Four Years

Four years ago today, I was nervously waiting for the most incredible woman I had ever met. This particular time I wasn’t waiting for her to get ready or to finish something.. I was waiting for her to walk down the aisle and meet me at the front of the church. A very special day indeed.

Today is our fourth wedding anniversary. Today we are 2590 km apart, but today we are closer than we were four years ago. Happy anniversary to my beautiful wife. I love you.

Troy

Ellie in Alberta 2

Ellie being read to by Grandma.


No.. Grandpa isn’t needing a walker. That is being used by Grandma who is recovering from foot surgery. It is at a great height for Ellie and apparently she loves to hold on to it as Grandpa walks her around the house over and over and over……

Survival

One week down, one to go. Naomi has been away for a week now, and apparently I am still alive. Thankfully, I like to plan ahead. I knew at some point I would be home alone, so I added a survival book to my library. I’ve had to fend for myself and eat whatever I could catch (in the fridge) and cook it. Unfortunatly, the book doesn’t have a section on sorting colours for laundry.

Gas Pains

Yesterday in Kitchener I saw a gas station price their gas at $1.16/liter. Ouch. And this is just the start of the summer gas price gouging season.

This summer we will be driving to Schroon Lake for a staff conference, and then on to New Brunswick for a few weeks of vacation and visitation of supporters. With the prices of gas going up and up, I guess we will have dip into the retirement plan to pay for the cost of driving home this summer..

click for larger image of a historical gas prices chart

At this time last year the price was about $.20 cheaper than it is now. If the growth trend continues during the summer months like it did last year, I’ll be searching through the couch for lost quarters.