Gord Robson passed away...

Gord Robson was one of my favorite announcers on The River, our Lethbridge FM station. He did the morning show, and I won my trip to Denmark with/thru him in 2002. Then he suddenly wasn't there any longer.... either he quit or got fired... and I missed him.

I also listened to him on 630 CHED, when I was a teenager. 630 CHED was THE best radio station ever!! My parents were listening to country AM, with The Farm Report done by Hoss Hammer. So when you discover an AM station that played current music ... it was simply wonderful!! And they would have their listings of the Top 10, or whatever, posted at The Bay, beside the 45's. Man, talk about a walk down memory lane!!

News came thru this morning that he passed away this past Friday in Edmonton. I went digging and found this site, called BC Radio History that is very cut and dried, but with a very good picture of him.

GORD ROBSON (1951-2008)
Veteran broadcaster Gord Robson, whose career spanned five different decades, died last week at his home in Edmonton. He was 56. Robson worked at many Canadian radio stations, including a decade at the legendary CKLG Vancouver.

Guess I'll just keep on missing him.....

Signs of Spring!

Saw my first robin the other day. All puffy and perched on a tree branch, singing it's little heart out!

Just came back from my smoke break outside, walked thru a spider web strand.

Yep, spring has sprung.

Been remiss...

It started with Christmas, really... my sons gave me a new computer!! So I blame it on them!! But they didn't give me a chance to transfer my shortcuts or any of the info I had on my old pc, so if you are reading this, please contact me!! LOL I have email addresses, but no blog people!

My old pc had 6 GB... this new one.. 138 GB!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woooeeeee!!! I began with putting my celtic/irish cds on it, to make special compliation cds for the wedding. That's another story...

But then, after all that work, I began to freak that if this pc crashes, I'll loose all my hard work. At the same time I was looking at maybe buying an iPod or something for backup (holy crap, those are expensive!!), I rc'd in my email my Air Miles update. Okay, I've had my Air Miles card since before Chris was born, and STILL didn't have enough to fly anywhere. Guess it would help if I bought more than groceries at Safeway, and once in awhile gas at Shell, eh? AHA, but on the front page of the newsletter... were iPods. Hey!! Well, hot diggity dog, with my points I got a 80 GB Classic iPod AND an iBoom box - after I checked with my wizard son, the computer whiz kid!!

So needless to say, I put ALL my cds (over 300 of them) onto the pc, which also transfers over to the iPod. Sweet!! That is where my early morning hours are going... busy with music for all of January and February!! Still have to sort the songs into 'playlists', and then create special cds...

Then, we've also been planning a wedding. Yep, ours. OMG!! Sorry, it is going to be only immediate family and close friends, which still takes us to 37 people, which I'm sure will be less because people won't be able to come, for one reason or another... There are soooo many more I would love to invite, but just don't have the room!!!! It's going to be held in our back/side yard.... and if it rains, guess we'll have to do it inside. ACK!

It will be the long weekend in August. Okay, now that we have a date, we need to get someone to marry us. Interviewed 2 ladies, and decided on one by the name of Louise Odland. For a number of reasons, she came in ahead. :-)

It will just be in our back yard, we are planning a Medieval Theme. But one of my GFs came up with an idea... if I'm going to do all the work for the theme, why not do it for the entire weekend?? Hey!! That's an idea!! How about a Wedieval Festival??? (get it?? Wed-ding and Med-ieval combined?)

So in my free time (?), I've been combing the 2nd hand stores for anything Medieval looking... wooden bowls, tapestries, material, etc. It's ALL in my head, difficult to put it all down on paper!! LOL Oh, and ebay... thank goodness for ebay!!!

This weekend it's putting the invites together, must get them out this week!! Most of the people already know about it, but this way, it will be more formal. Oh, and because I don't want us to stand out, or have neighbors bitch about the noise and mayhem, or people that say to themselves "gee, wish I had of known, I would have done it too!" (that would be me!), I've rolled up 50 Neighbor "Hear Ye, Hear Ye" proclamations... that go like this:

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Once upon a time, in the midst of social chaos, there was born a moment of Pleasure. It sprang from the hearts of two folk - called Love. It Leapt, Danced & Sang all the songs of Summer that had lain dormant for hundreds of years.Knowe ye that thou hast entered the Realm of The Medieval Festival. Enjoy in the revelry & merriment! Come ye good people of the Greenview Close Realm & celebrate your own most pleasurable event!
That being said...
One of your faire neighbours will be holding a Medieval Style Festival – and would like to encourage you to hold your own Feasting & Festivities the same weekend. The festivities will begin on Friday, August 1st, & finish on the Monday, August 4th, in the year 2008.

Be prepared for loads of Merriment & Music somewhere (or maybe everywhere!) on Greenview Close (our apologies now), feel free to hold your own festival on those same dates! We would consider it an honour if you were to partake in such fun, the whole block could be one HUGE Medieval Festival!
We are aiming at a theme such as Shrek, or A Knight’s Tale. (Does anyone have a talking donkey?) Don’t be surprised if you see peasants, buxom wenches, maybe a knight or two, or even a wizard. With a lot of medieval/celtic type music throwne in for good measure. Medieval tent(s), dragon/wizard flags. (Swords & battle axes to be left at the guests’ own abodes.)

So Ladies, wear your gowns. Knights, wear your armour. (okay, maybe not armour, it will be August, after all!) Dress as Vikings, as Wizards & Sorcerers, as Ladies, as Wenches, as poor, lowly Peasants... and ENJOY!!
Yours in service to the ideals of all that is Medieval, we remain...
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It’s a secret, we canna tell ye!!

In 2008 speak – We would love it if Greenview Close became a HUGE block party, Medieval Themed, on the long weekend in August! Looking forward to seeing how many folk will take on this challenge!
http://www.kids-birthday-party-guide.com/knight-birthday-party.html

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Only, it's done in 3 columns widthwise on parchment type paper, with brown ink, in olde script. Rolled up and tied with ribbon. Now all I have to do it deliver them!! Oh, and there are 2 pages of pics of people in period attire, for those that don't have access to computers! LOL But for those that do have a pc, I've also included a list of websites for them to check out.

Did you notice that nowhere in the proclamation is mention of a wedding? hehe And I KNOW for sure the fella across the street will get into it, you should see him dress up his yard for Halloween. And another neighbor goes all out for Christmas... so we'll see.

Then weekends... I looked after my GFs two doggies for one week, they needed to be walked every day!! Then it was my 50th birthday, friends came down for that. This weekend Dave's sis Barb and her daughter were down on Friday and Saturday, and the invites MUST be finished!! Next weekend, Chris and a few of his friends - looks like they are coming down... then it's Easter weekend. At the moment, it's open... LOL

I have a CRAP LOAD of sewing to do.... Oh, and don't forget, tax season is now upon us! ~groan~ And I'm trying to strengthen my legs for my MS SuperCities Walk on April 26th...

At least in May, the walk will be done, and tax season is over. The invites will be out, the theme established. The yard and garden will need constant care to be made bee u ti ful, and sewing and searching will still be on my agenda.

Okay, that's my "catch-up" on behalf of my cousin! Here's to you Vicky!! LOL

Ta for now...