I submitted an article about Lucy to the Toronto Star several months ago.  Valerie Hauch loved the article and today it is appearing in the paper.

Below is the link:

http://www.thestar.com/article/676754

Happy Birthday shadokat  Hope you have a fantastic day

Happy Birthday bluesgirly .  Hope you had a fantastic day

     Picture of the snow pile at the back of the condo parking lot.

It's seemed like a very long winter this year....alot of snow and very little sunshine.   I've talked to several friends who have also mentioned the lack of sunshine.  We're all tired and a little down.  Wondering if we're suffering from the winter blues and lack of sunshine. 

to purdypiedad on January 14, 2009





Hope you had a wonderful Birthday

jenandbronze 

Hope you have an fantastic day

 I've added a new friend yesterday.

rchapman

 

rchapman</lj>I 've linked her live journal post for today to my journal so my readers could comment on her post.  Rachael needs input/feedback to her situation.  If you could refer your readers to her journal and ask them for feedback I'm sure she would appreciate their comments.  I would also appreciate any suggestions you could give Rachael.

I originally posted about the haunted house in my November 2, 2008 journal.  Below is a copy of the original link

http://www.thestar.com/article/522743

Rachael responded to my original journal yesterday.




 

 

Hope everyone has a wonderful 2009

I've talked about taking Lucy for walks in the condo halls on a daily basis...thought I would post a pic of her in her walking attire....we just finished our evening walk

Mom and I  attended a graveside service this morning for a cousin..  Amy was in her nineties and had suffered a stroke about two weeks ago.  There were 9 of us at the service (including the minister and the piper).  Lovely service.  Thank goodness the sun came out and the rain stopped.  There was a private luncheon at one of the local restaurants after the service which gave us a chance to visit with family members we hadn't seen for a number of years.   We all live in the area but it seems the only time we see each other is at funerals....we try in stay in touch via e-mail and phone. I realized I had left my umbrella at the restaurant after I got back to my mother's house (the umbrella has cats on it).  I phoned the restaurant to see if they could put the umbrella away for me, of course they couldn't find it.  I decided to go back to the restaurant  to see if I could find it, I couldn't find it ....but fortunately a waitress was able to locate it...I had kicked it under the table.

I was gone most of the day so Lucy enjoyed her evening walk.  One of my neighbors was carrying out their birds (in a cage) and Lucy I'm sure thought dessert was leaving on the elevator.  My neighbors are going to Alaska for several weeks.

It started raining when I was out for my evening walk but fortunately did not start pouring rain until just after I got back.

I've thought about posting every day for the last week or so but it just never happened.  I have tried to read everyone's journal.

It's been very humid the last week and the rugs and ceramic floors in the condo are actually wet.  The hall carpets were steam cleaned on a very hot day, so I'm this has increased the humidity in the halls.  Tomorrow Hydro One will be installing Smart Meters so the electricity will be off in each unit for 2-3 minutes in the afternoon (anytime after 1:00 pm), but we don't know the exact time.....I'm working at home tomorrow on several year ends on my computer so I will have to save my work frequently and hope the hydro being shut off while my air conditioner does not damage it.  Temperature in the unit goes up to the high 90's, due to the morning sun so I have to run my air conditioner.

Lucy

Lucy is getting her nails trimmed at the vet tomorrow am - she is also getting weighed.  I've tried to trim her nails at home and it's next to impossible.  I got Lucy at the local pound 3 days after Bob died from cancer.  I was donating Bob's supplies to the shelter and was immediately drawn to Lucy.  I think Bob wanted me to adopt Lucy alot sooner than I was planning on getting another cat.  Lucy was approximately 2 pounds overweight (nicknamed the fat calico at the pound).  The vet and I tried to diet her but she ended up gaining approximately 6 pounds.  In January of this year, the vet consulted with a nutritionist and we finally found a diet food which seems to work.  Lucy has lost approximately 2 pounds.  I'm trying to walk her on a daily basis in the condo halls on a leash .

I've spent the last several days working on the puzzle...I'm very slowly making progress, but getting extremely frustrated....I've sorted the pieces according to colour, trying to work with the various pieces according to shape, but figure this is taking way too long....there's got to be an easier way.

I haven't felt like walking because of the humid weather - normally I will walk even if it is humid, but the last couple of days I haven't.  I have a back injury and walking makes it feel better so naturally - no walking and my lower back is sore so now I'm in pain.  After I hit the post button, I'm going to put on my walking shoes, bring a bottle of water with me and go for a walk.

I'm currently in the process of cleaning out some cupboards in the basement...turns out all of the stuff in mine....alot of textbooks/assignments when I was an accounting student and also alot of photographs I took from my various trips  (Europe, Western Canada, Eastern Canada, England).  I'm looking forward to looking at the old photographs and not looking forward to the pile of shredding I'm facing

Well time to go for a walk and then to face the pile of shredding

I read an article about on the High Park Dog Owners being reunited.  These dogs meant the world to their owners....The off leash area of High Park reopened today...

http://www.thestar.com/article/449547

http://www.thestar.com/article/449646

How could something like this happen