May 28, 2011

Well it's been a few days since I have added anything.  Have been a bit busy.  Played Ladies Poker on Tuesday and actually won a bit so it was even more fun.  Last week we had a Birthday Celebration for 2 of our players.  This of course meant, food and drink.... oh gosh I hate when that happens....NOT!!!!

Wednesday was coffee hour in the morning and then Computer Club in the afternoon.  It's a fun group and we have a few laughs along with learning stuff.  Off in the evening to have dinner with friends at the home of another friend who recently had a knee replacement.  We all chipped in and picked up dinner.  Again was such a fun time, more laughs, gossip and general good times.

The thunderstorms began before I got home but then we had heavy rain, high winds and just general nastiness.  Our little dog Ceejay was not a happy camper for sure.  There was a lot of pacing, panting and hiding under the covers going on.

Thursday was supposed to be golf league but as it was raining most of the night and still raining by the time we were to leave this just didn't happen.  Instead I went into the 'Falls' for some fun shopping, a visit with my granddaughter Abra (she turned 21 today), lunch with a friend at Swiss Chalet and then shopping at Walmart.  I was one tired puppy when I finally got home.  Since I had wakened at 4:30 was ready for bed nice and early.  At least getting up that early gave me lots of time to update the BCLH Community web site before I went out this morning.

Friday morning is coffee hour and then our first Tai Chi session.  What a nice workout, pretty confusing as to the moves the first time but I'm sure that it will all work out and get easier each time.  We are meeting friends for dinner in Ridgeway tonight and then coming back to their place to play some cards after.  I'm really looking forward to it.

Saturday May 21, 2011

Another busy productive day.  Was very sore today so just 'futzed' around with computer and phone stuff most of the day.  Joanne and Dani went back to the US this morning, they are meeting friends of Joanne's that she hasn't seen in many, many years.  They were meeting at Applebees on Niagara Falls Blvd. for lunch.  Traffic is backed up going into US for almost 2 hours.  Good thing they gave themselves enough time.

I have been trying to solve a problem with the website, some characters display in a strange way.  Found out it has to do with how the browser encodes language.  The three that I use are Unicode and my main page was Western.  I changed all of the pages and redid the save and upload.  Worked for a bit but didn't last too long.  Back to the drawing board I'm afraid.

Dani and Jo were back about 2:30 to pick up their things and head back to London, Dani has to work at 5 so they have no time for much of a visit.

Ken put the top on the Gazebo and got out the chairs.  He picked up flowers yesterday and has them all planted now.  He has been so busy getting everything done.  He was under the house this morning cleaning up a real mess.  The insulation had fallen down, letting in some 'wee beasties'.  Hopefully now that will no longer be possible.

I am very tired by the time I crawl into bed and it doesn't take me long to fall asleep.

Friday, May 20, 2011

Was up way too early this morning (3:00 am)  and couldn't get back to sleep.  Did some research on the computer and then added 'apps' etc. to my smart phone.
Off to coffee in the 'Library' and to see about getting the 'roaming' feature turned off in my cell phone.  They were so nice at Future shop, my phone doesn't have a setting for this so she contacted Koodo directly to find out how.  Well after 30 minutes on the phone (between the 2 of us) and some research by the Koodo rep discovered that my LG Optimus will not do this.  I will just have to watch my bill and if there are any roaming charges that are not legit they will take them off for me.  I was able to stop the data roaming feature and they could block the text roaming feature so I'm good to go for now.  Thanks to Scott I also turned off the ability to use the data feature on the phone unless I purposely turn it on.  The amount of data you can use for the price is pretty chintzy but it will be worth it if I am in a situation where I really need it.  At home I use my own wifi and if I'm anywhere else with wifi can still use that to connect to the internet.

At 11:45 met Irene Blokhuis at Shoeless Joe's (Fairview Mall) for lunch.  The food was excellent and not over priced.  Would go back there again for sure.  We had a 2 hour gab fest as we had a lot of catching up to do.  I'm already looking forward to our next get together.

Did some shopping after lunch (Costco and Walmart) and was home shortly after 4.  Checked out my facebook and saw that Joanne was online.  She and Dani are actually on the way here and should arrive in about 30 minutes.  They are just dropping off their stuff and then heading to Buffalo for a visit with Joanne's mom and dad.  They will be coming back here for the night.

Ken and I are off to the Ridgeway Legion for Fish and Chips after they leave.  It was excellent!  After dinner we drove down to Fort Erie and then followed the Niagara River to get home.  Was a lovely drive and so nice to see everything with the sun shining on it.  By the time we got home I was really tired and decided to just crawl into bed to watch some TV and make an early night of it.

My Day May 19, 2011

What a fun day it turned out to be.  No golf this morning, tried to help a friend get her printer going but didn't have any luck with it, think I knew what the problem was, but didn't know how to correct it.

Also did some more research into another web site provider for our Black Creek website.  Called hostpapa and got info from them.

Daughter sent me a text asking if I wanted to go 'dress' shopping with her this afternoon.  Aurora needs a dress for her prom and we are looking in the US for one.

Afraid we didn't have any luck, things are pretty well picked over but anything we thought she would like was way, way, too much money and if they want to spend that much they can probably get something here at home.

By the time we finished checking out the Walden Galleria and the Boulevard Mall was completely pooped and ready to head home.  Sue doesn't like to drive in the US so I drove her car.  She has a nice little Kia Rio and it's very nice, handles well and a nice ride on the road.

Tonight I am off to a board meeting, sure hope it doesn't last too long as I am pretty pooped.

My Day May 18, 2011

Well it was another rainy day here in Niagara.  We did see the sun for a little bit but that sure didn't last long enough.  While the sun was out we did a quick bicycle ride around our park.
Golf is off tomorrow as our course is basically under water and for sure riding carts would not be allowed.  Oh well, maybe next week.