Thursday Evening Post

 

OWYAC is relaxing out at her cabin at the lake. She said she was having trouble posting, so here is an evening open thread.

Thursday evening open thread

 

I'm back from Prince Edward County, with two pairs of cheap, freshwater pearl earrings ($20 each; how could I say no?)

We had a power outage on Tuesday, from about 3:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday, which wasn't a lot of fun, so we spent part of the day driving around, because the car had a/c. Even with the power on, their central a/c didn't really make it to the second floor, so I asked for a fan on the second night, which made sleeping more comfortable. 

We heard that a large truck took out 3 electricity poles, and we were trying to figure out how, and we theorized that it may have hit the middle pole, and when it went down, it pulled the ones on either side with it.

We saw some Canada Day fireworks last night at the edge of the little lake a block from where they live, and fireflies too. And we went to a little local parade.

It was 36 C/almost 97 F at the intersection when I got home (a dentistry office has the temp displayed outside) . The house was several degrees cooler, which isn't bad for almost 3 days without a/c (I turned it off when I left), and since I've had it running for about 3 hours, it's very comfortable here.

How is everybody else?

Thursday evening open thread

 

I went to the chiropractor, did some grocery shopping (cheese popcorn for lunch!), and that was pretty much it.

How about everybody else?

Thursday evening open thread

 

Biscuit had his checkup, but was so agitated (this was unusual), and looked not great, so that they couldn't get blood for his kidney and thyroid tests, and they gave him oxygen for about 20 minutes, since he had such laboured breathing. They've given me some gabapentin to calm him down and we'll try again next week; I'll give the gaba to him about 2 hours before going in.

I had mentioned Angine de Poitrine to one of the receptionists (yes, I'm proselytising), and she is now a huge fan too. Another cult member!

We had rain, and sun, and storm and rain, and more sun. 

Thursday evening open thread

 

Hot and sticky today, but the rain did not materialise. My glasses are in; I got a phone call around 3:00, but since the weather was horrible, and I'm going to be passing there tomorrow afternoon, I'll suffer for another day, and pick them up then.

Thank god for a/c.

Angine de Poitrine won Billboard Canada's first Global Breakthrough award (why do I think it was created just for them?), and they got a standing ovation. Their manager, Sebastien Collin won an award as well (Sebastiennnnn!!!)

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Worked on the new puzzle for a bit, but that's about it. How about everybody else?

Thursday evening open thread

 Went to the garden centre, had beer and dinner.

Take it away, Balkers!

Thursday evening open thread

 

Puttered a bit today; a bit of this, a bit of that. How about everyone else?

Thursday evening open thread

 Just came in a minute or two ago. Here's a quickie post.

Thursday evening post

 

This is a quick post; I'm probably out for part of the evening.

I did buy a new coat, but it's not actually a "pretty" coat; more a Bond Girl coat. My friend said "It looks GREAT!". Now I cannot gain any weight!

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I wonder how Owl is lost is doing.

I picked up a grilled veg on focaccia sandwich for lunch, after my hair appointment, on my way down to the vintage shop. Saved half the sammy for later, and sadly, the shop was tiny, and didn't have much of interest to me.

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 Almost to the weekend! In the meantime;

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Almost there!

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One more day until the weekend!

Thursday evening open thread

 

How was Thursday? Everybody survived the week so far?

Thursday evening open thread

 

How was everybody's day?

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How was everybody's day?

Thursday evening open thread

 

How was everybody's day?

Thursday evening open thread

 

The lighting store said that they'll contact the distributor AGAIN about the lamps, and they should arrive next week. 

Thursday evening open thread

 

How's everybody's day going?

Thursday evening open thread

 

It looks like the neighbourhood issue is finally winding down after 2 1/2 years of fighting; we have won a small victory, but it's something. After compromising heavily, we gained a few feet; not as much as we wanted, but it's not nothing either. And any proposed new builds on the other side of the street will also have to contend with safety rules from the electricity company and their infrastructure, which could actually put the kibosh on any development, without us having to do anything.