2006/10/22
Quiet Tempest, Red Wine and Snow
Hello to everyone in blogland. It's still mostly Gary and I that are posting regularly. Come on, everyone, get blogging. I want news. I want news.
The house has once more become very quiet since Gary and Carolyn left last Wed. Snoozie is snoring on the floor beside me. I can hear the clicking of the keys on the keyboard as I type. The computer tower is making a regular faint whooshing sound(normal, I hope). The only other sound is the clock ticking. It's kinda spooky.
The Prairie Dog Blog has had its 12 000th hit! Hooray! Let's have a drink to celebrate. Speaking of drinking, I went to see a specialist about my arteries last week and...What does this have to do with drinking? That will be revealed in good time. The vascular specialist said my arteries are just fine. I continue in good health and need to continue taking my medications. The Lipitor will lower my LDL(the bad cholesterol) and after about three years of taking it, any plaque in my arteries will begin to dissolve. The other advice was also welcome. She said that to increase the HDL(the good cholesterol)I should continue to exercise every day and drink a glass of red wine every day! Well, I think I can handle that. I find both of those activities enjoyable.
We have had several snowfalls already this fall, although none of them has stayed on the ground. But, knowing that it's just a matter of time until we do get snow that stays, I have hired a company to do my snow removal this winter. The old snow blower felt as heavy as a Mac truck and not much fun to operate. I have already donated it to a company and they hauled it away yesterday. Bye, bye to the old mule. Now, while I am in BC in December, I won't need to worry about snow building up in the driveway and signalling that the house is empty. When I go to live in BC, one thing I definitely won't miss is snow removal.
Yesterday I went to see "The Tempest" at the Manitoba Theatre Centre. Good old Willy wrote a good one there. This version of it got mixed reviews from the friends. I almost always enjoy seeing a stage play. After the play, we went to a new restaurant in St. Boniface. The food was great and Pat made The Toast, "Good food, good wine, good friends." Thanks, Pat. Good friends are priceless and I have some really good friends.
On the agenda for this week is: taking Papa's army jacket to a museum, having lunch with friends, making a start on the HAM newsletter and getting some sub jobs.
Love to all out there in blogland. Prairie Dog signing off. Take care.
I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape - the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn't show. ~Andrew Wyeth
Quiet Tempest, Red Wine and Snow
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The house has once more become very quiet since Gary and Carolyn left last Wed. Snoozie is snoring on the floor beside me. I can hear the clicking of the keys on the keyboard as I type. The computer tower is making a regular faint whooshing sound(normal, I hope). The only other sound is the clock ticking. It's kinda spooky.
The Prairie Dog Blog has had its 12 000th hit! Hooray! Let's have a drink to celebrate. Speaking of drinking, I went to see a specialist about my arteries last week and...What does this have to do with drinking? That will be revealed in good time. The vascular specialist said my arteries are just fine. I continue in good health and need to continue taking my medications. The Lipitor will lower my LDL(the bad cholesterol) and after about three years of taking it, any plaque in my arteries will begin to dissolve. The other advice was also welcome. She said that to increase the HDL(the good cholesterol)I should continue to exercise every day and drink a glass of red wine every day! Well, I think I can handle that. I find both of those activities enjoyable.
We have had several snowfalls already this fall, although none of them has stayed on the ground. But, knowing that it's just a matter of time until we do get snow that stays, I have hired a company to do my snow removal this winter. The old snow blower felt as heavy as a Mac truck and not much fun to operate. I have already donated it to a company and they hauled it away yesterday. Bye, bye to the old mule. Now, while I am in BC in December, I won't need to worry about snow building up in the driveway and signalling that the house is empty. When I go to live in BC, one thing I definitely won't miss is snow removal.
Yesterday I went to see "The Tempest" at the Manitoba Theatre Centre. Good old Willy wrote a good one there. This version of it got mixed reviews from the friends. I almost always enjoy seeing a stage play. After the play, we went to a new restaurant in St. Boniface. The food was great and Pat made The Toast, "Good food, good wine, good friends." Thanks, Pat. Good friends are priceless and I have some really good friends.
On the agenda for this week is: taking Papa's army jacket to a museum, having lunch with friends, making a start on the HAM newsletter and getting some sub jobs.
Love to all out there in blogland. Prairie Dog signing off. Take care.
I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape - the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn't show. ~Andrew Wyeth
Quiet Tempest, Red Wine and Snow
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