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Persian…

28 Saturday Sep 2024

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had fun last night… our group went to Tehran Market & Cafe for Persian food…

it was fun to decipher the menu and and then see exactly what we ordered, lol…

we had this cute little button on the table to connect with the servers… it was very handy because it took us quite a while to decide what we wanted, lol…

our lovely waitperson took pictures of us with all the food…

I had lamb… it was very tasty and came with a huge portion of dill rice;-)…

there was even a spot on the button to advise when we were ready to pay… they came quickly whenever we pushed one of the buttons…

enjoyable evening with wonderful friends…

drum…

22 Sunday Sep 2024

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on Tuesday, September 11, the dryer stopped working… they had been here almost exactly a year ago to repair it the last time it stopped working… at that time it needed a belt somewhere in the back…

my grandson took a look and discovered that the belt that goes around the drum had broken… he looked on YouTube and figured he could fix it if we got the part…

I contacted Hameed Appliances Repair by email and asked if we could just get the part or whether they needed to come out to fix it…

they were quick to respond and agreed to drop off the part the following Monday once they received it…

$30 later, and six days without a dryer, the part was delivered to the house…

we were very happy, but when my grandson looked at it he realized it wasn’t the correct belt…

this time he contacted them by phone as I wasn’t sure what was wrong with the one we got, lol…

after a conversation with them, including sending photos, they ordered a different belt and it was delivered on Friday…

as soon as my grandson got home he headed to the dryer and with me holding the top open, and him following a YouTube video, he had it attached in about fifteen minutes…

and it is working perfectly… now he says he is an appliance repair person, lol…

eventually we realized that my description hadn’t been clear enough and they had sent the same belt that was used to repair it the first time…

even though it took quite a while to get it all sorted out, I was pleased that they hadn’t insisted that they needed to come out and fix it;-)…

Excel…

20 Friday Sep 2024

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after getting the books yesterday, today’s project was to get the JD Robb Excel spreadsheet prepared… it was fun to spend some quality time with the laptop…

once they were entered, I had to sort them in order…

I laid them out by number and then found a place to line them up…

and they fit perfectly on the shelf in the computer room, although it may be an issue to add the rest, lol…

goodbyes…

13 Friday Sep 2024

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I have been a loyal MTS customer for 51 years…

over the last number of years I have been able to have a bit of a discount but they have come to the place where they are not providing anymore subsidies…

on top of that, the area I live in can only get 50 mbps, which is not really sufficient for all my Google Home units, tv, streaming, video games, etc…

one of the biggest changes has been the fact that I needed to change my email address, which I have had since email began (when dinosaurs strolled the earth)… a new address was set up many months ago, and slowly I have shared that information with others… over the last few weeks we have notified all of the organizations I am connected to as well…

today, I changed my provider to Shaw, who apparently can give me 1000 mbps, for less money…

so I am saying my goodbyes to MTS…

I didn’t want to make the change but felt there were no options… it was difficult as I am loyal to companies that I am connected to, but unfortunately MTS no longer seem to value longtime customers…

Tony, the technician, was here for over three hours and came across a number of complications, of course… but he was pleasant and got it done…

the Googles are all happy and changed over without any action needed on our part, woohoo…

and, I am beginning to learn how to use the new tv remote;-)… those big girl pants, lol…

above is the pile of things that we now have to send to MTS, by mail apparently…

traverse…

10 Tuesday Sep 2024

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finally got the net down to protect the pond from all the falling leaves…

we ordered netting online awhile ago and I had some landscape pins which we used to fasten it around the pond… I had to remove ones that were holding down a drip hose around the main deck because I have managed to misplace the box which has at least twenty-five more pins in it, sigh…

it was an interesting process as we figured out the best spots to attach it… my housemate did most of the work, but I did help…

so happy that we can still traverse the bridge without having to walk on the net…

it is the perfect length so that we didn’t have to go back and forth across the water to cover the whole thing… it doesn’t even look too bad…

and, of course, since then, hardly any leaves have fallen, lol…

Paralympics…

30 Friday Aug 2024

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I’ve been watching the Paralympics and enjoying every sport I’ve seen…

so far I’ve watched the opening ceremony, swimming, running, and rowing, learned about Boccia and wheelchair rugby, and look forward to learning more about other sports as the events go on…

this time there are way more hours of programming, which makes me very happy…

see you later, lol…

wake-ups…

13 Tuesday Aug 2024

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well, I have emerged from the Olympics cycle…

I have watched all kinds of sports, some for the first time…

as mentioned previously, I like to watch in real time and managed to do that for a good portion of the sports I was interested in… although I did sleep through one of the medals that Canada won, lol… it meant a lot of 2:30 and 4:00 am wake-up’s…

my hope for every event that I watch is that each person does their best and I like flipping between channels, if I can, to hear commentary from different points of view…

I am less interested in team sports such as soccer or basketball or football… and I’m not too fond of fighting in any of its numerous forms…

the technology at these games had some interesting highlights… I was particularly taken with the cauldron;-)…

I am happy that this portion is over and I have a few weeks before the Paralympics begin…

hopefully there will be lots of it on tv and Gem as well;-)…

hat…

11 Sunday Aug 2024

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I’ve been wearing this Chihuly hat since we visited Atlanta in 2016 and love it…

it has turned that very sad gray/black colour and looks completely worn out…

haven’t been able to figure out how to save it, sigh…

got this new hat a few days ago… it was part of the 2024 Canadian Olympics clothing line and I hope it lasts as long and as well as the Chihuly…