Checkered Lounge Pants

Hey, I got a day off while wrapping up the bargaining work in Montreal and I walked to Old Montreal with a few workmates.Its a beautiful day and we sat on a sidewalk cafe and watched the people walk by. It was a great way to take the mind off the week of negotiations. We stopped in at the Notre Dame cathedral on the walk back to look at the stained glass and I lit a candle for my folks. I talked with my beloved Val and she is at Grand beach with baby and Kevin, and Gary (my brother) and Garys wife Joanne and Rachelle(my niece). Justin (my nephew) owns the cabin and he has the whole clan out there for watersports. They are all sore and stiff from tubing behind the boat. LOL. I am jealous of those beach bums. Well back to my day off. Later.

Well, how was your Canada Day long weekend?? Lots of Bar-B and beers?? Mine was unusually quiet in my pillared community.. Val left for Winnipeg to perform some child care duties and settle in with baby Haley for a spell. I had lots of chores to catch up on after being away for 10 days, and, a few new chores waiting. I also squeezed in some range time with my rescue club and 9 holes at the Oxley golf course down the road. Dont let me fool you into thinking it was all R&R....roof patching, tire fixing, kennel tending, mulching, weed tending, all found their way into my 3 day weekend (as well as a grey goose evening, for those of you who enjoy the fare). Meantime, Val has been saddled with caring for baby at her folks house (I digress, she doesnt consider it as chore by no means). She has started the potty training phase and I get regular reports of every successful mission that is completed (and, some missions that fail as well). She makes the rounds to the park, the farm as well.