Ultimately Wet Sunday

Last Sunday we played what is becoming our regular Sunday afternoon game of Ultimate Frisbee. However, this Sunday was a little different, on account of the deluge of rain that came down just as we were heading to the school field. It wasn't really that big of a deal, because the rain that we are used to is cold and sharp. This time, it was warm and the drops were big and fat. You only got a bit of a chill if you stopped moving, and it was kind of pleasant knowing that you can actually feel chilled outside in our village. Our backyard neighbours called and asked if they could join us on the fields and so they came along and played in the rain, too. The majority of us lasted about 45 minutes, until Steve Weeda put a little extra spin on the frisbee and ended up throwing more than one disc. Unfortunately, the 2nd disc was the one on his wedding finger, and we spent at least another 20 minutes doing a thorough field search. The ring never turned up, and unless someone honest finds it, it may be gone for good. With the maintenance/grounds staff at our school, the motto "finders keepers" is the one most abided by. For those headed our way one day, be encouraged if you are looking to lose weight. The reason the ring flew off in the first place is because Steve's fingers have shrunk in width significantly since last July.

A 20 minute stop in our Ultimate game to look for Steve's wedding ring.



As I write this, Matthew is upstairs drawing house plans up for one of his classes (not architecture...maybe art?) and Abby is at choir. Tomorrow is Abby's basketball tournament, which lasts 2 days. Tris is spending a lot of his time at school watching over grade 12 IB exams, which he says almost puts him in a coma. My big news is that in 5 sleeps my friend Dale will be here visiting for almost 3 weeks. Tonight the McIntyre family (Esther, Owen and their children Nahum, Dominico and Eliana) are coming for turkey dinner. We have no other reason to have turkey than we just want to eat it. I found a can of cranberry sauce a few weeks ago and have to have some reason to open it!! The other day I was given about 30 lemons and so we'll have both lemon meringue pie and applie pie. MMmmmmm.

Company will be here within the 1/2 hour so I have got to go and do what you do when you are waiting for company. Fluff napkins?

Thanks for reading.