This morning Anne arranges for Pledges body to be picked up for cremation. it's going to be done on Monday. They're going to put him in a Urn with his name on it and we're going to get this photo of him and make a kind of a shrine to his honor.
The idea was Anne was to meet me after work at Audrey's, I'd buy my book then we'd head over to the Saw Mill. It's happy hour and they have great cheese burgers and I'll have a beer to go along with that. So, I meet her coming off the train after I've been to my bank, at Clairview station. On the bus home she tells me plans have been changed because I'll be so tired I wont be into it and I'll pass out watching my hockey game when I come home so we're going Sunday instead. Now I'll miss my Grey Cup game. That doesn't matter too much because Edmonton isn't in it. I mean I'd watch it if I was at home and all but this week is our 9th anniversary next Sunday. We should really save it until then but we have rent to worry about. So we'll celebrate it this Sunday.
I had a great evening on the job pulling in 5 cards and a total of $215 for a combined total of $475. For that I get a $20 bonus on my paycheck next week.
Also I discovered that the payroll is done Thursday and sent down to head off ice for Friday. So I have all this week to get the form and have bm sign for it to get my vacation pay on my paycheck. I'm losing money.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
I've been undergoing some severe back pain over the last
few days but even though I'm a little stiff right now in the back, I'm feeling better.
Last night I had a decent time on the job although it was tough going. I got 4 cards for a total of $90 and $425 total. So it wasn't a bad night, we had a bit of the LA/Oiler game on TV there and in between calls I was able to watch bits and pieces of the game. I got some empties but some people were complaining I took their empties without asking. Better me then the cleaning staff. I'm trying to lobby for the cleaning staff not to come up here while we're working but wait until 9pm. I mean if we're not allowed on the floor until 4:30pm and we work the next shift, they shouldn't come up with vacuum cleaners rags and emptying trash buckets and making noise while we're working.
Sixteen and Twenty-four came in for me during last nights $12M 6/49 draw. onemore number would have got me $5! Nobody won the jackpot.
As for the Oiler's they lost 3-1 and had a goal disallowed that would have tied the game. The Oiler's are just getting a lot of dumb luck against them. And it gets worse, they play SJ Friday night and then go down to Vancouver for Saturday.
I'm just getting into "Rainbows End." The writing is ok but the characters are not catching my interest. But at least the plot isn't all over the place like "The Family tree was."
Speaking about books I got a couple of calls from Audrey's the other day and apparently some of my new book orders are in. I'm trying to get enough points on my membership to cover the cost of "The New Space Opera 2" to pay for it. I'm about half way there. I usually get a $1 off of each book, so I got about another 9 books yet left before I can get it for "free."
Last night I had a decent time on the job although it was tough going. I got 4 cards for a total of $90 and $425 total. So it wasn't a bad night, we had a bit of the LA/Oiler game on TV there and in between calls I was able to watch bits and pieces of the game. I got some empties but some people were complaining I took their empties without asking. Better me then the cleaning staff. I'm trying to lobby for the cleaning staff not to come up here while we're working but wait until 9pm. I mean if we're not allowed on the floor until 4:30pm and we work the next shift, they shouldn't come up with vacuum cleaners rags and emptying trash buckets and making noise while we're working.
Sixteen and Twenty-four came in for me during last nights $12M 6/49 draw. onemore number would have got me $5! Nobody won the jackpot.
As for the Oiler's they lost 3-1 and had a goal disallowed that would have tied the game. The Oiler's are just getting a lot of dumb luck against them. And it gets worse, they play SJ Friday night and then go down to Vancouver for Saturday.
I'm just getting into "Rainbows End." The writing is ok but the characters are not catching my interest. But at least the plot isn't all over the place like "The Family tree was."
Speaking about books I got a couple of calls from Audrey's the other day and apparently some of my new book orders are in. I'm trying to get enough points on my membership to cover the cost of "The New Space Opera 2" to pay for it. I'm about half way there. I usually get a $1 off of each book, so I got about another 9 books yet left before I can get it for "free."
