Monthly Archives: February 2013

Two posts in one

Posted on February 28, 2013 by dakegrodad

The first part of this post is about the motorhome This is not a major change but it is something that we wanted to do for a while. We seldom have extra guests so we don’t need a lot of … Continue reading →

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split decision

Posted on February 27, 2013 by dakegrodad

After a day in which I did some mundane tasks and Deb worked hard we came home to relax with some wine she had Red Rooster Cabernet Merlot and I had Quinta Ferreira Merlot Cabernet. while we sat and enjoyed our wine … Continue reading →

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A not traveling tuesday

Posted on February 26, 2013 by dakegrodad

usually on Tuesdays I have several trips to make to music lessons unfortunately not for me 🙂 Today was a break  from traveling Saige the musician was not feeling well so no lessons so no traveling. I was just sitting … Continue reading →

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Not a day of rest

Posted on February 25, 2013 by dakegrodad

Yesterday was sort of busy not a day of sitting around resting. We did get off to a slow start and then I had my trip to Penticton this time to take Saige our youngest to her piano recital. while … Continue reading →

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First backyard camp fire wine

Posted on February 23, 2013 by dakegrodad

Saturday February 23 Our first backyard campfire. We have this really great table that makes into a fire pit for backyard campfires and today was the first time we had a fire this year. It was great weather today the temperature got … Continue reading →

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Friday night Wine

Posted on February 22, 2013 by dakegrodad

Here it is friday night a relaxing time where I am sitting with people who have said”do not put me in there “. I am having a bottle yes bottle not glass of the finest Pinot noir I have ever … Continue reading →

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Thanks for waiting

Posted on February 22, 2013 by dakegrodad

I have been so busy I just didn’t have time to post on my blog. No I just didn’t feel like it and I didn’t have anything that was really blog worthy to tell about. Sometimes our lives just move … Continue reading →

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another Manic Monday

Posted on February 18, 2013 by dakegrodad

Not really in fact it was anything but manic. Just to update from the last few days, what have we been doing, the short answer is nothing,  the long answer is not much. Thursday was a fire training night where I was … Continue reading →

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wine wednesday

Posted on February 14, 2013 by dakegrodad

There was not much that happened in my world on Wednesday so I am going to talk about wine. I am not an expert but I do know a bit about wine and I enjoy the wines that come from … Continue reading →

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Regular Tuesday

Posted on February 12, 2013 by dakegrodad

After my day off yesterday I am back to my regular routine. today is the day we make 2 trips to Penticton it has become part of what we do and we schedule our lives around it. I cleaned the … Continue reading →

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