Bob: Late night tonight. Didn't get home till just after 10. Went to Mississauga Institute and took Jeremy with us. He lives pretty close to where our office is so we can just pick him up on the way. But then we have to go back to drop him off. It's worth it if he wants to go. Brother Wilde is filling in as the instructor right now as Barretts have left and the Budgetts won't get here until the first of January. Only 1 more class left however. Brother Wilde has an interesting class. He would be good all the time. Bonnie and I are furnishing the treats however.
Busy, busy day at work. Caught up on most everything. Have to go to Ajax on Friday and help move the Sisters to their new apartment. Ward can't help them till next week, but I don't want to wait. The landlord wants his contractor in the basement working anytime he feels like it. Would like to report him to the Ontario Tenancy Board but we'll just live with it and move on.
Found out tonight that it shouldn't be too hard getting to the theater unless there is a hockey game, which there is!! Wish I had known that before-hand. Can't believe we picked that night.
I am calling it quits for the night. Love to everyone and good night brother.
Dad/Bob
PS Bonnie sends her love!
Tuesday, 8 December 2015
Monday, 7 December 2015
December 7, 2015
Bob: Just got home right before 10:00. Had dinner at the Ludlow's (ham, scalloped potatoes, salad, green beans, carrots, rolls and dessert) and then went to FHE at the Brampton Stake Center. Small crowd at the Stake Center. Lot of them must have been busy doing other things tonight. All the Senior Missionaries showed up for the dinner at Ludlow's except one couple. They work in Public Affairs and had another engagement to attend.
Everything was pretty quiet at the office today. Got most of the daily things done, Trying to get some furniture ordered for the 2 new apartments for Seniors. Furniture store didn't call me back though. Try one more time tomorrow.
Got Bonnie's Christmas wish ordered tonight. We are going to see 'Phantom of the Opera' on the 17th. I think it will be okay except for the trip down to the theater. It is in downtown Toronto on King Street. Next to the Don Valley Parking Lot it is my least favorite street. We'll just have to leave early and hope for the best.
Hope your day has been enjoyable and fulfilling. Love to all and good night brother.
Dad/Bob
PS Bonnie sends her love.
Everything was pretty quiet at the office today. Got most of the daily things done, Trying to get some furniture ordered for the 2 new apartments for Seniors. Furniture store didn't call me back though. Try one more time tomorrow.
Got Bonnie's Christmas wish ordered tonight. We are going to see 'Phantom of the Opera' on the 17th. I think it will be okay except for the trip down to the theater. It is in downtown Toronto on King Street. Next to the Don Valley Parking Lot it is my least favorite street. We'll just have to leave early and hope for the best.
Hope your day has been enjoyable and fulfilling. Love to all and good night brother.
Dad/Bob
PS Bonnie sends her love.
Sunday, 6 December 2015
December 6,2015
Bonnie: We've just had a great Sabbath Day! There is nothing like hearing the testimonies of the YSAs. They are deep and humble. We had 6 YSAs ask for rides today. We were hoping that with help we could get them all there. Unfortunately, the couple that two of the young men called couldn't get them a way to church today. This breaks my heart. I don't know what to do.
We are about to listen to the Christmas Broadcast at 8:00 tonight. I'm anxious to hear it.
I have been fasting that all of the packages sent to our missionaries will arrive tomorrow or Tuesday. We need about 90 packages, but I will be happy if we have 60 show up on our doorstep. December Zone Conferences begin on Wednesday so that's the reason for my desire to have the packages arriving by Tuesday evening.
Tomorrow is our monthly feast with the Ludlow's. That will be a treat for sure. And we can see all of our Senior Couple friends that are close enough to come. We actually have 4 very festive events this month. And one of our APs would like to have an office party! We'll see what happens there. Besides the dinner at Ludlow's there will be a Senior Missionary Couple dinner at the Mission Home with Clayton's. Then, Bishop Finnigan is having a party for the Senior Advisor couples that serve in our YSA ward. And then there will be a regional YSA Christmas party on the 19th. I will making alot of food! But, that's some of the fun.
May everyone have a great week this week.
Love, Mom/Bonnie
Bob: We just finished listening to the 1st Presidency's Christmas devotional. It was really good and came in over the Internet just perfectly. I was concerned that it would buffer occasionally or have hesitation to it, but it was fine.
As Bonnie said we had 6 people needing rides to church this morning. Two of the young men didn't show up for church and one of the three we were to pick up went to an earlier meeting. So we ended up with only two. I think the Bishopric is working on calling a ride coordinator and it would really help. We asked one couple today if they could give the YSA in Mississauga rides and they said sure. Another advisor who had never been asked to give someone a ride took a young man home when the Elders asked him. I believe there are others willing to help we just need to put together a program.
