The last week of summer:(

This has to be the worst time of the year for me. Dealing with the fact that summer will end and the impending cold weather and <*GaG*> snow will be here soon! Perhaps the only way to find a silver lining is to remind myself that the old boy will be off to the hunting camp soon:)

So lets rewind a bit to last Thursdays chamber of commerce ladies golf tournament at the Loyalist Golf Course in Bath. We were asked at work if we wanted to volunteer to 'hole-sit'. Hmmm that is kind of a no-brainer as the course is less than 2 miles from my house and I would be paid to sit in a chair all day and get paid. So even though it was an overcast and drizzly day, the rain held off and the winter coat I had on was not really needed. Here is a pic of some of the crazy ladies I met that afternoon:


The next day I worked and then raced to the legion for dinner and then to the island to do my weekly radio show. It had been overcast and raining for the majority of the day and then as soon as I got on the boat, the clouds cleared and the sun came out!

When I finished my shift and raced off to catch the 10 boat, the fog seemed to float down over the ferry as we traveled across the North Channel. I tried to capture this from the window of my car but it was way too dark, without using a flash. When I tried to correct this picture with software, this is how it turned out.....Very freaky:

On Saturday, Billy took off for the deer camp to complete some of their masonry work and I spent the day cleaning, getting groceries, doing laundry and making dinner. I took a break in the afternoon, as the sun was making an appearance and sat out back with my book. Then I heard this loud roar in the sky and grabbed my camera. It was a Hercules Plane flying so low over the house that the windows were shaking! I thought it was just another RCMP helicopter looking for fields of dope.

The next day was very foggy but we decided to venture out for a short boat ride. We had not been out in 4 weeks, since our fateful trip in the lightening storm. We started to travel east, but we seemed to be heading right into the fog bank so we turned around at bush bar and started to travel east.

In Stella Bay, we came across a flipped dock. I think this is the third year in a row that this dock has done a 360:

Even though we were only out for a few hours, it was so nice to sit back in the comfy boat seats with the sun on our skin! It will probably be the last time we will be able to enjoy this feeling this year:(
When we got back to the marina, I noticed that there was a loaded gun in the boat docked next to us. I am guessing the blowboaters had some sort of regatta the day before and these were just leftovers from the festivities:

So here it is, another Wednesday night and I am counting the sleeps till the weekend:) I am keeping my fingers crossed that the sun will shine all day Saturday and Sunday. If not, I guess my days of tanning are truly over with for this season.

Back into the update mode:)

It appears that I have been tardy in updating my blog again. Not a lot has happened in my life I guess. The hubby has been spending time at the deer camp so I basically stay at home and do my housework while he is gone. {That's what I'm suppose to do, right! hahaha}

It was weird to go to the Legion by myself on Friday night for dinner and then come right home after my radio show too. It was fortunate that I had a ticket for the Pig & Lamb Roast for the radio station on Saturday. Seeing as I had a meeting at The Lodge on the island from 10am-12noon, I packed s few drinks as well as a lunch. After the meeting I went to the station to sort some of my music files and eat my lunch. Then I took a drive up the road to an open house. It was a beautiful home, on the water, but not something we could afford at 269K !!!

So I spent time with the camera I borrowed from work; having a camera at hand is almost as good as having someone to talk to at a social event! The event was well attended (about 166 tickets) and the rain held off all day. Here are a few pictures of the event:




Billy came home to a very clean house and we ended up going. The sun was out but there was a real chill in the air. I just sat in the passenger seat and took pictures out the window of the car. How lazy, but you cant ignore a bright blue sky, can ya?!



On Monday, I had to stop along the side of the road to take a few pics of Sun coming up! Please tell me why the sun only shows up on week days?

Tomorrow I have volunteered my time to the Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament. And it is going to rain. Good reason to call in sick on Friday I guess:)

The Long weekend SUCKED - Weather-Wise that is !

