation time this year (other than a long weekend) so maybe next year.
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