Showing posts with label weather joy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weather joy. Show all posts

Saturday, March 11, 2023

A Special Birthday – Weather We Asked For

Park Place RV Park

Saturday, Mar. 11th arrived with the warmest morning yet. We had windows open all night and the duvet rolled up at the bottom of the bed for the first time in a long while. It didn’t drop below 63F/17C. Today’s high was 79F/26C and we reached it under mostly cloudy skies. 😉 It’s what we’ve been asking for so you’ll hear no complaints here.

Our morning walk
Our morning sky

Bill stayed home this morning and after Gibbs and I took our walk, he studied for the hours before lunch. Studying for what? Check out his blog here to find out what it’s all about. I went to the clubhouse to work on the puzzle and Susan and I soon had it finished. Woops, I forgot to get a picture until I was tearing it down later. 

The layers have prety much grown out
After these longer pieces were trimmed,
2" made a big difference

After our walk, I went to the bathroom and saved myself at least $20. My hair has not been trimmed since we left home in October and it was looking pretty scraggly. Rather than pay the salon to trim just a couple of inches off the bottom, I did it myself. Much better!

This is the best, freshest bread we've had

We were out of bread (and we don’t much care the bread down here – the crusts are so crumbly) so I drove to Roadrunner Market for a loaf of our favourite French loaf. Then we had some for lunch with a few other things. 😊 I sat with Bill at the table for moral support as he registered for his exam. He would read the 35 questions slowly a couple of times, and when necessary resort to his binder of notes, to respond to the multiple choice queries.

Goofy Gibbs
and sleepy Gibbs
He was a good boy while
Daddy took his exam

Wow! The questions were tough but he impressed me by coming out at the end with a great. When the screen prompt came up to say he had passed, I could see the relief sliding off his shoulders. He was so worried (I was not at all and told him so often during the course of the last few days) that he would not pass. I’m proud of what he accomplished. ♥ Congratulations, my love.

Ready for the meal tomorrow

I walked over to the clubhouse around 2 and when I noticed 4 pool players, I put this morning’s puzzle away and began a new 500 piece scenic one from the box. There are only 3 left and we’re done all 10. 😊 I have to brag a bit, in 2 hours, I have completed close to a third of it. This morning, I got out my green nail polish, in honour of St. Patrick, and painted my nails. All of my nails.

This afternoon, we went for
a family walk

Tomorrow, we have a potluck dinner at the clubhouse and I never miss an opportunity to get silly in celebrating any occasion. 

The top one was finished
The bottom one started this morning

Back home at 4, we had grilled bacon cheeseburgers for supper. Nothing else is ever required as they are very filling and delicious. We did reach our forecasted high today and it will be a little easier sleeping tonight with a drop to only 54F/12C. That should be perfect!

Supper

This was a great day and even greater for Bill to have his exam behind him. I hope you’ve enjoyed your day as well. Today is a special day as our youngest grandson turns 4! We made a Facetime to the Alberta family but Easton wasn't feeling good so didn't chat. However, his sweet little sister, Hadley, at 2, kept the conversation going in between her cheeky little grins. ♥ Happy Birthday, Easton!


Usually full of all little boy things............

Today, on his birthday, he just wasn't up to par
Good thing his parents had his birthday party last weekend.
Good night Easton and everyone else!

Thank you for stopping in.

Sunday, April 7, 2019

Seminar Sunday, Feeling Special, Wonderful Weather! Ridge Pictures


Kirk and Kate’s Beautiful Farm, London, Ontario

It was a restless night, for some reason, maybe the excitement of being home.  Being awake a few times through the early morning of Sunday, Apr. 7th when I did drop off it was 7:15 when next I woke. Darn!! I hate sleeping in like that when we have stuff going on. I hopped in the shower, made my tea, made some oatmeal and we were out the door by 8:20. Good grief! I’m surprised I look so good! Well, that is my assessment anyway. 😛

Today is all about Can-Am's Seminar/Drive Test Sunday
The sales reps wait at this table with a folder for registered guests
Parking in the back 40 at Can-Am is what is required of all employees on these busy Seminar Days so that there is room for the test vehicles plus registered guests out front. Bill backed our beast in easily and inside we were heartily welcomed, as always, by Can-Am staff. We love these guys and gals! It was a pleasure today to see a new face and to meet lovely Karlie, the new receptionist. It was disappointing not to see Wendy’s smile but hopefully I’ll see her this week yet. Karlie filled in beautifully.

