Hi, folks! I hope you all had a Merry Christmas in spite of the awfully cold weather. Thank goodness it’s starting to get a little milder. However, we do have some tough people around here as they did go out to spend Christmas with family.
Ida Baker says on Dec. 22 her daughter and friend came from Saskatoon and spent Christmas with them. Also, a granddaughter and her boyfriend showed up, too. On Tuesday, Dec 26, Ida says, she was not feeling very well. She stayed in and phoned her children on Christmas day.
Shirley Tebay’s son Dennis picked her up on Christmas Day and drove out to Metinota. She saw several family members and a great-granddaughter she hadn’t seen recently. They all enjoyed visiting and having a delicious turkey supper, thanks to Dennis’s wife Juliette.
Judy Slind went to Prince to celebrate Christmas with her brother.
Betty Bonson was so glad to have her daughter and son-in-law from Innisfail, Alta., home to be with her for Christmas.
Bev and Murray McCrimmon flew to Calgary to be with their family for Christmas. I would think flying would be the best way to go when the weather was so cold this Christmas.
Edith Lockhart spent Christmas with her son and grandson. They travelled to Glaslyn and then to Paradise Hill.
Jenny Craig had a lovely Christmas on the farm with son Gordon and daughter-in-law Shelly. They were happy to have grandkids and great-grandkids come from Saskatoon. and Lloydminster.
Mary Dearborn spent Christmas with Blair and Anna on the farm.
On Boxing Day, Mary went to Kim and Tyler Voegeli’s at Maymont, then on New Year’s she joined her son Bruce Dearborn and Bev at Unity.
For Christmas, Ada Pasutto was in Paradise Valley with daughter Joy. Also present were Marina and Jack Brown, Vicky and Chris and two girls, Carol, boyfriend Ryan and Carol’s daughter. Also travelling from Vernon was Ada’s son Ron and wife Marilyn. They all enjoyed a delicious dinner of turkey and ham and all the trimmings, then lots of visiting with family and friends.
Being it was so cold, my family came to my place for Christmas. They brought me gifts and food (to last quite a while) and I was treated very royally. It was lovely to get together like that.
There was a lot of flu going around in the holidays so I do hope that those in here that had it are feeling better now. I had a touch of it myself and am on the mend now, too.
Happy New Year, everyone. See you next month.
Ann Ewanchuk’s report:
Every month brings a birthday for either a grand or great grandchild. Ann Ewanchuk says she can’t keep up in remembering birthdays of them all. She is expecting another great-grandchild in February. This will make 20.
Ann’s women’s association held a Christmas bake aale in their church basement. It always comes out very successful. Not very many members, but these few hands do a large variety of pastries.
Next year Ann is awaiting her granddaughter Rev Anne’s wedding to Mathew in August.
Ann attended Lindsay’s home care award night as her escort. How quickly Lindsay’s 16 years have passed at a job she just loves.
When Tuesday and Thursday evenings come, it’s Kaiser and whist time. They all laugh at each other at the way they get off the chairs to change places. The weather makes them move not very fast.
Sad to say, but Ann, as many others do, loses some friends and family. Ann has lost her cousin Jennie Sadowsky. She was Ann’s age. Ann also lost a neighbour, Peter, and a very jolly in-law, Maureen.
The Tower II held their Christmas supper catered by the “Mothers.” What a surprise when you finally see so many people who live here.
For Christmas Eve supper, Ann’s son in law Rory came and drove Natalya and her to his place. Food, food. Next evening Rory and Erinka drove Ann to Whitkow to Orest and Chrissy’s for supper. More food. Here, it was nice to meet Kyle’s girlfriend Dayna from Edmonton.
Then there was one more Christmas Eve to attend on the 6th with the 12 meatless dishes. More food at the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Happy New Year to all.
