Monday sun and cloud. Still cold, like -18 C at night. A couple of cm of snow Tuesday night. We have been recovering from the wedding and also working on Christmas shopping. Over the late evening of December 25th and all day December 26th and also into Sunday the 27th we received a bad ice and rain storm which came out of the mid west US. They blame Canada for US Storms but some of the worst ones we get come from the mid west US. Sunday it is about 2 C which means some of the ice is melting. The tree in our front yard is hanging quite low but is slowly looking better. I must get it trimmed this winter.
Thursday the three of us went for a short snow shoe hike, but with the ice, that and skiing are on hold until we get more snow.
With Christmas and Boxing day shopping we have not had any time to work on genealogy. I have lots to do so will try to get started again in January.
Walked 11.9, 12.7, 7.9, 11.6, 7.5, and 9.9 km
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Dec 14 to 20
More snow this week, so more shovelling. Our small electric snow-blower does a fantastic job of moving snow. We have been rather busy getting prepared for the wedding of our youngest daughter on Dec 19th. I did manage to finish The Ottawa Genealogist and send it to the printer. Tuesday evening I attended the monthly meeting of the Ottawa Branch OGS. Three people presented their show and tell. Very interesting talks. The one that stood out was about the Heintzman family who manufactured pianos. Tuesday evening we picked up our oldest daughter at the airport. She is home for her sister's wedding and a few weeks break from teaching. Monday I purchased a new cross-country ski set for myself to replace the one that gave up last winter. We have also been working on a Christmas newsletter with some photos, which we will send out. Walked 8, 7, 9, 12 km
Friday
Today of course we had to have some home renovation going on. We had 5 windows replaced on a very cold day (16 C). Good thing they all faced south. This evening Elizabeth, Margaret and I worked on decorating the cakes and cupcakes for the wedding. It took all evening but they are all ready for Saturday.
Saturday
A very cold and crisp day today and sunny. This is the wedding day for our youngest daughter. We picked up the flowers in the morning and delivered them to the groom and bride. We then picked up the two dogs so we could look after them for a few hours and then deliver them to the wedding site, Beantown near Wendover, Ontario. By two in the afternoon, we had the van packed with our wedding cloths for the day and also return cloths for Sunday. The cakes and cupcakes were loaded. Had to removed one seat from the van. The dogs cages were loaded so we put the dogs in the car and headed east. We arrived at Beantown just before three delivered the dogs for pictures, then dropped off the cakes and then went just down the road to O Genet B & B to check in, drop off our cloths and get dressed for the wedding. A very nice place. The wedding took place between 5 and 5:30 pm. A very nice ceremony with lots of the grooms relatives present. We only had three on our side. The dinner we excellent, as was the slide show about Kathy and Rick. They then had a dance outside on the pond ice. Then the inside dancing started with a father daughter dance. We did quite well considering we had only practiced once for about 10 minutes. Dancing was not something we did a lot of! After that the party really got moving. The cake was cut about 10:30 and we headed for the B & B for the night. The party lasted until around 2 am. The whole thing was quite successful! Walked 5.9 km.
Sunday
This morning we woke up about 7:30, got dressed and read our e-mail. About 9 am we went upstairs for a very nice breakfast of eggs, bacon, meat pie and toast with homemade strawberry preserves. We also had juice, coffee and tea. I would recommend this B & B to others who are staying in the Wendover-Plantagenet area. We headed next door to Beantown to pick up the remaining cakes and flowers etc. We then headed home to Orleans arriving home around noon. We spent a few hours unpacking and relaxing before we headed off to Christ Church Cathedral for a service of Nine Lessons and Carols. Now we can work on getting ready for Christmas. Walked 9 km.
Friday
Today of course we had to have some home renovation going on. We had 5 windows replaced on a very cold day (16 C). Good thing they all faced south. This evening Elizabeth, Margaret and I worked on decorating the cakes and cupcakes for the wedding. It took all evening but they are all ready for Saturday.