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Weekends books and Oiler games
I went to bed immediately after ECW and listened to a bit of Coast. Art Bell wastakining over for George. I listned for about 5 minutes having got a drift of the topic: Intention. I slept until about 3am and got up to pee and Anne not able to see me in the dark and on the toilet collided with me. I wasn’t able to get back to sleep after that so I got up about half an hour ago and in back pain and went back to sleep but couldn’t and rested my back. I got up about 6:35am feeling a little better but not so taking a look outside to a blanket of snow out there.
We had Boots in overnight with my office window openand it looks like he jumped off the balcony or is under the lawn reclainer.
Anne’s working from 4:30-10pm and I’m in from 10-4:30pm. That will get me 25.5 hours in. Most hours I’ve had in a week since over 2 years ago.
I’m not one for abandoning books but what made me feel bad about abandoning “The Family tree” by Sheri S. Tepper, was I actually liked one of the characters in the book. The other book I casted adrift into the couldn’t read pool was Julie E. Czerneda’s, “In the company of others.” Hopefully I won’t get any more books like that this year.
Last night after work I went over to Audrey’s. The pill I just took for my back was kicking in.
When I went through the doors I noticed they had an author signing. I felt my blood sugar level dropping and asked the clerk there if they had anything left over but there was nothing soft. I’d get a donut from Tim’s across the street on my way home. I didn’t want to get “The New Space Opera 2” just yet as even though I had enough to cover for it, I didn’t want to break the bank and I would have and nothing in case I needed breakfast Saturday morning. Instead I picked up Brian Ruckley’s Winterbirth. Book 1 in the trilogy as book 2 is already on Audrey’s shelf. I took that to the counter and after paying for it I asked Trevor to order me the first 3 books in LE Modessit Jr.s “Recluse” series. I was almost going to pick up book one of John Ringo’s “Looking Glass” but I’m still working on his Posleen war series.
After Audrey’s I went to Tim’s and got my donut and coffee and relaxed in no particular hurry to get home. But I waited for the LRT with my empties and got home with no Anne there. So I did my admin stuff. So far this week alone I banked $850 in cards. Wow. I bank for the company 4 times more then what they pay me and probably at least 8 times more that’s not banked on cards, in total. And so far this week, I’ve got 18 cards in and it’s not even Saturday.
The big game on tap tonight is Chicago/Edmonton. I’m looking forward to this. The Oiler’s have played 22 games so far and enjoy a 9-10-3 record. Next year we get Jason Erbele in the line up and that Sweedish defence player. Chicago has just come off that win with Calgary the other night. Also, Sunday is the CFL playoff finale: Calgary/Rider’s. Should be a good one.
The only Lodge thing I‘ve got to do is the FC WT for Dec. 3rd. It’s a short piece I’ve done before. As for today, I’m glad I got my book last night what with all this snow out there and my bad back might make things very icey out there. I might stay for the extra 2 hours after all depends on how I feel. If my back is holding up ok, then I will.
I’ll snag a photo of the first snow fall out there when I go to work late and post it in this entry.
We had Boots in overnight with my office window openand it looks like he jumped off the balcony or is under the lawn reclainer.
Anne’s working from 4:30-10pm and I’m in from 10-4:30pm. That will get me 25.5 hours in. Most hours I’ve had in a week since over 2 years ago.
I’m not one for abandoning books but what made me feel bad about abandoning “The Family tree” by Sheri S. Tepper, was I actually liked one of the characters in the book. The other book I casted adrift into the couldn’t read pool was Julie E. Czerneda’s, “In the company of others.” Hopefully I won’t get any more books like that this year.
Last night after work I went over to Audrey’s. The pill I just took for my back was kicking in.
When I went through the doors I noticed they had an author signing. I felt my blood sugar level dropping and asked the clerk there if they had anything left over but there was nothing soft. I’d get a donut from Tim’s across the street on my way home. I didn’t want to get “The New Space Opera 2” just yet as even though I had enough to cover for it, I didn’t want to break the bank and I would have and nothing in case I needed breakfast Saturday morning. Instead I picked up Brian Ruckley’s Winterbirth. Book 1 in the trilogy as book 2 is already on Audrey’s shelf. I took that to the counter and after paying for it I asked Trevor to order me the first 3 books in LE Modessit Jr.s “Recluse” series. I was almost going to pick up book one of John Ringo’s “Looking Glass” but I’m still working on his Posleen war series.
