KELLY'S MOTHER'S DAY MAY 14TH 2023

 FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.....KELLY'S SON BEN, DAUGHTER SABRA, GRANDAUGHTER ELLA, DAUGHTER REBECCA, KELLY HERSELF, SOME OLD GUY WHO WANDERED IN OFF THE STREET, AND KELLY'S TWO SONS JASON AND BEN......PHOTO BY GISELE WITH THE OLD GUY'S CAMERA

A bright sunny morning but definitely on the crispy cool side.  A short photoless drive into Bayfield and back for Pheebs and I.  I know this may sound unbelievable but I do have my days when I purposely set out with the determined thought in mind, 'I am not going to take any photos today!!  Well, that doesn't work for me most of the time and I still have a tendency to overload my posts with pictures.  And, wouldn't you know it.....after writing this paragraph earlier I went on to take 73 more photos today with 53 of them being halfway salvageable.  With Pheebs staying home to hold the Fort down, it was just Kelly and I in the car at 9:30 this morning heading off to Kitchener Ontario.  Although we had to go right through the city and we had never been to the Deer Ridge Golf Club before, we somehow found our way there without using a GPS.  Just like the old days eh.  We left our place at 9:32 a.m. and arrived at the Golf Club at exactly 11 a.m.  It had been nearly 23 years since I had last driven a section of the Kitchener Expressway from the highway 8 interchange south.  And to think I once lived in Kitchener in the late 60's and early 70's.  In later years I had a driving job that took me through that section of expressway-highway nearly on a daily and weekly basis.  A lot of what I remember from back then is changed now.

 LUNCH AT THE GOLF CLUB

 LUNCH IS OVER AND WE HEAD BACK OUTSIDE TO THE PARKING LOT....KELLY AND GISELE

 BEN AND GISELE'S MOTHER'S DAY GIFT FOR KELLY

 A BIG HUG FROM SON JASON

 GISELE, SABRA, REBECCA, ELLA KELLY, JASON, BEN, AND REBECCAS HUSBAND RICARDO

The Deer Ridge Gulf Club is a rather exclusive club with a members-only policy.  Kelly's daughter and husband are members of that club and that's why we were able to be there for a Mother's Day brunch this morning.  In attendance were Kelly's daughters Sabra and Rebecca as well as Rebecca's husband Ricardo and their daughter Ella.  Kelly's two sons, Jason and Ben as well as Ben's girlfriend Gisele.  Ricardo and I had a Western Omellete while Kelly, Sabra, Giselle, and Ben had Eggs Benedict.  Jason and Ella had a chicken something or other.  When seeing the prices on the menu I nearly fell out of my chair.  Following lunch, we all flooded outside into the parking lot and gathered around our parked cars where gifts were exchanged and photos were taken.  Surprised, I even ended up with a gift myself.  And I'm not even a Mother.  I think it was 1:45 p.m. when we finally rolled out of the Golf Club's parking lot and headed for home.  Stopped in New Hamburg for two Tim Hortons coffees to go and they were the worst Hortons coffees we have ever had.  We think they must have run out of coffee and sent one of the employees down to the local hardware store for a half-price batch of cheap Ajax instant coffee.  We were home sometime around three with a very happy little tail-wagging doggy waiting for us.  Because I took so many photos today I have decided to put the majority of them into a photo album which you can see here.......Unfortunately, neither Kelly or I could get the photo album app to work. So frustrating!!  Maybe I'll put the remaining photos in Monday's post along with pictures of the gifts Kelly received.  Or maybe I'll just stay in my recliner all day with a blanket pulled over my head.           

Al's Music Box:)) Travelin Man by Ricky Nelson from the album 'Rick Is 21.  1961

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Restroom Talk::  I was barely sitting down when I heard a voice from the other stall saying: 'Hi, how are you?'  I'm not the type to start a conversation in the men's restroom, but I don't know what got into me, so I answered, somewhat embarrassed, 'Doin' just fine.'  And the other guy says: 'So what are you up to?'  What kind of question is that? At that point, I'm thinking this is too bizarre so I say: 'Uhhh, I'm like you, just traveling.'  At this point, I am just trying to get out as fast as I can when I hear another question. 'Can I come over?'  Ok, this question is just too weird for me but I figured I could just be polite and end the conversation. I tell him, 'No........I'm a little busy right now!!!'  Then I hear the guy say nervously... 'Listen, I'll have to call you back. There's an idiot in the other stall who keeps answering all my questions.'

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- - There was a Roman emperor who never aged after he turned 19. His name was Constant Teen.

- At the age of 65 my Grandma started walking 10 kilometers a day.  She’s 92 now and we have no idea where she is.

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