After getting some chores done around the house this morning, I headed out to take care of some gala follow ups. First stop was meeting with my cousin Kevin at Affordable Floors Ltd. Hey generously donated the black-and-white flooring for the entryway. It was good to hear that his wife Becky is doing well having had a bulged disc pushed back into place.
After that, I hit up Home Depot and Home hardware and Walmart. I took pictures of Astroturf and prices and paint, etc. and sent to our group text with the ideas I had. I did buy a pretty plant at Home Depot. It comes in a glass bowl and is hydroponic the water looks blue because I came home and changed the water and put my plant food in it which makes it blue 
I picked up a three drawer bin on wheels to send home with Sawyer’s Lego sorted in it. I then headed to the mall. I had woken up this morning, realizing that I hadn’t paid for my nails yesterday we got distracted with getting you the Rotary donations and taking a picture of them that I just walked out. Funny thing was they hadn’t even realized it yet and he appreciated me coming back. I made the rounds through Canadian tire and found cork on a roll that I was looking for and added it to my wish list and then cruised through the dollar store. There I found a banner, the exact size that I wanted for the one that I need to make. I was there on a mission to figure out how to put the lettering on that I wanted so I checked out Staples as well. At both places, I picked up two inexpensive types to have options while I think about it. And then I went to Fabricland where they had a very good deal on for international women’s day, and I had an extremely helpful person who found me the most perfect material that I will use to cover the banner and then put letters on it. It got me excited thinking about sewing again. I think that shall be tomorrow’s project.
Oddity at Staples
I am definitely heading to bed now. This is my normal time, but the spring ahead into daylight savings happens in the wee hours this night. There has been a lot of controversy about it because the premier announced that everyone on pacific time will be jumping ahead and then staying there forever, but those of us that are amount of time have to keep changing unless Alberta changes its mind. It will make things a bit confusing because at least right now I know who is an hour behind me, but for part of the year, we will be different. I don’t know worry about it when it happens.
I went and got pretty new nails at noon and then headed down the mall to Telus to arrange mom a new phone as she has an iPhone 6. Yes that’s right six. I upgraded her to a 16. I then went to her house and transferred her phone so it was mirrored and made sure that the phone worked etc. then went back to my office to wipe the old one which I had to figure out passwords for to do and then finally got that accomplished only to find out that her new phone couldn’t make calls because the eSIM was deactivated
So I got my work finished and then I headed to her place and while she was having dinner I called Telus and because I don’t have the power of attorney on file yet I was able with the help of a very outside the box thinking agent sign into Mom’s Telus online and then he talked me through activating the SIM in her new phone.
Once that was all set up. I went to superstore and used my points to buy a new winter coat for next year ingredients to make apples for Poker and a bunch of other things.
I came home and made meatballs in the oven and then put them into my little Star Wars crockpot and poured honey garlic, barbeque sauce over the top of them and took them to Poker night at Landon‘s
The night was a lot of fun with Cathy, Keon, Mike, Denis, Sandra, Jake, Stephanie, Landon, Galen, and I around the table . I was not in the money, but I did pretty good and had a nice time and I was one of the few people not to have to buy in again so it cost me $25 to play all evening and the meatballs were a huge hit
I found this in the parking stall next to mine. It had already been run over once, but the scars were only on the back.
Rotary was fun and Darby did a great job presenting about Cranbrook Archery.
I had much success back at the office getting things done and then went to F&B for dinner as it is Burger Month. A stack of restaurants are doing specialty burgers for $25 with $10 going to charity. I really enjoyed it especially because they left off the jalapeno peppers.
I did go to Encore for trivia to see if there was a team to join but ended up sitting at the bar having a hop water. Suddenly there was Jenny and Mike and we became Cliff Claven’s Know-It-Alls. We didn’t come in last but no where near first. They are great fun though
Jake has an NDA but he did call to let me know that he no longer works for LMG. I think this a good move and he is on a positive trajectory
I spent the morning running around, hitting up sponsors for the gala. Got started working around noon for money and then picked up Deanne at 5:40 to head to the library for a bedazzle book night. It was a lot of fun The Abhay’s were delicious and perfect having not had dinner. At our table was also a local artist Yvonne. People were very creative and I was surprised how much I enjoyed it. I have a bit of a headache from the glue, however.