After Audrey’s I went to Tim’s and got my donut and coffee and relaxed in no particular hurry to get home. But I waited for the LRT with my empties and got home with no Anne there. So I did my admin stuff. So far this week alone I banked $850 in cards. Wow. I bank for the company 4 times more then what they pay me and probably at least 8 times more that’s not banked on cards, in total. And so far this week, I’ve got 18 cards in and it’s not even Saturday.
The big game on tap tonight is Chicago/Edmonton. I’m looking forward to this. The Oiler’s have played 22 games so far and enjoy a 9-10-3 record. Next year we get Jason Erbele in the line up and that Sweedish defence player. Chicago has just come off that win with Calgary the other night. Also, Sunday is the CFL playoff finale: Calgary/Rider’s. Should be a good one.
The only Lodge thing I‘ve got to do is the FC WT for Dec. 3rd. It’s a short piece I’ve done before. As for today, I’m glad I got my book last night what with all this snow out there and my bad back might make things very icey out there. I might stay for the extra 2 hours after all depends on how I feel. If my back is holding up ok, then I will.
I’ll snag a photo of the first snow fall out there when I go to work late and post it in this entry.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Yesterday afternoon Anne was having a tough go of it and of course I’m on the receiving end of things. What with dealing with my cold and sciatic nerve back pain and her flipping out on me I wasn’t in that good of shape as she headed out to get me some cough drops over there at the Dollarama. I met her at the door heading out and she handed me the cough drops. By then my back pain had subsided and I could move around a lot easier.
So as I headed out the door to wait for my bus the weather was a mild +16! Wow. Very unusual for this time of year. Today we’re to get +14. Temps should taper off to about +1 or +2 over the weekend. Still for this time of year? I love it. We could have it one of the warmest Novembers in recent memory. It’s all part of global warming. Now, I don’t believe in the anthropogenic global warming. Or AGW but that’s another issue. Still if we can get by with +1 or +2 in that 5* range, would be excellent. It means winter is reduced from 5 months to 4. And it warms up in March.
I had a slow start to the shift. I began to wonder why we were doing CFK. But it was a TD run. I had a slow start I think just under about $285 by break and 2 cards. We had the Oiler’s/Columbus game on. Someone took my lucky dialer #13 but I took #24 instead doing small taps. NS and Ontario we killing us. I ended up with a nice bag full of empties and 4 cards for a total of $520 and $90 on cards when it was all said and done. At 8:30pm I took a pill for my back pain and by 9pm it felt better and I was able to walk to Corona station with no problems. The Oiler’s ended up taking the game to OT and lost in the shootout for 1 point. Hemsky got his 2nd and Visnovsky for his 3rd. The best they could do for bonus money last night was $5 for a $100 credit card sale. On a TD run? Yeah right.
I got in about 9:50pm and Anne felt bad she blew up at me earlier. She got me some Tylenol for back pain and made me some nice fish and chips for supper. We settled in to watch a pretty good show of Monday night Raw from Madison Square Gardens. It’s always a good Raw from MSG. On a scale from 1-10 I’d rate it an 8. Lots of fun.
Thanks to the folks at SF Signal for renewing my interest in Escape pod. I listened to a 2005 SF story called “The trouble with death traps.” The whole story was about 30 minutes. I used to listen to about 1 of these/week. I think I’ll continue now that there are other pod cast stories out there. There’s a sequel to this story and I’m going to try and get to this later this week. This story was by Marjorie James. Read by Stephen Eley. On a scale from 1-10, I’d rate it an 8.……"overnight".....…..Anne’s been having the dehumidifier on over the past couple of days. Helps me sleep as the moisture in the room at night aggravates this cold or whatever it is that’s been causing me some grief since the day after we had to put Pledges down. I still miss the little guy. Keith Graham is having difficulties with his cat Max now in the Vet. But I’ve been having this cold since the day after Pledges died. I’m more or less ok on the job, it’s just lingering around the house is when it kicks in.
