Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Gone South.
I spent a last weekend in Calgary, and although I enjoyed my Nephew's wedding and I enjoyed getting to see people that I had not seen for some time, I was again reassured that I have no desire to live in large city. It appears now that after all these years that I don't do well in a lot of traffic. I'm sure that all the people living in Calgary are very nice and that is why they have all gathered in one area, it just seems to me that they must be just about full. It was nice to get home to bright sunshine and fewer nice people.
I spent a last weekend in Calgary, and although I enjoyed my Nephew's wedding and I enjoyed getting to see people that I had not seen for some time, I was again reassured that I have no desire to live in large city. It appears now that after all these years that I don't do well in a lot of traffic. I'm sure that all the people living in Calgary are very nice and that is why they have all gathered in one area, it just seems to me that they must be just about full. It was nice to get home to bright sunshine and fewer nice people.
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Maintenance, What is it worth?
I had a coffe with Rob this morning and he was telling me how his old Windstar is going to cost him to much to fix. I thought that the only thing I could do for him was to point out that, had he done the proper maintenance, like I had suggested to him several times in the past, he would not be looking at such a big job now! Then I came back to my office and on my book shelf is this box of plastic plugs, they go in the ends of the chairs, you know the type, when you sit in the chair you can't help it, you have to try and pull them out. You can sometimes see the kid's that have learned the technique very well with one black plug on the end of each finger. The chairs that these come from are probably at least twelve years old and most of them are missing their plugs. It suddenly dawned on me this morning that some times we just leave the little things for so long that they one day they show up as a big thing. It takes only a few seconds to replace the plug in each hole. But on every chair there is eight holes and now to do the maintenance is going to take some time. Gets me thinking about how many times I just don't bother to take the time to invest in a friendship that needs maintenance, and how the longer it is left the harder it seems to be to find the time. I wonder if I can remember the speech that I love to give Rob about maintenance when it is my turn to do some.
I had a coffe with Rob this morning and he was telling me how his old Windstar is going to cost him to much to fix. I thought that the only thing I could do for him was to point out that, had he done the proper maintenance, like I had suggested to him several times in the past, he would not be looking at such a big job now! Then I came back to my office and on my book shelf is this box of plastic plugs, they go in the ends of the chairs, you know the type, when you sit in the chair you can't help it, you have to try and pull them out. You can sometimes see the kid's that have learned the technique very well with one black plug on the end of each finger. The chairs that these come from are probably at least twelve years old and most of them are missing their plugs. It suddenly dawned on me this morning that some times we just leave the little things for so long that they one day they show up as a big thing. It takes only a few seconds to replace the plug in each hole. But on every chair there is eight holes and now to do the maintenance is going to take some time. Gets me thinking about how many times I just don't bother to take the time to invest in a friendship that needs maintenance, and how the longer it is left the harder it seems to be to find the time. I wonder if I can remember the speech that I love to give Rob about maintenance when it is my turn to do some.
Monday, March 20, 2006
Father of the Bride ( The Idiot's Guide)by Jennifer Lata Rung
Brianne gave me that book, she is so thoughtful! It has a list of ten things inside the front cover, I guess for easy reference, Items # 1 and #10 both deal with making sure all the bills get paid, I feel like I have discovered the theme to the book and all I've read so far is the inside of the front cover. Other items are that I get to dance with her and her mother, I can do that. Another theme is that I should be cordial with his parents and the guests. I should be able to pull that off. I feel like I should say something about this book being written by a woman, but I'm already starting to practise "cordial"
Brianne gave me that book, she is so thoughtful! It has a list of ten things inside the front cover, I guess for easy reference, Items # 1 and #10 both deal with making sure all the bills get paid, I feel like I have discovered the theme to the book and all I've read so far is the inside of the front cover. Other items are that I get to dance with her and her mother, I can do that. Another theme is that I should be cordial with his parents and the guests. I should be able to pull that off. I feel like I should say something about this book being written by a woman, but I'm already starting to practise "cordial"
Saturday, March 18, 2006
Here Goes!
I guess this was bound to happen, if you spend time watching others do something, eventually you decide you might as well try it, so here I go, a blog. My little girl and her sister and mother and two friends and an aunt are buying her wedding dress this weekend. I would never have guessed it would take such a collective effort. But I guess it says something about Brianne's life, that this is something to be shared and enjoyed by some of the people she cares about. This group of shopper's has started a pool and they are betting on how long it will take for me to start crying when I see Brianne in her wedding dress, who doesn't love a competion?
I guess this was bound to happen, if you spend time watching others do something, eventually you decide you might as well try it, so here I go, a blog. My little girl and her sister and mother and two friends and an aunt are buying her wedding dress this weekend. I would never have guessed it would take such a collective effort. But I guess it says something about Brianne's life, that this is something to be shared and enjoyed by some of the people she cares about. This group of shopper's has started a pool and they are betting on how long it will take for me to start crying when I see Brianne in her wedding dress, who doesn't love a competion?
