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24/07/2009 Ships, Berries, Eyes, and ThankfulnessThe tall ships came to Halifax this July, and I think they'll be back next year. Though we never went down to the waterfront, we went up to Chebucto Head to watch some of the ships sail out. It was one of the few warm sunny days (blah, this has been such a terrible summer for sunshine and berries) but it was so foggy out to sea and it ruined my pics!
The berries this year were just awful! I tellya, we went to Webster's Farms, and it was horrible picking. Since we've been getting so much rain, the prices have gone up significently.
Yesterday was such a tiring day. My daughter simply did NOT want to co-operate with the eye doctor (she has glaucoma, and needs to get her eye pressure checked every once in a while) and since it was of importance, she had to stay on in the hospital for at least six hours, much to Hubby's chagrin. They had to wait for an opening in the OR, then put her under light anesthesia for only ten minutes or so. Hubby came home roaring like a lion. In the meantime I had to meet a French lady from Cape Breton, for about 3 hours, and though she has a wonderful heart she sure loves to yap yap yap yap yap yap yap yap yap yap yap yap yap yap, and on top of that it was such a muggy day, then I went to the dentist's office to have my top denture re-adjusted, then off to try and (unsuccessfully) find a new raincoat for my son. So by the eveningtime, I was exhausted myself, and had one wicked headache.
All in all, I must say I am very blessed. I have such wonderful friends I've met on IRC, a close one from Alberta, and other very close friend in New York City, both are very precious and dear to my heart. I have enough food for my family, and I live in CANADA!  I have a computer, my health, my eyesight, and yet I sit and complain over such trivial matters. Sometimes it makes me feel so guilty. As a child, my foster mother always stressed the importance of being thankful for what we do have. And hey, we got GOOD NEWS!!! In the past, the gov't of Nova Scotia has been making us get our vehicles inspected every year, and even recently toughened up the inspection rules. I guess so many people were complaining about it, so they kept the strict laws but only require for us to get our vehicles inspected every two years, so I imagine that's a huge relief on many drivers. I know Hubby was very happy to hear about it. |
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