Missing Week 12-17

Here are the posts from last week. I kept it going on Facebook and am just catching this blog up now.


Day 12! Lots of memories from my last year at Poplar Glade. Our teacher Mr.Berry did a great running program and I got to like running so much I still go jogging every once in a while. Another time we climbed Fox Mountain to mess around with the Giant Grad 86 sign, we got caught. So tonight I'll go for a run to remember. Happy Easter!

Lucky 13 and today I'm remembering grade 8. ASJS. Met and made many friends through volleyball, basketball, soccer, and track. Mike Bullock and I made spoons in woodwork and sanded them for about 3 weeks. Parmar and his van. Travis and Dave going to the first Dance. Eating lunch with Greg and Am on a bench by the gym. We'd go to the open gym every morning to shoot hoops! Thanks Clark and Rollie for being there every day! And Braces. I don't think I smiled the whole year. So today I have access to a gym so I will go and be a gym rat for a while and shoot some hoops.

Number 14 and now I remember my grade 9 year! Braces came off and smile came out. Which led to my first kiss! It was the end of lunch and we had done many laps of school hallways holding hands. The bell went and we looked at each other. We leaned in. Sadly, we both closed our eyes and our first kiss missed! From those humble beginnings I now have five kids! Tonights celebration will be fun. Kissing bandit returns!

No.15 and Grade Ten. So much happened that year. Bball was great! The Retreat. Coaching grade eights. Entering the workforce.(Not counting the paper route) I was cleanup shift at the Mill. Nepotism thrived back then! Most of the shift had parents working there. Learning to drive. So my remembrance today I'll go for a drive and try to remember some driving school tips. Cheers, Dan

Day 16- the big move to senior high school. I will go back to food with this one. Oh the freedom of having friends with cars. Most lunches we would go somewhere to eat. McDonalds was always popular. We also enjoyed Pizza Hut. I think we ate at every restaurant in town. Calling shot-gun as we left. Another favourite was Fries with Gravy in the Caf. Years later I was teaching at Columneetza and got to eat lunch in the staff room. This was also the year we met many new friends from the other high school -WLJS. For years afterwards we would split into teams by the rule of AS vs. WL. Then we grew up. To honor those days of eating whatever we wanted for lunch without worrying about the calorie count or sodium percentage I will go out to a local restaurant and enjoy something deepfried! Cheers,
Dan

17- I think I'll have to do two today. So much happened. The first one won't be as happy but still important to reflect on as these were life-changing events. This year I lost my innocence(not what you are think Tom Dell, that's another list) This year I was introduced to losing people I loved. Over the summer my maternal grandparents died. First my grandmother Ruth and then her husband Dave. Later, my dear friend, soccer buddy, sleep-over pal, and basically the funnest guy to be around, Greg died. The school year was incredible and lots of fun times but something was missing. Then at the end of the school year my other grandfather Ray passed away. That was a hard funeral. So today's post has me thinking about death, which leads to thinking about life. So my celebration today will be simple, I'm going to get out of my office as soon as I can today and go spend some time with my kids. And give them a few extra hugs. Dan

17-part two - What a year grade 12 was. We had a great soccer team and won our zone with style. At the provincials we played well and played against a local team to make up for a team that disqualified. It was a friendly game so I got to play up front instead of goal. On a partial breakaway I wasn't fast enough and a defender broke my knee. So I missed much of the basketball season and got to crutch around the school. I met and made lots of friends, New Year's at Rodger's was a blast. I spent lots of time with my girlfriend and Barry Sale had to have talk with me about PDA's! Wade and Rachann picked me up to drive to school even though I was only a 10 minute walk. I remember dress-nice Wednesday's and the halloween dance at club 27! Dry Grad was a great night and who could forget Am Johal on the mic singing Elvis songs! Prepping for provincial finals and planning our lives. Travis, Dave and I became roommates in Kamloops to go to UCC. Kids today would say the housewarming was epic. Ha. Have a great day, thanks for the memories!

     

Day 11, 10 and 9

Day 11 on the way to 40! Today was a fun one. My grade 6 year was with Mrs.Murphy and it was a 5/6 split. This was the year I really got to know Brian Dell as a friend. One class presentation I remember was on video games. I got to bring my Intellivision to school and show how video games improves your hand-eye coordination. So today I played some old school video games online. Thanks to everyone who's commented and who's playing along with me remembering the old days. Tomorrow is grade 7 and then after that high school! Cheers!

Day 10! Grade five was Mr.Helm and there was job action with a three day work stoppage. It was a glorious time of bike riding and hanging out with friends. Spelling was very important as it had it's own subject line on my report card. I was not a strong spiller and yet I've turned out ok and one of my jobs is to check spelling now! Today's celebration is to organize and tidy the garage, back yard and deck! Cheers!!

I remember my teacher from grade 3 and 4 was Mrs.Derkatch and she would always talk French to get us to be quiet and sit down. She also had two great memories for me. We deep fried doughnuts one class and she took us to the public library! So today's remembrance was easy. Took the kids to library for Storytime with a stop at Tim Horton's on the way home! Cheers!

I've managed to keep up with the facebook posts and will continue to update this blog as well. 

dan

Days 7 and 8

I got the post onto Facebook last night but missed putting it up here. So here are my thoughts from the last two days.

Day 8 on the way to 40 years is tough sluggin'. I've gone to the school days memories books to find something to connect to. I see that I made a new friend that year. Am Johal. I was in swimming and cubs. I wanted to be a ball player. Which is strange because I never played organized baseball. Just in gym class. My report card showed I was strongest in reading.(and a lot of Satisfactorys after that lone G.) So tonight I'll remember by reading a book. I'm really enjoying this countdown, it's sometimes difficult to think of something, but I'm enjoying the process. Cheers,

Day 7 was spent teaching Amy and Jeffrey Chess this morning. When I was 7 and in gr. 2 my teacher Mrs. Brobroski taught our class how to play. I doubt it was in the curriculum but I'm thankful to her for helping me enjoy this great game! My other memory from her class was falling into a chair and putting a top front tooth through my lower lip. No way I want to relive that. Cheers!

 

Day 6 - Grade One

Day 6 on the way to 40 is remembering Grade 1. This was the year I was introduced to the best two words a school kid can hear. 'Field Trip' . This paved the way for my new favorite words: 'Road Trip'. So today we put the kids in the bus(minivan) and drove to the EnergyPlex in Kelowna. Another great day!

No. 5

In my fifth year I started my formal education. So I am considering learning something new today. Although, seeing as how it marked my beginning of school, maybe I should find a standardized test to write and give myself a grade. Given the two choices I think I'll go with learning something new. Steph showed me how to use the new washer and dryer today so I guess that could count. However, I wonder what kind of responses I'll get to admitting I didn't know how already. It wasn't too bad so maybe I'll try something else instead. Cheers!

Number 4

Just so I don't always post about sunshine and roses I am going to remember that in my fourth year I had my tonsils out. I distinctly remember waking up and seeing Ronald McDonald. My parents had bought me some new slippers with Ronald McDonald heads on the end of them and that was my  first sight. Now you are probably thinking I will remember this event by going to McDonalds. After the eggs yesterday I am liking the food theme. So I will stay with it and have some ice cream to recreate my post-tonsils meals!

Day 3 and Year three

Well I am up to 1976/77 and I remember that I went to a pre-school that had a chicken coop. We got to collect eggs sometimes, so my remembrance celebration today will be to eat some eggs. It's hard to think up stuff to do for the early years. I am looking forward to remembering my first trip to Vegas!