Small was sick in the night but didn't bother us because he was too tired. Bless him. I think he ate too much yesterday. He was fine for the rest of the day.
I made a pancake breakfast for everyone but not too many as we were still recovering from our meal last night. Small and Smallest looked after Grandma while the rest of us went to visit the local flea market. I have decided I don't want to go here again until they have plants for sale. It is utter rubbish there. One of the sections sells chocolate, sweets and biscuits (normally imported stuff). Huffle attempted to buy a pack of chocolate marshmallows (teacakes) but when he went to give the lady his money, she said "oh I wouldn't bother, lots of people are bringing them back because they are stale and the chocolate is white on top, I don't want you to be disappointed". Then she tried to sell us a big pack of Hershey's Marshmallow Eggs until I told her that Hershey's was a horrible tasting chocolate and we were used to the best! Grandad bought himself a BlueJays tee shirt as he has somehow lost his in between visits. We went to Home Depot next where Grandad needed a length of drain pipe to finish the drain work. He had fun trying to get an Indian worker in there translating things.
Back home all three were still on their gadgets playing. Grandad, Huffle and I started work on the drainpipes. We worked well as a team, one up the ladder, one undoing screws, one getting the sealant off things. We had a brief stop for lunch that Grandma and the boys made. The kids played football, on the swing and a bit of cricket and Huffle joined in while I visited Home Depot again to pick up another elbow joint. All work was finished by 5pm with just a tiny problem of the sealant not quite sealing (possibly too wet) so we are leaving it until tomorrow when it is dry. Hopefully we can just buy another sealant (or caulking) and finish it before it rains.
Grandma made dinner with a little help from me and we all ate and then played Pictionery which was very funny.
Today was Grandma and Grandads last full day but it was impossible to all do something together as we had such a busy day yesterday, some of us needed to rest and others had stuff that just needed doing.
We have noticed that Grandma has started 'liking' things Canadian. Here are a list of things she now likes:
Maple Biscuits. Salmon Jumping. Hudson Bay. The staff in Hudson Bay. Weighable Frozen Yoghurt. Sunning herself next to a Nuclear Power Station. The Kit Kat Restaurant. The Steak at the Kit Kat. The Creme Brulee at the Kit Kat. Canadian Wine. The train. Cous Cous. Ship load of Tissues. Troy Tulowitzski. Steven (tintin duffy). Canadian English style ginger biscuits. Shoppers Drugstore. The pharmacist at Shoppers Drugstore but she really wanted to call her a Chemist. The Speed limit on construction. MrsMurnumunum (doo doo do doo do). Her very big plant pot of a tea mug she keeps here. Tin Mill Tin Frites. Cheap fish and chips. Homesense. Winners. Costco.
On a negative side, here are the things she didn't like:
The Raptors supporters sitting behind on the train who used the F word constantly. Sears (again). The boys on the beach next to the power station. The cyclist who tried to knock her over who happened to be one of the supporters behind on the train. Any tea that isn't Yorkshire Tea. That horrible sprinkling wine that she finished. Arugala (neither the taste nor the silly name they give it here). The fact that chemists are called Pharmascist. The word Sellabutory for Celebratory. FabricLand. Value Village. The Thrifty shop moving to a different shop (too big and smelly). The flouncy flowery yellow dress in the Thrifty shop. Homesense chair that collapsed when she sat on it. Not getting freebies at Costco. Our Hoover and the fact it's called a Vacuum here. All adverts on the radio. Matt Edmundson who was sitting in for Scott Mills while she was here.
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