Thursday January 1st, 2015.
January first, the day we make New Years Resolution! Well here is mine, my resolution is to not make any New Years Resolutions. I should be able to achieve this one!
This morning we are at the flower shop buying flowers for the funeral home.
My mother was a person who loved to laugh. Since I got some of Mom's genes in me, I also love to laugh. Since I became an orphan, I am in split custody between my big sister Estelle and my big brother Rolland. Today is the day when I move from one "parent" to the "other". Estelle and Robert are going to Robert's family for diner. We are waiting for my brother to come and pick us up.
Nice weather!
Once we are at my brother's place it is just like at my sister, we talked pretty late into the evening.
Friday January 2, 2015.
Brrrr! We are not used to this white stuff on the ground!
I and Rolland talk about geocaching. Rolland has started to look for caches with his car GPS. It is not as precise as a hand held GPS, but it works if you want to see if you like geocaching. We have found two caches today.
A good meal and some photos. The good one!
And the funny one!
Another evening that finish late.
Saturday January 3, 2015.
Today, we are going to the funeral home for the wake. It is from 2 o'clock until 9 o'clock tonight.
Benoit will be sleeping here tonight. Rolland and I are getting his bed ready.
My laptop has some issues, I think it is the keyboard that is the cause...
Marilyne and Charles picked up Benoit at the metro on their way here.
My Mother! I was very lucky to have a Mom like her.
Many friends and acquaintances dropped by today. We took a break and went out for diner.
Mom's grandchildren, Marc, Maryse and Marilyne with her spouse Charles.
Benoit, Guillaume, Karole and her spouse Moreau.
Mom's children, Estelle with her spouse Robert, Christianne with her new boyfriend Julien.
Rolland with his spouse Suzie.
By 9 o'clock, we left the funeral home. The weather is changing. It will warm up tonight, snow for tonight, but freezing rain for tomorrow.
The roads are getting ugly. We know that some of Mom's friend and family did not come because of the weather and we do understand.
Once again, we talk late into the night...
Sunday January 4, 2014.
Benoit ended up sleeping on the couch because his bed deflated...
Brand new snow, but rain will be here soon...
Benoit getting his bag ready, as he will be going home after the wake.
The joy of winter, we really do not miss it one bit!!!
9 o'clock and we are on our way to the funeral home.
The weather is really turning bad. The freezing rain has started and a few brave souls came to pay respect to Mom.
The liturgy for Mom was really good. The priest was very thoughtful and respectful of our mother. He did a very good "closure" for our mother.
As per tradition, we had a small buffet for everyone present.
A view of the hall....
Marilyne and Charles will drop off Benoit at the Montmorency Metro. Goodbye Benoit, we will see you again this summer...
We took some flowers back with us from the funeral home.
Here are some observation/comments about the last few days.
A big thank you to all the grandchildren for coming and staying the whole time. As a child of the deceased, it was much appreciated. One of the side benefit of my mother passing, is the chance to see people I have not seen in a long time. Thanks Mom!
Monday January 5, 2015.
When I say the weather is changing, it is changing. When we arrived in Montreal, it was -20 C. Yesterday afternoon it was +6 C. This morning it is back down to -18 C. Mother Nature does offer beautiful scenery!
Another good meal and a beautiful Christmas tree.
One of the roses...
Despite a Siberian cold outside, me and Rolland went out to look for some caches. We did not stay outside very long. It was too cold and too much snow on the ground to find caches. We made it back and were cold to the bones.
In the evening, I showed Rolland how to relief some pressure in his back. As a joke, I also told him to do some Zen things with the fingers!!!
Do like me Rolland!
He is good.
We got to bed not too late since we have to get up early tomorrow morning to get to the airport for our flight back to Texas.
Tuesday January 6, 2015.
Brrrr! And double BRRRRRR!
At 4:35 AM this morning, it is - 28 C. We will not miss this temperature...
The night was pretty short, so a little nap as we wait for our plane!
Before we leave Montreal, we have to go through de-icing.
Here, we are about to land in Chicago.
Cute couple!
There is nothing wrong with this engine while it starts, but I am sure some passengers were worried!
A little snow on the tarmac.
This is a weird looking snow plow/broom truck.
We arrived at gate C 3 and have to go to gate B 3 in less than 30 minutes... A good thing there is a tunnel half way down the hall or we would never have made it in time.
A pretty tunnel!
A dinosaur with a tuque and a scarf for Christmas. Cool!
On our way to San Antonio, Texas.
We finally leave the snow behind us...
A good book, a good wine...
With my love... Happiness!
The runway in San Antonio.
Almost there!
We are out of the airport and on the road by 4:15 pm. We lost one hour in Chicago because of a mechanical problem with the aircraft. Nothing to worry about. Nice sunset with a +17 C.
Oufff! What a day, we got up at 4:30 this morning and got to San Antonio at 4 pm. We only have to drive another 4 hours to get home.
Everything is good at home when we arrived.
Wednesday January 7, 2015.
Wednesday is Flea Market day. Off we go for our Wednesday walk at the market.
A movie place and of course they all are illegal copies.
This is my first video in a blog. I hope it will work.
With the rain we had here, they still have some muddy holes...
I decided to buy/try this cup of fruits. It is covered with a red power spice, not too hot and some (lots) freshly squeezed of limejuice. It is good, but you hardly taste the fruits. I prefer the taste of the fruits. The spice taste covers every other taste.
We find these little dresses so cute. We have offered to Guillaume and Marilyne some. Once we know what color they like, we will buy them a few.
Another movie with locale musicians. The young people listen to this music in there cars and loud too. Funny to see young adults listening to this music vice Rock or hip-hop.
The weather forecast for the next week is not nice. Cold, for here, and rain.
Until next time.
Life Is Good!
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