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So many potholes and cracks in the city streets this year

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It was so much colder this past winter than it usually is here in Toronto that now our roads seem to have more pot holes than they usually do. Big ones!

Even right in front our our house … I started noticing big cracks as early as October when it first started getting quite cold and now after a cold and snowy winter there are about ten big cracks on the road in front of our house. Of course .. with all those cracks every time cars go over them our house shakes, especially when it’s really cold outside for some reason … so I’m hoping the city comes by and repairs the street some time soon!

Actually … the news has been talking about the increase in potholes quite a bit too. Some of the potholes in the city are so big that cars are actually getting damaged. I’ll bet those car owners are looking for cheap auto insurance now.

Did you’re city get a lot more pot holes than usual this past winter due to the extra moisture and extreme cold? Does your city repair pot holes quickly or does it take them forever?





Trying to digitize our old records

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Earlier today my husband and I were out shopping. We went out stores like Best Buy and Future shop in the hopes of finding cables and software that would help us connect our turntable to our computer so that we can start to record our old records and digitize the music.

We didn’t find much that would help us though. Just a lot of software and items to promote your business rather than audio software. I think we’re going to have to do our shopping online for this specialty item. I know it’s something we can do … we just need to have the right RCA hook ups and software.

Have you ever attached an old turntable to your computer in order digitize old records? If so .. what equipment and software did you use to do that?

Planning an Easter Party

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This year seems to just be flying by! It wasn’t until I was in a store last weekend, hurrying along to get my shopping done, when I noticed that the store had Easter candy and Easter related decorations at the end of their aisles – ready for sale.

The next store I went into had their Easter goodies out too. I guess the end of February was the weekend to get all the things out for the next big holiday.

I didn’t realize how few weeks there are until Easter! My sister in law and I are having a party for my niece and her friends for Easter so we’d better get working on planning the party. I was actually just browsing Personal Creations – Easter baskets ideas for kids and I think if I spend some time on that site I’ll have our little Easter party put together in no time at all.

Are you doing anything for Easter? Do you have any kids to celebrate Easter with? I love decorating eggs and setting the kids off on an egg hunt. It’s so much fun.

What am I going to do with my crazy dog?

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OMG my dog is driving me crazy today! We just went outside with her an hour ago where she frolicked in the backyard making what I call “doggy snow angels” by rolling in the snow and of course relieving herself and now .. well … now she’s at the front door ringing the bell we having hang there asking to go out every five minutes.

Trouble is … I don’t believe she really has to go out. I was just up looking out the front window and my dog is such a smarty pants that now she probably thinks that I’m watching for someone to either come and visit or come and deliver something so she wants me to open the front door so that she can see out too. LOL Uh huh … she doesn’t really want to go outside, she just wants to see outside or to see whatever I’m looking at.

It always seems like my dog clues into what’s going on. I got out the video camera earlier and tried to video tape her doing her crazy jumping up and down when she wants me to slide her bone across the floor at her and of course she started acting up and barking like crazy which she normally doesn’t do … so that video tape which has some excellent jumping will have to have the audio removed! Crazy dog!

Speaking of crazy! I saw this guy earlier today when I was out shopping that was just covered in tattoos from the top of his head to well .. I think probably to his feet. I’d bet that even the best tattoo removal cream wouldn’t put a dent in his tattoos. LOL It looked amazing though! Not my taste of course.

So do you have a crazy dog that acts up when he or she sees you looking outside or sees you with a camera in your hand?

Family gatherings and weather issues?

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Last weekend we drove to Brantford to get together with my husbands family. We were belatedly celebrating my mother in laws birthday.

My husbands father went all out. He had us meet in a local restaurant and he had three flower baskets set up on the table and had asked the restaurant to give us a special menu for our early afternoon meal. I think he might have thought it was my mother in laws 75th birthday … but uh … if he did he was a year early.

It’s really strange, all of my husbands siblings have their teaching degrees? That’s his two sisters, his brother and even one of his brother in laws that all have teaching degrees. At one point my husband seriously considered becoming a teacher and I think he still catches him self considering it but I think it’s just because there are so many people in his family that are teachers. Actually even a couple of his aunts are teachers.

Anyway I guess the reason that I brought up the fact that I was sitting with a bunch of teachers was because just before our family get together there had been a huge storm in Southern Ontario, one that had been bad enough to cause several school boards to shut down schools. Even Toronto shut down schools and I happened to mention that we didn’t really get as much snow as expected on that particular storm day and that a lot of people were complaining that the schools shouldn’t have been shut down and well .. my brother in law exploded that I was wrong and it saved the city money and kept the roads free to be cleared … but uh … he’s from St. Catherines where they got three times more snow than we did on that day so yeah, it made more sense for them to shut down their schools, but not for us in Toronto. I just gritted my teeth and let it go.

Anyway .. the family gathering was a success overall. Just that one incident. I’ll remember not to talk about teaching issues or school closures – even due to weather or non weather issues – with that particular brother in law!

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