Alberta referendum vote

I think gone are the days of the average Canadian being apathetic in voting, or so it seems by the people cuing to get in.  I waited for just over an hour.  One of the people behind me could only stand for so long, so I went home and got a folding chair.  We slowly inched up to the hall to vote.

Thanksgiving Dinner

Floyd picked up a frozen turkey a while back.  We started defrosting it in the fridge a couple of days ago.  I cut it up into pieces before roasting it to make it easier to handle when cooked.  Cutting the turkey is always a challenge, and my arms are very sore from work, so I’d rather get it done beforehand.  Besides, it will take less time to cook.  Various spices were added – parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, oregano, chives, a bit of salt … I forget what else.  Unfortunately for Floyd, it only had one drumstick.  Unfortunately for me, it also had only one thigh.

I forgot to put this on the table.  Oops.

I wanted to get some prep work done yesterday.  I put some cucumber in vinegar as Floyd likes it.  I don’t care for it, so some of them are left raw.

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morning

Morning Routine
I generally wake up, turn my coffee pot on, enter receipts into Microsoft Money, upload previous (yesterday’s) pictures, and write my construction blog.

Morning Hair
I generally don’t have a shower every day now.  Why bother when I’m just going to get dirty during construction?

Morning Off
This is my first day off in many, many weeks.

long hours, tennis elbow, whow

Been working long hours recently, getting 1403 up ready.  Both arms have had tennis elbow for two weeks.

The suite won’t be ready in time, so I’ll have to make two deals with the tenants

  • For every day that necessities are still being worked on while the tenant occupies the suite, I’ll cut rent in half.
  • For every day that finish work is done (trim boards, light switch covers, cabinet pulls, etc.), I’ll let them decide what days I come in.

Not idea, I know, but a compromise must be reached.

Also, why isn’t how spelled whow to create 6 Ws rather than the 5 Ws plus how?

Taber corn

I got some Taber corn this afternoon.  It was $11 for a 11 cobs with 1 extra thrown in.  However, in the bag of a dozen cobs, I counted 23!  He doubled the amount of corn!  Wow.

We’ll freeze most of it to have during winter.