Cold Spell

OK it is cold in Calgary but that doesn't mean you can't have fun.

But till now this is what i noticed of the cold that normally doesn't happened that often.
First I took our car for a little drive and of course the tire pressure monitor said that the tires where to low in air. Then i noticed that the Radio would go on but no sound was to hear anywhere, but after a while when the car got warmer it started to make noise again.

Then even after a 30 minute drive the engine temperature was still low and that even after the car was plugged in all night and most of the day.

Then when I got gas for the car i noticed that the credit card machine outside didn't work so i asked the clerk when i went to pay and he said yep it works but the screen can't stand the cold.

And then of course there are a lot of cars out there that won't start and on the news they say that it takes more then 10 hours to get a mechanic to come, they are just to busy.

A well today is already a bit warmer and tomorrow will be almost summer again with -11.

Home Security

Everybody makes mistakes but did you ever do something as dumb as I did? OK maybe I should tell my story first :)

So Saturday night when we came home i opened the door and locked it on the inside. Then when we where planning to leave for some shopping on Sunday I could not find my keys any where.
After a search i had a bright idea and yes i found my keys still sitting on the outside in the lock.

A shame that no thief was smart enough to see it because it didn't only have our home keys but also the keys of our Jeep that was standing in the driveway.

Lululemon Warehouse Sale

This year we here in Calgary got lucky and got the Lululemon Warehouse sale. On Thursday when this all started the lines outside where 3 hours long so i guess lots of people where looking for a great deal.

On Saturday we went to now there where no lines and that is more my style. I have to say that i wasnt positively surprised. Price in my eyes where not that great and in most cases i would not have bought a product if the price difference is so small.

I ended up buying two tech shirts but mainly because the others thought i should and some great leg warmers but they where really on sale.

Next time when Lululemon has a warehouse sale again you would not see me there. If i really want something from Lululemon i would just go to the store.

Snow

Hmmm snow again. I have to say snow looks great and i don't complain easyly about it.

But why did the weather person forgot to tell us that we would get a fresh coat of snow?
I guess being a weather person still has a lot of guess work in it.

A well the snow is back and here to stay for at least a couple more days so i would say enjoy it.

3rd party Wii Games

You know from the day that it hit the market I really wanted MySims but i decided to wait a bit because I was way to busy with other stuff.

But now the time was there and then you notice how difficult it is to get it. It took me more then more then 6 stores to finally find a copy.

And then you wonder why companies complain that the software sell so bad. Maybe they should try to make sure that stores keep stock of more different games and not only the once that just hit the market or the once that nobody really wants.

And by the way MySims is a great game it is lots and lots of fun.

How often do you check your lights?

Saturday the roads around here where terrible because of the cold and the snow. Lots of cars ended up in the ditch or on top of each other.

It was like driving on a sheet of ice.

But still you notice things that don't really help. So was there a car of witch the back lights didn't work at all and in the dark on the highway that means asking for problems.
After I noticed that car i started to look at more cars and noticed that there are lots of them out there of witch at least one of the lights is not working. And that made me wonder how often do i check my lights????
And do you think that they check my lights with every maintenance of the car?

No Shoppers

It's funny but if I just think back of last month then i remember the over crowded malls where people where just hunting for gifts for the holidays.

But then Yesterday i was in the mall and it was dead there where almost no shoppers here in Market mall in Calgary. Funny maybe this year i should move christmas to January 2009 so that i don't have to get through the crowds.

Rescue

A wounded Deer is stuck on a piece of Ice in the river here.

Pretty sad to begin with but not they are not rescuing it either. They say it's to dangerous and the animal would die anyways.

They shoot it with rubber bullets to make it move. I wonder if they would treat me the same if i was stuck on that piece of ice. Because in my mind the Deer has the same rights as i have so i guess i would also die there.

Trash

Living in a home with a back alley i am always so surprised to see all the trash piling up. Even our back part of the alley seem to get a lot of trash that is definitely not ours.

Things like empty cigarette boxes or the box of a tube of toothpaste (we recycle that) are just lying there or even bigger things like a tray for 24 bottles of water. I wonder why someone decides to leave it behind in our part of the alley way?

Wouldn't it be easier just to clean it up yourself and that way making Calgary a bit cleaner?

Why do ducks have so much fun?

Yesterday when walking through the park down town there where lots and lots and lots of ducks enjoying a swim in a piece of water that was frozen. And even the Cyote that try to catch them didn't seem to bother them to much.

They where all so happy and laughing all the time.

If you listen closly it alsmost seem that they are falling over from all the lauging they do. Make you wonder what they are lauging about. Is it about the crazy people walking around?????

Different worlds

Yesterday I went for a visit to the Zoo and as always there are lots of animals to look at and that is nice.

But now it's winter and you notice more that there are more animals around that don't supposed to live there. There are for instance lots of squirrels jumping around and even showing up in different animal cages. Searching for some monkeys in a cage only showed us 4 or 5 squirrels jumping around.

We also ran in to a little wezel climbing around and lots and lots of mice all over the zoo most times eating the "normal" animals food.

Pouffe

You know those Pouffe sponges people use in the shower?

I wonder why they always seem to completely unravel in to a long string.
Isn't it possible for the manufacture of those sponges to just put a wire or something through the center to keep everything together?

Apple

Weird things come up in my head sometimes when I sleep so last night I wondered about and apple. We all know that fruits and vegetables get way to much herbicides and pesticides and all kind of other bad things.

I was always used to was my fruits before i ate them but now here in Canada all the apples have that nice shiny look i believe they are rubbed with oil or something. But that also makes it even more difficult to wash some of the bad things of the outside of the apple.

I guess the only real solution now is to peal it before you eat it.

Wasting Advertising Money

Last night I was watching TV again and yes I know that there are much better things to do then watching TV but that is a different subject.

So Yesterday was January 8 and that makes me wonder why companies still want to make advertisement for the "holidays" or even worse making advertising for a extra % discount you get this year (meaning 2007) because of GST going down in 2008. IT is 2008 so i already GET the discount everywhere no big deal.

I guess it makes some things clear at least now we found another reason why some companies (lets not say names) loose so much money.

So maybe a nice resolution for 2009 make sure you stop you 2008 advertisements on time.