FOG

 Without any warning we were hit with thick fog. There is a highway that goes around the city and it was closed most of the night and this morning. Lots of accidents. One had 28 vehicles involved. There are numerous overpasses and bridges so slick as all get out. Daughter and oldest grandson went to the hockey game last night. She lives about 45 minutes northeast of me. She drove grandson home, then headed home. She said it was slick but okay. Then she hit about 15 miles away from home and it was so bad she couldn’t see the white lines let alone the yellow ones. She couldn’t breathe either. She found out that in addition to the fog a peat fire had started causing even more chaos. The peat will burn until it burns itself out. The firefighters will be there watching. The fog has just lifted but it is still slippery out. 

While they were at the hockey game, they found out youngest grandson was also at the game and seated in the same row but a couple of sections over. Too cool.

J

No Littles

 We had no kids come for Halloween. I am not a fan of Halloween. I did not go out as a child. My older brother did. When our own kids got to the age, it was a tough decision. My husband did not go out either, but we did feel pressured to participate. It all worked out in the end. Either the kids would go to just a few houses or decided not to go. My grandkids though, are a different matter. They all went till they aged out. I do see a change in Halloween though. The stores are making the decorations to be more Thanksgivingish or more fallish. The houses that do the scary stuff are getting to be farther apart. It would seem that it is changing to be more of another fall celebration. Still not sure it is needed though. Someone did do fireworks though. I always thought that was a UK thing. So no pictures.

I have new neighbours upstairs. Today was move in day. Hoping they are quiet. I haven’t seen the boys today. Maybe someone is looking after them. 

They painted our apartment doors a couple of years ago with what we used to call apartment paint. It is flat and when washed the paint comes off. The original doors had good shiny paint. Guess it was a more expensive fix. Anyhoo, I found out that rubbing alcohol works really well getting scuff marks, crayon, packaging colour off. It took me about 15 minutes. I may just do the hallway door too. The powers that be say that plain toothpaste also works. I haven’t tried that yet. I also used WD40 on the hinges. No more squeaks. WD40 is product made from fish oil and some other ingredients. It works well on a lot of things.

We have a chance of snow coming on Wednesday. In Alberta the ski slopes start opening this weekend. I hope the season brings a lot of snow as it is still rather dry. 

J

 The last of the Tameracks that still have needles. We are still quite warm. Highs of 6-10C. Lows around -1–3C. Sunny today. Going to be a beautiful day for a long walk.

Started a sweater for a Christmas present. The recipient is quite tiny for a woman. The colour doesn’t show well here. It is actually dark brown.

I may go to town today. I still need a few items for Christmas cake. It is time to get busy for sure. I have four gifts almost ready. Our family is not big. It is always the guys I can’t figure out, however, I have one ready. Yay me

Hellos from Oakley. He turned 1 last Friday. I sang to him then on Saturday SWMBO and I took him on a 12km hike. He smiled all the was and no he wasn’t tired after. In fact when we got home, he still wanted to play catch.  The table next to him was my steal of a deal. I got it for $50. I had seen it previously in a store for $300. I wasn’t going to pay that, but $50 was good. I just love it. SHMBO is waiting patiently for me to grow sick of it so she can have it. Nope not going to happen.

J

I hurt

 Well, last week Wednesday I got a few groceries. I was all in a dither about the gal next door, coming to my place after school. I wasn’t sure what she would want for a snack. I also did not know if I had good plans for activities. On top of that, I was in a hurry as she gets out of school at 3:10 pm so would be here at 3:15. I decided to put the groceries on my balcony then retrieve them once I parked and got in. I wasn’t thinking and hurrying so tripped over the parking curb. I ended up hitting my head. My nose was bleeding.  I got the cat parked and rushed into the apartment to stop my nose bleed. Got the groceries in just in time. I called my daughter to come check me out. It is a 45 minute drive for her so it’s a big deal to ask her.  She came checked me out and watched me for a bit. As it was A did not want a snack. She played on her phone then decided to go to their apartment and check on the dogs. Next day, I had a black eye, my nose still was a tiny bit bloody, my knee was scratched and bruised. My chest felt like a steam roller has driven over it.  Now a week later the nose is sore, the eye still is a bit bruised, my knee is still bruised and my chest has been determined to be either really bruised or I may have a broken rib. Thankful for heat and ice.  The long and short is that my husband was always telling me to slow down. Guess he is laughing at me.

Please Help

 I am posting the following for a friend. We grew up together and having had members of my family have kidney problems, this is close to my heart. If you know of someone who could be a possible donor, please contact the number on the sign.

Blessings

Jean

Heat You Say

 Today is the last day of heat. Right now it is 32C with a humidex of 38C. Tomorrow starts the cool down. It will only get up to 29C. 

Since we can’t be outside overly much, I cleaned my Dyson  vacuum to within an inch of its life. Man, it was dirrttty. I will vacuum in tomorrow morning. I want to make sure every part is good and dry. I was going to start cleaning the couches, but decided next week when the humidity isn’t high will work better for them to dry.

Had a long phone call with SHMBO. She has been off work for a medical issue for the past few months. It is interesting to hear her talk about the therapy she is in. Most of it I agree with, but some of it I question. Therapy does not take into account what God has given each person in ability. I am hoping at some point it will all meld together. 

This is a long weekend here in most of Canada 🇨🇦. Hoping all families and individuals will be able to enjoy it. September long seems to signal the beginning of fall ie back to school, no more long lazy days, lake time etc.

Blessings

Jean

Growing

 Oakley is getting longe

Onto other news. It has been too wet here.

The first photo is of soybeans. Not sure they will recover. The next two show how wet the fields are, and no, the corn was not knee high by the 4th of July. It continues to rain. Even with the rain, the northern part of the four western provinces are burning. Nothing like fire haze and humidity lol.