Saturday
A very cold and crisp day today and sunny. This is the wedding day for our youngest daughter. We picked up the flowers in the morning and delivered them to the groom and bride. We then picked up the two dogs so we could look after them for a few hours and then deliver them to the wedding site, Beantown near Wendover, Ontario. By two in the afternoon, we had the van packed with our wedding cloths for the day and also return cloths for Sunday. The cakes and cupcakes were loaded. Had to removed one seat from the van. The dogs cages were loaded so we put the dogs in the car and headed east. We arrived at Beantown just before three delivered the dogs for pictures, then dropped off the cakes and then went just down the road to O Genet B & B to check in, drop off our cloths and get dressed for the wedding. A very nice place. The wedding took place between 5 and 5:30 pm. A very nice ceremony with lots of the grooms relatives present. We only had three on our side. The dinner we excellent, as was the slide show about Kathy and Rick. They then had a dance outside on the pond ice. Then the inside dancing started with a father daughter dance. We did quite well considering we had only practiced once for about 10 minutes. Dancing was not something we did a lot of! After that the party really got moving. The cake was cut about 10:30 and we headed for the B & B for the night. The party lasted until around 2 am. The whole thing was quite successful! Walked 5.9 km.
Sunday
This morning we woke up about 7:30, got dressed and read our e-mail. About 9 am we went upstairs for a very nice breakfast of eggs, bacon, meat pie and toast with homemade strawberry preserves. We also had juice, coffee and tea. I would recommend this B & B to others who are staying in the Wendover-Plantagenet area. We headed next door to Beantown to pick up the remaining cakes and flowers etc. We then headed home to Orleans arriving home around noon. We spent a few hours unpacking and relaxing before we headed off to Christ Church Cathedral for a service of Nine Lessons and Carols. Now we can work on getting ready for Christmas. Walked 9 km.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Dec 7 to 13
Monday
Snowed a bit last evening. I have not done any genealogy for a while now. Today I did a lot of revisions on the advertising brochure for our Gene-O-Rama genealogy conference next March. It needs to be printed this week and it will also go into The Ottawa Genealogist which I am working on. Walked 8.3 km.
Tuesday
Today we spent the afternoon cleaning out our bedroom closet. A job well done! This week I have started doing regular exercises inside, which include 20 minute sessions on the elliptical trainer, weight training and some basic Tae Bo. Not all on the same day of course at my age, but spread throughout the week. I finished the Gene-O-Rama brochure and sent it off to the printer. Now I just need to finish The Ottawa Genealogist. Walked 7.1 km.
Wednesday
Today we spent most of the day inside watching the snow storm pass through. We did go out early in the morning to do some shopping but got back without incident. Walked 6.4 km.
Thursday
Well today was the day to recover from the huge snow storm that passed through. We got winter all at once with who knows, perhaps 20 cm of snow. We cleared out the driveway and the back patio this morning. We spent an hour recording Elizabeth's DNA talk on our relatively new digital video camera. The resulting video was quite good. We used a tripod. Watched a lot of video today. We are watching issues of Stargate along with Lovejoy and an older British serial called Rumpole of the Bailey. we are nor sure about Rumpole yet!. We also watched a video titled "Contact" with Jody Foster and Matthew McConaughy. I think I have seen parts of it before but not the whole thing. Walked 5.3 km.
Friday
Some sun today but a bit cool because of a light wind. Didn't do anything spectacular today. Spent several hours working on the Census references for my Ontario Kipp Family genealogy. We watched issues of Stargate, Lovejoy and Rumpole of the Bailey. Walked 8.1 km.
Saturday and Sunday
Received about 5 cm of snow Sunday. Cleared it away in the evening. We spent the afternoon dusting and housecleaning in preparation for our daughter arriving and also for the Christmas season. We watched issues of Stargate, Lovejoy and Rumpole of the Bailey. Walked 7.4, 4.9 km.
Snowed a bit last evening. I have not done any genealogy for a while now. Today I did a lot of revisions on the advertising brochure for our Gene-O-Rama genealogy conference next March. It needs to be printed this week and it will also go into The Ottawa Genealogist which I am working on. Walked 8.3 km.
