Chamber of Commerce-Rogers Breast Cancer Research Golf Day

This pic was taken on Thursday, September 15th, 2009 at the Colonnade Golf and Country Club. left to right is Tracey from Empire, Colleen from WIlkinson, myself, and Julie from Wilkinson Accounting Firm.

What a great event sponsored by Kingston's Chamber and Rogers. No stone was left unturned and the food was amazing. You can imagine the din and laughter of 200 women in a room, but what you could not have imagined was the din and laughter, among other things, of 200 women spread over an 18-hole golf course. Normally golf courses are so prim and staunchy, but this one was full of FUN. We were among the few foursomes who had not dressed up either in pink or in full costume regalia.

A great day indeed, if a little chilly, and for a great cause.

Coasting into September

I’ve decided to be a brunette for a while: whatdya think?

Labour Day weekend here in Canada…and oh, what a lovely one it is. How could you ask for better weather than this: 23-26C, not a cloud in the sky, and a slight breeze.

The students are back in town!! I live on a busy street and I would guess that about 200 students walked by today, some are frosh on their escapades, others are just moving in today. Parents try in vain to park as well as get in and out of driveways on a busy street, many people stop to ask where the LCBO and grocery store are located. There’s a bustle in the air that hasn’t been here since this time last year. My new tenant has moved in now, and set the alarm off twice cooking toast, so she is going to run the fan on the stove when she uses the toaster. Because it’s hard-wired into the alarm system and offers carbon monoxide detection, we cannot disable it. She is here doing a Master’s in Science but that’s all I really know. We met today for the first time because my assistant signed the lease with her when I was in Ireland in May, so we’d only ever gone back and forth by email and texting.

Franklin, the pup is lying beside me as a chicken is roasting in the oven for dinner. It’s just Ben and I for dinner. Graham is up at the Malcolm’s cottage until tomorrow evening, having fun with his buds and fishing til his heart’s content! He is finding our transition difficult. The prospects of having to move away from his friends and leave his home and all the changes have now sunk in; it’s making life a bit sad for him right now. He let it all out on Friday, which is how I know all of this. I said many things but will share that I told him we have to hug each other every day!

Ben has worked around the two properties downtown as part of working off his debt to me. Last weekend, he organized a band concert that was not well attended. He didn’t break even, so his mom bailed him out for the amount he owed the sound equipment folks, and now he is working off his debt. Hopefully, he learned a lesson about timing of the event and who his target audience is for future events.

Shelley and I are off to NYC on Friday morning for a four day getaway to celebrate my birthday. Not much is planned but we are getting together on Tuesday evening to get a few things finalized and a reservation or two booked in for nice places to eat. I will take some time after this post to do theatre research. I have had a few recommendations from colleagues, and we are both trying to be fiscally responsible since they are looking to move and I have to adjust my travelling habits. Hopefully, I will find time in a Brooklyn Heights café, near where we are staying, to write a note or two while I’m there and post it for you.

Hugs, Steph