Wednesday May 29, 2013

Wednesday May 29, 2013  update #467

This morning I got another Eleggant Hooks order ready for mailing and cleaned up our “production” area downstairs.   Now it will be easy to find everything we need to process orders.

Yvette asked me to doctor up one of the photos from the wedding with our attending family and spouses.  I did a few touch-ups, removing glare, etc and changing the sky from grey to blue. 

Then I had to try to make a nice birthday card for Mom using only my laser printer.   The result was actually pretty good using a photo of Mom taken only a few days ago.    If anyone wants my color HP printer just say the word, because it will be junked on the weekend.   I never did like that darn printer that was always trying to out-think me and wasted so much of my paper, ink, etc.!

The time went so quickly and we wanted to leave about 2pm so I could stop at the Post Office then go to Costco for gas.  Lou has a Costco card but they wouldn’t take my American cash so Lou took my $80 and put it on his American Express card.   He gains 4c on the transaction and I don’t lose about 6c on the usual exchange.  Lou and Yvette are headed home via the US in the morning anyway.   My gas gauge was on the red line and my tank is about 70 litres and the gas was$1.249 so I figured it would take $80 easily.   Well I squeezed in $79.97 and decided that was close enough.

We then headed in to spend some time with Mom before jumping in the Buick for the short trip to the Boston Pizza at Avenida.  Fern, Eileen and Leslie were already there and Leonie and Brian pulled in right behind us.  Karen joined us a few moments later so we were 10 around the table.   Mom had suggested Boston Pizza so she could have her favourite “Meateor” pizza.   A good time was had by all.

Happy 97^th Birthday Mom.   We are proud of you!

That was the day's excitement.  Cheers, Al  

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