Have been out of Commission for a few days!

For those who follow my little blog, my apologies for the silence. I went by ambulance to the Hamilton General Hospital on Monday at noon time and remained there until late Thursday afternoon.

Happily for me, I was admitted and tests were done and I am thankful for visitors such as Peter', Rosie, Jeff, and Monica, and of course, dear Irene who happened along just when I needed help. I felt bad that Jeff came all that way and I was not available. He was a dear man even to come to see me!

I find it amazing how God works things out in my life. John, my dear neighbour was home for lunch, heard the ambulance people in the hall, came out and told me he would care for the cats which was a real worry for me before. He is such a good man and I only have to call and he will come. What a real blessing that he is my next door neighbour!

My son Ken was amazing, he went to my place to get my suitcase and stayed with me in the Emergency ward until he had to pick up his friend Jody. He also brought me a book to read from Jody.

He also notified Anna and Billy in Kitchener. Anna kept in touch via my phone in the hospital so I was able to reassure them that I was fine.

My stay in the hospital was good except for the last test which was a little hard on me. It left me feeling ill and with a real bad headache. Am glad that one is done and over with!

I had just got up from a rather difficult test and they discharged me a few minutes later. I had no warning and my son did not have access to the car. Jody had it at school.

Thankfully, my pal Irene was there and she helped me pack and carried my suitcase for me. I am not allowed to lift anything over ten pounds for a little while. Happily, I have taxi script with me at all time, just in case of emergency.

I am so thankful to be home but will take it easy for a few more days and try and follow the doctor's orders.......

I did like the Hamilton General though so that is a positive. Since coming here to Hamilton, I have been the guest of MacMaster Hospital (pneumonia), Henderson (cardiac arrest) and now Hamilton General.

I am thankful that things worked out so well and that the outcome was positive. May God be praised and may He bless my friends who took their time to call or visit.

Practice hopefully will make perfect

Rosie gave me the jewellery jig that Gerhardt had made for me. I, in turn, gave her the jewellery set made for Hanna, his wife.

I have been trying all afternoon to master it but so far the jewellery jig is winning! Right now, I am using hardware wire which is cheaper and making things to hang in my windows.

For ornamentation, I just use beads which are not suitable for necklaces or earings as they are too small.

It's a good way to practice, to dress up my windows and to be creative!

A rainy day in Hamilton

I am glad that I don't need to go out today. I have started weeding out old things I no longer need and that is a good feeling. In between, I take a rest and watch DVD's brought back from Guyana, S.A. I have Guyanese friends both in Toronto and in Hamilton so it is good to learn more about their country.

My friend Andrew has lent them to me and they are amazing.

I wish I had seen them before I brought the topic on Guyana at the last World Day of Prayer. It was interesting enough just from the research I did, but it is so much better when you see a DVD on the country!

I find these scientist and naturalists amazing people and really brave. In the interior of Guyana, the rivers have pirranna fish, caymans (a kind of crocodile) and other creatures which I would not care to come face to face with.

It makes me appreciate living in Canada and in a city!

The scenery in the Rain Forests of Guyana and the different species are really something to be amazed about and shows the diversity of flora and wildlife that this earth has.

Thanks for reading my blog and have a nice day!

World Day of Prayer - Hamilton, Ontario

This year it was held at St. Stephen's Hungarian R.C. church. Very beautiful church which is over 100 years old.

We practiced beforehand but I think it should have gone a little smoother. However, it was okay. I really liked Sister Rosanne, she brought the homily and I found her a beautiful lady and so kind and sweet. She is a very knowledgeable and caring person, in my opinion.

Next year, Katie and I will be organizing it on behalf of St. John's which is a big responsibility.

People with walkers could not go into the church hall where the meal was served so that was one major drawback.

There were a great many steps to navigate and we had to leave the church to go next door in the hall.

I felt very sorry to see the lady with the walker unable to attend the meal.

Happily, St. John's has an elevator so next year she will be able to join everybody for the meal.

It was an enjoyable event and although it was not as crowded as last year, there still were lots of people there. The weather could not have been better, warm and bright!


I particularly loved that they sang one of the songs in Hungarian. Everything else was in English.

I got a ride there and a ride back which made life easier for me.

Ken came over for another visit and Nina brought me some information on Ukranium lenten customs so that will help my upcoming topic for the ladies group.

Thanks for reading my blog and have a good day!

Memories of my parents and budgeting

I was watching a good programme on T.V. which comes on right after the noon news here in Hamilton, Ontario.

It is about a woman financial expert who does housecalls to people having difficulty with credit cards and lines of credit and in general, who do not know how to manage on what they have, but live on money they don't have!

I just love this programme and when I am home, I watch it all the time.

It reminds me of my parents and how they were a good example to us children when we were young, putting us on a budget ourselves.

It went like this. More than 50 years ago, 50 cents a week was good money for an allowance. On that allowance, I had to budget for my stockings, church, and other things which I don't remember. I also cleaned the downstairs lavatory for $0.25 more.

They taught me how to put the money into envelopes and how to keep track of money.

I will always remember them sitting at their little desk, under the stairs, working on the household budget together. My father was, in many ways, a liberated man, especially for his generation. He and my Mom shared all the decisions together and my Father faithfully brought in the income and my Mother was like the captain of her little household, administering it well.

We never went without food or shelter, we were all educated and the church was an important part of our lives together. We always went to the country cottage each summer, which my father and my Grandfather built themselves. We also went down to Florida most summers as my Dad loved to travel. In their later years together, before my Mother died, they enjoyed many trips together.

He and my Mother, whose job it was to care for the family, used to manage the money available faithfully, never forgetting to give money to help others when they could.

How fortunate I was to have such a good example in my young life.

I was so blessed to have them as parents.

Busy with tools!

I have been doing a lot of wire wrapping lately and I find this very creative and fulfilling.

I also have been using leather cords to hang them from as they are very casual, fun and there is no nickle in them, which causes allergy in some people.

I am so delighted with my new hobby and believe that I will perhaps go for my selling license as three people who have seen my work, have expressed a desire to buy.

They make great gifts for women and eventually, I may branch out to make more masculine ones but not too many men in my age group wear jewellery except for rings, so I may not bother.

Saturday night play

Last night I had the priviledge of going to see a play with a dear friend of mine. This play was well done and had a lot of good "life lessons" in it.

Twelve Angry Men told the story of 12 men who sat on a jury and who had to decide the fate of a sixteen year old boy who was alleged to have murdered his father.

This young man had a lot of strikes against him, from having a record, verbal skirmishes with his Dad, to living in a bad area

It showed how each person on the jury had their own set of preconceived notions and stereotype images and how it affected their judgement and their ability to give a fair decision.

In the end, after much in-fighting, a just decision was rendered.

I like going to plays and especially if they have life lessons woven into them.

We joined other friends for light refreshments in the gym at Phillpot Church after the play.

Congratulations to those fine actors and to Bryan Wyllie, who was the Stage Manager.