Had
lunch at The Garrison House on Thursday August 7th with Mike Berlis
and Norm Holmes. Great lunch with great
guys and we talked about making a Les Marmiton wine for this year. Great idea and we could also end up making a
Les Marmiton beer later in the year. I
suggested to the guys that we do 100 cases of Chardonnay and 100 cases of
Cabernet Franc. Hopefully this wine will
sell quickly.
Took the week of August 11th to the 15th
off as a vacation week, however I did go in Monday morning to deal with an
issue at work. It was a pain because we
could have stayed at the trailer longer.
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During our vacation it was Karen’s birthday (the big 49). I got her the rechargeable phone case for her iphone. I think she liked it.
I also
did some bike riding, some errands and generally took it quite easy. This will be the last vacation for me for
some time.
Karen and I went to the trailer on the last weekend of
the vacation with no guests. It was
relaxing. I went down to the kayak place
to inquire about kayaking (bought some kayak shoes) did a few chores around the
trailer, watched The Wolf of Wall Street and enjoyed alone time with my lovely
wife.
On
the Saturday we had a few glasses of wine with our neighbours Ron and Tracey
and then went out for dinner to Johnny Famous for our anniversary dinner. Always like Johnny Famous with its eclectic décor
and great food.
On Sunday Karen and I went to the Dunnville Fair. Yes I said the Dunnville Fair. We were definitely trailer trash that
weekend. At the fair we saw an antique
car show, boat races and ate some greasy yummy fair food
.
Back to work on the Monday. It is getting harder and harder to get
excited about work after a vacation. I
must be getting older.
Karen was busy getting things done with Margo so she
could go to the Palace Conference in Mexico on Thursday. She actually left Wednesday night and stayed
overnight at the airport. She is doing
so well with her new entrepreneurial endeavor.
I am very proud of her.
Thursday, I go to the dentist for a normal cleaning. Everything is
going fine and they say we should do an X-ray to make sure. Comes back with a
problem. The dentist sends me to a specialist. It turns out I have Tooth
Resorption. Tooth resorption is when the cells in a person’s body destroy his
tooth. Cells attack and wear away a person’s tooth from the inside. They don't
know what really causes this either. To get fixed with no guarantees is going
to cost a lot of money. Now I have to check with benefits to see if they will
cover more than $500 of the $2,000 estimate. All I was doing was getting my
damn teeth cleaned. They will cover 2/3 rds of the cost. Still looking into another option.
The weekend came and the very first Niagara Craft Beer
Festival was on at Montebello Park.
Great first effort for the festival.
Few tweaks needed for next year (seating, signs, and shade/rain
cover). The teaching brewery did well at
the festival and I think over all a big success.
Saturday morning I drove to Dunnville and had a beginner’s
class of kayaking on the Grand River. I
thoroughly enjoyed this. This is definitely
something that I want to pursue. I was a
bit bored during class because I think it was a bit slow for me but had to accommodate
everyone in the class. I can’t wait to
do this again.
Saturday night Dustin,
Leeann and Sirena went to the trailer and stayed until Monday. Glad they got to use it. They work a lot of weekends so it doesn’t
always work for them.
I do miss Karen. I look forward to her coming home.
