Politix And Snow Jobs

Wednesday, December 18, 2013.  -8˚C / +18˚F & Still Snowing @ 2:45 pm. —Today is Keith Richards’ (Of the Rolling Stones) 70th Birthday. (Also Cathi’s Ex’s Mother’s Birthday.) ———It was supposed to snow until about noon. We were supposed to get about 5 cm of snow. ((5 cm is almost…

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Today’s Headlines

Thursday, November 28, 2013. 0˚C / 32˚F @1:30 pm. Once again, if a politician opens his mouth and the word “jobs” comes out, you might as well not listen any further, there will be no truth in what follows (or preceeds) that. Other words to beware of: “Leadership” “Security” “Law…

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Windy Rainy Cold Wednesday

Wednesday, November 27, 2013 ( a “6” day) ((  🙁  )) 55˚F/13˚C @ 11:59 pm. There was snow on the ground this morning, I think I took photos (haven’t uploaded them yet.) After yesterday’s power outage and subsequent internet outage, we had a technician pay us a visit this morning….

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Happy Birfday Joe Lockery & Strange day in this neck of the woods.

Tuesday, November 26, 2013.  +1˚C /34˚F Where We’re at. Joe Lockery’s Birfday. Weather ‘Event’ coming tomorrow? Today: The power went out at exactly 10:00 am. And Came Back on at exactly 10:45 am. Internet never did come back. (We have a technician coming tomorrow between 8 and 11:30 am to…

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Almost Halloween

—Sunday, Octobre 27th, 2013 (grey and damp, 8˚C / 46˚F @ 7:20 pm here) Yesterday we discovered the place where we can turn in bottles and cans for deposit rebates here. Then we continued on up the road a short distance to visit the Northside Market for the second time…

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Update:

Wednesday, October 9th (John Lennon’s Birthday) 2013. 2˚C / 36˚F @ 3:08 am. I’ve been trying to catch up with stuff on a lot of things at once. I’m planning on putting a time line of the big move and lots of what happened with lots of photos on the…

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Sunday- Box City Revisited? Aquarium TeeVee Channels, Metal Shed Floors & Warm Friendly Neighbours.

Sunday, September 15th, 2013. 12˚C /54˚F @9:29 pm in our neck of the woods. We worked on at least getting the floor kit together for our new and needed 10′ by 8′ Steel Shed. (got it at a bargain price the other day). That’s me with the jeep and van…

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We’re Here.

Cool Evening. September 7, 2013. We had an amazing dinner at “Issacc’s Way” (sp?) And Ice Cream at the lighthouse. The rest of the world has lost its mind, lost its soul and lost its way. People here are living a dream of what life really should be. Tomorrow I…

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I Don’t Want To Jinx This, But-

This is where we believe we’ll be moving to. Rates went up after Cathi’s agreement was signed and in place and I have this sickening feeling that the Mortgage people would really really like to reject something so they can charge higher rates. But I also have the spiritual reassurance…

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Saturday?

Saturday, August 17, 2013. 14˚C / 57˚F @ 8:00 am EDT. Looks cool and clear here. Cathi should have embarked on her house hunting marathon day. I tried to encourage her last night to send me Smart Phone Email with impressions of each house as she goes. I don’t think…

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The Adventure Continues…

Friday, August 16, 2013.  22˚C/67˚F -last time I noticed. (Clear, but muggy….) The photo that should be to the left is that of Cathi with Moe purring away , happy and safe in the knowledge that the big black dog is sleeping in his dog crate in the other room….

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It’s been a couple days since our last update.

—Duh, um, Tuesday, August 13th, 2013 — 18°C / 64°F @ 11:55 am. —Can I breath now? I guess not. —Looks like Cathi’s going on our house hunting trip without me. We couldn’t get anyone to come stay in this house and take care of the cats on such short…

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The House Is Sold.

I’ve been working all night on stuff at the computer with an orange cat trying to get and hold my attention by scratching at my leg. Cathi was pretty much giddy all evening after we got word that everything has been signed and the closing will take place on September…

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If it’s Thursday, this must be… Planet Earth in the Rain?

Thursday, August 1st, 2013. I think today is my cousin, Lesley’s, birfday. 18°C / 64°F and raining here in what they tell me is “The Real World”. (((Ignore the intrusive phone calls, ignore the evil people who want to control your life, ignore all the b.s. “facts” they try to…

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Monday – Monday…..

July 20, 2013.  21°C / 64°F @ 6:30 pm (depends on which applet I’m looking at…) Cousin Jamie’s and Kaylie S.’s Birfday. ———-We had a brief but intense thunder storm a while back. One rumbling bit of thunder lasted so long I almost thought it was more earthquake than thunderstorm….

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Catching Up

—Friday, July 26, 2013. 10°C / 50°F @ 6:10 am. (unusually cool for July here) We’re Moving. Link (Click on “Link” to see an evolving web  page re: the move). I’ve just cleaned the kitchen floor after Moe peed on it again. Maybe he missed the low sided training tray we…

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