Bit of housework

Actually did a bit of housework. Also played games (Mahjong, Tetris, Bejewelled) and watched T.V.

Getting warmer, even though its cloudy.

Phone calls

Returned some phone calls.  My drug is coming on Monday from Coquitlam.  I alo talked to the main company in Ottawa & Pacific Blue Cross on a conference call.  Gave everyone permission to share information.  PBC is refusing to pay for the drug so we appealed.  Now the need a letter from my oncologist to say I really need it.

Whitecaps didn't play well enough to win the Canadian championship.  They need a spark.

Puzzle day

Started out in Point Roberts.  Filled up the gas tank and picked up a parcel.  Bought a charger that will work with my iPad, iPhone and iTouch.

Met Pam and Maureen at Lori's and we worked on puzzles.  Far too much rain to be caching.



Got so tired, I had to take a nap before leaving.  Was almost hit on Ladner Trunk by a driver changing lanes.  My brakes worked well

Slept some more when I got home.  Glad to have leftovers from our lunch - egg sandwich and hamburger soup.  

My groin is quite painful, but I'll try bed.

Rainy afternoon

Good day to stay in.  Did some geocaching work.  Watched good movie on Liberace.  What a different life he would have had if he could just admit to the world that he was gay.  

Toe looks better and the hardener is helping my fingernails.

Mahjong

With all the things to do, I spent the day play on Mahjong on my iPad and catching up on my PVR shows.  Really enjoyed one on Krakatoa.  One f the best recreations of a volcanoes and its aftermath.

Slept until 10 this morning.  Really needed a lazy day.

Geocaching breakfast event

Made it to the Boundary Bay Airport for a geocaching breakfast.  Sat with Pam, Carol and Maureen.  Lots of familiar faces.

Pooped out halfway through my food and came home instead of caching.  Slept most of the afternoon.

Sore ribs tonight. From yesterday's fall?   Can't win.

Callanish Retreat

My mets group used money donated by the Cancer Busters' Dance to spend a day at Callanish.  A great day with art therapy (clay), relaxation, movement and good food.  Would have been perfect if I hadn't tripped over the mats.  Have a few spots that hurt tonight.

My toe is still yucky.  Finished my antibiotics and soaking it in Epsom Salts.

Scandals

At least TV is interesting with all the scandals to follow.  Love this quote: "At worst, he personally ordered it done and chose the people who executed the plan. At the very least, he fostered an attitude within the party [...], chose the managers of the people who committed these crimes and completely and utterly failed to exercise any oversight, supervision or leadership. In the end, it doesn't really matter where [his] actions or lack of them fall on that scale. He is the leader and a leader is responsible for the actions of the people he leads. If he had a right or honourable bone in his body, he’d admit that and resign immediately." - Stephen Harper on Paul Martin, during the Gomery Investigation

Two pills left and the toe is still red but not hot or purple.  

Witchcraft

Took Moira's advice and bought some Witchcraft at Shopper's to harden my nails.  Picked up a bag of groceries next door at the IGA and then home.

My toe is still red but not as bad as it was.  Only a few more pills left.  Gained a new side effect.  Must stay close to home.

Crappy that the Canuck's coach found out he was fired on the news.

Rained out

Didn't go geocaching with Pam.  Rainy and still resting the toe.  Slept part of the afternoon.  I am getting old.

All my favourite shows ending in cliff hangers.  Must stay around to find out what happens.

Blah

Think the antibioti is making me tired and taking away my appetite.  Another day of resting the toe.

Watchednthentornado in Oklahoma.  Always bad when so many kids are killed.  Glad I live here.  Earthquakes don't come as often.

Lazy day

Decided to give my toe the day off. Watched the Sedins lead Sweden to a gold medal. Loved  the golden helmets pulled out at the end.

Sunday night TV is perfect - Masterpiece and Waking the Dead.

Restless day

Had to go to London Drugs and Cobs in Burnaby this morning.  Came home without getting wet.

Tried to rest my toe for the restt of the day. Fell asleep for part of the afternoon.

Antibiotics

My doctor doesn't work on Fridays so they told me to come to the Seymour Clinic as a walk in. Took less than an hour.  The doctor said she'd usually tell me to go home and soak my foot but I was too far gone.  Now I've got 7 days of  Cephalexin.

Had a good lunch at Crepe & Cafe  near 41st and Dunbar  and then filled the prescription at my mini Safeway.  

Infected toe

Met Lori and Pam on Annasis Island and we found caches there and moved to Queensborough, New West, Champlain and Burnaby.  Cleaned up gaps on all our maps.  Started out drizzling and ended up hot.

My toe has been inflamed for a while now but is much worse tonight.  Must find a doctor tomorrow.

Mets group

Hauled myself out of bed in plenty of time to attend the mets group at the Cancer Agency.  A couple of new members came.  One friend not doing well. Goes with the name.

Bought some produce at Granville Island.  Didn't like the soup on offer so stopped at the Sunshine Diner for a grilled cheese sandwich

Four more years of scandal

Nice day so I had halibut and chips at Pajo's.  Sat at a picnic table watching the river traffic and reading my KOBO.  

All set for an NDP majority so was shocked when the Liberals won.  At least it looks like Christy is losing her seat and the Conservatives won nothing.  Of course, the Liberals are really mostly conservative hiding behind the Liberal name.

