b’s blog

I hope! I agreed to sell the van to someone but failed to take a deposit. Adam told me they might flake if you don’t take one but I didn’t realize why I needed one before then.  oops.  End of an era! Now I can’t be the shuttle driver of the whole regular group of people who show up when we go places.

Time to get the other car fixed up. I got AMA to boost it so I could drive it to the dealership and get them to do whatever it is that they do to make it go. The car was sitting for at least a year. Maybe more.

btw, I would recommend kijiji.ca if you want to post a free ad to sell anything. That’s where I got half my calls from. The other half were from the Bargain Finder. Free ads are good! yay.

Yesterday afternoon Adam and I went to see Winnie perform in African Stroies with her choir. I generally doin’t go to choir performances, having gone to a few when I was younger and finding them boring but this one was more interactive and entertaining.

Snapping, slapping on the knees and clapping from the choir creating an realistic sounding thunderstorm introduction to their performance. Anecdotes of the choir’s travels to Africa were sprinkled throughout. Many songs weren’t in english. Some had clicks (I can’t remember the name of the language, maybe Winnie or Dave can help me out here) in the lyrics which I’m sure were a little more tricky to sing.

I found some of the song translations quite funny. Some songs were only one sentence long (”In 1940, I rode my bike.”) but all of them sounded fabulous. They had a gumboot dance number that was really infectious and guest performers Afro Shine were very skilled, bringing in some reggae. The ending number left the audience in a happy light mood I think. It was a fun number and I almost wanted to get up and dance along with the choir as they filed out of the auditorium.

It was worth the $18.00 per person and I would recommend people to go next year.

The other day, as I was driving to work, there was a tv crew and a bunch of people dressed in white handing out breakfast kits to the cars at the red light. Tasty! It was 104.9 EZRock advertising the ... [Continue reading this entry]

This weekend I helped Adam refinish his hardwood flooring. He rented a large industrial sander while I used a palm sander to take off varnish near the edge of the walls where the large sander couldn't reach. It's very loud and dusty ... [Continue reading this entry]

I saw this in the background of a photo that was in the Edmonton Journal a few weeks ago and I love it. I am thinking I need to put it in a scrapbook page or something. No act of ... [Continue reading this entry]

It's Annual Fly By Night Theatre show is coming up. I mentioned this last year when Adam surprised me by taking me there. It's great entertainment with some amazing aerial feats! It's also the same people Charlene and I ... [Continue reading this entry]

I am putting up the soccer van for sale. It's getting a little older and we do have one vehicle just sitting unused in the garage. So, the idea is to sell the van and get the old car up ... [Continue reading this entry]

I made plans with about 7 old co-workers to get together for dinner this coming Wednesday. It'll be good because some of them I've not seen in ages. It's not like me to usually keep in touch with my former ... [Continue reading this entry]