Aunt Ethel &Uncle Norton Myrah - 65th Anniversary

Ethel & Norton Myrah

		ANNIVERSARY Norton & Ethel Myrah 65th Anniversary August 6, 2009 Celebrated with family August 1 including Five Generations Published in the Saskatoon StarPhoenix on 8/8/2009. The five generations is from their daughter Marilyn.

Gator Show at Ex 2009

We didn't actually get to see the Gator Show, but I did have a chance to snap a picture with my phone camera after the crowd had dispersed after the show.

P.A. Exhibition Parade July 27, 2009

Here are a couple of pictures I took with my phone camera of the P.A. Exhibition Parade

Evening Boat Ride on Anglin Lake

The day described in the earlier post about our adventure to Anglin Lake. This is a picture I took with my phone camera during our evening boat ride to the south part of Anglin Lake. Not bad for a phone camera!

P.A. Profile July 20th - Guy Shannon

My friend Guy Shannon was featured in the P.A. Profile feature of the July 20th issue of the Prince Albert Daily Herald. I tried doing a search for theURL Link, but couldn't easily find it. Another friend of both Guy and I, Jim Pattison gave this jpg file from the newspaper which is now the first thing you see on Guy's business computer at his shoe shop.

A WEEK OF HOLIDAYS

We decided to give the new Jeep and GPS a good test run.

MONDAY: Drove to Humbolt. We went shopping and especially enjoyed The Bargain Shop. Nicest one we have seen so far. Had lunch at the Dairy Queen and headed back home.

TUESDAY: Drove to North Battleford. We went shopping in the 2 shopping malls. Thought the Frontier Mall with the CO-OP Stores was the better of the 2. We ate at the CO-OP Cafeteria in the Frontier Mall, then went through the Western Development Museum. We spent 2 hours going through all the exhibits. We learned we could use the admission receipt in North Battleford to get into the Western Development Museum in Saskatoon for half price.

WEDNESDAY: Drove to Waskesiu via the scenic route. Definitely a lot less hectic than Canada Day. We had lunch at the Golf Course Restaurant. We went through the Interpretive Centre on Lakeshore Drive. I picked up a historical book of Waskesiu Lake, P.A.N.P. and area. - a good souvenir for me for the earlier years of my life I spent growing up at Waskesiu.

THURSDAY: Drove to Saskatoon. Ran into construction on Hwy 11 between MacDowell and Duck Lake. Very poor operation of Pilot Vehicles with long delays because of long area of Construction. We immediately planned to go home via Hwy 41 and Wakaw.

We went shopping in the Midtown Plaza and ate at the food court. At 1:00 pm we met up with Garry and Karen Connolly (Diane's sister) at the Western Development Museum - 1910 Boomtown. We spent 3 hrs. touring those exhibits. Garry and I eventually went ahead while Karen and Diane went at their own pace. We then went to the Asian Buffet on 8th St. After a good visit over supper, we parted company from the Connollys and went to McNally Robinson Bookstore. I bought a Discipleship magazine. We went to the Market Mall and then went home via Hwy 41 and Hwy 2.

FRIDAY: After I completed my meals-on-wheels route, we drove to Anglin Lake. We spent the afternoon and evening with Twyla and Michael and kids. I went out for a kayak ride in the channel and William joined me in a second kayak for one trip around the channel. We spent a fair amount of time bumping into each other. Rebecca and Diane went for a paddle boat ride. The Ganges over several tries between them all never caught enough fish to feed everyone, so Twyla opted for Speghetti and salad. We had the chocolate cake Diane had brought for dessert.

Howard and Shirley came over to visit in the evening.

I learned how to program the GPS much better and am thoroughly enjoying the Sirius Radio while travelling. The Jeep does get the mileage it advertised and it is convenient to have an instant readout of the mileage even if I do have to convert it from l/100km to mpg (imp).

