NEXUS?

Thought I had made an appointment with NEXUS this morning.  Parked my car at the casino ($2.50) and hopped on the Canada Line.  Realized that 2 trains use the same track when I ended up in Richmond.  Got off and went back to the start to find the right one.  It was a long walk to NEXUS and it was for nothing!  Although I made 2 attempts to book the appointment, I had none.  I now have to go back in March.  By the time I made it back to the car I walked .75 mi.

Drove to North Delta and had lunch at De Dutch.  Found 4 caches and have moved to page 2 of the stats with 1312 finds.

My new GPS units arrived this morning and I spent tonight getting them set for tomorrow.  I now have the GPSMAP® 62st and nüvi® 2360LMT.

All Stars

Watched the end of the curling.  Only in Canada would they show the extra end instead of switching to the hockey all star game!  It was a great ending and many people probably saw a game for the first time.  Enjoyed the hockey.  They were having fun and were careful not to get hurt.

Bloodwork

Bought some groceries at Safeway and then went to the closest lab only to find it is closed on Saturday.  Remembered one at Fraser & 49th and got parked right outside.  The wait wasn't long and my vein behaved very well.  These are tests for my new rheumatologist.

I have 3 good library books and they are all thick, so I stayed in reading.  The first, Atlantic, is due on Wednesday.

Day of errands

Remembered in the middle of the night that I had a treatment today.  Went early to beat the rain and found a cache in QE Park.  Picked up Faslodex at Macdonald's Pharmacy and took it to the Cancer Agency for the injection.  Mentioned that I was concerned about not using my port went up to the chemo ward for a flushing.

Got a hair appointment and stopped for a latte & scone down the street.  Stopped to take mail to Pru at the house she is working at on Nanaimo.  Picked up a birthday present at the Gourmet Warehouse and was home in time for Perry Mason (2:00).

Still no side effects or pain from the injection.  I'll get some blood tests and see my oncologist in a month.  Fingers crossed!

Business lunch

Had a 2 1/2 hour lunch at the White Spot with Pru, Robert & their realator do some business.  Like long lunches.

Found my cache for the day off Kerr Street and picked up groceries in Burnaby at Cobbs & M&M Foods.

Deep Cove

Went for a drive to the North Shore today.  Failed again on a couple of caches near Ambleside so headed for North Vancouver.  Had fresh halibut and chips in Deep Cove and brought home a couple of donuts next door from Honey Doughnuts & Goodies.  Didn't eat there since the bathroom was out of order.

Made it over the bridge before rush hour and was home just after 4.  Now have 1306 caches.  Just had an urge to pass the others on the 3rd page of BC cachers.  I ordered new GPS units from Calgary today.

1300 Finds

Lori & Pam met me in Surrey and we headed east today.  Found a cache I needed for my birthday list (need 6 on their birthdays from 1st to 6th) and then we managed to get 15 others.  Had great soup and salad at Original Joe's Restaurant & Bar.  I felt good today and walked 3.8k.  

Was home in time to listen to Obama's speech.  Very impressive

A cache a day keeps the doctor away

I am still working on the puzzle that has me finding a cache for every day of the year.  Found a new one at Finn Slough this morning.  Thought I might be first, but had to settle for third.  I was lucky that it was just drizzling

Bought a few things at COSTCO and by this time it was pouring.  Home by noon.

Christmas dinner

Took lattes to Pru's this morning and settled in to watch football playoffs.  In between games we went to Chris's.  

We had Christmas dinner for John, who was in Australia at Christmas.  Also did Secret Santa.  I ended up with a "rapper disguise kit" and Pru traded to give me her Weekend Explorer Grill & Cooler.  Very cool!

I was home by 8 and was glad as I was really tired.

BCTLA Executive

The BCTLA Executive met at the BCTF building from 9 to 4 today.  We walked up to the Cactus Club for lunch - big wait at Milestones.  Aways good to see so many old friends and sad to listen to their tales of woe about library cuts - 25% fewer TLs in BC!

Stopped at Oakridge for groceries.  I almost forgot I was making cranberry sauce for our Christmas dinner tomorrow.  Too tired to cook so I bought Chinese take-out at the Food Fair.

Laundry day

Mel is still away so I had to do some laundry this morning.

Actually fell asleep for a bit this afternoon.  Decided not to go to BCTLA Executive dinner tonight to save up energy for tomorrow's meeting.

Our trip to the ET Highway in Nevada is now booked! 

Successful morning

It was snowing in Vancouver so I called Pam to make sure that Ladner was just rain.  Picked up a pedometer that I ordered from Amazon at TSB in Point Roberts.  Filled up with gas for $0.94/litre and saved about $10.

Found today's cache just back over the border and did some shopping at Thrifty's.  Back to Richmond and Chapters.  The traffic at the tunnel was gone by this time.  Stopped at a big Chinese mall for some takeout and was home by 12.

My mouth is getting better but my ear is still a bit sore.

