Preamble

Hi everyone! I’ve been busy this last little while and also have been having computer problems.

Aaron and I went on vacation to Calgary for Stampede, July 10 to 23. We saw the rodeo with bronco and bull riding and calf roping. The next night we saw the Chuck Wagon races and the Grandstand show. Having seen the Calgary Stampede once, we/I don’t feel the need to do it again anytime soon. It certainly is a different culture – cowboy culture which is pretty foreign to a BC girl. Other than the rodeo and the Grandstand show it is just like our PNE (Pacific National Exhibition) here in Vancouver which runs the last two weeks of August every year. It started years ago as an Agricultural Fair but for most it is all about the Midway rides, games and food.

I have so much to write but just no time to sit down and dedicate the time.
I ran into a ‘catastrophic error’ downloading the pictures from the camera so I’m a bit spooked and may not get them done until Bill is in town next weekend for the BC Day long weekend.

We sent Aaron home on Sunday July 16th by himself on the airplane. It’s only an hour and 20 mins flight. He did fine as he has some experience traveling with me and WestJet has a VIP program for unaccompanied minors. Aaron was watched and treated very well. He had fun. The purpose of me staying was so that we could be together for my 39th birthday on July 21st.

I spent the week with Bill and toured rural Alberta with him while he visited some clinics for his work. Lots of driving but it is interesting to me seeing the landscape and rural towns. I even sat in on one of his clinic meetings and had a very nice potluck lunch catered by the clinic staff. (They heard I was out in the car reading and waiting and insisted I come in and eat while they met. The clinics do these meetings on their off hours so as not to cut into patient time.)

There was suppose to be a staff meeting in Edmonton on July 20th and I thought it would be perfect for me to kill time by meeting up with a couple of ‘on-line’ fitness friends who live in the area. Unfortunately Bill’s office changed plans (that the meeting would be in Calgary instead) but he insisted that I stay in Edmonton and meet my friends as planned. He was such a darling and rented a car and got up at 5:30 am and drove to Calgary for his meeting. I met my friends that day (more on that later) and afterward I drove to Red Deer by myself in his brand new VW GTI 2.0 Turbo. (Nice car!) and he met me there in the rental car. We rendezvoused at Tim Horton’s about 5:00.

Bill returned the rental car and we drove to Invermere, BC to Panorama Resort to golf for 2 days at Greywolf Golf resort for my birthday weekend. The golf course was excellent and I highly recommend it. The views are wonderful, the course challenging but I also got some really great shots – it’s nice to use my driver! (a few courses in Richmond are too short for that!). A good time was had by all.

I took Monday July 24th off to recuperate, do laundry, grocery shopping and get back into the work mind-set. It was difficult this time getting back into the work mind set. I could certainly live the retired golf and travel lifestyle – let me tell you!

More to come!

Okay, here's a link to another 40-40-20 fitness program. I use these products and they taste fantastic. They are also available in the States (on-line for sure, but I don't know if they are found in stores.) The recipes available through subscription are great and perfectly balanced. A lot of work goes into their developement.
Check out this introduction I found to Kinetix Living. In this introduction you will find the link to their website.