We were in bed by 4am but I couldn’t sleep so I got up to watch a bit of TV, this was at 6am. This was when I had another attack of back pain. I took my second Tylenol. TNC had a 1933 Dick Powel movie on. I watched a bit of it until my back felt better. I went back to bed and tried to sleep. I felt a little better and I think I got 5 hours. Anne had the dehumidifier off and then I began episodes of hacking and coughing. I got up and that’s when my back pain started up on me. I hobbled out to the kitchen to fix a coffee and fired up the computer. This is where I am now.
I wanted to go in for today to put some extra hours in and all Anne needs to do is to make my lunch the night before and have an entre out for me so I can take my insulin and pack my things out to be out of here by noon. That’s the idea. I want to go in for Wed/Fri.
Last night when I went to bed I listened to a bit of Coast with George’s guest Steve Qual. He talked about the global implications of the pneumonic plague in Ukraine and possibly that the H1N1 is a bio weapon. Who would gain from something like this? Lets round up the usual suspects. The most obvious would be Al Qaeda but what about The World Health Organization themselves? Why not invent H1N1 from a lab in say for instance the Ukraine and put together a vaccine, heighten the scare that this flue strain is going to kill millions so everyone will want to take the flue shot and they make billions. I don’t know if WHO is behind this but if anyone is behind this and it is a bio weapon, I’d be pointing fingers at Al Qaeda. But this was what they were (among other things) talking aobut last night. It was a good show.
So for tonight it’s into work for my usual 5-9. Most likely doing CFK again since we’ve done the taps for Magic. same old same old but I'm grateful I still have a job.
So as I headed out the door to wait for my bus the weather was a mild +16! Wow. Very unusual for this time of year. Today we’re to get +14. Temps should taper off to about +1 or +2 over the weekend. Still for this time of year? I love it. We could have it one of the warmest Novembers in recent memory. It’s all part of global warming. Now, I don’t believe in the anthropogenic global warming. Or AGW but that’s another issue. Still if we can get by with +1 or +2 in that 5* range, would be excellent. It means winter is reduced from 5 months to 4. And it warms up in March.
I had a slow start to the shift. I began to wonder why we were doing CFK. But it was a TD run. I had a slow start I think just under about $285 by break and 2 cards. We had the Oiler’s/Columbus game on. Someone took my lucky dialer #13 but I took #24 instead doing small taps. NS and Ontario we killing us. I ended up with a nice bag full of empties and 4 cards for a total of $520 and $90 on cards when it was all said and done. At 8:30pm I took a pill for my back pain and by 9pm it felt better and I was able to walk to Corona station with no problems. The Oiler’s ended up taking the game to OT and lost in the shootout for 1 point. Hemsky got his 2nd and Visnovsky for his 3rd. The best they could do for bonus money last night was $5 for a $100 credit card sale. On a TD run? Yeah right.
I got in about 9:50pm and Anne felt bad she blew up at me earlier. She got me some Tylenol for back pain and made me some nice fish and chips for supper. We settled in to watch a pretty good show of Monday night Raw from Madison Square Gardens. It’s always a good Raw from MSG. On a scale from 1-10 I’d rate it an 8. Lots of fun.
Thanks to the folks at SF Signal for renewing my interest in Escape pod. I listened to a 2005 SF story called “The trouble with death traps.” The whole story was about 30 minutes. I used to listen to about 1 of these/week. I think I’ll continue now that there are other pod cast stories out there. There’s a sequel to this story and I’m going to try and get to this later this week. This story was by Marjorie James. Read by Stephen Eley. On a scale from 1-10, I’d rate it an 8.……"overnight".....…..Anne’s been having the dehumidifier on over the past couple of days. Helps me sleep as the moisture in the room at night aggravates this cold or whatever it is that’s been causing me some grief since the day after we had to put Pledges down. I still miss the little guy. Keith Graham is having difficulties with his cat Max now in the Vet. But I’ve been having this cold since the day after Pledges died. I’m more or less ok on the job, it’s just lingering around the house is when it kicks in.
