January
13 Rosenfeld News by Tina Wolfe
The
warmer temperatures surely must have everyone smiling this week. Many of those
very cold nights, the skating rink lights did not go on and then quite suddenly
they stayed on past their usual 10:00 pm shut down. The skaters were definitely
making up for lost time.
Happy
birthday wishes go out to Gail Shimonek for her birthday on January 16. I’m
sure she’s having a great day in Hawaii.
Hockey update
The
Altona Maroons Bantam 1 team took to the ice against Portage on Sunday, Jan. 11
and won 7 – 1. Right after that game the Bantam 2 team went up against Holland.
For the first two periods it looked as though Altona was going to take the game
with the score 2 – 0 but they ran out of steam in the third period. Holland took
the game 4 -2. It was good to be watching the games whatever the score.
Amber’s update
Our
granddaughter, Amber, who was to arrive home last Monday was caught up in that
backlog at the Toronto airport. The flight out on Monday night was delayed for
quite some time. They were finally allowed to board only to sit on the tarmac
for nearly four hours and then told it was too cold to fly and they all had to
disembark. They then had to get in line to obtain another ticket for the next
flight out. This re-issuing took eight hours so needless to say she didn’t get
any sleep that night. Tuesday evening they again boarded their plane only to
taxi from one place to another trying to fuel-up. This took at least two hours
and she was wondering if there was going to be a rerun of the night before when
finally they did lift off. They landed in Winnipeg around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday
morning. Little did they know that all the Air Canada baggage handlers had gone
home at the end of their shift at midnight and the West Jet staff unloaded all
their luggage. Way to go Zach.
From
all the information I’ve heard and seen on television it reinforces my prior
conviction of never flying with Air Canada. This company is not working to
serve you with a smile.
On
a happier note Amber reports that the Canadian Junior Hockey team was on the
flight from Frankfurt to Toronto which had been pretty interesting. When I
asked her if the team had been rowdy she replied, “Well, you know how teenage
boys act.” Ah, yes and then she gives her little Mona Lisa smile.
Progress report
It
sure was nice to go to a hockey game last Sunday; Dave and I were suffering
with hockey withdrawal. I don’t get to go to many places other than to physio
or to see my surgeon at HSC. We will be making a trip for an update this
Tuesday and I hope he will be as pleased with my progress as my therapist. I’ve
started on leg strengthening exercises which is a slow process. My ankles are
not very strong and many days doing a set of two of each of the three exercises
in enough to give me pain for the night. My attempts at walking looks like a
stumbling big baby but I keep at it anyway. My knees are doing very well and
the wheel on the exercise bike slowly makes the circle all the way around. I
won’t be trying the Tour de France anytime soon but I’ll be happy to do the
tour de Rosenfeld come summer.
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