WIFI x Two

Apparently you have to get the internet technician in the house TWICE before things are truly fixed. Luckily he was still parked outside filling in paperwork when I tried connecting my laptop and got the message about there being NO INTERNET!! The second time he came in he discovered a "bad splitter" and also rerouted directly to the modem (which has wifi capability unbeknownst to me!) so we no longer have to use our old router which also speeded things up. He also gave us a 2nd 5G wifi connection so if the first one is slow it automatically connects to the 2nd one - this is handy at peak times of the day.

Don't know what he did the first time he came in!! Played with the cats?

Anyhoo... I'm enjoying actually having High-Speed internet once again. I've been zipping all over the place :)

Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends! Kazi will be visiting her boyfriend in Detroit and enjoying a 2nd big Thanksgiving dinner (we had ours in October) and lots of football games no doubt. She is considering a new car purchase which is very exciting. I gave her my Cobalt when I bought Dougie the Dodge going on 5 years ago. Stella, the Cobalt, has done well over the years but has had her day.

The interesting part (to me) is her new car costs 10X what I paid for my first new car back in 1977! Wow. And here I am considering going without a vehicle altogether! Different generations.

This was my first new car - a 1977 Datsun F10 Hatchback in gold :) Absolutely loved it!!

*More about my car-free options in my next post.

Happiness is...

• a smart and funny child who makes me smile (she calls me "lady")
• my newish blog title :) (thank you my friends!)
• planting new trees on the old homestead (1 maple and 2 beech)
• discovering that previously planted trees are still alive!! (4 out of 5 maples, a red oak, an eastern pine, many many spruce seedlings)
• having a sister email me several times a day with positive advice and encouragement
• having a good friend spend 3 weeks with me to get me over a tough spell
• marigolds
• gathering enough dead wood for several more campfires
• a cold beer (or two) after mowing lawn around my forest during 30+ humid weather...ahhhhh!
• wandering around Victoria by the Sea with no time restraints; walking out onto the ocean floor when the tide is out!
• RAW FOOD - tonight's dinner is zucchini spaghetti with alfredo sauce made from cashews :)
• buying my very own adjustable wrench!!
• planting kale and lettuce seeds in July - why not?
• time for reading novels (not exactly classic literature if you know what I mean)
• icecream (toffee almond twist - a flavour I can only get on the island - I made it THREE WEEKS before I caved!!
• YOU and YOU and YOU and YOU!! My blogging friends - the best friends in the world!!
• loving myself, believing that I am worthy
• meeting relatives for the first time!! My second cousin Dawn and cousin-in-law Cindy
• travelling to Halifax for the first time - what an amazing city! I love your galleries and museums and especially your thrift/vintage clothing stores!!
• siblings who care
• crows for their entertainment value
• a strong wind that helps keep me cool in this scorching weather AND prevents mosquitoes and flies from landing on me :) :)  now THAT'S happiness!!
• high speed internet which I DON'T have, but wish I did; it took about 15 minutes to upload the following 5 photos - good thing I didn't try for more! 

                                     The tide is out!

                                    I want a turquoise house (in Victoria by the Sea!!)

                                Chocolate should be on the list - it makes me really really really happy!

                                  PEI scenery - the layers and layers in a landscape.

                              Trees, especially the largest tree in PEI!!!     Julie is a tree-hugger but this one was                                                        way too big for her though she tried!  

                                  Ain't she a beaut!?!