remembering the past

Once again this week has already been eventful. Sunday I was called to work because one of our clients, namely W. ended up in the emergency. Last week we had a different client in the hospital. W. couldnt walk. She is non verbal and she seemed in a lot of pain. She woke up with three big lumps. One on each thigh and one on her shoulder and blotches all over her legs. So I had to do my afternoon shift at the hospital.She was in a bed and behind the next curtain was a women with the flu who just kept passing very loud gas. It was hard to concentrate on W. W.s mom was there with me the whole time. Barb came up and brought me supper and stayed for awhile. It's been 2 days and even the specialist is baffled. Tonight Barb and I picked up my friend Mary and went back up to visit W. Then we all went White Spot for supper. My friend Lynne's funeral is on Friday and this made us thinking of people we had lost. George's mom, Grandma Krahn passed away 5 years. We got out the video and watched the funeral. I had forgotten how hectic it was. Grandma was buried in the morning, memorial in the afternoon and George's 65th birthday in the evening. Sonya and Barb had to leave during the memorial to go home and put in the cabbage rolls and pick up the cake. All the relatives from the funeral came to the birthday. Then George and I sat and played a tape that we made of Sonya and Barb singing. We started the tape when Barb could barely talk and each year or so we would add onto it until they were about 13yrs. It made me feel so melancholy to listen to their young voices talking and singing. A good memory. One day I plan to play the tape for Cam and Paige. Tomorrow I have to hand out treats at work. That will be fun. Today when we driving to the hospital we saw some teenagers and one boy was dressed up like a black and white cow. He even had the teats sewn on. There were no words to describe it. This was in broad daylight. My mug of chocolate milk is empty so it's it time to go. Blessings to you all. Happy All Saints eve.

I'm back

The last week has been quite a mixed bag. I got my med test back last week and was pleasantly surprised to find out I got 100%. Thank you for all of you that prayed for me. That's over for another year. Last week end we received sad news. Our friends Jim and Lynn Duckworth just moved to Alberta in October. They had lived here for about 15 years. He was going to retire. It turned out Lynn had a cyst on her gallbladder which was discovered before she moved. She was waiting for them to phone from Vancouver confirming a date. In the beginning of this week she got real sick and they flew her to Vancouver. The cyst had burst. It was apparently the size of a grapefruit. When they went in to clean everything up they relaized the large cyst was completely full of cancer. The next day they opened her up again and found that the cancer was growing and the doctors could actually see it grow in front of their eyes. The sad thing is two days later she died. She was not even 60 years old. She opened her eyes once when they told her the news and she closed them and never opened them again. I worked night shift last nite and all our clients have the cold. Most of the staff was sick last week including myself. One client even ended up in the hospital for the nite. I missed a baby shower for a former co-worker. This week I have also been shopping for my samaritan purse box. That is always fun. We got a new dishwasher and it is now installed. We bought it at Sears and I got double points on my card plus they gave me a 50 dollar gift card. How nice is that. I'm looking forward to Christmas shopping. I've already bought my cards and will soon be busy writing them up. I wish you all a good week end.

The ups and downs of the week

I'm really glad the week is over. Wouldn't it be good if you erase a week? I wrote my medication test at work and it was so difficult that I don't even want to get the results back. I studied so hard but the questions were worded in such a confusing manner. Then I asked my manager why she wasn't trying to fill my Dec. 26th vacation and she said we have no casuals and I have to look for my own replacement. But in the meantime she is going to Australia for the whole month of November leaving me in charge of all the scheduling!!!!I was so frustrated. Then I came home and found the dishwasher had literally died. Yup it refuses to even fill up with water. The day after that I woke up with a doozer of a head cold which I still have. Since there are no casuals I had to go and put in my 8 hour shift on Friday. By Friday evening I was so sick at work and phoned around and thankfully a regular staff person felt sorry for me and said they would do my Saturday shift. Thank you Krista. On Friday morning we went out and purchased a new dishwasher but it is not coming until this Thursday. Thank you God. Today I stayed home from Church because I can't breathe through my nose. The nice thing is the weather has been absolutely gorgeous. I have one day to get well because tomorrow I have to go back to work. I am thankful for my family. George and Barb have been pitching in and cleaning the house from top to bottom. Thank you George and Barb. I will try to just relax and rest today. I wish you all a good week filled with special blessings.