My son-in-law, Scott Crossley, was able to cut the tie between AT&T and me today. In fact, they gave him an extra Gig of data for the same price he had been paying. He said he should have cut me off sooner!! I wish he could have. Anyway, I feel relieved to be done with those @#$^%&*!!
Well I had better close for now. Hope your Sabbath Day was blessed. Love to everyone and good night brother.
Dad/Bob
We are about to listen to the Christmas Broadcast at 8:00 tonight. I'm anxious to hear it.
I have been fasting that all of the packages sent to our missionaries will arrive tomorrow or Tuesday. We need about 90 packages, but I will be happy if we have 60 show up on our doorstep. December Zone Conferences begin on Wednesday so that's the reason for my desire to have the packages arriving by Tuesday evening.
Tomorrow is our monthly feast with the Ludlow's. That will be a treat for sure. And we can see all of our Senior Couple friends that are close enough to come. We actually have 4 very festive events this month. And one of our APs would like to have an office party! We'll see what happens there. Besides the dinner at Ludlow's there will be a Senior Missionary Couple dinner at the Mission Home with Clayton's. Then, Bishop Finnigan is having a party for the Senior Advisor couples that serve in our YSA ward. And then there will be a regional YSA Christmas party on the 19th. I will making alot of food! But, that's some of the fun.
May everyone have a great week this week.
Love, Mom/Bonnie
Bob: We just finished listening to the 1st Presidency's Christmas devotional. It was really good and came in over the Internet just perfectly. I was concerned that it would buffer occasionally or have hesitation to it, but it was fine.
As Bonnie said we had 6 people needing rides to church this morning. Two of the young men didn't show up for church and one of the three we were to pick up went to an earlier meeting. So we ended up with only two. I think the Bishopric is working on calling a ride coordinator and it would really help. We asked one couple today if they could give the YSA in Mississauga rides and they said sure. Another advisor who had never been asked to give someone a ride took a young man home when the Elders asked him. I believe there are others willing to help we just need to put together a program.
My son-in-law, Scott Crossley, was able to cut the tie between AT&T and me today. In fact, they gave him an extra Gig of data for the same price he had been paying. He said he should have cut me off sooner!! I wish he could have. Anyway, I feel relieved to be done with those @#$^%&*!!
Well I had better close for now. Hope your Sabbath Day was blessed. Love to everyone and good night brother.
Dad/Bob
Saturday, 5 December 2015
December 5, 2015
Bonnie: We just got back from taking a car to some missionaries and bringing a truck back to the mission office. It's almost 10:00 pm. I'll let Bob tell about that. Last night we had our friends from our Branch in Temiskaming spend the night, Brad and his daughter Kayla. Kayla had to take the SAT this morning and because the computer is right next to her bedroom, we didn't want to keep her up by using it. It was wonderful because Brad brought homemade spaghetti sauce, noodles, salad, bread sticks, and the best part, his mother's homemade butter tarts for dessert! We were barely home 5 minutes from the office when they showed up. Another wonderful thing about it is that there are left-overs, so I don't have to cook much this week. After dinner, Kayla studied for her test and we went to the temple to do sealings. Brad had some important ones to do, (though they all are!) and Bob had four from two years ago to do. It was a great way to spend the evening!
And today was a fun day for me because I had no cooking requirements (we went to Flips for a late breakfast) and the apartment is presentable as far as cleanliness. So, I went shopping!
I will let Bob finish up. May all of us feel the Savior's love for us tomorrow as we partake of the sacrament (the heart of the Sabbath, according to Sister Marriott). I love you all!
PS: Happy Birthday, Lori! And congratulations to Magnolia HS for winning the State Championship!
Love, Mom/Bonnie
Bob: Final score: Magnolia 62 - East Hardy 0. I don't understand this one. Last week East Hardy ran over St. Marys, who lost to Magnolia earlier this year. The Magnolia -St. Marys game wasn't that much of a blowout. Sometimes that funny shaped ball takes wierd bounces.
