Josh has had power but a tree in front of his car took down his eaves & damaged 2 cars. Now hydro has informed him that he has to change the connection intO his house & they will be shutting his power off til it's done. So he is here, his parents are enroute to his house where they can't get in, his sister in Toronto is really sick with the flu & parents are getting a hotel while he tries to get an electrician to fix the problem but they are all out of parts. And we leave for Vacation in 5 days...
Tonight it's off to Voldy's place to bring in the New Year. She's cooking dinner and I'm providing dessert. I'm worn out from running around downtown with my eldest daughter yesterday. She wanted to go to Kensington Market to buy a gift for her bf and asked me to join her. Wow, three hours of walking around in the cold, taking photos and checking out the nutsiness (is that a word?) of Kensington (haven't been there in years). Sometimes you just feel so blessed when you see what the person you've raised has become! Having spent a year in residence down there she knows her way around better than i do. I noticed that when we get off buses she always thanks the bus driver as we depart through the front doors. That is so awesome! She also thanked me for paying for her pizza slice at a pizzeria she likes to go to. On Christmas she phoned me and asked the name of a charity my father used to donate to. It was a homeless shelter. Yesterday she told me that she donated money online to it. Wow, that's so sweet to remember her grandpa in that way. Small things are often the big things. Anyways, I have two amazing kids and much to be thankful for. Happy New Years everyone and may the coming year bring love and happiness to you all!
Thx all, she is a wonderful kid...as is my youngest as well. I know I've raised good people. As for my pics Mish, photography helps keep me focused on the beautiful things in life that are all around us every day of our lives. When I'm out taking photos I'm thinking about nothing else but what is right in front of me at this very moment and that helps clear the head! Glad you enjoy them
Yesterday was eldest daughter's 20th birthday. We celebrated at a Greek restaurant and then returned to Voldy's to open gifting and do some "caking",as my D16 refers to it lol. Nice night. That morning D16 informed me, on the drive into her job, that on Saturday night she had left her bf's at 10:30 pm but when the bus got to the LRT terminal the LRT was not working. She did not know how to get home any other way. She phoned Voldy to tell her the sitch and that she would be later coming home. Voldy took a sh*t fit on her. She told her she would not come and pick her up (it was a 10-15 min. drive) and that she expected her home at midnight or she was calling the police. D16 said Voldy kept phoning her back every two minutes and launching into speeches which included things like "you could get raped out there, you know" OMG. Here is D16 lost at 11 pm and Voldy is carrying on like an insane person! What a fruit loop I married. D16 got home at midnight after calling her bf, who knows the bus routes well, and he guided her home. I said to D16 that I wasn't excusing her mother's actions but "you know your Mom, she blows and can't stop herself and then the next day feels horrible and tries to make amends" Sure enough, when I picked D16 up she read and huge...and I mean huge, text from her mother saying she, Voldy, wished she had of handled the situation better and then went on about how proud she was of her daughter finding her way home in a difficult situation etc. Of course, she proceeded to explain why she reacted in such a way...blah blah blah. Anyway, I asked daughter if she replied and she said "no!She always does this Daddy and then we'll have to sit down and have a talk which will last for an hour" So, another awesome parenting moment for Voldy. She's been doing this sh*t since the kids were like 4 years old...and she knows she does it but if you discuss it with her, which I have, she says "then they shouldn't make me angry!" Voldy suucks at being corrected. I told daughter that the next time, which hopefully there won't be, she should call me and I would pick her up. She said she didn't want to because I'd been driving her alot lately. Just another day in the life of Whatis lol.