summary of my week

It's been a good week and a tiring one. Last Friday morning after I got home from the second nite shift in a row we left for Kamloops. It seemed like a very long trip. We got to Sonya's around two o"clock and dropped off all our stuff and kept drving to Falkland where George's sister Hertha and her husband live. His sister Elsie had come down from Winnipeg which was a nice surprise. George's sister Trudy and her husband(partner arrived from Kelowna. We had a great turkey dinner with all the trimmings. After an exhausting visit we went back to Sonya and Gary's for night. Saturday we celebrated Cam's birthday and she got to choose her place for lunch. She chose "Arby's" which made George very happy. We all had fun. We had a nice supper of tacos at Sonya's and prepared for the next day. When it was dark we had a rousing red neck game of hide and seek in the house. This consists of very loud music and no lights on. This goes on for about an hour. What a way to release tension and energy. Great fun. Sunday we all went to Church. What a wonderful service. The holy Spirit was really moving so Pastor Len did not preach his sermon. We all went to Mark and Shirley's (Gary's parents) for lunch . After a great turkey meal and visit, some of us chose to go down to the river. It was a pleasant sunny afternoon and the girls were so excited about finding dead salmon along the riverbank. Roxy too was frolicking on the dry riverbank. Monday we relaxed and tuesday back to Kelowna for lunch with the Schellenberg clan. Tuesday evening we drove home and found our neighbor's house had been broken into. Welcome back Marge to your neighbourhood!. Wednesday nite I went to work again on nite shift. Friday afternoon George's sister Elsie and her son Ed from Winnigpeg drove down for a visit. We all drove to Richmond in the evening to visit our sister in law Gretchen. Saturday morning it was off to IHOP for a big breakfast beforethey headed back. Now I have to study for a really difficult med test given by the Fraser Valley Health this coming Wed. morning. I would appreciate all of your prayers because I'm having a difficult time studying and need to get 80%. I'll let you know the outcome. It's raining here today and I'm getting very sleepy. I hope you all have a good week.

busy week

Well it's been a busy week. Besides going to work, we have been looking for flooring for our dining room. George ande I have been everywhere, believe me when I say everywhere. We thought we had found what we were looking for so we bought the wood flooring and brought it home. At the store the guy said there was no return on it because it was on sale. George asked him to open a bundle, but the guy said it was hard to reseal and it all looked like the samples on top. So we bought it. George got the floor already, tearing out the old floor and preparing for the new. When we opened up the bundle we were horrified to see three different shades. We opened 4 of the 8 bundles and spread them out and took pictures. I phoned the manager of the store and she said we could bring them back but had to repackage them. It took us three hours the next morning to do this. We brought the wood back and spent another day and a half looking again. Saturday morning after my night shift we went and bought the hardwood flooring we liked and George has started putting it down. We really love it so far. Yesterday after my short nap I did two loads of laundry, baked four and half dozen oatmeal cookies and an angel food cake. I fried salmon steaks for supper with mashed poatoes and veggies. This morning we went to Church and then George, Barb, and I went out to Tim Hortons for lunch where we met Heather's Grandma and Grandpa Klassen. They are so sweet. After lunch George and I took Roxy for a walk around Mill Lake. It was so pretty with the fall leaves. Then Barb and I went to the cemetery to Oma and Opa's cemetery plot and to Grandma Krahn's and Byron and Collin's. It was really nice and peaceful. Tonight we will all just rest up for the new week. I wish you all a pleasant week. We will be going to the Larnders on Friday morning after I get home from night shift. Yah!.