Here is the latest for Jackie! 
 

Look out Bowen Island here come the Gilliers, Bakos and McDonalds! 
 We will all be be staying at Doc Morgan’s for 7 relaxing days to celebrate the McDonald Family Reunion and Auntie Teeny’s 80th Birthday.  
 Forcast is low 80s to mid 70s. Yeah!  
 We are taking rain gear just in case! 
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Irene’s left and right legs are healing well from the celulitus bout this month but she now has a new spot on her right leg that is weaping. They do not think it is a reaccurance of celulitus. She is on a new antibiotic called abactin. They are applying mineral oil to try and take away some of the scaly skin. 
 When we visited her this Monday morning we found her quite out of it and not able to communicate very well. It was difficult to make out the words she was saying and she was repeating words. She kept saying Jean is coming. We later found out she had called both Jean and Catherine on the week end. Our phone was on the blink and Irene was calling the neighbourhood looking for Tom. Her air conditioner blew a fuse when she turned on her TV and she wanted him to fix it. 
 Theresa the head nurse at Copper Terrace has been away for 3 weeks and she called us this morning. She has notices a considerable slide in Irene’s health/ mobility and responsiveness. She thinks that perhaps she has experiences a Transient ischemic attack, or mini-stroke. 
 

I took Laura in today to get her first instalment of braces. She’s had them on for a couple hours now and they are just starting to bother her now. The doctor said she will be better in a couple days but when she goes in next week for the bottom set she’ll feel them again. Click to see Laura’s braces

Tonight Laura, her friend Jenny, Tom and I went out for supper to a new resturaunt in Chatham called Starganza. It is situated right on the Thames River along River Road in Dover (the old boat club). We celebrated Laura’s elementary school graduation with a lovely dinner. On Monday night the Indian Creek Road Public School convocation ceremonies will be held at the Chatham Cultural Centre with dance to follow in the Studio. See picture links in read more.
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Today from 10:30 til 3:00 Copper Terrace hosted a garden party and strawberry social to celebrate senior citizen’s month. Tom, Laura and myself went in at lunch time for the BBQ. It was a very hot day around 26 but under the trees and canope it was very nice. Irene had a wonderful time and a hardy appetite for a hamburger, potato salad, macaroni salad and sshe left room for butterscotch ripple ice cream and fresh strawberry shortcake. They have done major renovations to the backyard landscaping. They have added walking paths, a gazebo, fish pond, various of benches and seating to set a spell and all kinds of flowers and shrubs. The staff came in and did all the planting and mulching. At the garden party they had antique cars on display in the parking lot, a trio band in the gazebo playing Benny Goodman style songs and games and prizes for the kids. There was a cotton candy and popcorn machine. Go-Fish tank, beanbag toss, dunk tank and face painting. It was a day enjoyed by all!

Jaclyn will have a new home when she returns to the Humber College Lakeshore campus in the fall. In the early spring, Eileen took Jackie, Jason and Ben who will share rent $$$, apartment hunting. The kids fell in love with the High Park area of Toronto and were lucky enough to find a lovely 3 bedroom apt. just off of Dundas St. It is on the 16th floor, in a complex of apartment towers with an indoor swimming pool, fitness complex, tennis courts and $45 a month underground parking. It is a safe area, just up from the park, close to coffee shops, bookstores, boutiques, bakeries and bistros. It is right on a subway line with a bus connection at Kipling – south to Lakeshore and north to main campus. They take possession July 1st.
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On June 2 Uncle Ted made a stop over in Toronto to visit his two favourite nieces. He was venturing off to Vilnius, the capital city of Lithuania and then across the Baltic Sea to Finland. Uncle Ted has an interest in this part of the world. Lithuania once was a great empire. Many historians believe that the Lithuanians and Greeks are descended from the same early Aryans. Today it is a small land of farms, forests and lakes. Its people have strong national traditions and a rich culture. Their language is the oldest living tongue in Europe.  
 We took Uncle Ted out for supper to a Barracuda?s and shared many stories. On Monday, Eileen and I took him to Oakville to stroll the historical streets, sit on a bench overlooking Lake Ontario and enjoy lunch and a cup of tea together. I was nice seeing him again. 
 
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