All the Best of the SeasonFrom our house to yours
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Wishing you peace & joy throughout the year with health and happiness above all. ....It's that time of year again when the hustle and rush of the season gets us ready for the great anticipation of things to come.
It is never "all for not" as we can remember the times gone by and can better steer the times ahead.
It is our fondest hope that your new year brings you joy and true blessings for many years to come.
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Last year's Christmas greeting was perhaps a little too sappy so I will take a different approach this year. Ignore what I first thought and write sappy anyway.
The year past has blessed us with too many things to capture here so to keep you up to date a few highlights. This "greeting" brings with it more than just the Hallmark "Happy Holidays" but a more modern and somewhat instant message to those far and wide. Granted the traditional glittery card found in the mailbox is nice but I've hoped to improve on that. One of my simple joys at one time was to receive an actual letter, consider this just that.
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As I begin to write it is very nice weather with no wind yet an hint of Christmas in the air. The season so far has been good to us with a little brushing of snow and chilly mornings. It is the type of atmosphere that stories are told and conjures up visions of cuddling up in front of a fire to sit out the chilly night. Of course today we kick up the furnace and change the TV channel.
The house is decorated in the spirit with lights on the trees and outside the house. Every year there is more and different festive dodads and thingamajigs that remind us of a simpler time. I have to relate a sight seen from a few years ago at around a week before Christmas on a concrete apartment balcony, there was in large letters spelled out in bright lights a very well formed "BAH HUMBUG". In just two words we were laughing and at the same time reminded of the stories and tales of Christmas. Amazing.
It's started as I'm sure it has there, the shopping and the rushing around in a cloud of confusion where to score the perfect gift without losing a grip on reality. Guys, we have to get something done about the malls! Sure there is hundreds of stores but how many have you seen with power tools or automotive accessories? Don't get me wrong, a fine shirt or two never hurts but a carbide tipped something or possibly a PPC powered G4 would be spectacular to see in the malls. The selection is outstanding if you need an open toed black pair for the weekend or a handbag to match but what if you need to tighten up that loose joint with the ease and style of a new slip joint adjustable comfort grip color matched fully chromed and life time guaranteed one-size-fits-all pliers?
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Karin is working at the "Hair Today" shop and also a full time student at Mount Royal College. She maintains the Mazda, entertainment and continued new friendship with the profits of the job. At school she is doing very well with business related courses well under way. She is seldom seen around here keeping active and busy.
Sherri has taken on a new challenge with vigor at the Snap-on Tools office. Things are going well around her new apartment as she settles in. Some added pieces of new furniture and such it is quite cozy. It is way too convenient located directly north of our largest shopping mall here in town. The fuzzy beasties are ruling the new roost as though nothing has changed. Out back of the new building is parked her car (was her mother's old car) that will get her through the next few years.
She has been taking SAIT and doctors in her stride. For those not aware she has had two cardiac ablations and the second required a quick third operation to place a VDD style pacemaker. The institute has made great gestures of understanding in her course of healing. They have granted her a prime parking spot from which to visit the office on a every-other-day type of schedule. This may appear to be a soft touch but really it's something that has been a challenge. Some faces are new and yet her old job is still there it would require her full attention which she cannot risk yet. It seems every week she receives an opinion from someone she respects that she is doing remarkably well for the procedures she endured. This reinforces my thoughts she might be rushing into returning to work but on the other hand it is good for mental health and fitness. Time moves very slowly when you are on the mend. As I write the jury is still out on how to proceed, but more therapy is indicated.
Some uncertainty for the phone company is an understatement. Telus management after the merger with BCTel has moved the upper end of the operation decidedly west. This has brought about all kinds of stories and speculation why and "what were they thinking". I have a some ideas what they are doing but these are only guesses. Actually some of these thoughts have been realized recently but in very slow and not very methodical actions. Large companies are slow movers and adapt equally slow.
I have continued good fortune at home, work and such. As written last year the family tree publishing project is stalled from prohibitively expensive software costs. I cannot expect everyone to buy the finest database software so I have to regress and turn to family ancestry software. Flat text files are out. My thinking has shifted slightly to perhaps rent server space and do it up well. Can you say cgi scripts?
ap-pli-ance (a-pli'ans) n. A device, esp. an item of household equipment that can never be filled with money.
To keep you up to date and share with you in our journey to become Hardware Zen, events are changing. Just to let you know you are not alone in the human experience of appliance repair, we too have been striving to peak at amateur level Appliance Healers. The frig is soon to be landfill (as it was last year, but still kicking), the dryer is happy as we speak, the range blew an element last week and the car is fully serviced. When the accounting is done, pretty good over all.
Again from our home to yours, all the very best you can imagine!
Don't be strangers,
Carolyn, Don, Sherri, Karin, Cosmo, Luna, et al.
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