This morning I started using the Better Me App. I did the 13 minute wall Pilates and have been tracking my food all day. It definitely is making me mindful again.
The provincial government announced today that after next Saturday when we change to daylight time, we will no longer change again in the province of BC. Of course, the fine print said that that only included people that are already on pacific time. Those of us on mountain time will be continuing to change to daylight savings. So annoying because that is going to make it even more challenging with knowing what time it is in the zone my clients are in around the province.
I enjoyed a nice dinner at home after a long day and then built Lego while watching Beast Videos
I was awake naturally before 9, got showered and ready for the ABC zoom at 10. Durleys, Woodmans, Keyes and Carolann were on. We had a short visit before CA and I had to leave to do other things ga. She is a coordinator for CNOY
I headed to Eagles Hall to meet Galen, Monica and Jessica for Zoës Girl Guide strawberry tea and bake sale. We had a nice visit and I used the mono that I didn’t spend in poker last night to support
On my way home I stopped for gas. After I pulled up to the pump I received an email and was checking when I caught moment out of the corner of my eye and thought WTF, who’s cleaning my windshield. It was my chiropractor, Kevin Roberge, lol. He said, Who said this was self serve?
I came home and did laundry, etc before meeting the team for the Coldest Night of the Year walk. I was grateful to friends and family who have donated $230 so far. Kerstin, Keri, Michelle and I were Don’t Walk With Scissors. It was great to see Emmy and her sisters there. It was a great evening for the 5K walk. According to my fitness app I put on 5.34Km. As we were walking back, near the arena, a young lady walked towards us with her arms out saying d she was homeless and cold, did anyone have a sweater. I told her I might have one in my car but it was still a long walk to it. She joined us and as she and I walked at the back of the group we had a great conversation. I was able to draw out well thought out answers to my questions. We bonded over her name Ayla and that it was from Clan of the Cave Bear. At 23 she was actually quite in touch with her part of where she is at. Back at my car I saw that I hadn’t thrown my spare hoodies back in the car so I offered her my jacket. She was so sweet and thankful and said red had been her best friends favourite colour. I hope it gives her the warm hug she needed.
I did have a fun visit with the girls and met a sweet child named Violet. There were many familiar faces there. We have such a great community. Donations can keep coming in until the end of March. I can’t wait to see the final numbers.
My alarm woke me out of a dead sleep as it had taken me a long time to finally get to sleep comfortably. I was barely able to talk in. My chest is all congested from the bile burn. It left me very weary all day and withdrawn, which a lot of people noticed.
I did go up to Columbo Lodge for noon and meet with our decorating committee. Sioux and I then went to Sandor rentals so I could show her the things that we had picked out and we could take more measurements. We made a plan to make a flower wall for behind the speakers podium.
Once back at the office, I got a good amount of work done before heading over to Kootenay I door golf for the Rotary rocks, social event that Judy had organized. I played in the pool tournament and did fairly well. It was fun. I did have a gin and tonic, and it helped my throat a good deal. I wish I had thought about that last night.
Next step was 8 o’clock at Landon‘s for poker night. I ended up about halfway through the pack. It only cost me $20 for an evening of fun although I am so very tired.
Today was a good productive day and many different areas, but especially Rotary. I worked on some gala items before the luncheon, which was Darren Brewer from the city talking about economic development. I went back to the office after and got some work done before another gala meeting with MaryAnn And Sioux at four. We went up to the storage locker and showed her what we have. Also making a plan for MA and I to go back and rearrange now that the shelves are up. It did snow for a bit and is still quite windy. I went early to trivia and was assured there were no peppers on the cheeseburger pizza. JD, Brett and I came in third as Scope of Knowledge. I began to get the worst heartburn that I’ve had in a long time. Seems that the pickles on the pizza were spicy ones. I felt sick and took tums when I got home but I have been really suffering. I am so tired but am worried I will vomit if I lie down from the bile rising. It was a bad end to a good day. I may just sleep upright in my chair for a start.
