We celebrated my son's 42nd birthday at the trailer on the weekend. Cooked a turkey and had gravy and stuffing, salads and rolls, with cake and ice cream for dessert. There were 12 of us for dinner and I decided that I need more cutlery - I only have a set for 12 and never thought I would need more. Oh, well, we managed. The weather was perfect, the kids as well behaved and one can expect, and they were all impressed with our lovely new trailer.
Kept the two youngest grandkids overnight along with their new friend Melissa. They spent most of the weekend in the swimming pool and had a great time.
I sent them to the dumpster to get rid of some kitchen waste and wondered why the heck they were taking so long. They came back saying they had been working. They took the tin cans out of the recycle bins and crushed them in the can crusher attached to the wall of the garbage depot. As people brought their recyclables to the bins, they crushed their cans too. Kids! They even came back carting a microwave with them. It cooks, but the display panel stays blank. They gave it to their dad who says he will take it to the jobsite so the workers can heat up their lunches. Never know what those kids will think up next.
OUR ITINERARY **NEW, REVISED AND UP TO DATE**
- If we're going to be in your city and you want to get together for a cup of coffee, leave a message at our hotel, or send me an email ahead of time at shakos@sympatico.ca - we'll try to rendezvous with you. That would be great fun!
- Sat. Oct. 20 - Arrive in Christchurch, New Zealand and stay at the Copthorne Central Hotel, phone 03 379 5880.
- Mon. Oct. 22 - TranzAlpine Train ride to Franz Josef, staying at the Franz Josef Glacier Hotel, phone 03 752 0729.
- Tues. Oct. 23 - Queenstown, staying at the Novotel Gardens, phone 03 442 7750.
- Thurs. Oct. 25 - Te Anau, staying at the Village Inn, phone 03-249 7911.
- Fri. Oct. 26 - Dunedin, staying at the Dunedin City Hotel, phone 03 470 1470. Hope to meet Chris Davies for coffee while we're there.
- Sat. Oct. 27 - Mount Cook National Park, staying at The Hermitage Hotel, phone 03 435 1809.
- Sun. Oct. 28 - Back at the Copthorne Central Hotel in Christchurch, phone 03 379 5580 till Oct. 30th. We'll then take the ferry to the North Island and stay with Beulah from Oct. 30th, till November 5th.
- Mon. Nov. 5 - Pick up a car for a self-drive tour to Auckland. (Biting my nails as you guys drive on the wrong side of the road - giggle). Stay at the Lakeland Resort, Taupo, phone 07 378 3893 on the 5th, and at the Heritage Rotorua on the 6th and 7th, phone 07 348 1189.
- Thurs. Nov. 8 - Arrive in Auckland and stay with Lizzie and her husband John. I've promised to teach an ink and oil rouging design for Lizzie while I'm there.
- Mon. Nov. 12 - It's all over but the curtain calls. Fly from Auckland back to Los Angeles, where we will stay a week with my aunt. A good chance to shake off some of the jet lag.
- Sun. Nov. 18 - Back in Canada. All good things have to come to an end. The memories, however, will last a lifetime.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
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What a nice thing for the kids to do at the dumpster. No doubt the other people dumping cans appreciated their services. :)
Kids...reminded me of the summer we were at Lake Havasu. We save the pop tops from cans for Ronald McDonald house. Asked some people next to us if we could have theirs. When we told them why we saved them...for the rest of the weekend the kids would go up and down the lake front removing tabs from all the cans they found and asking others if they could have theirs as well!
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