August Update

Well it'’s been so long again that I'’m not really sure what all I have done in the past half month.

The boys and my sister and Del have been home half a month now; I've been spending a fair amount of time with them. So cute! I can'’t believe all the things that Ty can do now and he talks NON STOP. My mom says that he remembers her of me when I was that little. HeÂ'll talk to anyone and make up random absurd stories. Back in 1986 when we flew over to Germany for a visit I told the guy sitting next to me all about my purple husky. Ty makes up some pretty good stories too!

Went down to Brantford again in the meanwhile too. Had lunch at the Mongolian Grill, which does indeed use a real bus to create their inside bus seating (Jamie had to write to head office to verify this), bathed his cats and watched some football.

Went up to Sturgeon Falls with Bobbi as well. Nice drive up there, very beautiful and I can imagine it only gets more beautiful in the fall months. Stayed at a cabin on Lake Talon (I believe that'’s the name) that was very nice. Though a tree fell across the picnic table late in the evening. That was a little scary, but certainly could have been a lot worse.

Del's stepfather had a heart attack at the end of last week. He seems to be alright now, they performed an operation right away (can't remember the procedure'’s name) but now they are doing a bone marrow test as they think he might have some sort of disease as they can'’t figure out why his blood is so thick. Jim's a great guy and I know heÂ'll pull through fine.

Tonight went on a customer appreciation dinner cruise hosted by 105.9 Jack FM and KICX radio stations. It was on the Island Princess on Lake Couchiching. Very nice. A little chilly towards the end, but it was ok. It was a steak dinner with very good salads. Neither my boss nor I really knew anyone, but we still enjoyed ourselves. And I won a prize! I won a $20 gift certificate to Mountainview Mall in Midland. LOL, everyone thought it funny that I would win a gift certificate to another mall (The announcer couldn'’t pronounce my last name but the sales manager substituted the name for Orillia Square Mall). What most of them probably don'’t know is that Mountainview is also a RioCan property. Ah it'll be good for a drive and it'’s beautiful out that way, I'’ll make a day of it.

Am I missing any other news? Not that I'm aware of. Oh, though I did sign my one year contract at the start of the week, and the plus side is that my new rate of pay started on August 13th, and I thought it wouldn’t start until the end of my old contract at the end of September.

And if you are bored, you can check these links. Melissa sent them to me as a reminder of our Thailand Adventure Tour we took back in 2004. Best trip I'’ve ever been on yet! Need to plan another soon!
Riverside Restaraunt! Mmmm
Jungle Tree Houses! (And boat houses)