Tuesday
Today we spent the afternoon cleaning out our bedroom closet. A job well done! This week I have started doing regular exercises inside, which include 20 minute sessions on the elliptical trainer, weight training and some basic Tae Bo. Not all on the same day of course at my age, but spread throughout the week. I finished the Gene-O-Rama brochure and sent it off to the printer. Now I just need to finish The Ottawa Genealogist. Walked 7.1 km.
Wednesday
Today we spent most of the day inside watching the snow storm pass through. We did go out early in the morning to do some shopping but got back without incident. Walked 6.4 km.
Thursday
Well today was the day to recover from the huge snow storm that passed through. We got winter all at once with who knows, perhaps 20 cm of snow. We cleared out the driveway and the back patio this morning. We spent an hour recording Elizabeth's DNA talk on our relatively new digital video camera. The resulting video was quite good. We used a tripod. Watched a lot of video today. We are watching issues of Stargate along with Lovejoy and an older British serial called Rumpole of the Bailey. we are nor sure about Rumpole yet!. We also watched a video titled "Contact" with Jody Foster and Matthew McConaughy. I think I have seen parts of it before but not the whole thing. Walked 5.3 km.
Friday
Some sun today but a bit cool because of a light wind. Didn't do anything spectacular today. Spent several hours working on the Census references for my Ontario Kipp Family genealogy. We watched issues of Stargate, Lovejoy and Rumpole of the Bailey. Walked 8.1 km.
Saturday and Sunday
Received about 5 cm of snow Sunday. Cleared it away in the evening. We spent the afternoon dusting and housecleaning in preparation for our daughter arriving and also for the Christmas season. We watched issues of Stargate, Lovejoy and Rumpole of the Bailey. Walked 7.4, 4.9 km.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Dec 1 to 6
Tuesday to Sunday
This has been a week of recovering from our trip west to Milwaukee. The round trip took us through 3,557 km, including twice through Chicago. We have been working on cataloguing and rearranging our books. As well, we have been shopping almost every day. I have not had time to work on genealogy for about a week. For the next week I will be busy finishing off The Ottawa Genealogist which is the journal of the Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society. I am also finishing the brochure for our genealogy conference called GENE-O-RAMA which takes place in Ottawa on March 26-27, 2010. In about a week we are getting new windows installed, followed by a wedding in
the family. Saturday I put up some outdoor Christmas lights. Biked 9.6 km. Walked 7.9, 11.8, 8.6, 6.8, 8.8, 6 km.
This has been a week of recovering from our trip west to Milwaukee. The round trip took us through 3,557 km, including twice through Chicago. We have been working on cataloguing and rearranging our books. As well, we have been shopping almost every day. I have not had time to work on genealogy for about a week. For the next week I will be busy finishing off The Ottawa Genealogist which is the journal of the Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society. I am also finishing the brochure for our genealogy conference called GENE-O-RAMA which takes place in Ottawa on March 26-27, 2010. In about a week we are getting new windows installed, followed by a wedding in
the family. Saturday I put up some outdoor Christmas lights. Biked 9.6 km. Walked 7.9, 11.8, 8.6, 6.8, 8.8, 6 km.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Nov 23 to 30
Monday
Cloudy and hazy today in Milwaukee. We drove into downtown Milwaukee to visit The Domes at Mitchell Park. They are also referred to as the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory. The three domes include a Tropical area, a Desert area and a Show area with changing exhibits. The Show area was set up for Christmas. We took about two hours to wander through the Domes and view the many types of plants. We saw the largest Jade plants we had ever seen and they were all in flower. I managed to keep a jade plant growing at home for over 30 years and it never flowered. It finally died from a rotted stem probably from over watering. After that we found our way over to Marquette University where we had a look at the historic 15th Century French Chapel which was moved first to Long Island and then to Milwaukee and reconstructed. The Chapel is dedicated to St. Joan of Arc. This is a very worthwhile item to see. We then visited the Haggerty Museum of Art on the Campus. We took a quick walk in downtown Milwaukee to see briefly the Milwaukee Public Library. I also took a picture of the statue to George Washington which stands in the middle of the road near the library. They also have a large Civil War monument in the same area. Worked for a couple of hours on the census references for my Canadian Kipp family genealogy. Walked 10.4 km.
