Entries from July 2009

July 31, 2009

Heading south

to the first ever Lanoie family reunion. I guess it is 100 years since the ancestors left Quebec for other parts, some coming out west and others heading down to the US.  I guess times were hard back in those days in Quebec. So most of the kids and their kids are going.  I am [...]

July 25, 2009

39

Yeah, that is how many years I have been married, as of today. For the most part they have been great and I wouldn’t trade him in for a new model for love or money.  Not for love, cause he is the one and only man I’ve ever loved.  Not for money either cause he [...]

July 22, 2009

Rescue

Seems to me this is sort of Kingdom work – making our world a safer place by our willingness to risk for others.  I wonder…  God is certainly at work here even if the participants are unaware.

July 20, 2009

Plane crashes

Tragic accident in Kamsack – plane crash kills Saskatoon eye surgeon. The story is here.

July 19, 2009

A Day With Friends

We spent the day up at Waskesiu with our good friends the Kents yesterday.  The weather was perfect – hot and sunny – perfect lake weather.  Waskesiu has become quite the vacation hot spot in this area.  A few years ago there was little development.  Now new and very expensive cabins are going up where [...]

July 13, 2009

What a good weekend!

All weekend seemed like one big party/visit.  And it was.  Leo’s brother Paul was up for the weekend so Leo was busy entertaining him.  PAUL visited the farm and saw the llamas that Michelle bought at an auction.  Pets for Kimia I’m sure.  Then he went shopping with Michelle while Leo and the guys watched [...]

July 8, 2009

I am a new creation…

This book by NT Wright that is causing me to think is exciting.  I suppose it is exciting to become aware of old ideas presented in new ways that in turn open up new horizons of thought.  God is always so much greater than – well greater than I thought him to be just yesterday.  [...]

July 8, 2009

Riding and thinking along the way

Yesterday by the time supper was over and I had sat down for a bit, the sun came out and I decided that I had better go for a ride. If I slack off on the bike riding, it takes more motivation to do it the next day. Funny how it is that way with [...]

July 7, 2009

Computer ailing

Leo took my little laptop down to Saskatoon today to an authorized repair person so that \i could get it fixed on warranty.  There is a problem with the bearings in the fan so a part has to be ordered and all.  Just so happens there are none of the necessary parts in stock – [...]

July 6, 2009

More good news for coffee lovers.

This is news I am glad to hear.     Now, if I was only a mouse.