When I shut down in mid June, the garden boxes had been built and the veggies and flowers were doing quite well under Tanya's watchful eye. She was working part time at Home Depot Garden Centre and bringing home any flowers that were deemed unsaleable. I held the fort and walked the dog once in a while when it was cool enough we could stand it. I prepared a few meals though Tanya preferred to do it herself.
She is a marvelous cook no question. It keeps her from missing Ukraine too much. No matter where we go and how good the local food is, we miss the food from home. I make pork and beans and chili, neither of which she likes. When we went to Kyiv or Krivii Rih, I'd get my McDonalds fix. And a couple places in Zhovti Vody made good burgers too.
And spent time on the internet keeping up with Russia's war on Ukraine and American politics. The former concerned me greatly as did the latter but I at least found American politics amusing. Canadian provincial politics especially in Saskatchewan tended to mirror Republican politics in the USA. Which is to say, long on fake Christians, tax cuts, subsidies, and contracts for the wealthy and corporations and nothing for the citizens. Health, Education, and Social Services budgets are slashed with the intent of weakening them so they can be privatized. Laws are being passed, driven by the religious right, forcing schools to out transgender kids to their parents.
Went to Edmonton in early August to Grayden's first birthday party and stayed for a over a week. Other than that did no traveling except in the city. Every second Friday we'd get my friend Ed to drive us to China Liang's Buffet. He drove, we paid. seems fair. He is always available if we need a truck to haul something. Tanya's friend Natalia moved to Toronto so we bought her small table and four chairs. We now have a dining area. Also bought her TV which Tanya will use to watch movies from her computer.
We had a gliding rocker and matching foot stool we tried to sell. But when you sit in the chair and rock, it squeaks terribly loud. Spent one evening tearing it apart as much as possible and WD40'd everything to no avail. I need to tear it apart again and check the bearings as I am sure one of them is completely gone. Google how-to videos were no help at all.
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Our granddaughter arrives from Gdansk tonight at 11:30 pm. We are very excited to see her.
Is your granddaughter going to live with you? Or is she just visiting, but going to live elsewhere in Canada? That's me, Little Miss Nosy!
ReplyDeleteDebra, she will be here until the 22nd. She has to go back to Poland to University to finish her languages degree. Too expensive for foreign students to study in Canada unless they are of wealthier stock than us. Then I think she will go to Spain to polish off her Spanish
DeleteWe sure will. She will be here in 6 hours. 24.5 hours from Gdansk, including 10 hours of layovers
ReplyDeleteYou have had a busy summer with the garden and the visiting family and of course going out for Chinese food. And now your granddaughter is arriving and that will keep you even busier. Enjoy having her around.
ReplyDeleteShe arrived late last night and she and her grandma are out on the town
DeleteSounds like a good summer! Have fun with your granddaughter. :-)
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