Had to go get the pickup and trailer from the Ossington Zone leaders tonight. They moved out of their apartment and into another one today. Google said about 63 minutes. But the route went down the Don Valley "Parking Lot". I knew that on Saturday night at about 6:45 traffic wouldn't be that bad!! Wrong again. I guess that is why it's called a 'Parking Lot'. They have a real good design. There is an HOV lane on the left side of the highway. (You don't think it's necessary that I tell you which side of the road the HOV lane is on? Found an HOV lane on the right side of the street later tonight!) Anyway, the HOV lanes splits into 2 lanes with one lane going to the 401 route. The HOV lane for the Don Valley Parking lot comes to a screeching halt and cars have to merge into a lane on the right. On the other side of the road a right lane is also ending so that lane has to merge left. You can guess what happens. The guy that designed this road had to put a lot of thought into 'how can I make this a permanent bottleneck???' He did a great job. And an HOV lane on the right side of the road! I have never seen that before. Don't know who thought that one up. It's a real big help with the buses stopping to load/unload every couple of blocks and people whipping out from behind the bus into the regular traffic lane.
Another thing the First Mate told me tonight. The Elders go to the public libraries to receive and send emails on Mondays. They have to take a letter with them from the Mission Office saying they live at such and such address or the library won't let them use their computers. So much for 'public' libraries.
And the final thing to make my day. My 2 year contract with AT&T ends today. They told me on November 11th to call them today, December 5, if I wanted to cancel my contract without an early termination fee. And being that I want to get as far away from AT&T as I possibly can I was more than willing to call them today. Funny thing happened though, they won't let me cancel the phone unless Scott Crossley calls them and puts a new security code on the account! Needless to say I think the AT&T service rep, Carlos, completely understands exactly how I feel about his company.
Enough rambling for now. Love to everyone. Hope your weekend is going great. Good night brother.
Dad/Bob
And today was a fun day for me because I had no cooking requirements (we went to Flips for a late breakfast) and the apartment is presentable as far as cleanliness. So, I went shopping!
I will let Bob finish up. May all of us feel the Savior's love for us tomorrow as we partake of the sacrament (the heart of the Sabbath, according to Sister Marriott). I love you all!
PS: Happy Birthday, Lori! And congratulations to Magnolia HS for winning the State Championship!
Love, Mom/Bonnie
Bob: Final score: Magnolia 62 - East Hardy 0. I don't understand this one. Last week East Hardy ran over St. Marys, who lost to Magnolia earlier this year. The Magnolia -St. Marys game wasn't that much of a blowout. Sometimes that funny shaped ball takes wierd bounces.
Had to go get the pickup and trailer from the Ossington Zone leaders tonight. They moved out of their apartment and into another one today. Google said about 63 minutes. But the route went down the Don Valley "Parking Lot". I knew that on Saturday night at about 6:45 traffic wouldn't be that bad!! Wrong again. I guess that is why it's called a 'Parking Lot'. They have a real good design. There is an HOV lane on the left side of the highway. (You don't think it's necessary that I tell you which side of the road the HOV lane is on? Found an HOV lane on the right side of the street later tonight!) Anyway, the HOV lanes splits into 2 lanes with one lane going to the 401 route. The HOV lane for the Don Valley Parking lot comes to a screeching halt and cars have to merge into a lane on the right. On the other side of the road a right lane is also ending so that lane has to merge left. You can guess what happens. The guy that designed this road had to put a lot of thought into 'how can I make this a permanent bottleneck???' He did a great job. And an HOV lane on the right side of the road! I have never seen that before. Don't know who thought that one up. It's a real big help with the buses stopping to load/unload every couple of blocks and people whipping out from behind the bus into the regular traffic lane.
Another thing the First Mate told me tonight. The Elders go to the public libraries to receive and send emails on Mondays. They have to take a letter with them from the Mission Office saying they live at such and such address or the library won't let them use their computers. So much for 'public' libraries.
And the final thing to make my day. My 2 year contract with AT&T ends today. They told me on November 11th to call them today, December 5, if I wanted to cancel my contract without an early termination fee. And being that I want to get as far away from AT&T as I possibly can I was more than willing to call them today. Funny thing happened though, they won't let me cancel the phone unless Scott Crossley calls them and puts a new security code on the account! Needless to say I think the AT&T service rep, Carlos, completely understands exactly how I feel about his company.
Enough rambling for now. Love to everyone. Hope your weekend is going great. Good night brother.
Dad/Bob
Thursday, 3 December 2015
December 3, 2015
Bonnie: It's just before 10 and Bob barely got back from making an extra trip back to the office. He'll explain when he writes. I've just finished cleaning the apartment because we are having guests tomorrow! Our friend from Temiskaming Branch, Brad Suave, and his daughter will be staying the night with us. She is taking the SAT Saturday in Toronto. They will leave after that so it will be a quick visit, unfortunately. Anyway, Bob says that Brad will be bringing dinner with him! That sounds wonderful to me.
