The Chalkboard

February 8, 2009

I paid $5.00 for this old chalkboard at a garage sale many years ago and I love it. When my grandkids come to visit, they update the chalkboard with new messages and/or pictures. Once in a while my kids or I will leave a message or draw a picture as well. Sometimes, when the grandkids don’t come to visit for a while, the message gets a little outdated. Christine, Ian and the kids were here for Christmas and before they left for home on December 27th, Ashley and/or Hope left this message, “Happy early new years” - and that’s what’s on the chalkboard today, February 8th.

Fun

Adam and Michael came for coffee this morning; actually, it was almost noon by the time they arrived today. We ate lunch together (they stopped to pick up take out), caught up on the new stuff happening in each of our lives this week, watched the family Christmas video Ken recently finished editing and then played SingStar. I got this picture of the boys when they were goofing around and having fun singing along to the game.

Grocery Shopping with Company

Michael came grocery shopping with me today. It was nice to have that little visit with him and also nice to have his help to push the cart through the heavy, messy, freshly-fallen/still-falling snow - and to load my groceries in the car.

DOJ

This sign hangs on the wall in the hallway near the elevators at work. In Edmonton, the federal Deparment of Justice has offices on 2 floors in the TD tower, 1 floor in Manulife and 2 floors in the Bank of Montreal building. They’ve been trying for years to rent enough office space in one building to accommodate all of us and it sounds like it may finally happen when our current lease expires in 2011.

When I started working for the Department on June 3, 2002, we were located on the 3rd floor of the Bank of Montreal building. Our team moved to the 20th floor of the TD tower in March 2003 and we’ve been there since.

Walk

One of the lawyers asked if I’d mind walking over to Canada Place to pick up a package for him this morning. It’s only about a ten minute walk - got me out of the office and gave me a little fresh air so I didn’t mind at all. I took my camera along and took this shot along the way.

Laundry

I had a few loads of laundry to catch up on and spent time doing that yesterday and today. This is my last load…hooray!

Jasmine Tea

I took this picture especially for my nephew Shayne. He asked me to let him know if the Jasmine tea I bought at Lucky 97 yesterday tastes at all like the tea they serve at Dim Sum. I drank two cups of this tea today and I'd say it tastes exactly like the stuff they serve at Dim Sum - it’s delicious! The brand name, “Sunflower” is printed in red on the top of the tin.