January 26, 2023 Thursday
working midnight up to 2pm, wow what a long shift. Lots of shoveling and no salting.
come home and did laundry
kids have snow day, they stayed home
contractor (NCC) repair of our cieling, Storm Derecho damage
7-9 pm master gardener of ottawa carleton meeting online via zoom
back to winter snow removal work - report for 1 am.
January 25, 2023 Wednesday
There is forecast of snow and we will be coming to work at midnight. It is a snowstorm - so it will be a logn shift.
we start by midnight.
january 22, 2023 sunday
kyle drop me off and karlina to our sunday chore
nepean sportsplex 8 am, 9am, 10 am
karlina at walter baker library
have ice cream and fries with kyle and karlina - walter baker
kyle hockey at nepean sportsplex, ange at gym
call in for work : 230am
january 21, 2023 saturday
worked since 10pm friday to finished till 8;30 am, lots of salting of all site
breakfast with kyle
catch up with sleep
january 20, 2023 friday
work midnight 12:30 am to 9am
work again at 10pm till 830 am saturday for night partrol
breakfast with kyle
catch up with sleep
January 19, 2023 Thursday
zumba 9am
yoga 10 am all at water baker
kyle had the winter tire installed for the silver rav change tire + alignment is 115$
5:45 pm zumba at lorry greenberg community center. Karlina used the Greenboro library as well.
January 18, 2023 Wednesday
worked from 3am to 10am
pick up winter tire for silver rav
pick up the kids from st marks
doctors appointment 2pm
and kierens eye exam at 3pm at costco optical
January 17, 2023
Tuesday
it was not snowing ..so here is the break I needed, after last weeks snow storm. I worked like 50 hours in 3 days, and it was nuts.
I cleaned up myself and got ready for gym class. I decided to try Nepean Sportsplex again, since they have 8 am class. Well, bummer...there was traffic on the highway, so I decided to proceed to Walter Baker Sports Center because Zumba starts at 9:15 am, so I have time.
Boss at worked message that upcoming freezing rain, possibility of call in. But did not happen. We will start at 3am.
Walter Baker ( Barrhaven) 100 Malvern St, was my old stumping ground, 20 years ago, I used to come here to swim and read books at the adjacent library, Ruth Dickinson. Just las Sunday, I took my kids for swim and library.
I came in early to make sure I made in on time for Zumba class. The group was nice, and the teacher was really nice. She is very good at cueing the dance and I feel that I have a workout.
Then I stayed for the Yoga class at 10am. it was a good one, i feel it helped my left shoulder. I have been feeling off with this shoulder for couple of days now, and it seems to help a bit.
I showered after the class, and headed home.
We have to work tomorrow starting 3am. I did few paperwork in the office and pay some bills.
Kieren will have his doctors appointment tomorrow (chadha medical) and also his optometry appointment at Costco as well.
January 16, 2023 Monday
It was a sunny day, and i slept a lot - probably the whole day.
I cooked some mashed potatoes with the chicken and veggies. It was nice to have the little gang gather for a meal.
I manage to fold some laundry and went off to my class. The gas has been pretty funky and I was on my blinking "running out of gas". I found a gas station off Brian Cobough road, and filled it full. It was quite high, around 1.47 but heck, I need gas.
Zumba at 630pm
Zumba toning at 7:30 pm, then take the last 15 minutes on the treadmill.
I was surprise that the parking lot was empty when I came out. They must have close by 9pm. When I arrived at the center, it was so packed, that I cannot find a parking spot.
Hmm. these are people who are on the resolution just like myself. Lets see how soon this will last.
It was a dry cold day, must be around -7C, then the night dropped to -20C.
January 14, 2023 Saturday
the work was short 1am to 9:30 am. thank goodness that clean up after the storm
we stop at marks to look for gloves for kyle but nothing nice
Did zumba class at greenboro for 10:30 am to 11;30 am
slept for the day until 5pm
visit tessie and uncle ken and barrhaven with kyle. we were suppose to bring garlic to friends, but none seems to be home.
January 15, 2023 sunday
it is nice and sunny today, it could go as cold as -20C. but hey it was -10C when i left for gym class.
I did Zumba at Bob Mcquarrie for 9 am
and cardio class at ray friel at 10 am.
