Monday, July 08, 2024

I made this video with all the photographs that I took yesterday at Bellingham's Pride parade, with an audio file of my own design.

Sunday, July 07, 2024 

I attended my very 1st Pride parade today, while visiting my husband in Bellingham. I had some technical issues with my I-pad mini, the video recorder kept crashing. So I used a video editing program to join the 5 videos into a single video.

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Let's talk about politics. 

I've been planning this post for a couple of months now, and I am finally ready with part 1. I'm starting with US  politics, I'll be making a post on BC & Canadian politics in a few weeks. You may wonder why I am concerned about & interested in American politics, me being Canadian. Well, the US is our closest neighbour & one of our biggest trading partners. Also, my paternal grandfather was born in Minnesota, immigrating to Canada when he was a young man. So I do have family in the US & my husband is American. 

And can anyone tell me why these brilliant guys didn't do a song for Trump? If they did, I haven't been able to find it yet. 

UPDATE: Due to some recent health issues, I did not do a political post before the BC election. But we got lucky & the NDP won, although as one journalist called it, it was spandex-tight.

Here's a few news articles, on the upcoming US election:

Bill Maher spoke directly to undecided voters, or as he calls them, “the Christmas Eve shoppers of politics,” on the latest episode of Real Time.

 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bill-maher-message-undecided-voters-2024-election-1236052169/#recipient_hashed=b9bf0fcf3338ef00b44f48cd7d72dbc91ba48dc66c7efa2a335a20b499defcea&recipient_salt=596f52ee968de155d7d04ff58dbd08cb17e66c6a40420b15623286bd129195fb&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_content=563321_11-01-2024&utm_term=12079944

Jimmy KImmel: “Most elections are about policy. This one is not. This is about sanity and security and democracy.”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/jimmy-kimmel-makes-plea-republicans-election-trump-1236048674/#recipient_hashed=b9bf0fcf3338ef00b44f48cd7d72dbc91ba48dc66c7efa2a335a20b499defcea&recipient_salt=596f52ee968de155d7d04ff58dbd08cb17e66c6a40420b15623286bd129195fb&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_content=562352_10-29-2024&utm_term=12079944

Cher speaks out in support of Kamala Harris.  https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/10/cher-posts-rousing-endorsement-for-kamala-harris-she-is-fighting-for-all-of-us/

Jennifer Lopez speaks about Trump's racist comments about Puerto Rico  https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/01/politics/jennifer-lopez-kamala-harris-latino-voters/index.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc

Friday, May 31st, 2024

Wow, it's been a busy news day.

Serial killer Robert Picton has died, after being attacked in a Quebec prison: https://globalnews.ca/news/10537744/serial-killer-robert-pickton-dead/

Chad Daybell has been found guilty of killing his 1st wife & his 2 step children: https://globalnews.ca/news/10535105/chad-daybell-guilty-murder-lori-vallow-daybell/

2 Ontario cases solved by modern genetic DNA testing: https://globalnews.ca/news/10333474/sentencing-sutherland-toronto-women-killed-1983/

https://globalnews.ca/news/10502821/murder-ontario-woman-solved-25-years-dna-advancements-police/

And a surprise plea change in the murder case of Naomi Onotera:  https://globalnews.ca/news/10537322/bc-man-pleads-guilty-death-dismemberment-wife-naomi-onotera-langley-bc/

And the BC Government is expanding the program to help low income people get free air conditioners: https://www.langleyadvancetimes.com/news/bc-expands-program-to-provide-air-conditioners-with-additional-20m-7368543  https://www.langleyadvancetimes.com/news/bc-expands-program-to-provide-air-conditioners-with-additional-20m-7368543

Thursday, May 02, 2024

I've been working on some new ideas to expand my online presence. But I realize now that I could use some public input. So I am asking my YouTube subscribers, my blog subscribers & my Facebook friends (along with several other social media sites) to help me out with suggestions.

Friday, February 23,2024

 It's been a crazy busy week. Had a doctor's appointment to get some preliminary memory testing done. He's referring me to the senior's clinic, they have lots of specialists. I have to imagine the wait list is going to be ridiculous, after all this is British Columbia.

My husband is here for a week's visit. We finally scattered my mother's & my step-Dad's ashes (she passed on February 14, 2022, he passed I don't remember exactly, maybe 10 years ago) yesterday. We had a nice lunch with my sister, her boyfriend, 1 of my nephews & my brother.

I made some PepperJack Velveeta earlier in the week & some Pillsbury apple turnovers. I think they've changed something in the recipe, they do not taste as yummy as I remember. And I finally made the Ding Dong cake that I have been wanting to make since my birthday in December. It turned out wonderfully! I have to admit that I was a little surprised when I opened the package of what I thought was a Bundt pan, but actually turned out to be an angel food pan. Still worked out well.

They're having an amazing sale at Big Box outlet (formerly MTF), jeans are only $8.95 a pair! I got 4 pairs today, with both taxes only $40! I even got a pair of lined ones that will be great next winter. I had no idea they still made these, I haven't seen a pair in over 4 decades. My ex-stepfather called them hunter's pants.

I'm going to be getting my new knee supports next week, I am so excited. It means replacing some of my wardrobe, they're a bit bigger, thicker & bulkier than my old ones.

Oh yeah, a computer/vlogging update. I got a really cool new keyboard.

It's kind of ironic that I started out refusing to use our 1st computer. Our deal (my ex & I) was that I would write things on paper & he was to do all the "techie" stuff. But he got me hooked on screensavers & the rest, as they say, is history. I practically live on the damn thing now.

And I have to say, this keyboard lifts my mood, makes using the computer quite delightful. When I first saw it I was skeptical, how good could a $5 keyboard be? But then I did my due diligence, checked out reviews & decided to get it. I went back to my local Dollarama here in Mission & they were all out! 

I checked several here & then broadened my search to Abbotsford. After 3 tries I finally found one. I also got another one today for Robert's computer. All in all, an interesting week.

 February 15, 2023

I hope everyone had a happy Valentine's day. I made steak for dinner & we watched a romantic movie together. 

After breakfast Robert was looking out the bedroom window & saw that it was snowing. I am still working the learning curve of this new camera. I deliberately made the decision to leave my old Sony at home, to push me into reading the instruction book (which is missing a lot of useful information) & learning to use the new camera that my wonderful husband bought me for my birthday in December.

This video was taken outside of Robert's new apartment in Bellingham. I edited 2 videos & several photographs together, using Movie Maker, which is a free download from Microsoft's store.