Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Hello
Well it's been about 4 months since my last blog. A lot has happened in that time, the most significant of which is the untimely passing of my uncle Dennis. But since most of the readers of this blog are family, you are already well aware of it. Suffice to say, his passing was sudden, unexpected, very unfair and has left us all in a state of unbelief still. I think about him frequently and remind myself of how very fleeting life is. We are only guaranteed the present so you'd better be happy now and if you're not.....do something about it soon. Ah well....
Colin is working at McDonalds now and is sometimes bossed around by his favourite step-sister, Rachel. She says he's doing very well and is quite well liked there. His parents are thrilled. They will be even more thrilled if he saves up the money he's supposed to for his band trip to Denmark. He seems to be doing it though. Rachel has officially quit McDonalds. Her last day is January 31st. She's very happy with her decision. It was hard for her to go in and resign but she learned alot about how to handle this sort of thing. She is still floundering on what to do about her future. She's talking about moving out with some friends this summer. We'll see..... I know that would be a great experience for her (and Adam is looking forward to moving into her room!) but I worry about her not continuing her education. Speaking of Adam.....he has decided not to go to school after graduation. He's going to work for a while. He is also talking about moving out.....with his sister! I think I talked him into staying with us and saving his money for school which he does want to do the following year. Or he'll travel...Who knows. That one is fairly private. Just like Elly. Speaking of Elly.....she is same-o, same-o. A new lip piercing, however. She claims she'll grow out of it and let the hole grow over. We'll see....
Alan is practising like a demon. I am a jazz widow. He is gearing up for a gig (paying!) with Dave Pretty's band for a forestry convention coming up in February. He's also taking private lessons in jazz guitar. So I study my idiot payroll course and he plucks away at 'Fly me to the Moon' and the like. He's facing a potential strike vote of all his employees. They're meeting tonight on the issue. He's the only one in all of CRD that has employees in a different union. Makes his job just that much more 'enjoyable'. They clash often with CUPE. If they strike, then Alan is THE ESSENTIAL SERVICE for the watershed. He'll be on standby 24/7 and patrolling the grounds on weekends. Oh joy :) Once again....we'll see what happens. Seems like I say 'we'll see' alot.
As for me....I'm continuing with my "portal project' at work. It's interesting and I've had some successes with sorting out some long standing authorization issues in the program. That in itself is worth it. We're sorting out what training courses I'll be going on this year. Most likely more Human Resources/Payroll courses in Toronto. Alan will come with me as we have friends, Blair and Anne, there. Other than that....I'm still plugging away on this stupid Payroll course. It will all be over by the end of March. And then I get to start a very exciting project for me. Roy, my father-in-law, and I are going to build a bed frame for Alan and I. We've already ordered the plans. It's going to be quite an endeavour for me and, hopefully, one that will start off a fun, creative and useful hobby for me.
Time to go.....I promised Dad I would publish this post tonight.
bye for now
Well it's been about 4 months since my last blog. A lot has happened in that time, the most significant of which is the untimely passing of my uncle Dennis. But since most of the readers of this blog are family, you are already well aware of it. Suffice to say, his passing was sudden, unexpected, very unfair and has left us all in a state of unbelief still. I think about him frequently and remind myself of how very fleeting life is. We are only guaranteed the present so you'd better be happy now and if you're not.....do something about it soon. Ah well....
Colin is working at McDonalds now and is sometimes bossed around by his favourite step-sister, Rachel. She says he's doing very well and is quite well liked there. His parents are thrilled. They will be even more thrilled if he saves up the money he's supposed to for his band trip to Denmark. He seems to be doing it though. Rachel has officially quit McDonalds. Her last day is January 31st. She's very happy with her decision. It was hard for her to go in and resign but she learned alot about how to handle this sort of thing. She is still floundering on what to do about her future. She's talking about moving out with some friends this summer. We'll see..... I know that would be a great experience for her (and Adam is looking forward to moving into her room!) but I worry about her not continuing her education. Speaking of Adam.....he has decided not to go to school after graduation. He's going to work for a while. He is also talking about moving out.....with his sister! I think I talked him into staying with us and saving his money for school which he does want to do the following year. Or he'll travel...Who knows. That one is fairly private. Just like Elly. Speaking of Elly.....she is same-o, same-o. A new lip piercing, however. She claims she'll grow out of it and let the hole grow over. We'll see....
Alan is practising like a demon. I am a jazz widow. He is gearing up for a gig (paying!) with Dave Pretty's band for a forestry convention coming up in February. He's also taking private lessons in jazz guitar. So I study my idiot payroll course and he plucks away at 'Fly me to the Moon' and the like. He's facing a potential strike vote of all his employees. They're meeting tonight on the issue. He's the only one in all of CRD that has employees in a different union. Makes his job just that much more 'enjoyable'. They clash often with CUPE. If they strike, then Alan is THE ESSENTIAL SERVICE for the watershed. He'll be on standby 24/7 and patrolling the grounds on weekends. Oh joy :) Once again....we'll see what happens. Seems like I say 'we'll see' alot.
As for me....I'm continuing with my "portal project' at work. It's interesting and I've had some successes with sorting out some long standing authorization issues in the program. That in itself is worth it. We're sorting out what training courses I'll be going on this year. Most likely more Human Resources/Payroll courses in Toronto. Alan will come with me as we have friends, Blair and Anne, there. Other than that....I'm still plugging away on this stupid Payroll course. It will all be over by the end of March. And then I get to start a very exciting project for me. Roy, my father-in-law, and I are going to build a bed frame for Alan and I. We've already ordered the plans. It's going to be quite an endeavour for me and, hopefully, one that will start off a fun, creative and useful hobby for me.
Time to go.....I promised Dad I would publish this post tonight.
bye for now
