Good morning, Danish, Donuts, and Bagels in the Break Room. Shopping this morning. A Celebration of life for a friend this afternoon. Working the kitchen at the Eagles tonight.

Whew, made it to the weekend.

Oh by the way, weekends are my favorite part of the week - I get to hang out with WOM for most of the time

I brought a large Dark Roads pot of Sumatra for the break room and also bottled Fiji water for everyone to stay hydrated

It's time for chores, projects, music in the background, gardening, reading and time off for me.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone

Hello friends,

Sorry it's been so long. Got my covid booster on a Weds, felt like [blip] on Thurs, and much better on Fri. At least that's done. Crazy fall weather's been tough on me this year; woke up slightly dizzy one morning which lasted a couple of hours. Approaching holiday season is always a bit depressing for me. No longer have a lot of family stuff, which is okay in a way, but covid has curtailed getting together with other people I care about. I sincerely pray next year will be a lot better in more ways than one. The one really good thing that has gotten done, is getting 3 of my ugly old blinds replace with much nicer ones Have a few more to work on but the biggest eye sores are gone.

Hagatha, regarding your condo association comments. This is the first time I've been involved in that scenario. About a year before I joined the board, retirement caused a turnover in HMO reps. During my first year on the board, I was dissatisfied and disappointed with how slow the HMO rep (whom I'll refer to as 'Mary') was to get things done or to keep in communication with the board on a regular basis. The president was going to talk with the HMO about things not working out and requesting a different one, but he didn't do it fast enough, then never got the chance. I initiated an email board discussion in which I purposely did not include 'Mary' to find out the status of that issue. When one of the other board members (a gentleman in his 80s) replied, he erroneously included 'Mary'. Imagine my surprise when 'Mary' replied that she happened to get a copy of the email. The president then had a conversation with her. Apologies all around and her assurance that communication would improve and things would get done. Since then things have gotten better. In fact, I'm surprised we got as much heavily needed work done as we did. One contractors were hired, everything happened within a month or so. The other issue that has caused a lot of problems is the effect covid has had on everything. Prices are up, things move slower or very differently. When all is said an done, I'm surprised we got as much accomplished this year as we did. Problems with residents were dealt with and/or put on hold because the US government put a moratorium on evictions, which was recently lifted, we are moving forward with the process of evicting 2 residents who've not paid and/or refuse to follow association rules. Between the turn over in HMO reps, covid and new residents (mostly renters) moving in, a lot has gone by the wayside the last few years. At our request, 'Mary' doing to send out copies of all rules and regs to residents and landlord for the renters. She recently put out a schedule of days off and office closings to the end of the year, so I've a feeling that may not happen until next year. Everyone on the board are good neighbors and friends, so I'm happy about that. For what it's worth, 'Mary' informed us that our board is one of the nicest she's worked with. We do work well together; and perhaps since I'm the only female, periodicially, I'm able to get them to laugh.


My little Huey is doing fine. Still enjoys going to pay days, sleeps and eats a lot. We're both stiff and sore first thing in the morning.

If I don't get to chat again this week, you all have a safe and good Thanksgiving!!

pro nfl football,, and chores.

Butterflybabe, I'm glad things are slowly turning around at your Condo. Condos can be wonderful places to live if everyone does their part, but of course there are always the few who believe the bylaws don't apply to them. Being a Strata Property Agent was pretty darned rewarding most of the time, though.



So, British Columbia is now under a State of Emergency. Because all of the highways out of BC are literally broken, groceries and other supplies aren't getting through. Once again, people are panic-buying toilet paper and stores are rationing things like milk and eggs and, of course, toilet paper.

The latest is that gas is now rationed, so we can only buy 30 litres at a time. I was going to fill both of our vehicles this evening but the gas stations are all out. Both of our vehicles are about half-full, so we'll be okay for a while, but I'll have to be very careful not to use too much gas now, so that we have enough to get to appointments.

