I know, I know, it's well past the end of August. I've been busy but here it is.
Better late than never.
I thought I’d better start this journal for
August, seeing that it’s raining or rather pouring out this morning and me and
Meeka can’t head out for a walk. Started
last night. We so need the rain but this
weekend is our ‘Corn & Apple’ Festival.
It’ll be our last one to enjoy so I was hoping it would be hot and
sunny. Looks like rain throughout the
festival. Too bad, lots of work goes
into these events but we’ll still go. I
remember one year sitting at the main concert event and it started to
rain. We braved it but most people had
umbrellas. We watched this elderly
couple, so cute, as he opened the umbrella and they sat all huddled together. Then the rain stopped and he removed the
umbrella away and closed it, only to soak his poor wife. She chuckled though. Funny how some things you remember. I don’t remember who was on stage. THIS year, George Canyon is here. Small yahoo from me. It should be ok, just being there is fun in
the atmosphere.
This is the first year we went to the Morden Corn & Apple Festival.
Look how young we were 7 years ago.
This is the main concert area where we heard George Canyon this year.
Here we are waiting in the rain for the parade this year.
We look a little older. Should've got some 'warm-up' juice.
Well,
to the beginning of this month, the move went really great. Our movers showed up at 8 a.m. Only 2 guys and they were done by 1:00. Boy they sure know how to get it done! Greg & I helped by bringing the boxes out
from bedrooms otherwise we stayed out of the way. That’s why I’m paying them the big
bucks. We’re 7 years older since we
moved into that house and we did it ALL by ourselves. It was also the same temperature then as it
was for these guys so I know how hot they were.
Sweaty hot, not HOT HOT. The
owner himself was doing the move and he was saying how hard it was to get
workers. Most guys try it and then quit
because it’s hard work and a lot of weekends.
I guess they just aren’t hungry enough.
Saying good-bye was hard. Yes, there were tears from 4 eyes not just 2!
But
we also cried leaving Calgary. It’s our
homes. Where memories were created,
happy or sad. We remember where we were
sitting, what we were doing, what the weather was like, when any news or event
happened to our loved ones. We all
remember it a little different because we are different and things effect us
different. But now when we actually
drive West from Morden, I’ll still be sad, not to leave this little house,
although we’re still creating memories here that we’ll take with us, because this
big little town has been great. If you
want a small town, I recommend Morden!
Here
are some photos of our little house we’re renting till October.
Since
we had to downsize A LOT because we wanted the movers to take as much as
possible, we became very creative in this situation.
In the kitchen, I took 6 plates, 6 cups, 6
cereal bowls, 2 salad bowls, some Tupperware (not really Tupperware but the
cheaper stuff) one set of cutlery, 2 pans, 1 pot, grill, and of course some
baking and other essentials. I find it
quite like camping. But want to know
something? I LOVE this little
kitchen. It really is very nice to work
in a kitchen where I’m not putting on the miles to get from the fridge to the
pantry to the stove. Gosh sakes, I would
be happy with a small organized kitchen like this but a BIG island to prep with
stools and big bright windows to gaze into the back yard and have coffee
Saturday morning while reading the paper (who does that?) or your kobo I guess. Would love that!!
This little kitchen table we bought is so
adorable! It goes so great with this old
kitchen. We first intended to use another table that I had finished but after
realizing it would get wrecked, we were off to the thrift store. It was middle of the week so this beauty was
waiting for me! Greg didn’t even roll
his eyes as I dashed off to the far side of the store when spotting it. For $30 it was a steal. I so love it and some day I MAY touch it up
or I might just leave it in its original way.
Our
bedroom is another story. We picked the
larger one but still would never have gotten even 1 dresser in it. So, we have these 2 cute storage
shelves. They came in handy here for
baskets of undies, socks and smelly stuff.
Pretty much all our clothes are here as you see and then in the 4’
closet. I have a large box of wintery
stuff that I hope I don’t need till Calgary.
Here’s my office. I like that I can open the blinds and window
and look outside. Pretend I’m a real
writer. That reminds me. On one of our walks we passed this old house
that was beautifully restored on the outside and I could only dream that the
inside was immaculate too. I gazed up at
the small windows on the second story to see this man sitting sideways,
probably at a desk, really close to the window, and he was looking down on the
street and us. It felt like a Stephen
King moment. Maybe he was writing about
this small town and all the weird folks that walked by. And he was chained to his bed. (I didn’t see that but maybe)
August
has been really really hot. We probably
notice it more because we don’t have the A/C right now. I remember when we moved here and were
looking at homes when it was blazing hot.
It was the first thing we added to our ‘need’ list in a house. Now we just spend a lot more time outside
going on walks for coffee on patios, ice-cream on the corner, or around the
golf course and up to the lake. The
windows are open wide at night and all the fans are blowing. I know that soon enough I’ll have forgotten
what the heat felt light as we debate turning the furnace on.
Well,
back to the Corn & Apple Festival which ends this months’ journal. I don’t feel too bad leaving with the
festival still going as it is raining and we are feeling damp throughout. I think we are tired of the humidity and need
the Alberta dryness for a bit. Or it
could be this old house and the mold I hope is not growing here. We are leaving for Calgary tomorrow (Sunday)
in high hopes of finding a house. The
challenge is on as I hope we find one in Calgary and Greg hopes to find one in
Airdrie. We’ll see who wins.
By
the way, George Canyon was an absolutely fantastic entertainer! I was truly surprised how he involved all
ages and was a real easy guy to like.
That’s
all I got for now. I know I’m posting
this sounding like it’s actually the end of August, but I have to try.
Not
long before September’s Journal.