This is the show room all set up for Andy's seminars
All seats were filled
Bill gets set up with Nicole on which vehicle he is driving and is scheduled quickly throughout the morning with registrants. He was driving the Caravan and the Lance and I remained inside (thanks Nicole for the opportunity to better myself by taking people out in the Pleasureway, but I'll stick to what I know - reception) to help Karlie greet new arrivals and set them up with their sales person. It is a well-organized system and the hectic pace is handled quite smoothly. I feel part of the ‘team’ even though they only see me once in a while.

Andy begins by talking about different trailer structure
This one is a Mobile Suite's construction



After the first set of drive tests: 10 vehicles and trailers are hooked up ready to go and go and go some more; Kirk does introductions to a seated crowd and Andy does his first seminar about choosing your rv, finding the right tow vehicle and rv’ing in general. There is a catered lunch, which staff and guests partake in, more driving, another seminar by Andy about the mechanics of rv’ing, financing and anything else related to a future purchase.

There is a great barrage of food set out for the 80+ visitors
Everything is free today
To end the day, there is more test driving after that possibly until 5 pm tonight. Of course, there are new and used vehicles available to peruse and purchase. At 11:30, I couldn’t get Black Beauty out of the back lot. No one could get out of the back lot. At 1:30, I noticed Karlie and Nicole leaving so I checked out the passageway. With a tight squeeze, Bill brought B.B. out for me and I nipped back to the farm to check on Clemson. He is 14, going on 15 and I expected an accident or two.

This is Nicole's and Peggy's creation, setting people up to test drive
which ever arrangement they want, as often as they want
Bill was "H" and as you can see had a full day of test drives
The vehicle and rv's listed above are lined up here

They go out one lane and return in the next
after a square block of about 8 miles

Our people drive out and half way, the guests drive back
I walked in and he did a big stretch from his bed and hopped down to greet me. Not a single mess. We have the best little dog. We went for a walk around the property for him to do his business and I decided to sit inside with him for an hour before heading back. It is such a nice day, even without sunshine, the temperatures have reached 66F/19C. It also enabled me to start writing my post for today and get off my feet for a bit. At 2:30, I headed back to Can-Am. Ben was there to help me park the big truck, which I appreciated very much.

Kirk and Kate have bought not only a large piece of property
but a huge home
Clemson enjoys the freedom
The rest of the afternoon I sat inside in their lounge while Bill did more test drives and then at 4, we drove back to the Suite. Flying ‘M’ had a decent enough price (from what it was when we left last fall) for diesel at $1.14/litre and Black Beauty was thirsty so we filled her up. Supper would be simple although I didn’t quite know what it would be yet. The food provided during the day was ample and would keep us satisfied until 6 or so. That was very nice!

Looking from where we are parked, out the lane to the highway
We read our books for a while and Bill and Clemson dozed. At 6:30 I made us an egg omelette sandwich. Bill had his on toast and I had mine in a quesadilla. We’ve missed our bacon and eggs the last couple of mornings. Bill offered to do the dishes when I mentioned that I’d like to take a walk out their back lane. The day consisted with more standing than I’m used to and I didn’t want any issue with my back tomorrow.
And nestled in their patio area, Kirk offered me a hot tub anytime
You can just see it in the opening between fence and garage
Supper, simple, healthy and tasty
3 important food groups, no?

This gander is not happy that I'm invading HIS space
and chose to run from me squawking all the way
At 7:15 on my return from the walk down the lane and down the road to Hwy 4, the light rain started. We’re very happy that it held off all day. I just needed to hurry my pace a bit so I didn’t get too wet. The remainder of the evening, we sat with our books some more. After last night's restlessness, I knew this ole gal would sleep good tonight! We are plugged into 15 amp so are very careful with our electric usage. This has been a different type of day and a nice change of pace. What a great Sunday!

And out behind the Thomson's home and barns is this wide open field
This was March 23 at the Ridge

These last two pics are from today

Now, we gotta hope that it stays this way!

Thank you for checking out what we’re up to today. Your comments are always appreciated.