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109 days ago
Building a Website for Newbies & Avoiding Scam Sites How To Add a Privacy Policy to Blogger How to Protect Your work On the Internet The Importance of Alt Text in Blog Photos & Image
556 days ago
Well, as I mentioned in an earlier post we moved over the winter. We bought our new house last year - put in the offer in October, and the offer finalized in November. The deal closed in the middle of January this year. We started moving during March and actually started living in the house near the end of March...we've been moving ever since though. Two storage units and a 2-day garage sale later, we finally have the old house empty. What's left is just a few things in the yard to move out, and then go back and dig up the plants that I am bringing with me. Then it will all be over, except the crying. I miss our old house - I think it's the first house I've ever missed. It's a little strange because we didn't raise our kids there, and we were only there 10 years. I also miss the neighbourhood; though living downtown had it's own brand of problems, the one thing we actually did have was more privacy than we've got now. Here, the neighbour's house (on either side) is maybe 3' away - ...
568 days ago
Back in April (yeah, I know, I've been woefully behind with this blog) I took a walk down to the waterfront, just to see if the snow had finally melted and whether or not the lake was open. The Port was still mostly frozen in, the boardwalk was blocked off with construction fencing and the snow in the park had disappeared - all except for an unusual sight in the middle of the park. There was a pond, where there had never been a pond. I couldn't tell if it was there on purpose, or if there was so much snow this winter, the ground just couldn't absorb it fast enough. Time will tell - I haven't had a chance to go back since then.
570 days ago
One morning last week I saw a person steal our garbage. Okay, yeah, sure...it's just garbage, but in this city you need a garbage tag (they cost money) to have your garbage collected. I've seen this particular person doing it before too, but until last week I had no idea why, or what was going on. Instead of buying a sheet of garbage tags, he takes others garbage and puts it in his pail. It might seem like a small thing, and would be if it only happened once in a while, and you asked the neighbours...heck, if someone needed a tag that badly, I'd give it to them. It happened again this morning - but not the same person. I started to wonder if the whole neighbourhood (save for those whose garbage actually had tags you could see) surreptitiously scrounges the garbage bags of others to save $1.50 (the cost of a tag). Seeing someone steal your garbage...well, it sort of gives you the willies you know? Anyway, the person this morning came to the door and let me know that my garbage was ...
572 days ago
There are days when I encounter almost nothing that bugs me, and other days encounter only minor bugs. What happens to be a bug on one day, may not be on another. Today, though, I encountered (not for the first time) one of the things that always bugs me. DRIVERS. Oh, not all of them of course, but those that appear to ignore the things that help to keep the rest of us save...things like traffic lights, stop signs and the rules like "pedestrians have the right of way". Granted, pedestrians need to take a little care too - you can't just walk out into traffic and expect everyone to stop dead for you. Being a pedestrian and not a driver, I've learned over time (and a lot of "almost" incidents) that I need to take responsibility for my own safety too, because there's an awful lot of drivers who just think they can go wherever they like without worrying about those little things like people. Today, at a crossing on the highway I waited patiently for the "red ...