We were in bed by 4am but I couldn’t sleep so I got up to watch a bit of TV, this was at 6am. This was when I had another attack of back pain. I took my second Tylenol. TNC had a 1933 Dick Powel movie on. I watched a bit of it until my back felt better. I went back to bed and tried to sleep. I felt a little better and I think I got 5 hours. Anne had the dehumidifier off and then I began episodes of hacking and coughing. I got up and that’s when my back pain started up on me. I hobbled out to the kitchen to fix a coffee and fired up the computer. This is where I am now.
I wanted to go in for today to put some extra hours in and all Anne needs to do is to make my lunch the night before and have an entre out for me so I can take my insulin and pack my things out to be out of here by noon. That’s the idea. I want to go in for Wed/Fri.
Last night when I went to bed I listened to a bit of Coast with George’s guest Steve Qual. He talked about the global implications of the pneumonic plague in Ukraine and possibly that the H1N1 is a bio weapon. Who would gain from something like this? Lets round up the usual suspects. The most obvious would be Al Qaeda but what about The World Health Organization themselves? Why not invent H1N1 from a lab in say for instance the Ukraine and put together a vaccine, heighten the scare that this flue strain is going to kill millions so everyone will want to take the flue shot and they make billions. I don’t know if WHO is behind this but if anyone is behind this and it is a bio weapon, I’d be pointing fingers at Al Qaeda. But this was what they were (among other things) talking aobut last night. It was a good show.
So for tonight it’s into work for my usual 5-9. Most likely doing CFK again since we’ve done the taps for Magic. same old same old but I'm grateful I still have a job.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
I had a good day Saturday after all. I can't complain
Surprisingly my back pain eased off for my commute into work this morning. This was the coldest Saturday morning so far since getting back from my Sunday shift which was canceled about Labor Day. It wasn’t a winter jacket type of day or anything. At Corona the escalator wasn’t working again. I took the elevator up with one of the “20” guys and I went into Tim’s and got some breakfast, I was running late and into the office. The security guard was actually pleasant to me this morning. My breakfast was good and I was at my regular dialer. Warren sat across from me. Brian sat beside me (one of the new guys.) I had a good start to the shift and got a few cards. I also got a hold of some rude people. Comes with the job. Our dialer's were shut off for awhile there. The shift was fun with Warren running co pilot with me. We watched University football on Shaw.
After work I got the empties and had a talk with the guard. He’s a really nice guard and we have a lot in common. I had a great time chatting with the guard after work for about 40 minutes but wouldn’t you know it, this could be his last night on site because he wants his old site back.
I headed over to Audrey’s feeling pretty good and I got Book #3 of John Ringo’s “When the devil dances” and in keeping with my topic about audio books I had a chat with the guys at Audry’s about them. Audrey’s audio books start at $15, which is pretty pricey. At “Audible.com” (Amazon) his audio books are priced right at $7.49.
Now I wouldn’t want a steady diet of audio books but I can see their value. Especially when helping me to improve my reading speed. But I could possibly buy 2 audio books/month. Maybe. The problem with audio books is the price and selection. Of course audio books are at the library but chances are I’m not going to find “The Family tree” there. Yes they are available from Torrent sites but chances are there’s probably about 3 seeds for these things.
Jim
After work I got the empties and had a talk with the guard. He’s a really nice guard and we have a lot in common. I had a great time chatting with the guard after work for about 40 minutes but wouldn’t you know it, this could be his last night on site because he wants his old site back.
I headed over to Audrey’s feeling pretty good and I got Book #3 of John Ringo’s “When the devil dances” and in keeping with my topic about audio books I had a chat with the guys at Audry’s about them. Audrey’s audio books start at $15, which is pretty pricey. At “Audible.com” (Amazon) his audio books are priced right at $7.49.