It was a good day at the office and I was able to accomplish much. Zone Conferences are next week, starting Wednesday, so I have to be prepared Tuesday with the supply orders, ESL supplies and all of the Christmas packages for each zone. Tomorrow we will be getting all of the packages straight. Many packages will need their new zone put upon them because of transfers. It will be great to have the help of the Cannon's!
I will let Bob finish up. I hope all of you have had a wonderful day today!
Love, Mom/Bonnie
Bob: I am taking a few pieces of furniture downtown in the morning. Going right back to the Toronto Stake Center where I went Tuesday. Going to try a different route this time. Since I'm going to be at the Stake Center I went back to the office to get some accounting records to store there. We don't have room for them. The Canadian law requires us to keep financial records for 7 years. If I see anything before 2009 tomorrow I'm bringing it back and getting rid of it.
I feel like I am trying to get a cold. Have felt this way all day, but I seem just slightly better. Hope it passes without too much trouble. We don't have time to be sick!!
Called the computer guy in Utah about my hard drive today. I don't think he ever mailed it. I asked if I sent someone to pick it up could they get it. He said he would have it ready Monday. Ronee wanted to know what I wanted for Christmas and I told her I wanted her to pick up the hard drive and mail it. So she is going to go get it for me. I just hope he gets it ready.
Well I'm turning in. Hopefully I can sleep all night tonight. Last night I woke up after 3 with the total comforter on top of me. I was burning up. I can't imagine how I got the whole thing on me.
No one guessed when we would get snow by the way. Love to all and good night brother.
Dad/Bob
It was a good day at the office and I was able to accomplish much. Zone Conferences are next week, starting Wednesday, so I have to be prepared Tuesday with the supply orders, ESL supplies and all of the Christmas packages for each zone. Tomorrow we will be getting all of the packages straight. Many packages will need their new zone put upon them because of transfers. It will be great to have the help of the Cannon's!
I will let Bob finish up. I hope all of you have had a wonderful day today!
Love, Mom/Bonnie
Bob: I am taking a few pieces of furniture downtown in the morning. Going right back to the Toronto Stake Center where I went Tuesday. Going to try a different route this time. Since I'm going to be at the Stake Center I went back to the office to get some accounting records to store there. We don't have room for them. The Canadian law requires us to keep financial records for 7 years. If I see anything before 2009 tomorrow I'm bringing it back and getting rid of it.
I feel like I am trying to get a cold. Have felt this way all day, but I seem just slightly better. Hope it passes without too much trouble. We don't have time to be sick!!
Called the computer guy in Utah about my hard drive today. I don't think he ever mailed it. I asked if I sent someone to pick it up could they get it. He said he would have it ready Monday. Ronee wanted to know what I wanted for Christmas and I told her I wanted her to pick up the hard drive and mail it. So she is going to go get it for me. I just hope he gets it ready.
Well I'm turning in. Hopefully I can sleep all night tonight. Last night I woke up after 3 with the total comforter on top of me. I was burning up. I can't imagine how I got the whole thing on me.
No one guessed when we would get snow by the way. Love to all and good night brother.
Dad/Bob
Wednesday, 2 December 2015
December 2, 2015
Bob: Not much happened today. Just taking care of loose ends from the transfers. Started packing up the accounting records for 2014. Going to put them in storage. We are supposed to save 7 years worth, but I'm not sure where 2011 - 2013 are stored. Will have to go back to Toronto Stake Center and look for them.
Scheduled the lease signing for the new Vertica apartment for tomorrow. We'll see if they show up this time. This will be my 3rd trip there to sign the lease.
Weather is still holding. We are hovering just around freezing. The Canadians seem surprised that we don't have any snow yet, but they don't know the power of Bonnie's prayers. We'll see how long it takes before we get some permanent snow. Anyone want to venture a guess???? Give me a comment.
We came home early and have spent the night at home. I have done some accounting things on the computer while Bonnie is working on Christmas cards among her chores.
Going to call it a day. Love to all and good night brother.
Dad/Bob
Bonnie: It was a good day today, although there were some surprises. We had to pay $88.97 for a package for one of the sisters! Mom did everything right, such as saying it was a gift and the value was under $60.00. I don't know why Customs charged for it, but they did. I finally got through to someone at Canada Post and they said to appeal it by filling out an E-14 form that I could get at the post office. Right!!! The post office people didn't know what it was. So, I guess I need to get someone else on the phone. I will contest this for sure. Then, just as we were about to sit down for lunch, a sister came in with Christmas cards of every missionary in the mission. But, because transfers were yesterday many of the addresses were wrong. So, we went through all of them, putting the correct zone on them. It took about an hour.
