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08 Saturday Jun 2019

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I watch tv a lot and I PVR tons of shows…

over the last week I’ve noticed that the tv is saying it is recording shows, but the next day they are not there… seemed very odd…

finally took the time on Thursday night to poke around and see if I could figure it out…

what I discovered was a place telling me that the PVR was nearly full… a big red bar all the way across the screen, lol…

there was no place to clean it out and all the programs get deleted as soon as I watch them, so it was odd…

Friday morning I called BellMTS for help… after running all through the house to find the main PVR, in the basement of course, I had to turn it off and back on… when it rebooted it was fine…

the technician advised that it shouldn’t have happened and it would be fine in the future… but as I look at it now it says there is something PVRed, but there isn’t, sigh…

at least I know what to do when it happens again;-)…

I did giggle after he told me to unplug it…

turning equipment off is one of the first suggestions I make to my colleagues whenever they are having technical issues…

addictive…

25 Saturday May 2019

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I think Spring has finally hit me…

spent time cleaning a cabinet and shelf unit in the bathroom…

also did a bit of work in the garden…

cut back some of the Virginia creeper… always feel such satisfaction trimming it, and find it rather addictive, lol… sometimes it is hard to stop…

and then, while I was watching some tv, I touched something on the remote and the screen misbehaved for a while… eventually I unplugged everything and when it started up again it was fine… not that I am addicted to tv…

file…

16 Saturday Mar 2019

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worked around the house today… never set foot outside…

did a number of loads of laundry, made zucchini basil soup, sorted through the tax file to be sure everything was there, paid bills online and watched skiing and skating on tv…

when I looked out the back, spotted the bunny… haven’t seen her for a few weeks…

when I looked out the front, got a lovely shot of the sun behind clouds…

snow is melting, even without much sunshine… woo hoo…

smart…

23 Friday Nov 2018

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this morning I got a message from my son-in-law advising that TVs were on sale for Black Friday…

he had spotted a few that were a great price as he knew I was wanting a smart TV that would connect with my Google Home…

and my TV has been misbehaving for a few weeks now…

I went to the place he recommended on my way home just after noon… the streets around the mall were crazy… got into the parking lot of the store but there wasn’t a single spot to park… waited a bit but still no spots… drove out of the lot and went home…

later my son-in-law texted to say he and the younger boys would come over and we could try again, lol…

there were spots in the lot and lots of TVs in the store… took a while, but eventually we got our smart TV… on the way home we picked up Chinese food for our supper…

then there was the process to get it on the wall and hooked up…

so… now I have two remotes that both need to be used to watch programs… but, I can tell the TV to turn itself off;-)…

and, although the TV is smart it doesn’t want to play with Google Home…

maybe tomorrow it will want to play nice…

repeat…

13 Tuesday Feb 2018

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lots of early mornings and late nights as I watch as much of the Olympics live as possible…

either stay awake until midnight or fall asleep during some of the sports I care less about… the tv stays on and I surface about four to watch some of the early events before work…

not much happens during our day so that is working well…

check the tv when I get home while supper is cooking, in case I missed anything… watch until I fall asleep…

and repeat;-)…

great news is I’ve been enjoying the sunrise most mornings, and tonight the sky was beautiful as the sun went down…

and the temperature had risen very nicely throughout the day…

surrounded…

23 Thursday Nov 2017

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last night I took a few pictures of the paper whites and the amaryllis… they are all starting to really move as they stretch up to the light…

hopeful that they will produce some flowers close to the holidays… am trying to take time every day to enjoy their growth…

tonight I took a few pictures… the plants, the fish, and the view from my seat on the couch…

this is not my usual spot but the tv in the bedroom is behaving very badly so I am watching in the main floor tv/guest room, lol…

seems like a lot is going on around me these days… dealing with the car accident and driving a rental car that has amazingly touchy brakes… issues with the hot tub not working properly after being repaired… trying to find a reasonably priced mattress… and now the silly tv…

the good news is that I am surrounded by flowers;-)…

easy…

25 Saturday Mar 2017

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took it easy today after all the fun and busyness of the last week…

slept in and had a smoothie for breakfast… unpacked and did laundry… put chemicals in the hot tub and watered the plants…

added the new blanket to the bed, watched a good amount of tv (we didn’t even turn the one on in our room while we were away)… and also ate chips… had very few while I was away… missed them a lot…

gathered up all the chocolate that I purchased and took a few photos…

loving my new tech bag… it has all my bits and pieces in one spot…

tonight took this picture of the sun setting… appreciated the sunsets in Mazatlan but happy to be home and see my own, lol…

really enjoyed the quiet day…

competition…

20 Friday Jan 2017

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watching skating on tv tonight and thinking of my dear friend Ellen…

when I come across a skating competition I still turn to grab the phone to give her a reminder call, lol… 

we would always call one another when one of the events came on to be sure the other knew about it… and once it was over we would spend time debriefing…

lovely memories…

delicious…

25 Tuesday Aug 2015

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last night I prepared another five pounds of beans… this time, yellow ones…

  
the great news was that I was sitting on my bed watching tv as I prepped them… my son-in-law came by and replaced the dead one and then carefully explained how this particular one works… let’s hope I remember all the instructions, lol…

can even set the sleep timer from the main remote control… for the previous one I had to use two remotes… I am very happy…

got my big pasta pot and blanched all of the beans for three minutes…

  
not sure why I didn’t use this pot for the green beans… sped up the process nicely…

  
cold bath and then into bags…

  
filled eleven bags and also had a lovely bowl filled for my supper…

  
they were very tasty and I also had fresh beets… such a delicious time of the year…

disappointing…

18 Tuesday Aug 2015

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picked up by my daughter and grandson after work today…

we wandered around Rona for a while and then went to The Keg for dinner... lobster summer… disappointing tonight…

  
my lobster was tasty and the steak was well done, but there wasn’t too much of it… the coleslaw wasn’t to my taste… had a bit of an Asian flavour to it which didn’t feel like it went with the rest of the food on the plate… felt like the prices have gone up and the standards have gone down… too bad as I’ve always felt you could get a good meal there…

then we went to Dairy Queen for dessert… my favourite thing is really just a small soft ice cream cone… but we were taken in by the cute little ice cream cupcakes…

  
sigh, should have got the ice cream cone…

always good to try new things, but sometimes it is best to stick with what you know, lol…

final disappointment of the evening… my daughter looked at the tv and came to the same conclusion as I had… it is dead… good news is they probably have one I can use…

great to spend time with them…