midweek.... Wednesday....October 4
Monday was a dreary, wet day. I began the morning by re-arranging furniture in rooms. I guess I was bored with the current look and wanted to create something different...using the same things??? Unfortunately the lay out of the house is so boring and there is only a limited way the furniture will go. Joyce was here before I had accomplished anything but making a mess in 4 different rooms!! We were off to ACW at the church to quilt for the day. There were Karen, Suzanne, Barb, Janet, Joyce and Jean dropped in briefly. My fingers were getting sore, as I am not regularly quilting, so the callusses need to return and toughen up. WE stayed until 3.
Back home, I continued trying to sort out the rooms and make plans of where things would go. I dug the vacuum cleaner out and managed to get the dining and kitchen level done while my seafood chowder was cooking. AS we were eating supper, the phone rang at 6:15. It was my mom, in this loud excited voice asking me if I wanted to go and visit my brother. Assuming something had happened to Andy, I asked "what's wrong with Andy". She replied "it's Mark and he and Margo have just purchased a home in PEI and will be there finalizing things until Thursday". She was in shock... Mark had just retired in April after 30 years on the RCMP spending all of his time in British Columbia. I hung up, ate a few more mouthfuls of my chowder and said to Bob, want to go to PEI? We were in the car and on the road at 7. We arrived at their hotel by 10:15 and had the desk call to his room. They had to call the room twice and finally Margo answered and she told us that we could find him watching TV in a room just off the lobby. WE found him in an empty, semi dark room watching TV. He glanced our way, but really didn't recognize us so I snuck up behind him and flicked him on the head. Man, was he SURPRISED to see us!! We went back to the room and he got Margo up. She has MS and is quite limited in what she is able to do. We all were so excited to see each other and they told us the story of how they were there:
Afer Mark's retirement party in July, they decided to look for property east....and had been checking on line. Found several places that spurned their interest so flew out to see them. They settled on a lovely 90 year old home and property in Montague. They hadn't wanted to tell anyone until all deals had gone through...the selling of their home, and the purchase finalization on this one. Everything worked out and they will move down on Hallowe'en weekend.
Bob and I checked into the Econolodge as the HOliday Inn where they were was full. We met on Tuesday morning for breakfast and drove to Montague to look at the house. It is a great spot. Just up the street is a lovely pool, and has a wheelchair ramp which will be great for Margo. The property is huge and has a large back yard. Really a lovely spot... I can see them blending into the community so well. We had a wondeful day together, driving around and back to the hotel for some wine before we headed off for home.
I did get to buy some PEI potatoes before leaving the Island.
When we passed Port Elgin Bob and I returned to Trinity United Church where the Bike for Bibles Tour had a rest break. Sid had e-mailed me earlier in the week wanting to know the name of the church in Port Elgin because when he left his sunglasses behind in the church yard when he rested under a tree. Bob and I looked but his Boli's weren't anywhere to be seen. I did contact a gentleman from the church who will check with the the lady who was responsible for hosting the group when we cycled through just to see if the glasses were turned in?
Today is sunny....I must finish with the house work, rearranging and pehaps get some exercise raking the leaves that adorn the yard. I don't mind the raking, I hate the bagging. WE have a friend who collects them for her compost. Hopefully the weather will remain bright so we can get out for the Wednesday night ride...?
Back home, I continued trying to sort out the rooms and make plans of where things would go. I dug the vacuum cleaner out and managed to get the dining and kitchen level done while my seafood chowder was cooking. AS we were eating supper, the phone rang at 6:15. It was my mom, in this loud excited voice asking me if I wanted to go and visit my brother. Assuming something had happened to Andy, I asked "what's wrong with Andy". She replied "it's Mark and he and Margo have just purchased a home in PEI and will be there finalizing things until Thursday". She was in shock... Mark had just retired in April after 30 years on the RCMP spending all of his time in British Columbia. I hung up, ate a few more mouthfuls of my chowder and said to Bob, want to go to PEI? We were in the car and on the road at 7. We arrived at their hotel by 10:15 and had the desk call to his room. They had to call the room twice and finally Margo answered and she told us that we could find him watching TV in a room just off the lobby. WE found him in an empty, semi dark room watching TV. He glanced our way, but really didn't recognize us so I snuck up behind him and flicked him on the head. Man, was he SURPRISED to see us!! We went back to the room and he got Margo up. She has MS and is quite limited in what she is able to do. We all were so excited to see each other and they told us the story of how they were there:
Afer Mark's retirement party in July, they decided to look for property east....and had been checking on line. Found several places that spurned their interest so flew out to see them. They settled on a lovely 90 year old home and property in Montague. They hadn't wanted to tell anyone until all deals had gone through...the selling of their home, and the purchase finalization on this one. Everything worked out and they will move down on Hallowe'en weekend.
Bob and I checked into the Econolodge as the HOliday Inn where they were was full. We met on Tuesday morning for breakfast and drove to Montague to look at the house. It is a great spot. Just up the street is a lovely pool, and has a wheelchair ramp which will be great for Margo. The property is huge and has a large back yard. Really a lovely spot... I can see them blending into the community so well. We had a wondeful day together, driving around and back to the hotel for some wine before we headed off for home.
I did get to buy some PEI potatoes before leaving the Island.
When we passed Port Elgin Bob and I returned to Trinity United Church where the Bike for Bibles Tour had a rest break. Sid had e-mailed me earlier in the week wanting to know the name of the church in Port Elgin because when he left his sunglasses behind in the church yard when he rested under a tree. Bob and I looked but his Boli's weren't anywhere to be seen. I did contact a gentleman from the church who will check with the the lady who was responsible for hosting the group when we cycled through just to see if the glasses were turned in?
Today is sunny....I must finish with the house work, rearranging and pehaps get some exercise raking the leaves that adorn the yard. I don't mind the raking, I hate the bagging. WE have a friend who collects them for her compost. Hopefully the weather will remain bright so we can get out for the Wednesday night ride...?
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