June in Prince Albert

Figured it’s about time to get back on the blog.

Coming back to Saskatchewan weather has been a big let-down! Our furnace died the end of May and we have had to use up all our wood in the fireplace in June. The evenings have been so cold that the fire place has required 80% of the time. This week, John went hunting for auxiliary electric heaters, it was so cold. Bummer…

We have had one or two days of nice warm weather, but then it cools off again.

John’s first project for the year was to replace our old metal garden shed. I had seen a very special “shed” in Saskatoon where he was measuring up windows and advised him that was the kind of garden shed I wanted. Living by the motto, “Happy Wife Happy Life”, he catered to my wishes and now we have the most beautiful garden shed in the neighbourhood. I found a small skylight at a garage sale in Langenburg, which is now in the roof of the garden shed. We also found two very nice 8’ wooden pillars at the Co-Op Auction, along with odds and ends of vinyl siding. Then at the CWL Annual Flea Market, I found a very nice new piece of vinyl flooring just the right size, for a whopping $3.50! The sign on the front of the structure says “IT’S JUST A GARDEN SHED!” I love it! In due course, our antique wood cook stove will be displayed on the end of the deck – I can hardly wait.

My sister and mother had a garage sale in Yorkton this past weekend, so I decided to go and help them. It started out on a bad note – my brother’s little Pomeranian, Kaylee, bit my Mom’s right index finger badly the first morning, as she tried to take Zoey’s dish of soft dog food away from her. Had to take her in for 8 stitches! Kaylee has always been very territorial about food, so basically Mom is taking the responsibility. Everyone acknowledges that had John been there, the dog would not longer be with us!!!!

The garage sale was fairly successful in that we got rid of most of Mom’s stuff that had been stored in Thelma’s garage since the last garage sale when she moved into her apartment.

Our old maroon van was acting up, and we came across a very nice one owner “little old lady driven” 1999 Plymouth Voyageur for a reasonable price, so decided that it would be more reliable to drive to B.C. for our granddaughter’s graduation on June 19th. We were advised of a computer problem involving the automatic door locks, by the previous owner, and figured we could get it fixed. It seems that is easier said than done. We tried two computers from auto salvage and neither one worked. So we may just take it with the door locks trying to lock every few minutes. It seems to run well despite the glitch.

Shari got her passport in time to come along with us. We will be traveling to Sandpoint, Idaho where John will put in Peggy and Steve’s windows, and she sure didn’t want to have to stay in Canada while we go “south”!! We have an extra week after the grad until our pastor’s retirement party at the end of June, so figured we could help the Farrells show some progress on their house for this year in order to keep their building permit in good standing.
This weekend on Friday evening, Keely, our 11 year old granddaughter, is going to sing at a Gospel Jamboree at Living Waters Bible Camp. She’s going to do “In the Highways and the Hedges” and “Let the Sun Shine In”. I’m sure she will do very well. She is very excited! Is growing up way too fast!! I had thought we could license the motorhome and take it out, but we stopped in to view the facilities recently, and there is not a lot of space for parking, let alone camping.

When we get back from B.C., John, with our neighbour’s assistance, will be taking down our sundeck and the back porch, and building an addition on the back of our house. I’ll hang around for a few days, but when the “tearing apart” of the porch happens, I’m out of here. The demolition is too hard on my constitution, and my being here would be hard on John! I’ll come back when the roof is on and the walls are up.

Well, I think that’s all the news to date. Hi to everyone who is checking this. I might let a few of you know that there is something new to read…

Hope y’all have a fine summer. Hope we have a summer at all…………the way things are going…