Just a breezy weekend with great weather for us. Saturday we ran errands and did some chores. Geoff weeded our yard, and it looks great now. We had afternoon tea in the backyard and played whist. Saturday night we alternated between the Oiler/Hurricane game and the Esks/Stamps game. With the Esks playing, we mostly stayed on hockey. I’m so stoked that the Oil pushed a game 7. This is the way the cup should be played every year.

Sunday for Father’s Day we got up early and headed to The Original Pancake House. We had time before church, so we went for coffee at Caribou, and being the only ones there, we got to sit in the good chairs for the first time. Whenever we go, Elijah always wants to play there, because they have furry animal ottomans that he can crawl on top of. Church was awesome, Growly Guy (bass player, his name is Joe, but Geoff and I affectionately refer to him as Growly Guy.) lead worship, and I got chills from singing Sing To The King. We got home and Geoff opened his cards (that card was hilarious Athena!) and his gifts. We spent the rest of the day out in the backyard. We had dinner out there, yummy fajitas on the weber charcoal grill which made me think of camping with the CA crowd. I’m ready for camping now!

Last night we watched Vertigo, having never seen it. We’re just going through all the Hitchcock movies on On Demand. Geoff liked, it, but I was just annoyed. By the end, I was hoping everyone would die. Except Midge, I loved her. Well, can’t like ’em all. I’m open to suggestions from any Hitchcock fans as to which to see next. We can choose from:
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Notorious
Frenzy
Rear Window
Saboteur

Well, I guess I’ll close with a quote from Usual Suspects.

Keaton: His name is Verbal. Verbal Kint.
McManus: Verbal?
Keaton: Yeah.
Verbal: Roger, really. People say I talk too much.
Hockney: Yeah, I was just gonna tell you to shut up.

Happy Birthday to Sir Paul.

for you Kelly, the biggest Beatlemaniac I know.

Bring home Lord Stanley’s Mug Oilers!

Yesterday I thought I was getting better, from whatever had befallen me. It seemed to be just a cold, then something with sinuses, but today I’m practically hoarse. But my need for Kleenex has subsided, so while I can’t really talk, I can at least go out in public.

There’s a reason I read the obituaries, it’s to find out who died, and obviously to inform the un-informed. For instance, I found out that Uncle Norman passed away. He was my (paternal) grandma’s brother. I only saw him at family reunions, but his family was kind enough to acknowledge Dad’s passing. So I sent them a note. I also told all the Torrances, since other than reunions, we don’t see the Harkes. No one seemed to have known.

Blackadder: Baldrick, have you no idea what “irony” is?
Baldrick: Yes, it’s like “goldy” and “bronzy” only it’s made out of iron.

Wednesday night I spent some time with Lisa on the phone, and I said some stuff that looked an awful lot like irony the next day when I was calling her to vent about nearly the same thing. Ah family, ain’t it wonderful! 🙂 Lisa, what would we do without each other? Is that island ready yet?

I’ve pretty much given up the idea of coming to Alberta this summer. Sorry to everyone who had their hopes up (all 3 of you). It’s more than I want to take on alone (traveling with Elijah). We’ll all have to wait until the 3 of us come up, when the time and money comes for that.

The plans for this weekend are chores, and taking Geoff out for Father’s Day breakfast.

I’ll close with a quote from Ren & Stimpy.

Stimpy: [praying] And please bless Grandma and Grandpa…
Ren: And please give me a million dollars, and a fridge with a padlock and, oh yeah, huge pectoral muscles.

Thank You Fernando!
image courtesy of NHL.com

Here is the video I took of Geoff at Mile 6. See how happy he is.

Pics of the vacation are up on my Shutterfly album. I really like the way Cate’s pictures display, so I opted to go with Shutterfly (Athena, see now you can enlarge them). Plus they are affiliated with Amazon.com. A link to the album can be found on the left (under links). The album is also listed on Elijah’s blog (under links).

Enjoy.

It’s always hard to leave SoCal, it feels like home.

Yes we did Disneyland (thanks Ali & Kevin), we had a dinner date at P.F. Chang’s (again, thanks Ali & Kevin), and we saw Laguna Beach. We did a ton of visiting, and it was more wonderful than I can put into words. It’s awesome being a Krolik! (thanks Jake & Cindy) As I said before, everyone there made us feel at home, and we miss our friends terribly.

Noteworthy Notes:
– My first Ben & Jerry’s (thanks Chris & Ashley)
– Oilers winning Saturday night
– the 4 husbands hanging out 😉
– Elijah at the beach
– Playing a great game of crib (hee hee)

Now I’m looking forward to September when Cate, Kaisara, Jen & Greg come to visit.

No big plans for this week. Sunday, for Father’s Day we’ll take Geoff back to the Original Pancake House. That’s about all that is going on here.

I’ll close with a quote from Dumb & Dumber.

Harry: I can’t believe we drove around all day, and there’s not a single job in this town. There is nothing, nada, zip!
Lloyd: Yeah! Unless you wanna work forty hours a week.