Now I wouldn’t want a steady diet of audio books but I can see their value. Especially when helping me to improve my reading speed. But I could possibly buy 2 audio books/month. Maybe. The problem with audio books is the price and selection. Of course audio books are at the library but chances are I’m not going to find “The Family tree” there. Yes they are available from Torrent sites but chances are there’s probably about 3 seeds for these things.
Jim
Thursday, November 12, 2009
I had an excellent night on the job.
this evening. I checked in and got the empties and my dialer. We did Magic and wow what a night. I ended up with $390 on 6 cards with a $1,170 total for a $20 bonus and 10 % on cards. That's my race track money next week and "The New Space Opera 2" book. I sat with 3 others with us and headed home. I had a great night.
Jim
Jim
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
I get a day off to nurse my aches and pains
I love mid week stat days. Too bad they are far and few between. My wife has to work for 3 hours but she should be getting paid time and a half.
Lately my left shoulder arm has been bugging me to the point that it gets hard to put my arm inside my coat. And of course my sciatic nerve is still causing me some grief and if that wasn’t enough I’ve got this hoarse throat that lost me a few sales last night I‘m sure. And of course the usual aches and pains in the neck and back. Sigh.
Alright enough about that. Today is Remembrance Day. I love it when this holiday falls during the middle of the week. I love Remembrance and Family Day’s as my 2 official stat holidays. And if course anytime I get 3 days off is good as well like Labor Day and Christmas. But Remembrance Day is my favorite. But later this afternoon, I get to watch the Oiler/Sabres game on a stat paid holiday. Love it.
Earlier before bed this morning Anne gave me an IBO Prophen pill for my back pain. Seems to have helped out a bit and before I shut the computer off I checked my Twitter page as I noticed Twitter updated my Twitter counter. I have 27 Followers. Right on. So on my Twitter page I discovered this cool utility they just introduced called “Twitter stats.” I checked that using my user name and I’m getting about 2.5 Tweets/day. I think these Tweets are coming from my Blogger Blog because I can “Twit This” as just posted. My Geeklog Website hasn’t got a plugin for this yet but according to my stat counter I’m getting about 36 page views/day to this Blog.
Jim
Lately my left shoulder arm has been bugging me to the point that it gets hard to put my arm inside my coat. And of course my sciatic nerve is still causing me some grief and if that wasn’t enough I’ve got this hoarse throat that lost me a few sales last night I‘m sure. And of course the usual aches and pains in the neck and back. Sigh.
Alright enough about that. Today is Remembrance Day. I love it when this holiday falls during the middle of the week. I love Remembrance and Family Day’s as my 2 official stat holidays. And if course anytime I get 3 days off is good as well like Labor Day and Christmas. But Remembrance Day is my favorite. But later this afternoon, I get to watch the Oiler/Sabres game on a stat paid holiday. Love it.
Earlier before bed this morning Anne gave me an IBO Prophen pill for my back pain. Seems to have helped out a bit and before I shut the computer off I checked my Twitter page as I noticed Twitter updated my Twitter counter. I have 27 Followers. Right on. So on my Twitter page I discovered this cool utility they just introduced called “Twitter stats.” I checked that using my user name and I’m getting about 2.5 Tweets/day. I think these Tweets are coming from my Blogger Blog because I can “Twit This” as just posted. My Geeklog Website hasn’t got a plugin for this yet but according to my stat counter I’m getting about 36 page views/day to this Blog.
Jim
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Its still Sunday night here
Other then that not much going on. I read a bit more from "The Family Tree" Lodge work, and Internet stuff.
This morning I went to bed about 3:30am and had a good 10 hours of sleep without the aid of a sleeping pill. Anne made a great brunch and I watched The Oiler's in Denver win to a 5-3 victory destroying the Ave's bid for a 7-0 win record. It was nice to see the Oiler's win for a change.
Also I've been toying around with Google Earth street view maps. Especially touring my old neighborhood in Coquitlam BC. For years and years I always thought the corner store was called Snoopy's but its actually called Soupy's. It's still there today. I used to get my Marvel comic books off the rack there in 1968.
