Sunday, August 19, 2012

August 12 to August 18


Sunday
August 12, 2012
More rain overnight and on and off all day. Packed up and went to Church at 10:30 in Kingston at a Church near the camp ground. Left for home with a stop at the outlet store. Bought 2 white winter tops and a yellow short sleeve and a white long sleeve cotton blouse for $35.00 tax included. Another stop at A Taste of Country for frozen food and a blue bird for me. Went for coffee at The Burger Hut and it was raining there but stopped at the stop lights and did not rain at our house! Watched the Olympic Closing Ceremonies. I enjoyed them.

Monday
August 13, 2012
Went to work which is unusual. Beautiful hot day. Coffee after work and then a swim at the Deen's pool. Made some lists for packing.

Tuesday
August 14, 2012
Cooler day with lots of cloud. After work went for coffee and then to Cobourg with rain. Had a lovely supper at Gayle's with Diana and Michael. Rain stopped and we went to the concert. Lots of great music including a melody of tunes from Joseph and the Multicoloured Dreamcoat.

Wednesday
August 15, 2012
Did lots of packing and we were ready to hit the road by 10:30. We met Joan and hit the road for Bancroft. Sun and cloud but no rain. Cooler. Our campsites were not together but we had sewers so that was good. I made my potato and pasta salads. Joan cooked supper and we had an early night.

Thursday
August 16, 2012
A beautiful sunny day with a bit of wind. Slept in till 10 am. Joan cooked a great breakfast. Joan and I went for a swim in Marble Lake and John played life guard. Salads and cold meat at our camp site for lunch and back for a second dip in the lake.  Pierre and Evelyn came for supper and we had a wonderful visit. Sat outside with candle light till 10 pm.

Friday
August 17, 2012
Sun and cloud and very windy. Packed up and went to Foodland in Bancroft and then a quick stop in Cardiff for ice and we were at Brian and Dorothy's for lunch. Joan camped at her own property and we were up by the cabin. No one was home when we arrived. After lunch I made my coleslaw and Christopher and all his family arrived around 4. Matthew and family and Jonathan and family and Brian and Dorothy came shortly after. Supper was leftovers enjoyed by the C W and family and Aunt Joan. We had a bonfire and AJ and Patrick entertained us with campfire songs.

Saturday
August 18, 2012
A lovely sunny day with some clouds and wind. Sean and family minus Charlie arrived at 2 am and camped at Joan's property. Philip and CW cooked bacon and eggs for everyone with lots of helpers at Joan's place. CW then ferried us in a couple of trips to the lake for a swim. Matthew and Beth with Aiden and River joined us and Jonathan and Holly with Jaslyn, Jace and Hudson, came too. It was very refreshing and not everyone hit the water. I was the first one in. Joan, Sean, Stephen, Christopher, Lori, Philip, Taylor, Alexandre, Patrick, Jonathan, Jaslyn, Jace, Matthew and Aiden were the brave ones. River and Hudson paddled at the edge and played in the sand. On his second trip back to the house CW found a guitar on the side of the road. We all sat around the fire pit and Cathy and her sister Sue (didn't stay for supper), Phil and Jackie with their daughter-in-law and two grandchildren, Dick and Diane and Joseph joined us. Brian barbequed hamburgers, Joan and I contributed salads and others looked after condiments and dessert. Supper was great and a cake was brought out for Matthew and Beth's and Jonathan and Holly's Anniversaries which are both in August. We had another bonfire and a few fireworks were set off before dark for the little ones. After dark Matthew did a great fireworks display for us all.

August 5 to August 11


Sunday
August 5, 2012
Went to Burger Hut and had one of Paul's great mushroom omelettes. Sat outside and worked on my Kumihimo bead braid and watched the rain. Went for pie & ice-cream (my treat) in the afternoon. Finished my bead braid outside. Leftovers for supper and watched some DVR till it was time for Glade & Longmire.

Monday
August 6, 2012
Sunny and cooler today. Started by putting clothes away and somehow ended up repairing my jewellery and watching the Olympics. Did 3 loads of wash and with John's help hung them out. Nancy called and we went for a swim after supper.

Tuesday
August 7, 2012
Nice Day not too hot. Went for coffee after work then picked up Gayle and had supper at Wendy's. Good concert with Diana as MC.

Wednesday
August 8, 2012
Happy Birthday Joan! Called and left her a message. Cloudy afternoon. Chicken stir fry for supper. Watched DVR.

Thursday
August 9, 2012
Cloudy with showers on and off all day. Packed food and clothes into the camper and sorted a few things. Went for coffee and stopped at Deen's for a few minutes. Checked out the Auction lots of stuff we don't need. Sausages and uneatable frozen salad for supper. John has a Lion's director meeting.

Friday
August 10, 2012
Off to Kingston we go! Cloudy and we had some rain on the way there. Got to the Campsite around 3 pm and met with John and Sharon. There was an antique car rally going on which was to last for a week. Lots of neat cars going by. Had a quick supper and went to the Ceremony of the Flags. Meghan did a wonderful job as MC. It started to rain half way through and we all got soaked. Met Sean's old friend Richard L. who now has children in cadets and who we haven't seen for about 25 years. He now lives in Cobourg. Went to the Mess afterwards and I met Nick.

Saturday
August 11, 2012
Rain over night but woke up to a beautiful day. Watched the antique cars go up and down our road. Went swimming at the Adult Swim with John and Sharon and went to their camp fire after supper. Meghan, Nick and Paul were there and TJ and friend joined us latter.

Sunday, August 5, 2012

July 29 to August 4


Sunday
July 29, 2012
Sunny and warm. John went early to help Tom and the Lion's serve lunch to 250 people at the Fire Training School. My neck/head pain is back. Went for a swim this afternoon with Tom & Joyce. John & Tom went for hamburgers and chips and we had several dips in the pool.

Monday
July 30, 2012
Sunny and warm. Did a couple loads of wash. Watched a little of the Olympics and we went back to the pool around 3 pm. Dougie joined us and later Laurie. We ordered Pizza and salad and again had several dips in the pool.

Tuesday
July 31, 2012
Went to work and Burger Hut is open again. Went for coffee after work. It started to rain but we went on to Cobourg to do some shopping. Got some great gifts at Winners and Canadian Tire. The Royals were doing the concert so we sat in the middle with Gayle, Diana, Helen, Eva and Muriel. Went DQ as usual.

Wednesday
August 1, 2012
Where did July go? Joan stopped in at work to give me my Birthday gift. Started off dull but the sun came out. and it is hot again. High humidity too. Went for a swim at Jack & Nancy's. Made Sangria for tomorrow.

Thursday
August 2, 2012
Cloudy but no rain at least the sun isn't beating down on us. Did some tidying and shopping. Burger Hut for coffee. Made Pistachio Pineapple Dessert for Nancy's Birthday Party tonight. Joyce, Nancy and Laurie came. John went to Jack's for a swim.

Friday
August 3, 2012
Didn't sleep well last night lots on my mind. Up early (7am). John went shopping and I did a crockpot for supper. Went for lunch at Burger Hut. Hot hot hot hot. Did one load of necessity laundry. Watched some DVR gotta get caught up before the fall season starts!

Saturday
August 4, 2012
Today is my friend Nancy's Birthday. Got up early and went to the Bethel Flea Market. It was amazing stall after stall of great stuff. Found a few treasures and some books. Stopped on the way home for coffee. It is a very very hot day with health warnings again. John hung my candle chandelier in the east porch and I did a couple of loads of washing. Church at 5:00 pm. Canada won a gold, silver and bronze medals. Went for a quick swim all by ourselves. Watched some DVR.