White Spot at Oakridge - church memories, cute kids, and more!
$80,525 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation is pretty good - especially compared to LAST year! ($61,500?) Also, Calgary wasted Tampa Bay 9-6, with Kristian Huselius and Jarome Iginla both getting hat tricks. Pretty good if you have them in your hockey pools!
Met Karen at Oakridge for a long lunch which she treated me to - I had the fajita salad again, yay! (plus her sausages and bacon, and a hot chocolate) Talked about life / death, (naming) new babies, grandmas dying, transitions and life stages, relationships, K, Billy / Eddie / Stella / Martin / Karen Grace / Margaret / Connie / Elenor / Janet / Vivian / the church founders / Frances / Randal / Auntie Anna / Daniel being the first baby born in the church / Tracey really wanting a kid (Melissa and Emily!) after her son died aged only a few days. Also brought up Eric / Raymond / her brothers Kevin, Rich, and Vance / Eunice and her sisters Pauline and Winnie / Jeremy rambling on beer and the environment / Maxine's "menstrual cramp" labor with Joshua and looking GREAT afterwards (like Karen's sister Melinda) / epidurals to take the pain away (which she mistook to be "epidermal" :P) / Dylan and patience / my sibs, age differences, weekend / Christmas / New Year's plans, Committee responsibilities, RCMP training, motherhood, giving birth, relationships, honesty, security, Ivan W. being short on money from ping-pong, and lots more stuff like parental bad tempers and the Chinese thing of "you're no good!"
There were a lot of people who left the church in 2004 who were Karen's age (Ted / Tracey / Larry / Sandra), so her friends are now people like Jen / Dawn (RIDES!) / Sheena / Andrea. At least we've had healing from that as shown by mingling / respect / Dad shaking hands with Daniel's dad / seeing Lucas back at stuff like Resonate! It also helps that Pastor John is now here - yay for less burden on Pastor Edward! We saw Christon at the restaurant, and I remarked that at least he was getting more sleep than Nathan! It was sad how his mom died suddenly, for sure. (she was in Calgary when she heard, but Daniel said he was fine - friends and people rallied around them!) Karen's grandparents tried to guilt-trip her when she moved out, and even when she married - "your mom will buy the house right next door!" That would not have been good, since all they'd have to do was walk over to nag her about stuff! She held her ground, though! "Luckily," an East Indian man bought it and tore it down to make a ten-bedroom monster house almost extending to the sidewalk!
Hansel and Cathy played an important role in her development as a leader - she'd wondered where to start, so Hansel said that she could drive me to the 7-11 after Fellowship where my dad would meet us. I remember those rides as an important part of getting to know Karen as a person - and our friendship's continued! We agree that independence is a good thing when we move out from under our parents' roof, especially in married life. (no switching bedrooms in your childhood home!) Apparently, my dad came up to Karen and Ivan once and said in a serious tone: "Karen and Ivan. Have babies." Haha. She's on the fence about it, and figures it's fine as long as she hasn't gone through menopause yet! Her husband Ivan thinks she romanticizes it (walks in the park, taking them to school, family activities, Christmas, etc.) since he sees the stressed side of it through being a doctor!
Her friend Polly's children Jonathan and Christina are cute - they're the children of an accountant, so the boy made a list of all the things that Karen bought for them in the summer once. He then showed her the list, and asked her whether it wasn't wasteful! Well, what is she going to do? The money's already been spent, and she isn't going to NOT feed / entertain the kids! (even the high-speed Internet cost was included in the list, along with expected items like snacks / bubble tea / movies) Karen's right when she says that Steph thinks we're practical because we are children of an accountant. Jaden (at six!) knew terms like "arc" and "sphere" - Tracey said the shapes could be circles and bridges! (Jonathan and Christina: "We love Auntie Karen!" Jaden: "We love Pastor Glen!" Hannah / Julie on Pastor Glen's dismissal: "I wrote about it in my diary!") I like working with the kids in Awana and the toddler room - it's developed my patience, even though every mom becomes a yeller at some point! At least any kids I'll have will get a Christian background. Discussed Adela, Sean's long phone calls till 4:30 AM / "I'M SO HUNGRY!" second dinners on Friday, their moms, and more as well. Good times - especially since I got home within 45 minutes or so - yay for the 496!
