Try Try Again

November 11, 2009 – Day 315

I bought this recumbent exercise bike at Costco several years ago – hoping that it would inspire me to get more exercise. I rode it faithfully at first and off and on again over the years but eventually fell back into the bad habit of not exercising. I got on the bike to go for a “spin” today. The first thing I did was update my personal information in the bike’s electronic database and I was shocked when I saw that my age was at 47 on the bike. That means it’s been at least two years since I’ve rode my bike! It’s no wonder my boys keep offering to buy it off me. :-)

I’m going to try again though!

Canadian Finals Rodeo 2009

November 10, 2009 – Day 314

The lobby in our office tower is decorated for the Canadian Finals Rodeo (CFR) that takes place in Edmonton from November 11th – 15th. There will be a free pancake breakfast in the lobby of our tower on Thursday morning and I think that's a generous gesture on part of the building owners but it’s always busy and crowded and I’d rather just go upstairs to my desk.

Vintage Salt Shaker

November 9, 2009 – Day 313

I’m designing a new kit for the store and I spent many hours working on it today. I took pictures of items that are going to be in the kit and this vintage salt shaker (part of a set I found at a garage sale years ago) is one of the items that I am going to include. The matching pepper shaker will be included as well – but that is a separate picture. The items I use have to be sharp when viewed at 100% in Photoshop, they must not be copyrighted and it’s time consuming to extract each item out of the photograph to include in my kits. I create items from scratch in Photoshop for each kit as well. A lot of work goes into the digital scrapbook kits I create but it’s something I am passionate about - and time disappears when I’m busy designing!

Shower Supplies

November 8, 2009 – Day 312

Just in Case

November 7, 2009 – Day 311

Whenever possible, Ken and I like to pay for what we buy and one of the things we’re saving for is a new(er) vehicle. We’re planning to buy one sometime next year but in the meantime, we drive “beaters”. I’m okay with that as long as they get us from point “A” to point “B” reliably, but Ken didn’t get to point “B” without some trouble with his truck yesterday. He was driving to work and his truck stalled at the lights of a busy intersection during morning rush-hour traffic. We don’t have cell phones (my nephew Shayne recently said “I can't believe I found the last couple on the planet that doesn't have cell phones. Do I win a prize or something?” :-) so Ken had to walk to find a phone. He wasn’t able to find a pay phone (I think they’re becoming extinct) but he kept walking until he came to a car wash that was opening and he was able to use their phone. He called home and asked me to call him a tow truck to give him a boost. If you need a tow truck in Edmonton, you call Cliff’s Towing right? That’s the only company I could thing of – it’s the company I see tow away illegally-parked vehicles downtown all the time, so I looked up the number and phoned them.

For $67, Ken got his boost but until we get that newer vehicle, Ken decided he doesn’t want to be in this same predicament again so he went to Canadian Tire today and bought a mobile booster pack. If he breaks down again and it’s a boost he needs to get going again, he will be able to boost his own battery with this power pack.

Trick-or-Treat (Well...Sort of)

November 6, 2009 – Day 310

Eddie didn’t get a chance to go trick-or-treating on Hallowe’en because he was sick so I offered him our leftover treats. His mom brought him over to “trick-or-treat” tonight. Eddie didn’t want to dress up but I can understand completely – I wouldn’t want to dress up a week after Hallowe’en either. Cathy and her youngest boys (Warren came along too) visited for a while before returning home. It was very nice to see them again!

Finally Opened!

November 5, 2009 – Day 309

The McBain camera store that was supposed to open in the City Center Mall in August finally opened today! I didn’t go into the store today but I probably will go in to check it out one day next week.