Finally!

    After a frustrating two days I finally have TV reception back. In the grand scheme of things this was not a major inconvenience, but it involved an hour or two on the phone and a visit to my local Rogers store.

  The saga began last night when I tried to boot up the TV around 8:00 p.m. After several tries and using Rogers automated phone service, I gave up and used my DVD player to watch a movie. 

   Fast forward to today. Still no luck but this time I got a live technician on the phone. He spent half an hour trying to reboot my "box" remotely to no avail. He set me up for a visit from a repair technician for Saturday, not a satisfactory solution in my opinion! He also suggested I could get my "box" replaced which was much more to my liking. So, off I went to my local mall, luckily fairly close, and was back in half an hour with a new box.

   Once it was hooked up to the TV, I attempted a reboot - still no success. So back on the phone to Rogers (I thought I would have to wait until Saturday after all). Thankfully this one succeeded just in time for my favourite Wednesday shows, "Rosemary and Thyme" followed by "Miss Marple", so feet up on the couch to enjoy something that I normally take for granted - TV reception!

Knitting Up a Storm

   Frosty morning but I was out early to pick up Tim Horton's coffee for the Knitters and Crafters. I had some cookies in the freezer (left over from Christmas) so took them along for our treat. We seem to have created a glut of Twiddlemuffs and will have to try to move some soon. Everyone in the group is such a prolific knitter and crocheter.

Inez putting the finishing touches to her latest twiddlemuff.

Some were taken to be distributed to local retirement homes but there are still lots left.

Donna and Inez - busy bees. We have free space in our local community centre as we are all seniors.

Strange Tastes

    Now the downing of Flight 752 has been labelled as "unintentional". Not much comfort to the families of the people on board.

    It has rained continuously and heavily all day here but at least it's not snow that I would have to shovel. The forecast for overnight is pretty dismal, freezing rain, so I have tucked the car away in the garage and am hoping for the best. I have to go out tomorrow afternoon and don't fancy driving on icy roads.

   I have opened one of the wines I photographed for Thursday's blog post, the sauvignon blanc from New Zealand. it has a slightly fishy taste so I must go online and read some reviews of it. Maybe my tastebuds are wonky! I guess coming from the Oyster Bay winery might explain the strange flavour.

Staying Grounded

   Very sad today about the horrific air crash in Iran. Lots of Canadians on board so many grieving families here. I only hope it turns out to have been an accident (or an accidental missile as the P.M. is proposing). I am worried things will escalate in the Middle East.

   I think the time has come for me to forego any more overseas flights. I have been thinking about this for some time (my last overseas trip was to Greece in October, 2018). There are plenty of places to visit in North America and I have always enjoyed rail travel. Time to get out the brochures and see what's available.