Day 245 - Tuesday, Sept. 15

Victoria needed to go to a doctor's appointment without Kaden this morning, so I drove to Edmonton to spend the day with them.

While Victoria was gone, Kaden and I cuddled in the big chair and read books. And I mean LOTS of books! We'd no sooner finish with one book, and he'd jump down and go get another.

I enjoyed some one on one time with this sweet boy and then had a nice time with my daughter, helping her to sort hand me down clothing she'd been given for Ava.

Kaden loves his 'puppy'.....sometimes more than Curly can appreciate.....

Later, when Tor and I were visiting, Kaden disappeared for awhile. He returned, 'pumping iron'.

Soon, he turned his barbell into a microphone and started to sing 'into' it. LOL

I returned home to find a door hung on the root cellar entry.

Dan was legitimately proud of himself.....he had never built a door frame before - never hung a door.

However, I think this door is nicer than the door we have for the garage - I'd like him to put this nice new door on the garage and put the old, used door on the root cellar.

A project for another day, I guess.

After supper, I was trying to load photos to my facebook albums (as I'd been trying to do for a couple days) I finally got a little frustrated and called Rob to see if I could come to his house to do it. I transferred my photos to a couple flash discs and off I went....

The girls were in bed when I got there - probably asleep, so I did not disturb them. Instead, I visited Lana and Titus while Rob watched the end of his hockey game on the computer.

Jim called while I was waiting to use the computer. After chatting with me, he asked for Rob....

Even with their high speed internet, the photos took a long time to load. At least, after waiting for half and hour, for each large file to load, the computer didn't tell me the upload had been unsuccessful. And, while waiting for the uploads, Rob, Lana, and I had a nice visit.

Day 244 - Monday, Sept 14

Day Two of the root cellar.....

The side walls were framed and fastened to the existing foundation......

Unfortunately, the carpenter had not taken into consideration that the existing foundation was slanted forward so the walls look like they are tilting toward the front.

I was not too worried about it....as long as it is solid and will withstand some of the ferocious winds we get out here, I was OK with it.

Daniel wasn't sure what to do about it, so he was willing to let it stand as is.

Looking down the stairs.....alot different than the 'before' photo, already.

Day 243. Sunday Sept 13

Day one of Daniel's construction of the root cellar entry......





The official 'before' photo....

Back wall is up.

Day 242 - Saturday, September 12

The first day Jim is working again...I don't like his being gone, but a person needs to make enough income to keep the wolves at bay.

Daniel took the Excursion in to Camrose to buy the lumber he will need to build the entry over the root cellar stairs. I did some baking for the 'snack box' while he was gone.






When he returned, Dan surprised me with this item that he had obtained from a garage sale in Wetaskiwin the night before.....

It is a 'Pampered Chef' cheese grater - and it looks brand new. He didn't pay anything for it because the folks had just been closing up shop and let him just take it. What a windfall, eh?

We had a 'tailgate party' before church tonight....that is, they BBQ'd hot dogs and smokies in the back of a pickup and had salads and chips spread out on the tailgate of another truck. We sat on chairs in the parking lot, visited, and enjoyed the sunshine. I ate before I came because hot dogs are too high in sodium and fat for me to eat guilt free.

Vinjelu and Daniel walked over to the skate park and invited all who were there to come and share our meal. We were soon almost overrun by teenage boys on bicycles and skateboards. They ate, and talked a little to those who went over to them, then they left - hopefully, feeling like they would be accepted if they ever decided to come into a service

I think this was the only table set up...Vinj, Seth, Kathryn, and Donny A enjoyed use of it.

Vinj and Kath, with the help of the Abts, led worship tonight. Seth had 'practiced' with them for the whole hour and a half before the tailgate party. He was going to play the drum during worship - but, I think he'd had his fill of sitting relatively still.....he only lasted about 10 minutes into the service.

Next time, I think they should NOT have him practice, then he might sit and participate through the whole service.

He's so cute, though...he kept asking Tammy to turn the mike toward him so he could sing into it. She did, a couple times.

In this photo, he is clapping rather than beating his drum....

Robert and Lana both got new glasses today.......

Day 241....Friday, Sept 11

Jim had a doctor appointment (full physical) this morning. Since he did not need to be in Whitecourt until later in the day, he was able to go to the doctor (and the lab).

He called after his appointment to say he had forgotten his headset at home. The fact that he still had to go to the lab meant that I could get to town before he was ready to leave.

I met him at Vinj and Kath's.....he had had to fast for the bloodwork, so they gave him lunch before he had to leave.

I stayed for a while longer in order to visit with Kathryn and Taliah (Seth had been put to bed).

Taliah was being very smiley, so all my photos are of her........

And finally, she rested.....

LOL.

What a cutie!

Day 240 - Thursday, Sept 10

Since he is leaving for work tomorrow, Jim spent some of the day on the phone working. The rest of the day he spent hanging doors.......

The inside of the hall closet holds our 'medicine cabinet'. Of course, it had to be emptied so the door could come off and the new door put on.......

During a break, we went out to the garden - here is one of the few cabbages the dogs haven't eaten.......

The Brussels Sprouts are coming along quite nicely....

.....and the Broccoli is nearly ready to be eaten.....

Our view has changed much over the last couple months. This is the south view today......

And the west view.....

I think the new Pantry door is cute.....

Although the new doors emphasize the need for new paint on the walls, they make a tremendous improvement to our home.

Day 239 - Wednesday, September 9

Well, what do you think you do the day after you take delivery of a bunch of doors?

Hang them, of course!

That is, Jim hung them.....I paid bills.









The place for the latch on the doors was way off of where the latches are on the door frames, so Jim had to carve out a new spot on the door frames.

Daniel set to work on the root cellar.....we need a structure build over the stairs to protect the cellar from moisture and freezing temperatures. It will need to be accessible to me even after a snowfall.

The cellar has not been used in 10 years so the stairs were covered with dirt, etc. Dan had to do alot of shovelling.....good thing he got used to that in his previous job!

The Hutterites were baling this afternoon. It takes about 40 minutes to cut the crop down but several hours to get it all baled.

Later in the afternoon, Jim recieved the call we have been waiting for.....he has a job out of Whitecourt, beginning on Friday. He spent the rest of the day preparing for the job.

Later on, he invited me to come sit on the swing and watch the sun set.

I was trying to take a photo of him walking across the yard, but the camera would not take the picture....by the time it finally released, he was laughing at me.....

Here are some photos of the sun setting.....

Besides the setting sun, we were also treated to the first flock of south going geese. Click on the photo to see them flying across the sunset.

And here's a picture of our yard light - ON. Why does it never come on when we have company leaving in the dark? It is very random.....sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.