Post 1201

I am quite slow getting started on my second group of 1200 posts!

There seems to be so much going on! As if getting immersed in genealogy once again wasn't enough, I've set up my mother's 1992 Macintosh Class II computer on my dining room table as she stored most of her research on good ol' floppy disks! As of now I don't have a printer for the computer but I am able to open the disks and read. That may be enough.

My mother was also a writer and many of her stories (and my dad's - he wrote a column for a local weekly newspaper) are also on disks. I am just so impressed that with the click of a button her 25 year old computer came back to life!

Buy a MAC people :)

I have been looking on Ebay for a compatible printer but am leery to purchase something that old without being able to try it first to make sure it works.

One of my brothers is interested in compiling our mother's stories in to a book so perhaps between the 2 of us we can find a decent printer. That doesn't use ribbons!!! Laser would be better.

It would be super nice if I could just transfer everything to my computer but don't know if that is possible. More research to be done.

Today I am sending off my DNA sample to be analyzed - that's very exciting! My nephew had his done and he sent his results to me. American Indian shows up for him but only .2%. IF my assumptions are correct I should have a higher percentage of American Indian DNA.  I wish I had something of my gramma's that contained her DNA.

Of course I am in the forest at every opportunity and still playing volleyball 4 x weekly. That ends April 28th when slo-pitch starts!! I bought a ball glove on Saturday :)

Over the Easter weekend I had guests on Friday and Saturday, then on Sunday went to my brother and sister-in-law's home to eat the Christmas turkey we couldn't have on Christmas as my sister-in-law was sick! It was aged perfectly :) Also present were my nephew, his wife and their 10 year old son. It was a great visit!

Hope y'all had a wonderful Easter if you celebrate it; I did my very best to inhale as much chocolate as possible!

Eggs are Real FOOD!!

...except for the chocolate kind.....nuff said.

I finished painting the second of 2 shelves in the kitchen though it wasn't easy. When Luna fixates on something she can be very very stubborn. She was bound and determined to jump on and off each section that I painted which led to...

...me having to chase her around to clean her paw pads and then clean the floor. The photo below shows only one painty pad belonging to Lily. She's a little more tentative than Luna - she put one front paw on a wet shelf, didn't like it, and ran off. It took me a little while to learn my lesson but I think I've got it figured out now. Put kitties in the basement when painting....

That was Wednesday. On Thursday I had SO MUCH FUN!! I still had over $200 left for March so I set out to do some shopping!  I felt I could do better in this little area by the front door than this "Welcome" chicken and small shelf for our keys. So...I went looking...

 ...and found this at Michael's craft store. I added the decorative hooks for our keys...

...and I also added a "boat's wheel" door knocker that had been on our front door when I was a kid. My dad was in the navy and combined ops during WW11 and this was his door knocker though I don't know where he got it from.

...and yesterday my friend Troy gave me some wind chimes so they're hanging there until I can get outside again.

My other purchase at Michael's was a new spring wreath for the front door - I had a 30% off coupon plus my senior's discount - isn't it pretty? I love pansies!

Then I went on a little spree at my local thrift shop where I found this letter "H" which I am going to paint and then attach to the top of my new key rack.  (H for Harrison)

After organizing our coats, hats, scarves, gloves etc on the coat tree in the freshly painted nook at the bottom of the stairs I had a few odds and sods that didn't fit in the boxes. So I went to Talize hoping to find a nice basket for the coat closet to hold the leftovers. And I did! This one is Luna approved!

Great fit!

Among other Talize finds... a napkin holder... (Lily approved)...

...and this antique iron hook - I haven't figured out where to put it yet but I NEEDED it!

I also went to the wine store :) and the grocery store. I used a bunch of my President's Choice points and ended up paying only $20 for Easter groceries! I purchased wine for two potluck suppers I was attending over the long weekend along with pumpernickel bread/spinach dip, and Thai food for the other potluck. I still ended up having money leftover which went into my small emergency fund that I keep hidden away here at home.

The $3.00 kitten bed I purchased at Dollarama continues to be THE PLACE for naps. Sometimes they both squeeze in and sometimes one lays on top of the other. If neither of those options work then even snuggling up to the outside of the bed with one's head hanging on the inside is preferable than NO kitty bed at all. They are quite obsessed with it - once in they stay in all day!!

We're in...I think...

Face to face.

Don't even think about saying anything about my butt!

 

Get off my larynx!

When you can't be IN you can at least be close!

I hope your Easter was a happy one! And that you did better resisting all the chocolate than I did. I had a fabulous hike yesterday - it was sunny and +17c - just delightful. Then by about 10pm it started to thunderstorm - it was WILD!! And today it's cold again, more rain, a bit of snow - blechhh! Large pools of water are everywhere as the earth can't absorb any more. Alright, quit already!!

MONDAY MONDAY

Soon my staff and students will start arriving and then Monday will get into full swing. I expect things to be a little tense around here as one of my EAs was declared redundant on Friday so there was a lot of gossipy talk amongst all of my EAs after she left at the end of the day. I HATE office politics.

The EAs belong to a different union than I do so I'm not really sure of all the ins and outs of seniority and qualifications etc but there is a bit of hubbub because the one who was declared redundant has more seniority than one of my other EAs so this ride could get a little bumpy my friends.

I'll be back later today with more of an update. I'm a bit behind as I haven't posted my month end numbers or changed my photo in the header...well, that's because I was at the trailer this weekend and we don't have internet there. But I did take a lot of photos of all of my plants that are poking their heads out as the earth around here slowly warms up.

So, I'll see you all later :)

HAPPY EASTER EVERYBUNNY!

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 HAPPY LONG EASTER WEEKEND!! 


So far I am REALLY enjoying my long weekend. Although it's just barely started I have had a nice coffee date with my brother Gord and his wife Pat, and Michael. Pat was recently hospitalized for almost 3 weeks due to bronchial pneumonia so it was wonderful to see her looking healthy again! Lots of laughs!

Me in the morning except of course I have no need for curlers!!

 The sun is finally peeking out now. Earlier I thought I saw a snowflake but it must have been my imagination !?!  Michael and I are going for a hike this afternoon followed by computer/coffee/PEI Blue Book time at Starbucks.(Our PEI Blue book contains all of our needed info about PEI, a list of things we want to do each summer, places we want to visit on our drives out, etc etc) 


Tonight we're visiting a friend and then heading to the movies. We're going to see "Of Gods and Men", about Christian monks having a difficult time living in a violent Islamic society in Algeria. Seems appropriate for Good Friday. We have a theatre in London, the Hyland, that shows less mainstream movies and we LOVE it. We have memberships so it's only $6.00/person. They also have the BEST popcorn :)

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Tomorrow I am getting together with my nephews again and we're having dinner at Jambalaya - my FAVE place to eat! Michael is working so he'll be serving us (ha! just like home!) This will be followed by drinks, dancing perhaps? 


Sunday will be dinner with my artist brother Kim. I can't remember him ever cooking me a meal before so it should be interesting! I also have Monday off so leaving that unplanned for now. Due to the cold weather it's not likely that we'll get to the trailer but you never know.


Hope your Easter plans unfold in  a loving family atmosphere filled with laughter, joy and sunshine!!