My employer has given me an iPad 2 🙂 🙂 Here is my review after less than a day in my hands. I wonder if it will change after a…
Read MoreWondering where the closest laundromat is….
We’ve spent 48 hours trying everything to convince this washing machine to start. I even gave it a massage. No luck. It’s a Kenore Elite HE5t purchased in May 2009….
Read MoreFirst night back in our bedroom
After weeks(?) of renovating, we are back in our bedroom tonight! Of course nothing goes smoothly or else I’d have nothing to blog about. I put all our sheets and…
Read MorePhotos of water
Look at all the water left behind by the rain yesterday!! HA HA! Just warming you up with a puddle.
Read MoreNow THAT was rain, and what is going on with the mechanics in Nova Scotia?
Yesterday afternoon we received rain of biblical proportions, that is, 40 days and nights of rain fell in less than 4 hours. The roads were flooded when we headed home…
Read MoreWhat should I do now?
I took my car to Jeff’s mechanic in Sherbrooke for a second opinion. Unfortunately his opinion was even worse. He said all four struts are shot. They are leaking and…
Read MoreI feel red flagged
So how suspicious is it that Chrysler has decided I replaced my control arms less than a year ago so they will be covered under warranty now so that will…
Read MoreI think I’m being hosed
So Chrysler has called. My car failed its safety inspection and the estimate is $1600. They said my car needs a right front strut, left and right control arms, and…
Read MoreWhew, I made it.
Here I am, wise guy, waiting until the second half of the month to renew my safety inspection for my car. (Nova Scotia requires a full safety inspection on all…
Read MoreToday we revisited the ice road!
On March 16th, 2009, Jeff took me on a back road drive that was utterly terrifying. I remember the road had about 6 inches of ice on it, and it…
Read MoreMonty is SIX today
Today is Monty’s 6th birthday!! Jeff bought him a new rubber football toy for his birthday. Want to re-live his first year? Visit Monty’s website: http://CanadianGoldens.com/monty
Read MoreAre we high enough and inland enough to survive a megatsunami??
Is there any chance at all that the doomsday scenarios of a gigantic tidal wave coming across the Atlantic Ocean could be about to happen? Haven’t heard of this one?…
Read MoreiOS 5 upgrade
I upgraded my iPhone 4 to the latest operating system version today – iOS 5. Well I tried yesterday when it was released, but Apple’s servers were so bogged down,…
Read MoreThanksgiving memories
I just looked at some old posts from previous Thanksgivings. I love this memory from 2005. My sister Julie came to spend the holiday with me and we cooked a…
Read MoreThanksgiving long weekend
We had a great long weekend, but I didn’t leave the house. I had a bad cold and spent the weekend painting our bedroom, being lazy, napping, sweating, and shivering….
Read MoreVideo: Crossing the Canso Causeway yesterday
Wow! I’m glad I didn’t have to go over to Cape Breton yesterday! Check out this video of a couple trips over the causeway yesterday: The video is from 101.5…
Read MoreRain keeps falling, wind is howling, and we’re doing fine
No wonder The Canso Causeway closed last evening – look at this photo!! https://lisa.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/pe-li-storm-canso-causeway.jpg The storm continues into day 3 today! There is still a wind warning and storm surge…
Read MoreMaybe the weather is just cheap entertainment?
I don’t know, but I’m excited by it. Easily. We have THREE weather warnings right now. A Wind Warning, a Storm Surge Warning, AND a Rainfall Warning. Winds up to…
Read MoreUpdate from my iPhone while lying on the couch
We started our bedroom renovations this morning by sanding off the glue that was left from the wallpaper border. Sanding didn’t work at all, so we tried soaking it with…
Read MoreProductive day! But now where are we going to sleep?
So we’ve been undecided how to finish my bathroom. Well we know, but aren’t sure we want to commit to a full gut job. It remains in a total disarray….
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