Summer Jam 2009

Sunday, July 5th, I attended St. Alban's 8:00 am Service, so that I could help Walter Pope set up the equipment for the Victory 100 CIAM Live Cast of Summer Jam 2009 in Kinsmen Park sponsored by First Baptist Church. The Lord blessed the event with beautiful weather. The Live Cast was very successful with various volunteers (including me) making cut-in announcements promoting the event over the radio. There was a wide variety of music from Geoff Green's Band from the Alliance Church, Jeremy Doerten's group from First Baptist to the Last Mountain Boys Trio, Carried Away from Toronto and the Teen Challenge Team of Men from Saskatoon. The personal highlights for me were the Last Mountan Boys and the Testimonies of the men (students) of the Teen Challenge Team.

Cake on Fire

This afternoon, I rushed home from work, climbed out of my work clothes, rearranged the back of the Jeep to make room for extra passengers. Diane loaded up the car with the cake, ice cream and strawberries and we proceeded to Twyla's house. We unloaded the desserts into the house and loaded Twyla & Rebecca and William into my new Jeep and proceeded to the Venice House to celebrate Twyla's Birthday. After the meal was completed we proceeded back to Twyla's house for dessert; but we decided to wait, since we were too full. Eventually, Rebecca decided she would put the candles on the cake (with Diane's help). A careful count and recount and recount resulted in the removal of one candle before lighting the remaining 39. I quickly took this picture with my cell phone camera, then we all quickly blew to extinguish the blaze before any serious damage was done. After the candles and melted wax were removed from the somewhat softened icing, the cake was served with the ice cream and strawberries. Happy Birthday, Twyla.

Drive to Shellbrook

This afternoon we drove to Shellbrook to see if we could find the Shellbrook Cemetery and the grave of Eunice Wood. After driving around Shellbrook for a while, we angle parked on the main drag. I got out of the car and walked across the street. I asked the people in front of the market store and they said to follow them because they were on their way to the cemetery. That has to be more than a coincidence. We followed the Silver Toyota Camry West of Shellbrook and turned north at the Cemetery Road. We searched the cemetery for Eunice's grave, but we were unsuccessful. We did however find the grave sites of Joe Balzer (formerly in our Men's Chorus) and Herb and Alida Jacobs. Herb was a former Ham Radio Operator and Lay Reader. I introduced Herb to the Amateur Radio Missionary Service Net and I used to regularly stop in for a refresher break on my way back from Big River the year that I conducted Anglican Services there. I guess we shall have to ask Fred Payton for directions to Eunice's grave site.

On Tuesday, June 30th, I took possession of my new (485km) 2008 Jeep Patriot 4cyl 4x4. I am discovering more features than I had even known were included such as Sirius XM Satellite Radio built into the Radio. It also displays average fuel consumption in l/100km (which means nothing to me). We took it for a test drive to Waskesiu Lake as part of our Canada Day activities. Sure do enjoy Satellite Radio. Lots of choices. Tried to sign up online later this afternoon, but it did not like the ESL number I gave, so will try the 800 number tomorrow morning. Plan to drive Harry Hancock to the Birch Hills Golf Course tomorrow morning.

Peaches - At Rest after 15 years :(

Our beloved cat, Peaches has been battling Diabetes for four years and more recently developed cancer in her mouth/jaw. She continued to have spunk and courage, but she was having great difficulty eating. She never complained, but we knew we had to give her the peace and relief she deserved. Thursday afternoon, I took her to our Vet and with the help of her assistant, Feng euthanized her. I had given her something to calm her about 1/2 hour before. Peaches growled when Feng clipped the hair on her leg and again when inserting the needle. I was able to pet her as she quickly passed on. Feng told me to make sure I told Diane that Peaches remained spunky to the very end.

I brought her home laying in familiar baby blankets curled up looking very comfortable in a box. We miss her. We were very accustomed to having to get up at 5:00 am every morning to test and feed her. At this time it seems only a small blessing that we can sleep in longer especially on weekends.

Busy Days

There has been a lot happening since my last entry of May 25th. Hopefully, I will still be able to post a summary of the events, but for now I will just make an entry about Peaches