Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Okay,okay
I haven't done a' Hickey Weight Loss Challenge' blog yet, so I thought I'd jump on the band wagon. I don't know who has been voting that I'll win, but let me tell you that it's not likely. I'm 49-everything slows down,including weight loss. And being a woman makes it harder still. In 6 days Ray lost 3 pounds. All excited, because I had been following my plan, I went to weigh myself. Guess how much I lost after a week?! Nothing! I'm just a little bit frustrated. I do feel better,though. All those vegetables.

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Blizzard Bluster

Yesterday we had the most enormous blizzard. Not that much snow really,but 80km or so winds. You really couldn't see beyond a car length away at times. I stupidly drove to work after lunch and half-way there I realised I had made a big mistake. I should have stayed home. On 8th street I needed to turn left onto Preston,but I couldn't tell if there were any oncoming cars. I decided to wait for the yellow light and turn then. When I arrived at the school I urged the principal to try to get the kids home. They got the last person away by 2:45. I then drove the secretary home. It took me 45 minutes to get from Osler and Wiggins to my house,usually a 10 minute drive.Scary. Today is a snow day,no school,as the city digs out and returns all the abandoned vehicles from Circle Drive. People were getting lost in the Costco and Attridge Co-op parking lots trying to find their vehicles, then couldn't find their way back to the store. At both stores they had a number of people staying overnight. They set up places to sleep and turned on T.V.s and fed them. Okay,getting snowed-in in a grocery store is probably one of the better places to get stuck.