One nice thing is that I will be turning over the First Aid kits to the Cannon's. It think it's an appropriate assignment. And it will give Sister Cannon a concrete responsibility. It's been great to have them in the office to help out.
MLC has been cancelled as far as having any of the Zone Leaders coming to the office for supplies tomorrow. That has been such a relief. There is a lot to do for the Zone Conferences next week, though, such as taking all of the Christmas packages there. And supplies. And ESL stuff. It will be good to get the packages delivered, that's for sure.
Well, it's time for bed. My love to all!
Love, Mom/Bonnie
Scheduled the lease signing for the new Vertica apartment for tomorrow. We'll see if they show up this time. This will be my 3rd trip there to sign the lease.
Weather is still holding. We are hovering just around freezing. The Canadians seem surprised that we don't have any snow yet, but they don't know the power of Bonnie's prayers. We'll see how long it takes before we get some permanent snow. Anyone want to venture a guess???? Give me a comment.
We came home early and have spent the night at home. I have done some accounting things on the computer while Bonnie is working on Christmas cards among her chores.
Going to call it a day. Love to all and good night brother.
Dad/Bob
Bonnie: It was a good day today, although there were some surprises. We had to pay $88.97 for a package for one of the sisters! Mom did everything right, such as saying it was a gift and the value was under $60.00. I don't know why Customs charged for it, but they did. I finally got through to someone at Canada Post and they said to appeal it by filling out an E-14 form that I could get at the post office. Right!!! The post office people didn't know what it was. So, I guess I need to get someone else on the phone. I will contest this for sure. Then, just as we were about to sit down for lunch, a sister came in with Christmas cards of every missionary in the mission. But, because transfers were yesterday many of the addresses were wrong. So, we went through all of them, putting the correct zone on them. It took about an hour.
One nice thing is that I will be turning over the First Aid kits to the Cannon's. It think it's an appropriate assignment. And it will give Sister Cannon a concrete responsibility. It's been great to have them in the office to help out.
MLC has been cancelled as far as having any of the Zone Leaders coming to the office for supplies tomorrow. That has been such a relief. There is a lot to do for the Zone Conferences next week, though, such as taking all of the Christmas packages there. And supplies. And ESL stuff. It will be good to get the packages delivered, that's for sure.
Well, it's time for bed. My love to all!
Love, Mom/Bonnie
Tuesday, 1 December 2015
December 1, 2015
Bob: Well transfers have come and gone with problems surfacing. To begin with, the A/Ps and I spent so much time making sure the Elders/Sisters transferring to a bus pass area got the money they needed that we forgot about the Elders/Sister not transferring that still need bus pass money. Discovered this morning that I had not given them any money. Had to make an adjustment today so I hope it hits their cards in the morning.
Secondly, there were some new threesomes created. Some of them only have 2 beds!! A/Ps were scrambling tonight to see if they could find beds in their Zones already. May have to make some deliveries tomorrow or Thursday. Ossington Zone needs the truck and cargo van Thursday to move 2 sets of missionaries into their new apartments.
Elder Cannon and I went to the Toronto Stake Center and picked up the missionaries transferring out of that Zone. We were about 45 minutes late because of the traffic. Then when he took the missionaries who were transferring into the Zone back they had to wait on a Sister that was 2 hours late. On the way back he got lost and didn't get back till after 4:00.
Other than those few things it has been a pretty good day. The weather wasn't too cold thankfully because it drizzled most of the day. A little cooler and it would have turned to snow. We went to Institute and it rained on us both directions.
Time to turn in. Love to all and good night brother.
Bonnie sends her love.
Dad/Bob
Secondly, there were some new threesomes created. Some of them only have 2 beds!! A/Ps were scrambling tonight to see if they could find beds in their Zones already. May have to make some deliveries tomorrow or Thursday. Ossington Zone needs the truck and cargo van Thursday to move 2 sets of missionaries into their new apartments.
Elder Cannon and I went to the Toronto Stake Center and picked up the missionaries transferring out of that Zone. We were about 45 minutes late because of the traffic. Then when he took the missionaries who were transferring into the Zone back they had to wait on a Sister that was 2 hours late. On the way back he got lost and didn't get back till after 4:00.
Other than those few things it has been a pretty good day. The weather wasn't too cold thankfully because it drizzled most of the day. A little cooler and it would have turned to snow. We went to Institute and it rained on us both directions.
Time to turn in. Love to all and good night brother.
Bonnie sends her love.
Dad/Bob
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