Tuesday
Cloudy today with rain in the afternoon. We spent the day shopping around Milwaukee. The shopping centers are not really that exciting. However, we did find one really good shopping center called Bayshore located a I-43 and Silver Springs Dr. in Glendale. Worked for a couple of hours on the census references for my Canadian Kipp family genealogy. Walked 7.4 km.
Wednesday
Cloudy with some rain today. We decided to visit the Milwaukee Public Museum. In the lobby we found the Hebior Mammoth which was uncovered in Wisconsin. We had time to visit the first floor exhibits: Streets of Milwaukee, European Village and the Butterfly Garden, with a quick glance at the Rain Forest exhibit. We also had tickets for the Daniel M Soref Planetarium and Humphrey IMAX, where we saw the film "Ice World" and also a brief talk on the night sky around Milwaukee. We bought a few things in the Museum store. So in one afternoon we barley scratched the surface of this museum because we did not finish the first floor and there are two more floors beyond that. This is a good museum to visit. We saved a few minutes of light outside to walk a couple of blocks to see the front of the Milwaukee Public Library which takes up a full block. Worked for a couple of hours on the census references for my Canadian Kipp family genealogy. Walked 6.2 km.
Thursday
Thanksgiving day in the US. The day was cloudy with a few patches of sun and wind. We went for a walk in Lake Park alongside Lake Michigan. The rest of the day we stayed in and had our thanksgiving dinner and watched a couple of videos. Worked for several of hours on the census references for my Canadian Kipp family genealogy. Walked 6.4 km.
Friday
The day was clear with sun. We headed off across Wisconsin to visit Madison, their capitol. There was hardly anyone there because of the Thanksgiving day holiday. However, we did see Lakes Monona and Mendota. The Capitol building was open, so after a lunch at Subway just across the street, we had a guided tour of the Capitol building. We then did a quick driving tour of the University of Wisconsin at Madison. This is one huge university campus. Very nice. Back in Milwaukee after dark, we went shopping at the Pick and Save before retiring for the night. Walked 8 km.
Saturday
The day was very nice with lots of sun and it was quite warm in the sun. We helped our daughter take some books into her office at the University in the morning. After lunch we went to visit the North Point Lighthouse, which is an old Milwaukee lighthouse that has been restored. This was followed by a long walk in Lake Park and down to the beach on Lake Michigan where we dipped our digits in the water. Cold! We then headed back to the apartment for a brief stop. Our daughter and I then went to visit the Man at Work Collection at the Grohmann Museum on North Broadway. This museum is part of the Milwaukee School of Engineering. The displays in this museum are excellent with paintings and sculptures dealing with the working man. The displays dealt with: Iron and Steel, Agriculture and Construction, and Physicians, Quacks and Alchemists. For supper we drove out to the Cheescake Factory at the Bayshore Shopping plaza off of Silver Spring Road. Great meal as usual but too much. Walked 10.4 km.
Sunday
The day started off cloudy with rain. Headed home to Ottawa from Milwaukee, starting out about 8 am. We had foggy and rainy weather all of the way to London, Ontario where we stopped overnight since the whole trip takes about two days. We managed to get through Chicago again. Walked 3.5 km
Monday
We had a short snow shower first thing in the morning in London and then the rest of the drive home to Ottawa was great. We had a combination of sun and cloud all the way. The traffic was quite reasonable for a change, even in Toronto. We arrived home about 4 pm before dark. Walked 5.4 km.
