Kevin's Ramblings…

Well, I still don’t seem to have gotten the “blogging” bug back.  I used to make a few entries a week, at least.  Now, I am lucky if I make a blog entry a month, or every couple of months.

Perhaps one of the reasons is that my laptop is down.  When I used to have it on and surfing, etc., it was very easy to just make a quick entry, even if I really hadn’t done all that much.  I don’t turn my computer on all that often – today is one of those rare days.

Nothing much new on this front.  I finally did my taxes and they are ready to go in. I am getting a little over $3000 back which will be nice.  Most of that is from my moving expenses.  I changed my banking information so I am not going to efile the return, I will do it the old fashioned way and will mail it in.  I don’t really want to jump through the hoops to have work efile it anyway.

Spring is trying to arrive in Calgary, I think.  We had about 5″ of snow last Sunday and could possibly get some more tomorrow – that will be April 21.  Sort of late for snow, in my opinion, BUT, it is Calgary.

I am also heading for brunch tomorrow, found a great sounding place online and decided to try it out last weekend.  Well, it was so good I am heading back.  It is called Smuggler’s Inn.  I’d suggest the brunch on the weekend for sure.  I’d like to try it for dinner sometime as well.

As for today, no plans.  I am going to take it easy.

So, my company is having a mid-season event this weekend and that is going to the Calgary Roughnecks (NLL) game at the Saddledome on Saturday.  I have not been to a lacrosse game in Calgary as yet, I have seen the team that used to play in Ottawa a few times, it is fast paced and a pretty violent sport.  From what I gather, I think the only thing that isn’t allow is head contact, everything else seems to be legal.  Anyway, it is nice that we have the opportunity to go and even better that the cost is being picked up.

I had a comment posted to me on FB about the lack of posts in 2013 on my blog.  I guess that I have not had a heck of a lot to say.  I know that I have started several posts and then have hit “Move to Trash” and scrapped them before publishing.  Anyway, for anyone who actually reads and enjoys what I sometimes write, well, I am sorry for the lack of posts.  I can’t make any promises because they will likely be broken.  BTW, I dedicate this entry to EP.

Really though, who cares what I say anyway?

Have a good weekend all 🙂

I haven’t as yet posted anything this year.

Just to let anyone who happens to read my blog or if they happen to care, I am not dead.  This is probably a good thing.

So, no posts – what’s been going on?  Well, not a heck of a lot really.  I tend to hibernate in the winter.  This was my first winter in Alberta and it wasn’t all that bad really.  We had a stretch of about a week where it was pretty cold, daytime highs of -22 or so but it didn’t actually feel that cold.  We have had snow on the ground for most of the winter, heck, we’ve had snow on the ground since a week before Halloween.  All in all though, it has been pretty good.

A big change from a winter in Southern Ontario is that we see the sun, almost daily.  That is nice.  It is sunny almost all the time.

I got myself another vehicle.  It is a 2007 Dodge Caliber.  Nice vehicle, I am enjoying having a car again.  I am not driving into work though, parking downtown is too expensive.  I drive to one of the park n’ ride lots and take the train from there.

Anyway, you are now up to date.  It really has been a quiet winter.  I am sure things will pick up in the Spring which is just over a week away.

Until next time.  🙂

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 3,200 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 5 years to get that many views.

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Whichever you’d prefer I guess.

This is my first Christmas in Calgary.  It looks a lot like Christmas outside, it is cold (-23C when I write this at 9:30am) and there is snow on the ground and in the trees.  A little cold for my tastes, but I can handle it.  I have already been out with the dogs for a cold walk.

I will miss not going to J&D’s place for the usual festivities.  I am not sure who will take care of doing the potatoes, that has been my job for years.  I guess no potatoes for them this year.

I plan on having a relaxing day – look, I even had a chance to make a blog entry.  🙂

Perhaps my New Years resolution will be to make entries more often – we will see.  We all know how successful resolutions are.

At any rate, have a good Christmas and a Happy New Year.  Take care.

Well, what can I say?  I have not posted a lot lately, this is true.

My home laptop died on me.  I am not 100% sure what is wrong with it.  The battery hasn’t held a charge for sometime so it always had to be plugged in – not a big issue.  All of the sudden, it won’t even power on.  This is odd seeing as it should work just plugged in without the battery inserted.  So, this is one of the reasons that I haven’t posted.

I do have another computer that I can use.  I turn it on occasionally.  Most of what I need to do online I have either used my Android or my iPad.  I could post entries from either of those devices, but it isn’t quite as convenient.  Typing on an iPad is a PITA to say the least (that is Pain In The Ass in case you didn’t recognize that).  Typing anything too long on the Android isn’t that easy either.

Also, I really haven’t been doing anything fun and exciting.  I tend to hibernate in the winter and even though it is still Fall, it feels like Winter.

So, to my faithful readers, you have nothing to put you to sleep at night.  For that, I apologize and I will try to post more regularly, even if I have nothing to say.

Well, it would appear that winter settles into Alberta a little earlier than what I am used to.  A week ago, we received an early winter storm – lots of fun.

I guess we got 6″, maybe more.  Rather cold temperatures, for this time of year anyway.  It has been between -9 and -4 for the last week.  It hasn’t been windy, so that’s good.

There weren’t too many plows that I saw in Calgary.  The side streets didn’t get cleared at all but they are clear now, it warmed to 6C yesterday, that was a nice change – we saw the sun as well.

It could be a very cold Halloween on Wednesday.  Well, cold by Southern Ontario standards anyway.

I went to my first Hit Men hockey game on Friday night.  It was an interesting game – it ended 10-1 for the visitors, I don’t think I have ever seen such a high scoring game before.  It was all right though – I have never been in the Saddledome before so that was cool.  Hopefully the next time I am there for hockey, it will be a bit closer of a game.

I am hoping that the storm that is hitting the East coast isn’t as bad a predicted – be safe.