Nov. 25 Rosenfeld News by Tina Wolfe
No sooner do we have snow and it decides to rain causing slippery roads. Monday was a strange day and the weather changed every five minutes just like that saying, “if you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes. The days feel very short but our son reminded us the other day that we’ve almost reached the shortest day of the season. It’s hard to believe that Christmas is only a month away and our granddaughter comes home a week after that.
Birthday wishes
A belated Happy Birthday goes out to Amber Wolfe who celebrated her birthday in Germany this year on November 20. Best wishes also go out to Betty Warkentin who turned 29 on November 24. She’s been stuck there for a while. And then we’ll be singing for Anna Wolfe on November 28.
Rec center update
The Rosenfeld Good Neighbour Center had some renovations done this summer using $2000 grant monies received from the Altona Community Foundation last year. The washrooms were redone to make them wheel chair accessible. The play room was given a facelift and the office was turned into a very nice small meeting room which can also be used for gatherings. This year the center received a $5000 grant from the Foundation which will be used for future renovations or if we dream big, maybe for a new building.
Hockey update
Miller Aces – Simon Schroeder still on the bench due to concussion.
Altona Maroons Bantam 1played the Maroons Bantam 2 and won 6-3 on Thur. Nov.21.
Progress report
So in my last progress report I stated that the bump on my ankle was a screw popping out. Well, last Wednesday when Gayle, my bandage lady, came to change the bandage the bump was gone. We looked at each other with stunned expressions. I guess I have a loose screw or is that a screw loose which my husband would have sworn to years ago. Anyway this at least makes the walking situation a bit easier if I don’t have to worry about pressure at the ankle. I’m getting stronger every day but some days it’s still very frustrating. When I’m relaxed sitting in the lounge chair I sometimes forget that I can’t walk only to discover that it’s a dream when I attempt to get up. The walker is my third leg. I continue to do exercises and lots of stretching. My sister Susie is over this week and we’re having fun getting caught up on family stuff. We’re planning to do some Christmas baking and playing computer games. She hasn’t come for a sleepover in years so we have a lot of catching up to do.
Dublin – My Last Trip by Amber Wolfe
Well everybody, my lifelong dream has finally come true! To be honest, I’m not sure how I’m supposed to feel about it, because it’s no longer a dream: it became reality on Friday when I stepped onto Irish soil for the first time. This trip was my last official trip, not including my impending return home, which is unbelievable in itself because I only just got here. Or so it seems… Anyways, I arrived in Dublin early Friday afternoon. After finding my hostel, which was very centrally located, I took a short nap. Wow, you’re thinking. Amber’s dream of travelling to Ireland has finally come true and the first thing she does is go to sleep! Well, I wanted to be awake in the evening, and having been up at around 6 in the morning didn’t really help much. Besides, I gained an hour during travel. I then decided to go take a look around the city and see what Dublin had to offer, and to eat.
There is a whole section of the city, called Temple Bar that is made up completely out of pubs. Although you can find party pubs everywhere, the actual concept of a pub is to go in, have something to eat and listen to local musicians. I finally found one that served something that I wanted to eat and ended up really enjoying the food and the music. There was one guy with the banjo, and another with a guitar. I got a video of them with my camera singing, wonder of all wonders, ‘I’ll fly away’. It was awesome! I also met a woman in the pub named Trish. Please, if any of you reading this think of it, pray for her. To put it in a short way, her father dying has caused her great pain and she now believes that the only thing to do in life is to live in the moment because there is no future. Man, it is at times like that that I thank our God for giving us hope beyond the grave.
I forgot to mention that earlier in the hotel, I met an American (I stayed in the girls’ dorm) named Amanda. We decided together to do something later, and that something turned out to be a folk dance lesson. I thought I was going to learn how to dance the Irish jig: not quite. It ended up being traditional Greek dancing, which was interesting, but not what I wanted to do. We ended up leaving a little early and going to sit in another Pub and listen to another duo liven things up with a guitar and fiddle. Altogether a very nice evening.
Since it’s late, I’ll finish the rest up in the next day or so. I hope you all enjoy your day. Live life to the fullest, because believe me, it goes by fast!
I forgot to mention that earlier in the hotel, I met an American (I stayed in the girls’ dorm) named Amanda. We decided together to do something later, and that something turned out to be a folk dance lesson. I thought I was going to learn how to dance the Irish jig: not quite. It ended up being traditional Greek dancing, which was interesting, but not what I wanted to do. We ended up leaving a little early and going to sit in another Pub and listen to another duo liven things up with a guitar and fiddle. Altogether a very nice evening.
Since it’s late, I’ll finish the rest up in the next day or so. I hope you all enjoy your day. Live life to the fullest, because believe me, it goes by fast!
