Stiver

I was looking through some old photos and did post some up to flickr, so for family and friends that have access, feel free to go ahead and have a peek. The above photos are pictures of Great Grandma Eva Stiver who lived in Elgin, at least that is where she was living in 1941 as I found one single page of a letter from her to my mother Joyce (granddaughter) at the time my mother was pregnant with Irene and my Dad was already enlisted and likely in England. He was not here when Irene was born, unfortunately. It must have been very hard being 17 years old and pregnant and not knowing if your husband was going to come back in one piece. Great Grandpa Stiver died in 1919 of the Spanish flu which is kind of funny as this particular flu was in the news lately because the Federal lab here in Winnipeg has managed to resurrect this flu to study, and I live barely half a mile from the lab. Kinda of funny I think. Anyway, I had seen this photo before but I wasn't certain who this lady was until I found another picture of her that my mother had said was her "Grandma". The back of this picture states "Mother 1928" and it looks like Constance's handwriting (which I recognized from another historical letter to my mother). I find all these little gems just so interesting.

Let it Snow

I must profusely apologize for the HUGE delay in posting. I had no earth shaking news to share. With this information age most or all of you have the up to date news from the usual media sources. There is nothing really big to report from this end.

Christmas dinner, hosted by myself, included guests Olive, James, Ken and Serena, and Derrick. The usual picking up of guests, cook dinner and bake dessert transpired. I'm glad it's over, that is all I can say. I did receive a very lovely and cozy bath robe from James, which was a complete surprise on my part. I am looking forward to using the bread machine that was a gift from George and I am kind of having a bit of fun playing around with George's gift - an MP3 player. It is just the tiniest thing with the biggest sound for such a small package.

New Year's Eve came in with a HUGE dump of snow. We got 29 cm here in Winnipeg and some surrounding areas received 30 to 35 cm. I still have not quite shovelled out my garage and parking pad yet. I suppose I should get to it today. My problem is that during our venture out to The Forks to see the fireworks at midnight earlier this morning, I sprained my ankle yet again. I don't think when you get older you are supposed to walk on uneven snow and other such surfaces. Pisses me off really. I have the weakest ankles. I don't remember having such weak ankles. I must sprain this same ankle at least three times per year. So here I sit in front of my puter with my tendons bound up yet again, limping along and wondering how in the world I am going to trudge through the back yard to get to my car and shovel yards of snow. (I may be taking the bus tomorrow, just wait.)

Well, I haven't any pictures to post today. Just wanted to get something up an running before my sister busts my but about it.

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you! I hope 2007 bring lots of success and world peace and all that kind of stuff.