we're back
Back home from Ontario, in the nick of time. We left Monday at 7 am, Frankenstorm was slated to arrive that night. Ontario did OK with it, but our flight would have been cancelled if we had left much later. Kathy said they had lots of wind and rain, but otherwise fine.
Visit went very well-Richard's parents are really happy with their new home-it is in a corner of the building, so they don't have any people on either side of them and they look out into the common green space-with trees and flowers. His dad has 3 nice garden plots, where they grew tomatoes, beans, and lot of kale, so they are set.
We did quite a bit while there. Went to guelph of course to see Anne's grad and had a good time there. During the week we went to Niagara on the Lake (where I bought a super cute dress!), Toronto-we went to zoo, I went to St Jacob's near Kitchener with the sisters (where I bought another cute skirt and some other assorted odds and ends). It is where a lot of Mennonites live-including the sect that lives almost identically to Amish. Big meat eaters, judging by the amount of meat and dairy at the local market. Also went for hike along Niagara river gorge, lovely with all the colour change. We also visited lots of course and caught up with everyone.
This week at work was busy, busy. we have lots of new staff starting and so I feel like I am trying to keep up with getting them all ready to roll.
When we got home, Mom had water from somewhere in the hallway, by the kitchen and laundry room. Insurance guy came, and it is from pinhole leak in a pipe. Which was good, because if it had been the roof-none of the repairs would be covered! So, they had to pull up all her flooring in kitchen, laundry, and hall, and will also be pulling up all the rest as it was all matching. She will need her wall repaired and they are checking to see if there is asbestos anywhere, and also if water got below cupboards. It is a big job for one tiny little leak. Luckily, she has relatives across the street who can put her up if need be. I do not know how Clem will manage if she also has to relocate here. Our cats would be fine and interested, until Clem tried to gouge their eyes out and take off their heads.
Visit went very well-Richard's parents are really happy with their new home-it is in a corner of the building, so they don't have any people on either side of them and they look out into the common green space-with trees and flowers. His dad has 3 nice garden plots, where they grew tomatoes, beans, and lot of kale, so they are set.
We did quite a bit while there. Went to guelph of course to see Anne's grad and had a good time there. During the week we went to Niagara on the Lake (where I bought a super cute dress!), Toronto-we went to zoo, I went to St Jacob's near Kitchener with the sisters (where I bought another cute skirt and some other assorted odds and ends). It is where a lot of Mennonites live-including the sect that lives almost identically to Amish. Big meat eaters, judging by the amount of meat and dairy at the local market. Also went for hike along Niagara river gorge, lovely with all the colour change. We also visited lots of course and caught up with everyone.
This week at work was busy, busy. we have lots of new staff starting and so I feel like I am trying to keep up with getting them all ready to roll.
When we got home, Mom had water from somewhere in the hallway, by the kitchen and laundry room. Insurance guy came, and it is from pinhole leak in a pipe. Which was good, because if it had been the roof-none of the repairs would be covered! So, they had to pull up all her flooring in kitchen, laundry, and hall, and will also be pulling up all the rest as it was all matching. She will need her wall repaired and they are checking to see if there is asbestos anywhere, and also if water got below cupboards. It is a big job for one tiny little leak. Luckily, she has relatives across the street who can put her up if need be. I do not know how Clem will manage if she also has to relocate here. Our cats would be fine and interested, until Clem tried to gouge their eyes out and take off their heads.
posted by lisaandrichard at 12:27 PM
3 Comments:
Apparently the Hutterites here give their meat animals hormones to fatten them up. I thought they were all natural!
I liked seeing your visit pics on Facebook.
Maybe the Mennonites don't use hormones.
I did go to Mennonite museum in St Jacob's, they did not mention chemicals
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