Dix and his team blew it.  They tried being polite while the Liberals kept flinging shit.  We should have itemized every sleezy thing they've done in the last 12 years.  The list is long.  By the time Dix started talking about them, it was too late.  Many had already voted.  The target should be the opening of the advance polls, not voting day.

Only in B.C.   Sigh.

Almost better

Fixed my KOBO today.  In the middle of the night it came to me I hadn't Googled the problem with the sync.  First site I found told me exactly how to reset to factory settings.  Took a while to do it all but it now works a treat.

Tired after yesterday's headache.  It still tries to come back when I move too much.

Old Headache again

Woke up at 5:30 with the headache I get from time to time, not the one from my drug.  It lasted until bedtime.

Didn't do much of anything.  Had some M&M Meats onion soup for dinner.

Another night in the chair

My left leg started hurting last night so I had to spend the night in the Lazy Boy.

Enjoyed the Whitecaps game.  First win over LA.

Had a quiet day - reading, watching TV, geocaching stuff, resetting old iPhone so I can give it to Sadie and Lily to use as an iTouch.

VESTA Women

Left my car at Lori's and we headed back to White Rock to find the final of yesterday's series.  She solved it last night in 55 minutes!  Still a blur for my mind.  Home by 11:30.

Met nearly 20 women from VESTA at Szechuan Chongqing for dinner.  Good company and good food.  Only ate from the dishes I really liked so I didn't overdo it.  

Home at 8:30 and not too tired.  Even my stomach is behaving.  

Projections

Pam, Lori and spent the day in White Rock. We were working on a difficult bunch of puzzles. I say we, but only Lori can wrap her head around this type of problem.  I did have to tweet a fellow catcher for some help on one of them.  Luckily she always answers.

This cache is part of a series of six puzzles all based on the theme of determining the final coordinates by projecting or intersecting lines from points on the ground. There is also a final. To solve the final you will need to collect clues written on the log book in each of the other puzzles in the series.

Did some shopping at Canadian Tire and was home by four. Started watching TVand suddenly realized it had switched to Chinese.  I had slept for quite a while.

 Nice to be out in the sunshine again.

Dull morning

The morning looked cool and cloudy but the sun came out in the afternoon.

Loved Christy's gaffes today. Who knew you could write in two names on a ballot at the advance polls and get away with it because it is clear who she meant to vote for.  Wish I knew that when I voted last week.

Canuckleheads

Bought a car charger for my new iPhone at Best Buy.  Also got a new plug for the iTouch ans iPad.  It was the plugs that failed, not my cables.  I now have everything charged up.

Bought a bag of groceries at the IGA.  The BBQ chicken should do for several meals.

My brother's old nickname for the Canucks fit tonight.  At least I don't have to convince myself to watch until next season.

Apple day

Started my day in the Oakridge Apple store.  Couldn't have asked for better service.  They honoured my Apple Care on the iPad and gave me a new one for $49.  I had broken the glass.  Then I signed up for another three years with Telus and got an iPhone 5.   My model was old and the battery isn't great.   Several people helped to make sure both were set up and working properly.

On the way home I detoured to Richmond for some Chinese food.  Ate part for a very late lunch and finished it for dinner.

Charging woes

Having trouble charging my iPhone and iPad.  Time to do something about them

Canucks were so bad, I couldn't watch the whole game.

World Wide Flash Mob

Pam organized a WWFM event in Delta -  Bubblefest.  Counting kids, there were over 60 of us.  At 10:00, we all started blowing bubbles in a little Ladner garden.  This was the 10th year and there were about 556 events in 42 countries.   We found another nearby cache on the way back to Lori's.  Lori, Pam and Carol headed to the new power trail that appeared this morning on the dyke near Mud Bay.  They got all 55.  I went home for a nap. They must have ridden about 25 to 30 km altogether.

Whitecaps must be watching the Canucks too much.  Poor game :(

Granville Island

Went to Granville Island his morning.  Now I know not to be there before 11 if I want soup.  Today I had a bowl of lentil soup.  Bought some groceries and then went to the toy store to get some bubbles for tomorrow.

Stopped at Kidsbooks, Ming Wo, Esso VanCity and the Cupcake store as I worked my way down Broadway. Parking in front of each.

Voted at the District Office for my riding. There map was wrong so I wasted time on Kent.  Finally found it on Granville.  Love voting early when there are no lines!

Bought a Canucks donut and wore my shirt all day.  Didn't help.

Dinner out

FedEx delivered my pills this morning.  So efficient after all the fus a couple of months ago.

Met Moira at Applause Japanese Restaurant for dinner.  Just inhaled the food. So nice to have my appetite back.

Feeling pretty good.  My fingernails continue to break.  Funny how something so small can hurt so much.

What time?

By the time I went to bed, both legs hurt in the groin.  For once, it settled down and I got to sleep.  Woke up at the right time but was so tired I just went back sleep.  When I finally looked at the clock it was 10:20 - too late for he 10:30 mets group at he Cancer Agency.

Had to flip between the Whitecaps (winners) and the Canucks (losers).  Couldn't watch to the end of the hockey for the second game in a row. Maybe no one told them it was the playoffs.