Lori is booking our flights for our geocaching trip to the ET Highway in Nevada for March.  We should get over 1,000 caches in one weekend!

$$$

Took the Canada Line to Broadway & Cambie.  Stopped to search for a cache but still can't find it.  Almost hit in crosswalk.  The car left the stop sign after I stepped off.  I had feeling and wasn't hit.  Punched it as it went by.

Attended metastatic cancer group at the Cancer Agency.  I must try to do this more often.  One of the problems we talked about was "looking good" when we are really quite sick.   You don't always want to tell people that looks are deceiving. 

I witnessed a car accident as I left.  An elderly woman was illegally parked and decided to pull out onto 10th.  She signalled with her arm and the car coming didn't want to stop.  He pulled around and clipped her front.  The jerk got out to check his car and then just drove off without a word or look to the other.  I gave my information to the woman who was quite shaken.

Back on the Canada Line and met with my lawyer downtown.  Signed off on my accident and was given a cheque for $25,096.00.  Very satisfied with the work of my lawyer, Ivar Lee, at Paine, Edmonds. 

First stop was the nearby VanCity to deposit the cheque.  I still needed my cache for the day so took the bus (I had a Day Pass) to Nelson and walked down to Yaletown.  Quickly found a puzzle cache and walked back to Granville.  Wanted my first meal at a food cart and found Re-Up near the Art Gallery - great pulled pork sandwich.

It was too late to do much else so I took the Canada Line home.

The sore in my mouth is worse and now my ear is acting up.  Don't need this!

Caching in the showers

Met Pam and Lori in Surrey this morning and we went treasure hunting in the showers.  Twice we gave up and Lori found it as we were walking away!  We couldn't fine 2 which was irritating.  I hate hides in ivy!!  

We had lunch at Montana's Cookhouse.  We all had the Classic Lunch Trio: Half a Roasted Turkey Club with Pot Roast Soup and Caesar Salad for $8.95.  More than we could eat and really good. 

The blue sky appeared as I headed home.  Took a while to warm my feet up - they were dry but cold. 

Sports Day

Watched 2 football games and then the Canucks take a bath.  They have won so often, it is a shock when they blow it.

Golden Globes were interesting.  Must see more movies.  Geocaching keeps getting in the way.

Bit of caching and a bit of football

Went to Burnaby ahead of the rain this morning and found 3 caches.  Home by 12:00.  Now at 1274.

Watched a couple of U.S. football games and read the news all afternoon.

Karen in Tunisia

My friend, Karen Lindsay, is in Tunisia right now.  Actually she is in Dubai and can't get back to her house in Tunis and her visiting daughter http://tunistravels.blogspot.com

There was blue sky this morning when it was supposed to be raining all day.  Headed for Delta and found 3 caches.  Had good soup for lunch and then back home by 2.

Canucks had a great game tonight.

My aunt's obituary was in the paper today:

LIND
1916 - 2011
Mrs. Merle Lind, beloved mother of Ross Lind, passed away peacefully after an extended struggle with Alzheimer's, in Bethany Collegeside facility in Red Deer on Monday, January 10, 2011, at 94 years of age. Merle was born November, 17th, 1916 in Rossburn, Manitoba. Merle was predeceased by her husband, Ralph Lind and all her brothers and sisters - Wilber, Ronald, Vernon, Zena, Erma, Hazel and Eunice. Merle enjoyed life to the fullest with a great smile and quick wit. Merle enjoyed golfing and shuffleboard during the many years while wintering Arizona. Merle was a Navy Veteran. Merle is survived by her son Ross (JoAnn) Lind, grandson Jay (Elaun) Lind, and great granddaughter Emolin, and many loving step-grandchildren and step-great grandchildren and very special friends, Enid and Tom (sister and brother in law), Reeve and Neil Brookwell. A service will be held at a later date. Memorial Donations in Merle's name may be made directly to the Alzhiemer's Society of Alberta, 1531- Kingsway Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T5H 4K1. Condolences may be forwarded to the family at:
www.eventidefuneralchapels.com

My dad was brother Wilbur. 

Lunch again

Went to Liberty Baker again today and this time my 3 friends were there.  My mistake meant 2 good lunches.  Love the black bean soup.

The bathroom was out of order so stopped at a nearby Macdonalds before heading to BCAA for Nevada travel information.  Found a cache outside the Girl Guide's office on 8th.  I now have one every day in January up to now.

Loaded up with groceries at Granville Island and was home by 3.

What day is it?

Went to meet friends at Liberty Bakery.  It snowed a lot last night and then rained so the roads weren't bad this morning.  I thought this might be why they weren't there.  Ate lunch and called Ildi.  Lunch is tomorrow.  Duh!

Failed to find a couple of caches on snowy side streets but found the next in the hedge of the cemetary at Fraser & 38th.  A plainclothed police officer stopped to ask what I was doing.  Thankfully he had heard of geocaching!

Picked up a book at the library and was home by 1:00.

