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  1. Where are you going this winter? For winter, maybe I will take a day trip down to San Francisco, as well as a Canucks game in Vancouver. I've always wanted to go to Croatia, but not in the winter. Montreal is really exciting in spring when the Habs make the playoffs.
  2. Mmmm. Baked blueberry bread. It tastes good! Just the right amount and the blueberries are organic. I didn't really follow the recipe, doing with what I had for ingredients, but it turned out well. I'm having a slice now. It's about 270 calories per serving and the pan is 12 servings.
  3. I'm excited for this season! Maybe I will go to some games in Vancouver this season. I'm definitely looking forward to hockey!
  4. It's about time. Even though I am vaccinated and with a booster, the ArriveCan app, random Covid testing, and inadequate bus times to and from Vancouver were the reasons why I did not travel to Vancouver and back to Seattle. And knowing me, I would probably forget about entering my information into the app within the time frame and/or over think it, such as - is it three days, like Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or is that 72 hours? Also I heard that the train service to Vancouver and back to Seattle is going to resume. Now only if the bus and/or train service had later Vancouver depart times such as 8pm-9pm, that would be great as well as earlier arrival times to Vancouver.
  5. George watching TV. Birds are her favorite!
  6. @-DLC-! The finale is on!

    1. -DLC-

      -DLC-

      Wow, it was quite something wasn't it?? 

      I don't know if I really like  Rachel anymore. I feel like she's playing to the camera a bit (like Zack said). I'm super happy for Gabby though...Erich seems sincere, even with the "ex" stuff. I really like Gabby, she's super funny.

    2. -DLC-

      -DLC-

      Even though Tino messed up, I felt kind of bad for him. 

  7. I confess ~ I don't like turbulence when flying and my facial expressions says it all no matter how hard I try to hide it. I am not a morning drinker, but I totally understand why people drink in the morning before their flight. Yesterday when flying at night, there was turbulence and I had two drinks during that 38 minute flight. I don't like take offs either. I have both hands on the sides of the seat with my arms and hands in place and sit back. I try to come off as calm, but I'm not, especially when the plane is speeding down the runaway and lifts off and climbs and climbs and turns. But when the plane is descending, I am all good and looking at the window. One particular time when I was flying up to Vancouver, before we were boarding, we were told it was going to be a bumpy flight. When we got on, one of the flight attendants was telling each passenger where to sit to balance it out. After I was seated, I kept watching the rain come down and it was really windy. The whole flight was really bumpy and I was panicky. I was not crying or anything like that, but my face said it all. One of the flight attendants sat with me twice and it was a 35 minute flight... She told me that her son was just like me and he takes medication before flying and that the pilots flying the plane had over 25 years of experience, When we were landing, I kept looking out the window at the wing and the plane kept going side to side. That was not fun. But another time I was flying to London and was drinking. It got really bumpy over Quebec and the the flight attendants were coming around with flashlights to make sure everyone had their seatbelt on. I was drinking and it did not bother me.
  8. I don't have children, but when my niece was younger, about age 4, she wrote me a letter that she loved the Canucks, she loved me, she loved hockey. It was so cute! She's a teenager now, so I don't think she will be writing letters about loving the Canucks, etc. At that age, I asked her if she liked the Bruins, and she thought the Bruins were yucky. We even shot pucks against the door in my apartment she loved it! I even mailed her the two hockey sticks and the puck, and boy did her parents "love" that...! When I was around that age, age 5. The first hockey team I knew of was the Maple Leafs.
  9. Oh geez, so there's a neighbor who lives in the building and her sister knocks on my door. The other day, she knocked on my front door and said she was locked out of the building and told me which floor she lived on. I let her in through the front entrance and we talked and she talked about getting a dog. Then today she knocks on my door again. I go out to the front entrance and let her in. She tells me she's living with her sister and which floor and that she went to the beach today and I told her that I've been relaxing today and what I did over the weekend. She asks me if I am going to be home tomorrow, and I mistakenly tell her that I work from home and she says she may knock on my door. I tell her that she really needs to talk to management about getting a key and that she needs to be on the lease if she is living with her sister. The thing is, I'm not really supposed to be letting her in. I thought she was a tenant when I met her the other day, that she was locked out or forgot her key. She told me which unit and floor she lived on. I mean, I could go up to the floor and the unit and knock and say hi just to make sure she lives there with her sister, but then again, that my prompt her to knock at my door more. I don't know. The thing about me, I always help people, it's the first thing I think when someone needs something. I don't know how to stop and say no. Also the thing about is, is that if someone is rude or says something rude about me or to me, being condensing, etc., I am not rude back and I don't comment unless they push me over the edge, and that takes a lot. I am not a doormat, but I have this automatic thing to take care of things, be nice, and make sure people are taken care of. Other than saying hi, I need to find a reason to go up to the apartment. I could go up there, and say - Hi, I'm " ", I just wanted to say hi and meet you. I met your sister. I didn't catch her name. I live in ... I know this sort of sounds ridiculous that I cannot say no. But there she is at my door and I've let the guy above me in and the neighbor who lives on the same floor as me, as they were locked out due to taking out their dog or the trash.
  10. I’m on the train now and a little bit intoxicated. I had two glasses of champagne. It was a 38 minute flight. I would have had another glass, but the flight attendant disappeared. And I did not want to press the button to ring. I also noticed that people ask me for directions too. It can be hard giving directions after a few glasses of champagne, especially when they hand me their boarding pass and want to know where baggage claim is. Thank goodness I saw the sign before they asked me. I told them and preceded to walk, and then at the exit I wanted to make sure they knew where to exit, and I lost them. Maybe I lost them but they were behind me, who knows. Hopefully they found baggage claim. People ask me for directions. I’ve been asked for directions in Paris, Montreal, Quebec City, Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle.
  11. I get excited over my monthly budget. I don’t have a spreadsheet, but I have a notebook that I forecast my expenses for the month. Every month at the 1st, I write down all my expenses that I plan to spend on. At the end of the month, I add all my expenses together to see what I spent and I compare it to last month.
  12. Waiting at the airport. The flight takes off at 8:50pm. The original plan was to get to the airport, have a drink, eat and have another drink, but everything shuts down at 6pm for airport restaurants here. I have to say that I am a pro at downing the champagne 187ml in less than 5 minutes with a few sips of water. I’m very tempted to see if I can get on the 6:50pm flight, but I don’t want to pay more to sit in coach. I’ve become spoiled today with sitting in first class, and I saw there was a waiting list for the 6:50pm flight. So I will sit here.
  13. Sitting in the First Class lounge. It’s so nice and quiet in here. These days I would normally not fly first class, but I had a credit with the airline for fare I did not use last year, and it was not that much more than coach. I discovered earlier today that it is worth it. I got to the airport and was like, “What are all these people doing here?!” Then I got to go ahead of everyone in the TSA line because my ticket is first class. I took the train to the airport and got a kick out of my train ride. One person decided he wanted to share his music with me. He rushes up and sits down beside me and puts one of his earbuds in my ear. I’m like, “Yeah!” and start singing the song with him. Because why not annoy others around us before 8am on the train. Then he moves to another seat and then comes back and does the same thing, and I start singing the song. Oh gosh, I can be a little wacky in the morning. I’ve noticed that regardless who it is or what vibe they give off, people really like talking to me. I must give off the easy going vibe. Oh yeah ~
  14. I love waiving the flag when I cross the street! Everyone must stop for ME! Including that one car that almost didn’t stop. I made sure they saw me waiving the flag all happily.
  15. It’s raining… Summer is over :(

