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When I walked in the door at Margaret's she was busy making bread & butter pickles - felt just a bit guilty because I should be at home doing some canning myself - oh well - my guilt didn't last long! Made some calls, did some texting and caught up on some of my e-mails - much cooler, still pretty hot, but bearable - I knew what Manitoba summers were like before I left but I told myself to just suck it up, Babe!
FRIDAY, AUG 3, 2012
Margaret & I left quite early on our big adventure to Morden and Winkler to visit 5 more relatives. Our first stop was in Morden at Margaret's sister-in-law (Bill's sister) Eva who is 93. She lives in a senior housing development, fairly independent, gets a meals on wheels a few days a week. Her memory and hearing were amazing! She & Margaret had a great visit. After lunch we dropped in on our Aunt Agatha who will be 90 in a few weeks - lives in a Legion apartment - still quite independent as well. Next was cousin, Dorothy who was out playing cards and just arrived home as we were pulling up - she was thrilled that we had stopped by and the visit was great - she is just a few years older than I. She had two great grandchildren born on July 12 - not twins, both girls. July has been the month for babies in my family & friends. First of all, my friend Lorraine became a great grandma for the second time on July 5, a baby girl; On July 11, Margaret became a great grandmother for the sixth time - this time a first baby girl for Deanna who lives in Victoria, a third grandchild for Linda & Gary; then on the 12th, these two great grandbabies for Dorothy, and then Michael Lucas on the 13 of July, a first son for Shane & Caylee, a third grandchild for Marilyn, a fifth great grandchild for Leona - what a month! We stopped at a deli and bought some buns, meat and cheese, picked up Timmy's and had our dinner in the parking lot - Margaret doesn't much care for restaurants, so one that day was enough for her which was fine with me. Next we drove to Winkler where we visited cousin Luella who is just a few months younger than Margaret - I had visited her a few weeks ago, but this time it was Margaret's visit. She has a collection of dolls and Margaret also has a collection so that was the topic of the visit for the most part. Last visit of the day was to one of Bill's older brothers who is 95 - just so happened that their oldest daughter was visiting as well, so Margaret had a real good visit with her in-laws. We didn't call anyone (except Aunt Agatha) - we didn't have most of their phone #'s or even their addresses, so we took a chance and were flying by the seat of our pants so to speak, but it worked out so well, it couldn't have been better if we had planned it. On the way back to Wpg we ran into more rain and weather systems, one of which I will include below. I should have taken pictures sooner, it looked just like a whale. It rained quite a bit, but was not bad for driving. Margaret was very happy as her garden really needed it. What a day, arrived home about 10 pm - a little tired but very happy that the day turned out so well! Margaret had not seen her in-laws for some time and was very pleased that they were doing so well! Enough for now.
Goodnight and God Bless ~D~
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