Im home going laundry and cooking pancit, then I will take the kids swimming at walter baker by 1pm.
January 5 2023 Thursday
Oh boy, did it ever froze? Freezing rain last night and I have to scrape the car before heading to work. Thank goodness for Kyle who has the strong muscle to do it.
we did a midnight shift, throwing some salt on the icy sidewalks. 1:30am to 9:30 am.
I got home and took pictures around me, everything is frozen. The roads are icy, some accidents.
I sold 2 bags of garlic to a lady, I talk over the phone with her, and will deliver it tomorrow in alta vista.
I am sure I will be called in to work again tomorrow.
Jan 4, 2023 Wednesday
We manage to get the truck from Tom yesterday. So another farm truck. LOL
It was a mild day and it continue to melt the snow, and the farm looks different.
I was out going for a little walk and digging some holes for compost
I was called in for work to apply some salt to sidewalk as the rain melted all the salt.
I did a early morning snow run from 4am to 7am, then come home and do some work.
Started cleaning up some garlic and started selling them.
Finished Kyles 2021 taxes, 1 done.
jan 3, 2023 wednesday
woke up late and no motivation to do anything. eat, and got an old truck from a friend with kyle. its not a question if this is a money pit, it is just an old rusty 2005 silverado.
This year, i went to Artistic Landscape in Bank Street and they seem to be getting rid of the big display garden. I do not know why, maybe they do not supply these kinds of daylily anymore. These are mature clumps, probably of rare kinds, so I am a sucker for all things beautiful and flowers.
Hemerocallis
So here are my new added collection list:
1. Yellow - Double Charm ( rare) Hardy 1969 double lemon yellow self pollinating
2. Yellow - Techny Peace - 1987 Reckamp - Klehm- single - pastel yellow blend with green throat
3. Daylily - Tuscawilla Tigres - a double orange, early to midsummer bloomer, then reblooms again
4. Daylily - Catherine Neal - 1981 Carpenter - I like the dark color of this daylily - almost dark violet to brown
I did not have the chance to take picture for 2022, but the coming years, it will be a beatiful ones.
December 28, 2022 Wednesday
we were called in for snow work and to my head, it will be a short clean up shift and will be done by early morning.
Friday, December 30, 2022
december 31, 2022 saturday
It was a rainy day, roads are so foggy, but still a pleasant 6 degrees C.
we worked over night doing snow patrol, we started at 10pm on a friday and finished at 7am on saturday. the overnight was rainy/misty/ foggy, so driving conditions was not the greatest. We still finished our 61 sites on time, refilled our gas, and happily got off work.
I dropped Kyle at home to rest and I went to see tessie. I pass out on her couch and woke up at 8:30 am, and I drove her to her doctors appointment at Somerset Street.
She got the prescription needed, so we went to Dynacare in Barrhaven to get her bloodwork done around 10am. I am surprised that the clinic is open and with few people so we get it done in no time. Next stop was Walmart Barrhaven to pick up her prescription - while Walmart is always fast, today was a slow day, so it took her awhile. However, that was good, at least we got prescription needed.
Next on the agenda is to call the hospital for her x-ray. While calling hospital to book an xray is best thing to do, good luck being answered. So, instead of calling the hospital again, we decided to fax a document to request an XRAY. ok...fax, sending fax people of the 20th century...Just so our luck, Staples Store is beside Walmart. They have this old looking fax machine, that came straight out of 1990s and it worked. It was self serve, and me being a 90s office junkie, I know how to operate the darn machine. Fax was sent in no time, and it cost me 1$ per page. Waiting 5-30 minutes on the phone for call in? or 1$ on Fax machine? I will take fax machine anytime.
Tessie at this time got sleepy and tired. She was sleepless and not feeling very well. I was starting to get sleepy. I was up overnight and need a real sleep.
Tessie managed to get me a kind of sardines with black beans on it. Looks like a fried fish with black beans, she got me 4 cans because i liked it.
So our errands were completed, and I dropped tessie at her home. I drove for another 25 minutes to my home, Kyle was already sleeping, I quickly eat the sardines and rice and went to bed as well.
Sleep very well and I woke up Sunday morning at 3:30 am Jan 1, 2023.
