Life in the Senior lane

 Good The pro shop was saved. All his stock, awards, trophies etc survived but lots of smoke damage on the clothing stock. Thankfully he did not have much left. I scored some bags of almond flour for free. Our company bought too many for the tests they were doing. They are 1.36kg bags.  Bad My cousin passed away last night. He had only 10% heart function and 5% kidney function. He has been sick for quite awhile. His family and all the kids they fostered over the years will miss him.  I live in the southern part of our province. It has the highest COVID rate. I am thankful I live in one of the safest areas, but feel terrible for those in the area hit the hardest.  Ugly We are going down to -25C tonight with the windchill being in the -32C range. That first blast of real cold sure hits hard. Blessings Jean

 The golf course where my son is general manager went up in flames a few ours ago. I am devastated. I cannot fathom how he must be feeling. For sure the clubhouse is gone. It remains to be seen whether the cart garage and the pro shop are also damaged and if so how much. Yes, there is insurance. The course closed early due to the drought. It could have easily stayed open until the end of October and still got the greens ready for spring. Because of that he already lost over a months income. He usually runs winter golf school. That is gone now. All he stock will be damaged by smoke water and heat. All his information is on the computers in the shop. Will they still work? He is to go to a new course then end of January. Wondering if that will be possible now. Thinking of how it will affect tax season. Hope all is not lost.  Daughter had a riot at work yesterday. Took eight hours to get it calmed down. No staff were injured but the buildings are in bad shape. Then when she got home, she r

 First snow of the year. Rained Wednesday. Thursday it was a rain snow mix that eventually turned to light snow. This morning the door is drifted in, the wind is howling and the snow feels like needles hitting my face. Apparently it should all stop about noon. We have a guy with a motorcycle that was told to move it for the winter, due to plowing the snow. It still sits there and he has been gone since Wednesday night. Me thinks he has gone hunting. Meanwhile wife already has a six month old baby and a rather vicious dog to contend with. I feel for her. I would watch her baby, but not the dog. In fact, when they go out, they always take the dog with them. I am supposing that the dog might wreck their apartment and furniture. The only one that can seem to handle the dog is her husband but even it is quite a struggle for him. Ah, young families so much to learn. Blessings Jean

 Today we start to get colder. As I age, I like winter less and less. No matter what type of house you live in, there will be a leaky air area in the home. Mine is by the a/c. The a/c has a cover, but when the wind comes from a certain way, it gives a. Last of cold air. The first two years, I had room to store the cover and it fit perfectly. After that, I allowed them to put it in storage with all the others. I mistakenly thought they would mark each one as to witch apartment it came from. Nope. Didn’t happen. Now I need to figure something out quickly. We are to start having temperatures around -25C by the 20th of November. I guess I will try to get some batting or rolled up flannel in the spaces. Sure wishing I had kept the dryer lint. Blessings Jean

 For about a couple of months I have been angry as all get out. I thought I had it solved but it has reared it’s ugly head again. I get what is happening. I fully understand but why did it rear up again. T is grief pure and simple. On Sunday, I saw my brother was on Facebook. It brought all the feelings. I get it. I am the last in a long line of siblings. I get it we will all die sometime. I guess I never fully realized I might be the last living sibling. He lives in another province. Out of sight out of mind. On Sunday he was on Facebook. I was okay with it and happy to see he could still go on FB. On Monday, it all hit. Last week our company put out new Covid-19 rules. They are being sticklers and if we leave province we don’t get paid for their demand of self isolating for 14 days. It is okay if you can work from home, but not many of us can. When I went in on Monday, I was full of anger. Tuesday the same. Last night I sat myself down, had a good prayer and thinking time. It isn’t t