     

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    2. NewbieCanuckFan

      NewbieCanuckFan

      I saw Alf singing this song when he saw it raining!

       

       

    3. brilac

      brilac

      @NewbieCanuckFanYou must have a connection outside of CDC with Alf of some sort.  Are you neighbors, friends, former co-workers, a friend of a friend?

    4. NewbieCanuckFan

      NewbieCanuckFan

      Nah, we've actually never met (to the best of my knowledge :ph34r:).:P

  16. It’s pizza and beer time! Pizza is on the way. Spending the day on Vashon Island. It’s a short ferry ride from West Seattle. Boy is the rain coming down! Nice to have a beer and look out the window. This is an American Amber.
  17. That's so nice! I clean with baking soda and vinegar too, as well as those disinfectant wipes - sinks, counters, etc.
  18. @-DLC-!  Our show is on tonight!  You watching?!  I've been waiting all week for this! 

    1. -DLC-

      -DLC-

      Absolutely! I thought it was on last night and I was SO disappointed! Yep, I'm already waiting! Cheers, Bri!

    2. brilac

      brilac

      Stay tuned! It will be on again for part 2 of the season finale! 

  19. Thanks! I strive for clean, but sometimes I cannot get there, you know - a nice, clean apartment. And, yeah - I don't make my bed, but I I strive for clean. I sleep in it each night, so there's no point.
  20. Having an evening snack ~ Rice, black beans, and something from the onion family chopped up with salsa mixed in.
  21. Dusted off the CD player and am partaking in some 3 Colours Red. The home Internet service is not working. I know it’s an outage, but it’s not mentioned through the IVR system when I called the cable company, and I don’t feel like talking to a representative. I will give it an hour. In the meantime, it’s the 3 Colours Red.
  22. I confess, living in Seattle is not for me. Maybe 15-20 years ago it was, but today it is not. I’m on my way to a dentist appointment, and had to get off the bus in downtown Seattle and then get on another bus. During my time at the bus stop, a lot of substance use and two people passing out, one person sitting in the middle of the sidewalk. A police officer came by and was more concerned with the person sitting in the middle of the sidewalk than the two people passing out. I’m taking a day trip on Saturday to check out a town I am interested in living there. My lease expires in spring, but it’s good to prepare in advance. I live in a neighborhood where this does not happen of what I saw in downtown Seattle today. Maybe I’m so used to staying in my neighborhood that when I venture out, it’s not good.
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