Other then that I'm having a good weekend. Anne's sister is coming out tomorrow and I'll be at work. I'm working Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday afternoons this week. I want the Blackberry Storm 2 as it's coming out Monday but I'm not looking at getting that until maybe by the end of the year or January next year.
On Coast this evening the topic is DARPA. Should be a good one. I love shows like this and its odd that Ian does topics like this as he's more into soft topics.
Jim
This morning I went to bed about 3:30am and had a good 10 hours of sleep without the aid of a sleeping pill. Anne made a great brunch and I watched The Oiler's in Denver win to a 5-3 victory destroying the Ave's bid for a 7-0 win record. It was nice to see the Oiler's win for a change.
Also I've been toying around with Google Earth street view maps. Especially touring my old neighborhood in Coquitlam BC. For years and years I always thought the corner store was called Snoopy's but its actually called Soupy's. It's still there today. I used to get my Marvel comic books off the rack there in 1968.
Other then that I'm having a good weekend. Anne's sister is coming out tomorrow and I'll be at work. I'm working Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday afternoons this week. I want the Blackberry Storm 2 as it's coming out Monday but I'm not looking at getting that until maybe by the end of the year or January next year.
On Coast this evening the topic is DARPA. Should be a good one. I love shows like this and its odd that Ian does topics like this as he's more into soft topics.
Jim
Friday, November 6, 2009
We're more or less over Pleges
as it's been 15 days now since we've been without him. Anne's still coping with the loss of her father as of last Friday. October was a horrible month.
So here we are in November with nice weather. Yesterday we got up to a high of +17. Very unusual for this time of year.
Last night at the Lodge was step up night and one of the guys gave me a hand me down case for my apron and not to worry about the book because they had extras. I got to do the Junior Steward role. Or chair. I was kept busy as we had the DDGM and his entourage and the Stewards had duty there and and then balloting duty as well. It was also our Remembrance Day ceremony and we held a moment of silence for fallen members that died either from cancer etc. So this was unusual duty for the Stewards. Also after lodge was closed I couldn't find my cell phone. George said it was found in his truck. Close call.
I had a great night last night. And I'm in a new chair. Next year I'm the Senior Steward. Good stuff.
Anne agrees with me that going in for Friday afternoon wont solve anything when I can make up the hours Saturday. I lose an hour and a half. Big deal. Now it's on to read "The Family tree."
Anyway gang, that's about all for now
Jim
So here we are in November with nice weather. Yesterday we got up to a high of +17. Very unusual for this time of year.
Last night at the Lodge was step up night and one of the guys gave me a hand me down case for my apron and not to worry about the book because they had extras. I got to do the Junior Steward role. Or chair. I was kept busy as we had the DDGM and his entourage and the Stewards had duty there and and then balloting duty as well. It was also our Remembrance Day ceremony and we held a moment of silence for fallen members that died either from cancer etc. So this was unusual duty for the Stewards. Also after lodge was closed I couldn't find my cell phone. George said it was found in his truck. Close call.
I had a great night last night. And I'm in a new chair. Next year I'm the Senior Steward. Good stuff.
Anne agrees with me that going in for Friday afternoon wont solve anything when I can make up the hours Saturday. I lose an hour and a half. Big deal. Now it's on to read "The Family tree."
Anyway gang, that's about all for now
Jim
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Goodreads is currently down which is why they haven't updated my blooger currently reading yet
down right now which is why they haven't upgraded my Blogger currently reading etc.
The past week I've been struggling with this cold which is why I haven't been in here that much. I usually try and get in here at least a couple of times/week anyway.
Also, this morning I finished reading "The Space Wolf" Omnibus. There's a review over there on my website. Right now I'm reading Sheri S. Tepper's "The family tree."
Anyway gang, that's about all for now
Jim
The past week I've been struggling with this cold which is why I haven't been in here that much. I usually try and get in here at least a couple of times/week anyway.
Also, this morning I finished reading "The Space Wolf" Omnibus. There's a review over there on my website. Right now I'm reading Sheri S. Tepper's "The family tree."
Anyway gang, that's about all for now
Jim
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