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Wednesday March 26, 2025
Sunday morning, 1am, I was sure to be up to watch my Team Homan from Canada stealing 4 points from the Tirizoni Swiss Team to win the World Curling Championship for the second year in a row, 7-4. Way to go Team!!
I am still having several problems with the Telus Internet signal which is awfully inconsistent... But now I have a number that I can call direct and within 10 minutes they always reset the router outside my door to restore better speeds. It is such a pain to have to do it so often, but they promise to send a crew to check the router itself again.
I am still boiling water every couple of hours to add humidity in here. When I forget to set my Alexa alarm, and get into reading my book, I have burnt the pot dry 3 times so far..
Monday, I spotted an oddity in the bathroom mirror. It is odd, because we obviously look in the mirror several times a day... So how do we miss a long hair growing out of the top of the ear when we know that is one of the usual surprise locations??
Tuesday, I got down to doing my laundry, including the bedding. There are several machines in laundry room a floor below, but the commercial Maytags are everyone's favourites because they are exceedingly simple, effective, and fast. Because they serve the whole building, it is hard to find a quiet time where you have the pick of those machines. And The Maytag dryers are the most popular as well. I wear my back brace to do this because of the weight of the laundry and all the bending involved.
Today, I had 3 more scammer phone calls, plus a call from the CIBC fraud department. They had restricted my USD accountfrom my view so I made a very angry phone call back to them. I am awaiting a refund from a failed delivery so I need to be able to see when it arrives. Then, and only then, will I close that account and set up another new one. Hopefully that will be the end of my banking woes.
I got a response from RedBubble that they were reinstating my artwork of Cuenca Kids 501, but minus the 501, based on a request from Levi Strauss Co.......... How they can copyright a number and apply that to absolutely anything boggles the mind, and the idiots at RB just go along. I visit RB every day because I still make sales there but I have not uploaded any new artworks there in over a year. Their site is run by spineless idiots and I refuse to jump through their hoops. Maybe I will copyright every word in the dictionary....
Spring in Canada is almost non-existent because it is just a milder extension of winter. And I swear that the seasons have moved to a month later over the years. We get a few nice days just above 0C and winter throws more rain, sleet and snow at us.... But, we know that is what happens and we are hardy Canadians who love the seasons, so it will pass like usual. During my lifetime, I have definitely seen a snowy day every month of the year. No big deal...
I hope you enjoy the pictures. That was the day’s excitement.
Al
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| Mmmmm, pork tenderloin medallions.. |
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| Canada's journey to victory |
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| Strange visitor at midnight |
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| Another bout of rain, sleet and snow.. |