Yay for trust (accidental mail opening) and magical things! :D
[I'm Mai!] Which Avatar character are you?
Met Karen at Oakridge for a long lunch which she treated me to - I had the fajita salad again, yay! (plus her sausages and bacon, and a hot chocolate) Talked about life / death, (naming) new babies, grandmas dying, transitions and life stages, relationships, K, Billy / Eddie / Stella / Martin / Karen Grace / Margaret / Connie / Elenor / Janet / Vivian / the church founders / Frances / Randal / Auntie Anna / Daniel being the first baby born in the church / Tracey really wanting a kid (Melissa and Emily!) after her son died aged only a few days. Also brought up Eric / Raymond / her brothers Kevin, Rich, and Vance / Eunice and her sisters Pauline and Winnie / Jeremy rambling on beer and the environment / Maxine's "menstrual cramp" labor with Joshua and looking GREAT afterwards (like Karen's sister Melinda) / epidurals to take the pain away (which she mistook to be "epidermal" :P) / Dylan and patience / my sibs, age differences, weekend / Christmas / New Year's plans, Committee responsibilities, RCMP training, motherhood, giving birth, relationships, honesty, security, Ivan W. being short on money from ping-pong, and lots more stuff like parental bad tempers and the Chinese thing of "you're no good!"
There were a lot of people who left the church in 2004 who were Karen's age (Ted / Tracey / Larry / Sandra), so her friends are now people like Jen / Dawn (RIDES!) / Sheena / Andrea. At least we've had healing from that as shown by mingling / respect / Dad shaking hands with Daniel's dad / seeing Lucas back at stuff like Resonate! It also helps that Pastor John is now here - yay for less burden on Pastor Edward! We saw Christon at the restaurant, and I remarked that at least he was getting more sleep than Nathan! It was sad how his mom died suddenly, for sure. (she was in Calgary when she heard, but Daniel said he was fine - friends and people rallied around them!) Karen's grandparents tried to guilt-trip her when she moved out, and even when she married - "your mom will buy the house right next door!" That would not have been good, since all they'd have to do was walk over to nag her about stuff! She held her ground, though! "Luckily," an East Indian man bought it and tore it down to make a ten-bedroom monster house almost extending to the sidewalk!
Hansel and Cathy played an important role in her development as a leader - she'd wondered where to start, so Hansel said that she could drive me to the 7-11 after Fellowship where my dad would meet us. I remember those rides as an important part of getting to know Karen as a person - and our friendship's continued! We agree that independence is a good thing when we move out from under our parents' roof, especially in married life. (no switching bedrooms in your childhood home!) Apparently, my dad came up to Karen and Ivan once and said in a serious tone: "Karen and Ivan. Have babies." Haha. She's on the fence about it, and figures it's fine as long as she hasn't gone through menopause yet! Her husband Ivan thinks she romanticizes it (walks in the park, taking them to school, family activities, Christmas, etc.) since he sees the stressed side of it through being a doctor!
Her friend Polly's children Jonathan and Christina are cute - they're the children of an accountant, so the boy made a list of all the things that Karen bought for them in the summer once. He then showed her the list, and asked her whether it wasn't wasteful! Well, what is she going to do? The money's already been spent, and she isn't going to NOT feed / entertain the kids! (even the high-speed Internet cost was included in the list, along with expected items like snacks / bubble tea / movies) Karen's right when she says that Steph thinks we're practical because we are children of an accountant. Jaden (at six!) knew terms like "arc" and "sphere" - Tracey said the shapes could be circles and bridges! (Jonathan and Christina: "We love Auntie Karen!" Jaden: "We love Pastor Glen!" Hannah / Julie on Pastor Glen's dismissal: "I wrote about it in my diary!") I like working with the kids in Awana and the toddler room - it's developed my patience, even though every mom becomes a yeller at some point! At least any kids I'll have will get a Christian background. Discussed Adela, Sean's long phone calls till 4:30 AM / "I'M SO HUNGRY!" second dinners on Friday, their moms, and more as well. Good times - especially since I got home within 45 minutes or so - yay for the 496!
Yay for trust (accidental mail opening) and magical things! :D
[I'm Mai!] Which Avatar character are you?
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