Wounded Warrior

So here I sit, fretting about Wayne.  He woke up at 3 am a couple of nights ago, unable to move easily.  He thinks that he has blown a disk in his back.  This particular disk is opposite to the one that was worked on during his back surgery about 10 years ago.  Wayne is in a lot of pain with spasms so strong that his legs buckle.

Yesterday I took him to the Emergency Department at the Huntsville Hospital.  They think that the disk is bulging and prescribed painkillers, muscle relaxants and rest.  Hopefully this does the trick.  Wayne is not so sure.

Other news - Returning from Huntsville, we saw a moose standing in a marsh at the side of the highway.  Such a cool site to see.

I've set up two bird feeders and a hummingbird feeder.  Within 20 minutes they were being used.  Yellow finches and the most beautiful brightly coloured ruby throated hummer that I have seen in a long while.  It is so peaceful in the park.  There is only 1 other couple in the park this week.  I went for a walk yesterday.  So weird with no-one else around.

Today, I think I will clean out my flower containers and tidy the lot a bit.  Do some more set up and puttering.
Hopefully Wayne will feel better soon.

Back To The Begining

We have wandered full circle.  Back to Doe Lake Rizzort.  It is great to be settled again.  Also feels a bit strange.  It was so easy to live without black flies and mosquitoes.  Hopefully black fly season will not last too long.  Mosquitoes are another story.

We left Waterloo on Thursday to evade the holiday weekend traffic.  Glad we did as the road was not too busy.  With Anthony's assistance, Wayne had the RV backed into our site in short order.  On Friday we did laundry and put up our bug screened gazebo.  A necessity in this part of the woods.  Saturday, we raked 7 large bags of leaves from our site.  Today I set up the inside with all our knick knacks, etc.  Let the summer begin!

Trilliums are in full bloom.  The forest is covered with blooms.

Love Trilliums

Our site behind the trailer.  Fire pit and garden.  No flowers yet.

Our site at the front of trailer.  Decks, new shed and gazebo.

This week we will continue to work on our lot. Fine tuning the leaf raking, gardening etc. We also need to set up dentist checkups, renew our library card and hopefully arrange for satellite TV. We also need to go to our storage unit to swap summer and winter gear. Busy, busy, busy. Life is good!

More Family, Friends and Food

My Mom and Dad celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary this week. Wayne and I made supper for them and Aunt Shirley, Uncle Ron and Marion, a friend from this park. We had a great time. The weather even cooperated.

Speaking of the weather, it has rained continously since Thursday evening. Forecasted to rain all this week until Saturday. By then we will have moved to Doe Lake.

Relaxing before dinner.  Enjoying the sunshine.

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!

Uncle Ron and Aunt Shirley

On Saturday, Matthew hopped on a bus to spend the day with us.We picked him up in Kitchener.  Check out the inflatable bus station.  I've never seen anything like this before.  By the way, no bathroom  included.   Just a  big bus shaped tent.

Inflatable bus station.  Note - no more sunshine.

We went to St Jacobs to check out the market and outlet stores.  Despite the rain, it was very busy.  Matt bought new shoes.  I bought some steak, bread and flowers.  Wayne bought new socks and a ratchet strap thing.  All that shopping built up an appetite.  We headed to Elmira and yet another country restaurant, "Crossroads".  This restaurant includes a gift and quilt shop.  Very nice  even though the quilt shop was closed because the owner was getting married.

This is for you, Herb.  A visual  sampling of a few of the buffet offerings.  All were tasty.

Sunday afternoon we had a visit from cousins - Terri and David.  They had never seen our home on wheels.  Such a nice way to pass a rainy day.  Good company and lots of laughs.


Kathy is back from China. She had an amazing trip. So much to see - so little time. She brought back many beautiful souvenirs. Rest up Kate and lose that cough.