Cloudy and hazy today in Milwaukee. We drove into downtown Milwaukee to visit The Domes at Mitchell Park. They are also referred to as the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory. The three domes include a Tropical area, a Desert area and a Show area with changing exhibits. The Show area was set up for Christmas. We took about two hours to wander through the Domes and view the many types of plants. We saw the largest Jade plants we had ever seen and they were all in flower. I managed to keep a jade plant growing at home for over 30 years and it never flowered. It finally died from a rotted stem probably from over watering. After that we found our way over to Marquette University where we had a look at the historic 15th Century French Chapel which was moved first to Long Island and then to Milwaukee and reconstructed. The Chapel is dedicated to St. Joan of Arc. This is a very worthwhile item to see. We then visited the Haggerty Museum of Art on the Campus. We took a quick walk in downtown Milwaukee to see briefly the Milwaukee Public Library. I also took a picture of the statue to George Washington which stands in the middle of the road near the library. They also have a large Civil War monument in the same area. Worked for a couple of hours on the census references for my Canadian Kipp family genealogy. Walked 10.4 km.
Tuesday
Cloudy today with rain in the afternoon. We spent the day shopping around Milwaukee. The shopping centers are not really that exciting. However, we did find one really good shopping center called Bayshore located a I-43 and Silver Springs Dr. in Glendale. Worked for a couple of hours on the census references for my Canadian Kipp family genealogy. Walked 7.4 km.
Wednesday
Cloudy with some rain today. We decided to visit the Milwaukee Public Museum. In the lobby we found the Hebior Mammoth which was uncovered in Wisconsin. We had time to visit the first floor exhibits: Streets of Milwaukee, European Village and the Butterfly Garden, with a quick glance at the Rain Forest exhibit. We also had tickets for the Daniel M Soref Planetarium and Humphrey IMAX, where we saw the film "Ice World" and also a brief talk on the night sky around Milwaukee. We bought a few things in the Museum store. So in one afternoon we barley scratched the surface of this museum because we did not finish the first floor and there are two more floors beyond that. This is a good museum to visit. We saved a few minutes of light outside to walk a couple of blocks to see the front of the Milwaukee Public Library which takes up a full block. Worked for a couple of hours on the census references for my Canadian Kipp family genealogy. Walked 6.2 km.
Thursday
Thanksgiving day in the US. The day was cloudy with a few patches of sun and wind. We went for a walk in Lake Park alongside Lake Michigan. The rest of the day we stayed in and had our thanksgiving dinner and watched a couple of videos. Worked for several of hours on the census references for my Canadian Kipp family genealogy. Walked 6.4 km.
Friday
The day was clear with sun. We headed off across Wisconsin to visit Madison, their capitol. There was hardly anyone there because of the Thanksgiving day holiday. However, we did see Lakes Monona and Mendota. The Capitol building was open, so after a lunch at Subway just across the street, we had a guided tour of the Capitol building. We then did a quick driving tour of the University of Wisconsin at Madison. This is one huge university campus. Very nice. Back in Milwaukee after dark, we went shopping at the Pick and Save before retiring for the night. Walked 8 km.
Saturday
The day was very nice with lots of sun and it was quite warm in the sun. We helped our daughter take some books into her office at the University in the morning. After lunch we went to visit the North Point Lighthouse, which is an old Milwaukee lighthouse that has been restored. This was followed by a long walk in Lake Park and down to the beach on Lake Michigan where we dipped our digits in the water. Cold! We then headed back to the apartment for a brief stop. Our daughter and I then went to visit the Man at Work Collection at the Grohmann Museum on North Broadway. This museum is part of the Milwaukee School of Engineering. The displays in this museum are excellent with paintings and sculptures dealing with the working man. The displays dealt with: Iron and Steel, Agriculture and Construction, and Physicians, Quacks and Alchemists. For supper we drove out to the Cheescake Factory at the Bayshore Shopping plaza off of Silver Spring Road. Great meal as usual but too much. Walked 10.4 km.
Sunday
The day started off cloudy with rain. Headed home to Ottawa from Milwaukee, starting out about 8 am. We had foggy and rainy weather all of the way to London, Ontario where we stopped overnight since the whole trip takes about two days. We managed to get through Chicago again. Walked 3.5 km
Monday
We had a short snow shower first thing in the morning in London and then the rest of the drive home to Ottawa was great. We had a combination of sun and cloud all the way. The traffic was quite reasonable for a change, even in Toronto. We arrived home about 4 pm before dark. Walked 5.4 km.
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