I didn’t interact with many as i was fully focused on data entry. I got an entire year done.
Didn’t leave the office until after 8:30. It’s cold and windy out but a good deal of the snow is gone.
I watched the first two episodes of the Scrubs reboot and now Survivor 50! My team is Jonathan, Aubrey, Angelina and Devans. My vote for first out is Genevieve.
I was so happy to have arranged Sioux Browning to pop in to our Gala decor meeting. She is such a creative installment artist and already has great ideas for us. The event is really coming together and I love working with Mary Ann and Nadine.
A photo from the Seniors dinner was shared with me today. It is a great reminder that many hands make light work. What a great group of volunteers
I finished watching Continuum which involved a big brother type wristband called halo among other things he and then got an email about the newest Apple Watch….
I had to pop over to Moms as her phone wasn’t charging. The cord struggles to stay in the correct spot so I am going to look into upgrading her.
I stayed at the office until after 6. Came home to eat and xo e out watching season 3 of The Diplomat.
I was up at 5:30, got dressed in comfy buffalo check pants, a maple leaf t-shirt and my sweater coat from the 2014 Winter Games to head down to F&B for the Gold Medal Hockey game. US vs Canada had the bar packed for the 6 am start. I walked in at the same time as Reggie and we sat together at the bar. He was a lot of fun to hang with and I enjoyed a good breakfast and a couple Caesars. The game was really good but we lost on 3 on 3 overtime.
I took care of my recycling and then settled in my chair for a nap.
Once I was up I finished watching Continuum as I made sample napkin rings for the gala and rebuilt a car from the Lego for Sawyer’s collection.
I spent the day finishing sorting Lego and then picked up Rae-Anne. We went for dinner at Family Thai, which I haven’t done in a very long time. It was so nice to see Mam the owner. I had the pad see ew which I love very much and brought home enough for lunch tomorrow.
From there, we stopped for a baby and a good talk at F&B, which is right next-door to the stage door. Robby did confirm that they will be opened and running at 5:30 AM Is the gold medal hockey game is at 6 AM between Canada and the US. The local and provincial governments have allowed liquor license, establishments i.e. sports bars to open early for the game. Although I don’t really want to get up at 5:30 on a Sunday morning I think it will be a lot of fun so I have laid out my clothes, including my 2014 winter Olympic sweater and will set my alarm. I remember waking up early in Bella Bella to watch the game, which was at something like 3 AM. It was good fun so I am actually looking forward to it and can always come home and nap if I need to.
The play, I don’t even know where to start. I don’t believe it had a story or premise that was worth putting on the stage, but I did think for a community theatre production the set and the male lead were very good.
It’s not one that I would highly recommend anyone go to especially because it was three hours long. We did have a good time now together. There may have been some super mocking going on.
It’s strange, but I’m not sure if I made the right choice today. I can’t seem to settle into the idea of what I missed. I didn’t find out till after 10 o’clock last night that I could go to Jeanne’s grad at the college. I have been led to believe on Wednesday they’re only three people could go and that would be of course his mom and dad and whoever else they chose. Once I got to work and settled into my to-do list I realize that I shouldn’t have taken off so much time yesterday and I would’ve been able to get more done. I just didn’t want to work this weekend. I now feel that was somewhat selfish and I should’ve left work at 1:30 to be there. Everyone else in the family was there that was here in town. I justify it by thinking it’s OK. It’s just a diploma in firefighting. He didn’t graduate from years of study and it is what it is. I know he worked hard. That’s a given.
