Hi to All !
July has been a crappy month weather wise here in Toontown. The garden is progressing slowly, but our peppers are way behind due to lack of heat and sunshine. Lately, however, the peas and beans have been prolific, so we've had some great feeds of those veggies, along with some swiss chard and beet tops.
Lew has been for a few more tests, but no results yet. But we suspect the hyperthyroid problem has been solved. He's now doing 45 min daily on the treadmill at various speeds totalling almost 3 miles. So much for potential heart problems. Phyl suffers from SADS, so all the dark cloudy days have not been good for her - but she "endeavours to persevere".
We had Phyl's cousin Lawrence stay with us for a few days. He's from the Lower mainland in BC. They had a few days to reminisce together before he journeyed down to their old stomping grounds in southeastern Saskatchewan. Nice guy, Lew met him last yr at the Jacobs reunion in Ontario.
Lew's 65th occured this July 15th. Phyl threw me a great party at a local rib joint. Most of my closest friends were in attendance. Very much a pleasant surprise! We aso had a little party at home with a very large dairy Queen Ice cream cake. Took us about a week to eat it all!
Phyl's brother Eric is visiting from Toronto, along with a couple of classmates from BC and one from Saskatoon. As it turned out, Phyl was also a classmate of these folks as she went thru school at the same time as Eric in spite of being a yr younger. Small school, needed to fill up a class so Phyl was promoted, so to speak. They all had a nice reunion at our place.
Phyl and I spent a couple of days at the cabin, primarily to fetch one of Lew's snowmobiles back to Saskatoon, and also to get some flat rocks for Phyl's garden pool which will be going into our yard this fall. Lew bought a new machine, so he's selling off his 2 older sleds.
Phyl's car was rear-ended on an open road by a lady from BC. Ended up no one hurt, but SGI is writing off our 2003 Aerio. So today Phyl went out and bought another 2003 Aerio - same colour,but a few more bells and whistles, but also 30K km more on the odometer. Unfortunate, but crap happens. At least we think we got a fair settlement from SGI ( our provincial insurer), and were able to come out not too far in the red on the deal. The mounties charged the other party, so she won't be so fortunate.
That's us up-to-date for now.
Love to all,
Phyl, Lew, and Melissa
