Category Archives: Personal

It just doesn’t fit into another category or is a very random posting – they will fit into here.

The mini tour of Alberta…

As I’ve written, my friends from Idaho are visiting, they arrived mid-afternoon last Thursday. We hit up the Calgary Stampeders game Thursday evening, was a very high scoring game, but despite the score, I still find CFL football boring. Oh … Continue reading

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Off to Waterton…

My friends from Idaho arrived yesterday just before 3pm. We had an early dinner at Montana’s restaurant, all-u-can eat ribs was the order of the day. If you have a Montana’s near you, their ribs are excellent and it’s Rib … Continue reading

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My new Pit Boss…

My smoker, a brand new Pit Boss from Airdrie Lawn and Leisure was delivered Saturday evening. I fired it up to season it on Sunday night. It was ready to go. Yesterday, I finally used it for the first time. … Continue reading

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I bought myself an e-bike…

I have been thinking about buying an ebike for ages now, well, I finally did yesterday. There is a mall just North of Calgary called New Horizons and they have a few ebike stores. I got this for a good … Continue reading

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Retirement…

Well, I’ve been off work, “retired” for a month now. I’m enjoying myself. I’m keeping busy for the most part, the days zip by. I’m not sleeping well at night, but I nap once or twice and occasionally three times … Continue reading

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Two cars? No, I don’t think so…

I have been driving a 2019 Mitsubishi Outlander since just before Christmas last year. I’m very impressed with it, it’s a great vehicle. My payments are reasonable, $430 a month. As I’ve written, I’m getting a 2026 Ford Bronco on … Continue reading

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Visitors from Idaho…

As I’ve written, I have visitors from Idaho coming this week, they arrive sometime on Thursday afternoon. Well do a mini driving tour of Calgary after they get settled in their guest suite here at the apartment complex. Each building … Continue reading

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What’s been going on?

Not a lot, really. I’ve been buying some much needed stuff for the apartment. A coat rack for the entry way, I think it’s being delivered today. It’s from Amazon. I bought a bread maker, it’s being delivered today. I … Continue reading

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My smoker has been delivered…

As I have written, my natural gas BBQ was delivered over a month ago and now that the natural gas issue in the building has been resolved, I can BBQ to my hearts content. It’s a great BBQ, heats up … Continue reading

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It’s raining, again…

June has been a very rainy month, that’s for sure. Typical, Calgary’s rainy season starts about now and that’s for 3-4 weeks, it always rains during Stampede, then it’s dry as a bone and doesn’t rain again until the rain … Continue reading

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