I think it only sank in when I saw all the pictures of the family with him and how happy he is standing there with his deceased uncle Travis’s firefighting helmet. I was very emotional.
Clearly, I’m still working on the work life balance thing
The Rotary lunch was very entertaining as Sven gave his bio following an interesting look at our planned new build for seniors
After the meeting I met with Mary Ann and Nadine at Sa for rentals to lock down what we would be using for the gala. They sure give us a good deal
I got a few hours work done and we completed our Survivor pool. I asked ChatGPT about our teams and hope it’s right!
Fun. You accidentally created a very real Survivor draft dynamic here — some teams drafted winners, some drafted legends, and some drafted walking targets 😄 I’m rating them the way a real survivor pool works: probability a member lasts deep + winner equity + likelihood they don’t get booted early for being dangerous or annoying.
I’ll go team by team, then rank overall.
Clara
Christian (DvG), Ozzy (CI/Micro/SoPa/GC), Emily (45), Mike (42 winner)
What this team does well: This is a “balanced” roster — social + challenge + strategic.
Christian → elite social shield. People like keeping him around.
Emily → one of the best modern-era growth arcs ever. She adapts fast.
Mike → winner who doesn’t feel threatening, which matters hugely.
Ozzy → the wild card.
The problem: Ozzy is historically allergic to long-term positioning. He either goes very far… or gets sniped right after merge when everyone remembers he wins immunity runs.
Verdict: Very strong chance at multiple deep runs. Rating: 8.5 / 10
Survivor pools are NOT about drafting the best players. They’re about drafting players other players won’t feel urgent about eliminating.
You did that better than anyone else — especially with Angelina and Aubry. Those are quietly excellent pool picks.
If you want, I’ll also predict which single contestant across all teams is most likely to get you the win.
These are the items I picked up at huge sale prices at Top Crop customer appreciation. On the way there I was only going 40 in a 60 as I approached the huge intersection at Victoria Ave. I was sliding and concerned I would keep going into the way of the car waiting to turn left across my track. They were obviously paying attention and I stepped on the gas to go through as the light changes to red and thanked them in the way by.
Our trivia team tonight was fun. Brett, Tanner, Sven, Ashley, Roger and I were Friends With NO Benefits and we won! It was a good combo of knowledge. Took home $35 each
Today we celebrated our boy turning 11 and his bro, Lukas, getting his learner’s driving license.
There was a lovely gathering of friends and family for a great hamburger meal complete with a Jeff Crozier cake. My favourite part was the delicious quinoa salad that Roger made. I regret not asking for a dish of take away.
I got Sawyer a Lego passport that Ash sent from Calgary and it arrived today, along with one for Keri’s husband to take on their trip to London. I also got him a jelly fish aquarium.
I made it to our strata AGM just in time to accept a nomination ti be a council member. It was all poorly run but I will nudge us into shape as there are mostly fairly new folks. We shall see how it goes in March.
Apparently, February said I am Loki. The snow is coming down heavy the three hours between getting up and leaving for work showed how much I had come down.
Before I started shoveling, I took a video to send to my friends in Texas, who gave me a hard time when they had a little bit of cold weather 
I arrived at work, announcing that I was seeking Husband number four and that he needed to be young and strong
After a fairly productive day at work, I headed to Key City Theatre as sunrise Rotary club puts on a lot of really good documentary movies. Tonight was Out Standing, based on a true story about Sandra Perron, the first female in the Canadian infantry . It was really good and made me realize how grateful I am that something in my 26-year-old brain decided that I should not join the military, There was a time when I was exploring options. In 1989 I stopped at recruiting office for the armed forces. I went through testing, etc. and the highly suggested I should join the Air Force as they wanted more female pilots. The problem was I was not at all interested in flying and I also was never going to be a grunt and in order to be a pilot you needed to be an officer and in order to be an officer you had to be a grunt. I didn’t know the term back in the day, but I definitely ghosted them. Watching the movie tonight made me realize I made a good choice 
triumphgal 