Wedding Weekend

Wayne and I attended the wedding of Daniel and Andreya Riggi. The celebration was in Mississauga. We stayed overnight just down the street from the reception. Lots of fun was had spending time with Wayne's side of the family. Herb and Bernie were in the same hotel as us. Very convenient.

Angela Riggi - maid of honour with Ella and Ava Riggi - flower girls

Andreya and her Dad

Ella with a front row view of the ceremony

Ava did an awesome job

The happy couple - Andreya and Daniel

Cake cutting

The food at the reception was great. Many, many courses. We savoured the flavours of Croation cuisine. Very tasty.

On Sunday, we took the opportunity to visit Matthew at his home. We had never been there before as he moved after we left for Nanaimo last summer. We didn't stay long as both of us felt under the weather. Don't know why - we didn't drink very much. Matt's new home is very attractive and comfy.

We have almost finished with our medical maintenance. I had a mammogram today and Wayne has a consult next week. After that, we will be ready to head north to Doe Lake. Oh yes, I am now on medication for blood pressure. So far so good.

Last week we went to the Farmer's Market with Mom and Dad. We had a good walk around the stalls and bought meat, veggies and flowers. Love going to the market.

Family, Food and Wind

We've been at Green Acre Park in Waterloo, Ontario for a couple of weeks now. Sorry I haven't updated in awhile. Too busy spending time with family and eating. Lots of eating. There are many country restaurants in the area and apparently we are going to try them all.

Wayne and Matt at Anna Maes - Mennonite restaurant

Sisters Kim and Kate

Mom and Dad

Rice pudding - Favourite dessert of  Dad and Wayne

Easter Sunday was spent at my brother Wayne and sister in law Daniela's home.  We had a fantastic feast.  Seven vegetables, salad, pasta, ham, prime rib  with 2 kinds of cake for dessert.  Unbelievably good.

Wayne L., Daniela, Angela(Daniela's Mom) & Wayne H.

Vern's daughter, Vern(Anna'a husband), Anna(Daniela's sister) Pat(D's Dad) & Matthew

Me, Mom & Dad

Green Acre Fishing Pond with fountain across from our site

Green Acre Park is very close to St. Jacobs. St. Jacobs is in the heart of Mennonite country. It has a market on Thursdays and Saturdays. We went and bought some meat, vegetables and flowers. I love going to the market.

This is an agricultural area. Many family farms and country roads. We are exploring many of the back roads. Wayne complains that we never go the same way twice in a row. Oh well, variety is the spice of life.

Horse Shelter at Sobey's Grocery Store

Common sight on local roads

Although we have enjoyed spending time with family, we haven't been outdoors very much.  The weather has been cool, rainy and extremely windy.  To the point of being scary.  We have also had thunder, lightning and a tornado less than 30 km away.

Yesterday was a beautiful day.  We visited my cousins Terri and David at their cottage at Belwood Lake.  Brett, Emily and Madison were also at the cottage.  We had a great day.

During the past week or so, we have been catching up on repairs and chores.  We repaired the dining area blind and Wayne replaced our ceiling fan.  A weld holding a light fixture to the fan broke while we were travelling.  I like the new fan better than the old.  We are still waiting for good weather to have the outside repairs done.  Maybe tomorrow will be the day.

Wayne and I went to see the doctor.  That morning we had a major thunderstorm with strong winds.  A tree was down closing one of the roads.  We had to backtrack.  The truck skidded on the wet road.  We were late and had to run several blocks in the wind and rain.  We went in the wrong door and had to climb 3 flights of stairs.  Then my blood pressure reading was high.  I have to go back next week for another check and possibly medication.

Kathy, my sister, set off yesterday for the adventure of a lifetime.  She has gone to China.  On her birthday, May 4th, Kathy will be walking the Great Wall of China.  Does it get any better?  Have a great time Kate.

More family news:  Ian and Amy have set a date -  Feb 8th, 2012 in Varadero, Cuba.  Whoo hoo!  Where's my bikini? lol