Yesterday (Sunday) was yet another crappy-ass day so we went to McGinnis Landing for lunch then tripped over to Shayne and Steph's new house for a quick visit!
Of course Shayne was excited to how me his new camera:

And I was jealous that he his new house came with its own grocery cart! Bill was envious of the garage that held the grocery cart:

That evening we attended the third annual Doyle Road Shindig at Harly and Judy's house. The usual bunch of characters were in accounted for...even Jim Reagan, who sported the most hilarious t-shirt:

This party was for all of us to reflect back to what we were doing and what we wanted to be 30 years ago. Judy and Chrissy were the only ones who came in costume:

Here is a picture of Chrissy and her friends sucking back the jello shooters:

I am unsure how this happened, but this picture of Pa walking across the fire came out as a double exposure?

And this shot was kind of cool as well:

It was a great party...Everyone was in a good mood as the weather-gods managed to hold the rain away for the entire evening. Even Pa was in a good mood:

Today (Monday - Labour Day) started off kind of slow as I didn't get up till almost 11am and we didn't venture out of the house till after 1. We went for a long drive, looking at rural properties for sale as I drooled over the tractors we passed along the way.
Tomorrow is the first day of school! I wish I was there to see all those little noise machines (kids) get on their buses for the day. I also wish I had some holidays left so I could sit home and listen to the peace and quiet that had been missed on this street since June.
This coming weekend Billy is going to the deer camp for some work weekend thingy and I will be on the island for a Board of Directors meeting for the station as well as the 2nd annual CJAI Pig Roast. This should be a hoot...I just wish I didn't have to attend this event on my own.

Yes I was WRONG !!!

The forecast for the entire weekend is RAIN and lots of it. There are two tropical storms happening in the states right now that have forced the rain our way. It has been pouring since 2 this afternoon and is not suppose to end till Monday. Thanx Ernesto!

Of course, the weather this past week was beautiful and sunny, but work got in the way at least 4 days this week. I did make it outside in the late afternoon to take some pictures of my flowers and plants before the frost hits! I am unsure of that this plant is called but I thought the colours were nice:



Ohhh I guess the big news this past week was the fact that the station manager figured a way to put the radio station on the internet. Yes, that's right kids, I, Cathy Jane Christmas am able to communicate to the masses now! Well at least a few of you anyways! I found out about 45 minutes before my taped show was to air on Wednesday night and I managed to get 8 people listening before the feed dropped at 10:15pm. So after sending emails and messages to all my family and friends across the land, I was prepared to have a pile of people listening to me on Friday night. I got to the station at 6:55pm; went on the air at 7 while I uploaded the music from my memory stick and watched the listener graph rise. By 7:15 there was 4 people listening to ME, and then the internet dropped. It came back up around 8 and then dropped at 830PM for good.
When I asked someone to call me and let me know if they could hear me online, I heard the answering machine kick in and my buddy Greg Hunters voice came from it. He said I was coming in loud and clear in Deseronto! WOOT!
So I was excited as I had downloaded an awesome collection of tunes for the night and due to the fact that I did not have time to check them all out before hand, well I ran into a bit of an embarassing problem. I had downloaded a version of The Odds singing 'Wendy under the stars'...the song about the night that Elvis died. So I start playing this song around 730ish and I almost flipped when it came to the chorus. In stead of "I made love to Wendy under the Stars...the night that Elvis died" I hear "I was fu*king Wendy under the Stars...the night that Elvis died!" Well, *I* could have died. I didn't know what to do, but the phone never rang, so I let it slide:)

Billy and I couldn't decide what to do today so we gave our friend Greg Hunter a call (seeing as he was kind enough to call me the night before) and made arrangements to go a visitin' in Deseronto:) Greg's two daughters Ami and Jossi were there, along with his lovely wife's Tina's two sons. And then there were two of the neighbours kids there as well! I had to take a few pictures:

Please note, their house is under renovation, this is why the walls are exposed:) (I know Tina would want to make sure I said that!)
And speaking of Tina, here is a picture of her and the Great White:

Here is a picture of Billy with 'Nelly'... the family basset hound:

And Nelly with the Easy button:

And that was our day. We came home, we ate and we watched the rain come down.

If it is like this tomorrow...well...it looks like we will be burning even more gas trying to find something interesting to do besides sitting in the house waiting for Harly and Judy's party to start. This is the third annual "Say goodbye to summer" party at their place. We need to get drunk to forget about the seasons changing! I'm kidding...but there will probably will be a few brewski's emptied during the evening. I might be tempted to take some pictures of this event:)