Posts from — April 2020

March has arrived and are we looking forward to an early spring.
March 4th marked the passing of Murray, it’s hard to believe it’s been a year since GGPa passed away…… we miss him.
Actually we were happy to stay in the winter mode until after our annual family ski vacation. This year we were back to Sun Peaks and staying at the Sun Peaks Grand Hotel. This seems to work so great for everyone. It’s a perfect location in the village close to everything. Plus they have the outdoor swimming pool and 3 hot tubs and they allow dogs, so Nova and Rover can come along. We also organized the kids “Treasure Hunt”, it’s always a lot of fun watching them work through their challenges to get the clues to solve the location and find the treasure. For Brenda and I it gets more challenging every year, the kids are getting older and smarter. Somehow we forgot to get a picture of Sage…… that was not smart.

This year it was really cold up at the hill but we still managed a family picture at some point…… Brrrrrrrrr!

Immediately after Sun Peaks the Corona Virus really started to take hold in Canada. We were so lucky to get our annual ski vacation in as the day after we left they shut the resort down for the year. Then once we were home we heard there was a recorded case of the virus reported by a Doctor up at the health centre.
Since that time we have been self isolating and social distancing; two terms that we never heard of before this pandemic.
So March has been all about staying isolated and staying healthy.

Same old….. Same Old. Well not really, but the winter is grinding on and we sure do miss our Hawaii getaway.
I have been very fortunate this year that the “On The Beach” group organizer has been keeping me up to date on the regular jam sessions on the beach. It’s been great to be included from a long distance.
Pretty regular weekly routine, lots of time exercising for both of us; Brenda definitely more and me playing the ukulele on Tuesday mornings and then pretty regular practise with the Kamloops City Strummers.
Near the end of February we got away to Vancouver for a couple days. We met up with Dean and Judy for an evening prior to them flying out to New Zealand and Australia for 6 weeks. Had a great dinner at Rodney’s Fish House in Yaletown.
Then on the way home we stopped in Langley for a coffee and muffin with my brother George, his daughter Chantelle and her partner Chris, their daughter Raven and my sister Jennifer. It was great to see them all.

January is here and no Hawaii this year for us after my mid summer heart event. Not enough time between the heart event and travel dates to get adequate travel insurance.
So we found other ways to keep us busy and get us through this winter. Regular trips to the local YWCA/YMCA and then outdoor walks when the weather was warm enough. We’ve become a little softer in the past few years and shy away from really cold days outside.
Brenda goes to a lot more classes at the YWCA than I do, however I attended my regular Tuesday afternoon classes at TRU as part of the V.I.P. heart program.
On January 12th we celebrated our 46th anniversary……….. where did the years go?
In December of 2019 we had a made a donation to the R.I.H. Foundation and in recognition of that donation we got to place a name plate on one of the lecture desks at the R.I.H. Ken Lepin Lecture Theatre.