Some trucks are getting through, coming via the US and then back north up to Vancouver, so we'll be okay soon, but for the time being we're being asked to restrict travel -- not that we can really go anywhere anyway.

The one bright spot in my life right now is that not only has Dude re-emerged from his funk, he and Willow are actually playing together now. Of course the little stinkers are playing at night, in the living room, which is over my bedroom. But still, it's sweet and funny.

Hm, cats playing versus heat pump.

Good morning, Danish, Donuts, and Bagels in the Break Room. Breakfast out this morning.

With Dude it almost feels like every day is Groundhog Day, though. Each morning he has to get used to us all over again, for about 5 minutes. For some reason today I'm The Wicked Witch, though. He's very hyper sometimes. Since we have our free vet visit next week I'll have him checked for hyperthyroidism. Our last cat was hyperthyroid and it was pretty easy to manage.

I read about that State of Emergency and wondered how it was affecting you. I have an elderly cat with hyperthyroidism and it's easily managed with medication. My step-daughter has a cat with it and they irradiated his thyroid! It was quite pricey and I'd never heard of using that on a cat! I'd love to have a night camera on them to see what they do at night!

We're fortunately not really affected by the flooding. Gas is rationed, which is the biggest impact. There was a bit of panic-buying on Friday but yesterday the shelves were mostly full.

Our last cat had her thyroid removed when she was 8, and she was fine until she was 16, at which point she started to have medication. I do think that Dude is oddly hyper for a cat his age (9). He paces a lot in the evening. I can hear his little feet padding around and around. And when he paces, he calls.

So the heat pump was damaged in transit. It will need some work to get it functioning quietly, but it is the pump it was supposed to be.

I don't know it that's progress or not, but at least there might be a plan to fix or replace it.

court shows and even perry mason, and chores, starting with perry mason, america court with judge kevin ross, the people court, judge greg mathis, justice with judge mablean ,the verdict with judge hatchett, judge judy. and chore. for tomorrow, after carrie underwood sang, steelers vs chargers.

So, they knew the heat pump was damaged when they installed it? I hope you get a replacement and not just a repair job, or get some credit with the repair.

I wondered the same thing, oldbroad.

I don't think they knew the pump was damaged. Apparently there are these little magnetic bearings that often get jostled in transit. The fellow working on it right now, who works for the company who sold us the pump, is actually our friend and neighbour, and I know he'll getting it working perfectly for us. Otherwise the Christmas party will be awkward...

Well that sounds a little better then hagatha!

That's the way to do it !!

Good morning, Danish, Donuts, and Bagels in the Break Room. Lunch and Netflix with a friend today.

Connie?

Sounds lie a nice day. What are you watching on Netflix, Connie?

same thing.

Good morning, Danish, Donuts, and Bagels in the Break Room. Hagatha, we are watching mostly Christmas movies right now.

We're having a rare beautiful day, so I'm off down to Comox for a Costco shopping session and maybe lunch somewhere if I can stand the dreaded Eating Alone, which I used to be comfortable with when I was working, but am no longer.

"The one bright spot in my life right now is that not only has Dude re-emerged from his funk, he and Willow are actually playing together now. Of course the little stinkers are playing at night, in the living room, which is over my bedroom. But still, it's sweet and funny."

Is all going well, hagatha ??

From the perspective of my husband's health, no. The chemo is doing its job but nothing ever seems to help with the pain and it's a constant now, never really goes away.

We just enjoy life as much as we can. Every day has its bright spots. The cats are now actively playing with each other, friendly ambushes and chasing, and that's always funny to watch. Dude's personality has really come out and he's a happy-go-lucky little guy, very friendly with us, and a real joy.

I hope your husband can continue to enjoy some of life's pleasures despite the constant pain hagatha.

As for the cats, YAY!!

Did you have your lunch out or decide against it? I've never been able to sit in a restaurant by myself.