Carolle Trembley & John Palmer eclectecon@gmail.com
#602, 19 King Street carolle.trembley@gmail.com
London, Ontario, N6A 5N8
November 29,
2016.
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| John and Carolle at CN Tower for Anniversary Lunch |
Well hello
It
is still November, there is no snow on the ground (indeed the temperature today
is in the teens), but we have already begun Christmas shopping. There’s something wrong with this picture
because once Carolle begins Christmas shopping, it doesn’t end until Christmas.
Oh well.
John
kept busy all year with different roles in plays and in mystery dinner
theatres. He keeps complaining about his
memory, but seems to do well in these plays.
And he hasn’t completely retired from economics. This fall he presented a paper on “Property
Rights and Contract Enforcement in the Post-Zombie Apocalypse” in Windsor and
Regina. While in Regina, he stayed with
granddaughter, Kayla, and visited with Carolle’s Uncle Bruce and Aunt Ollie. He
also took advantage of the opportunity to play a few gigs with the Saskatchewan
Roughriders Pep Band.
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| John at Grey Cup |
John
rejoined the Pep Band in Toronto for Grey Cup this year. His lips bore the brunt of all the playing
they did on the street, in bars, at the Toronto Convention Centre, and
tailgating parties, etc. But he looooved
it all. Boy, was he tired when he got
home after the 4 days.
Carolle was sick quite a bit this year, being diagnosed with COPD
(chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder), and congestive heart failure, which
responded completely when the meds kicked in a few weeks ago. She is still having trouble with her
breathing and back pain. Now she talks about approaching age 80 in 4
years!! Still, she is so grateful for
the wonderful life she and John have. She
loves playing “Words with (several) Friends” on line, doing sudokus and jigsaw
puzzles. Her computer gets a good
workout each day.
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| Viv, John, and Carolle in our Blue Jays Jerseys |
This year
Carolle’s sister, Viv, came with us to our annual anniversary celebration. We three boarded the train to Toronto and
then stayed for 3 days at the Skydome where John and Carolle had a room
overlooking the baseball field. Viv was
thrilled with being able to watch everything that went on in the field
below. We all swear she smiled the
entire time. She voted to return for
this celebration each year. Hurrah.
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| Melinda and Jacob |
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| Lara painting Nana's toenails |
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| Elise & Carolle with pigtails |
We
visited with Jacob, Melinda and Lara and Elise in Houston twice this year. During the first visit, Carolle refers to one
evening as the spa, where Elise put Carolle’s (short) hair into pigtails and
Lara painted her toenails. What fun. On our second visit, we celebrated both
Melinda’s and Carolle’s birthdays. Jacob
finally received his long-ago promised promotion—and backpay, hurrah!
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| Matthew and Laura |
Matthew looks so
happy with his girlfriend, Laura. She’s
a doll and they spend as much time together as they can. Matthew has completed his on-line MBA this
year. He will be glad to have more free
time. Laura is starting her course
soon. Cordelia and Phebe are working on developing
their career paths.
Rachael is doing
well, putting together a new life. She
is looking good. Kayla moved to Regina
and is doing well at her job at the furniture store and maybe thinking of
returning to London where, it is reported, her firm may be opening a store. Good.
We all miss her.
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| Paytyn |
Our 2-year old
great granddaughter, Paytyn, is growing quickly and appears to be having quite
a good time at it. She has curly hair
and a fabulous smile and loooootttts of energy and is so much fun to have
around. Veronica is pregnant again, so
we will have another great grandbaby in May.
Veronica and Jodie are awesome parents and they are looking forward to
the new baby.
We have had a full
year of family and friends this year, which we enjoyed. Christmas this year will be lunch out at the
Mandarin—a family favorite restaurant.
We hope you have a wonderful Christmas and a very happy
and lucky 2017.
with
love
from
carolle and John
