Christmas
2011
We
know, we know.....it’s WAAAAAY too early to be talking about Christmas! But before you know it we
will be off to California again ….this year and we leave Westbank October 24th!!
Santa
and his Executive Assistant
We
were in Fresno again last year (2010) where Ross was having lots of fun at
Fashion Fair Mall as Santa. Ed spent
most of the time working on his tax business, walking the dogs, going to the
gym, either dropping off or picking up Ross from the mall, and
cooking/cleaning/etc. Ross is going back
to the same mall this year and Ed will be doing all the usual stuff......as
well being a secret shopper!!
Travels
After
Fresno, we were unable to hook up with our other Santa buddies from Vancouver
Island so we roamed the California landscape - Monterey, Hearst Castle,
Bakersfield, Anaheim, San Diego, Niland, then over to Yuma and Quartzsite and
Lake Havasu in AZ just in time for the fire works festival!
Spent
a week in Vancouver early March waiting for the snow and weather to clear -
finally took the Fraser Canyon (Trans Canada #1) to Kamloops and then down to
West Kelowna and home. Planning on
returning to Fresno this year of course then over to Quartzsite to meet up with
our Santa buddies for a couple of weeks and then we are all going down the Baja
Peninsula with a RV caravan for 28 days - really looking forward to that!!
In
June 2012 (after tax time!) we’re hoping
to travel up to the Yukon Territories for a visit and look around. Ross was born in Whitehorse and has never
returned so should be interesting travels.
Work
As
mentioned before Ed is still handing out income tax advice and filing bunches
of returns. He hired Ross full time this
past year and the business grew by about 100%......so what’s this retirement
that you speak of? He is gaining quite
the good reputation around the central and southern Okanagan Valley and we keep
getting more and more referrals. Let’s
hope that continues for a couple more years!!
Theatre
Ed
directed and Ross produced “Here on the Flight Path” by Norm Foster in July to
great success for Many Hats Theatre Company.
We are taking the show over to Castlegar Oct 1 for one night. Also we are doing a show for Summerland
Singers and Players (over 105 years of community theatre!!) for late October -
“Mesa” by Doug Curtis. Great cast and
crew so HAS to be a good show!!! Next
year we never know what shows with come our way (Though Ed already has a couple
on the back burner!!)
House
and Home
The
garden and house just got away from us this year so we have hired a landscaping
firm to cut grass and weed and a housekeeper to keep the cobwebs under
control. With theatre and income tax
there never seemed to be enough time to get outside and do what needed to be
done, now the place is looking much better.
Family
The
Ross clan had an amazing family reunion with cousins, their partners, and
families. Jan hosted the shebang and
Chris Ross, Jan, and Ross organized it.
Pictures, stories, family trees, fishing, BBQ, jet ski rides, and of
course a couple of dirty hands of PIT........great times and wonderful to see
everyone.
Jan
and Chris are still living at the lake and loving it more each day. Tanya, Dylan, and their brood continue
transforming the old house on the West Bench (Penticton) into an amazing piece
of architecture. Clint, Jen, and their
brood are sharing space with Tanya and Dylan..........and everybody is getting
along.
Ed’s
daughter, Carolyn and her husband Alex are now settled in Richmond in their new
condo with our grand daughter, Emily. In
April Alex’s other daughter, Angie, immigrated from Columbia to live with them. Emily continues to amaze us......her language
and motive skills are improving daily but we have yet to hear either “Grandpa
Ed” or “Grandpa Ross”........soon we hope.
Pets
Teddy
and Mojo continue to bring smiles to our faces on a daily basis. Teddy is getting a little white around the
muzzle.........but so are we!!! Mojo
just keeps being cute, and getting away with it!!
Health
The
aches and pains are getting more pronounced but our doctor is happy with how we
are doing so we guess that things are generally OK.
We
will be continuing our travel blog again this year so keep watching your
computer to find out what’s happening with us
http://losviajesdelososos.blogspot.com/ There will also be postings to FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/texasedschneider or https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=540903409
and Twitter http://twitter.com/texased
And
we hope that each of you has a blessed Christmas, a wonderful New Year, and
peace and happiness follow you throughout the year.
MERRY
CHRISTMAS
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