Puzzling day

Headed to Point Roberts early this morning to pick up suitcase set of Texas Holdem poker chips.  Bought from Amazon.com but it came from a 3rd party so I had to pay shipping.  Followed it from Georgia on an iPhone app and got an email from TBS Shipping when it arrived.  Even with a $4 pickup charge (it was over 20 lb) it was less than 1/2 the regular U.S. price.  Also bought gas at $.94/litre.

Met Pam at Lori's house and we worked on caching puzzles all day.  We solved a few and were stumped by many!  Lori fed us homemade chicken soup for lunch and we ended up staying for dinner as well.  

I was worried about the snow that was supposed to start at 6 but it didn't start until after I arrived home.

Aunt Merle

Slept in and had a lazy day to recover from all the driving on the weekend.  Watched PVR and played Bejewelled.

Saw on cousin Elaun's Facebook that my last aunt died.  Used to spend a lot of time visiting her and talking on the phone.  She disappeared into Alzheimer's disease some time ago.

Snow in the valley

Drove to Chilliwack for the 2nd in my birthday series of caches (must find 6 on their anniversary of being placed).  Stopped in Abbotsford for gas ($104.9) and there were several inches of snow.  Put on the trusty snow boots and got out my Olympic mittens.

Saw one car on it's side on the median so drove carefully.  There wasn't as much snow in Chilliwack.  I drove up the side of the mountains to the south and walked into the forest.  The owner of the cache saw me looking and came to check.  The container was gone and the inside tube was hidden in a new place.  I actually found it in the end and she has taken it away to repair.  Thought I deserved a good lunch at the Chilliwack Airport.  Had to wait in line for about 1/2 an hour!

Tried for a 3rd birthday in Mission but couldn't find it after climbing a hill kids were sledding down.  Then tried for one in Surrey.  I thought it was a birthday but it wasn't.  Didn't matter since I failed on this one too.  Even tried for help from Pam via cellphone.  Darkness was falling and I was down in a ravine so finally gave up and left.

Another caching day

Went to Coquitlam to find a few caches today.  Shopped at Thrifty's - didn't find the cache right outside the front door!

Home in time to watch the Seahawks win and the Canucks lose.  Sad watching the shootings in Arizona.

Caching

Found a couple of caches today.  One was to fill in this date in the calendar and the other was the 2nd birthday of the cache.  On Sunday I'll go to Chilliwack to get a 3rd birthday (on my way to 6).

Found Applewood Country Gifts, Tea Room & Bakery in Delta.  Must have read about it somewhere as I had put it in my GPS.  Picked up dinner and biscuits.

Felt pretty good and needed to get out. 

Rain, rain, go away

Spent another day staying in out of the rain.  Did some laundry and not much else.

My arthritis doesn't like damp weather very much.

Bills

Sorted out all my bills and fixed a problem with Hydro.  They stopped doing automatic payments from my VISA card and the letter went to the wrong address so I was on the verge of being cut off.  You would think a phone call would save a lot of hassle for them.

Poor Juniors!  They totally lost focus in the 3rd!!!  At least the Canucks won again.

What snow?

Met Pam & Lori in Surrey for a day of caching.  Thought we'd get some done before the snow started and it never came!  I am now at 1,259!  We had a good day and found a couple that had eluded us before.  At about 3:00 I just felt totally wiped and we called it a day.  Sat for a few hours before making dinner.

Finn Slough

Met Pam at Finn Slough to find a cache.  The hint said you had to climb a bit so I thought Pam would be more nimble.  It wasn't too bad and the scenery early in the morning along the Fraser was spectacular.  We saw a swan and I spotted an eagle.

Bought the neatest little speaker at the Apple Store after weeks of looking for just the right thing.  It is a Jawbone Jambox and the Bluetooth works with my iPhone and iPad.  I can charge it with a power cord or by plugging it into a USB port on my computer.  Once I set my music or radio app going, I can carry it anywhere in the apartment to listen.  I love not having wires.  So much so, I then went to Canadian Tire and bought a chargeable Dirt Devil PowerFlex 2-in-1 Hand and Stick Vac.  My hand vacuum is broken and the old stick is on its last legs.

Picked up some bread at Cobs and was home by noon.

Another hockey day with the Juniors & Canucks winning.

Woke up with a headache for the 3rd day in a row but it disappeared after I was out for a bit.

Hockey day again

The Juniors & the Canucks entertained my today.  The Canucks are actually 1st in the league!

I woke up with a headache again and it has lasted all day.  Went out geocaching in spite of it.  I am doing a new challenge - 100 caches for each of 31 days of the months; 100 for each month; 1 for each day of the year.  Should take 3 years to do it!  Found today's in Richmond.  

Picked up some food at M&M's and Kin's Market and was home by noon.

2011

Made it to another year!  Woke up with a bit of a headache so took a painkiller and had a quiet day.  Finished my library book and listened to music.

Went to Chris's at 4 for games and dinner with him, Rowena and Pru.  Really cold out.