Consumer warning!

 OK, a consumer warning. I use Word and Excel. Microsoft365 Personal is what I have had all this time.  I've had an annual licence for years. I paid $79/year since 2020. They sent me a message saying that since they've had extra costs, in terms of developing AI, extra storage costs, and 'new innovations,' they are raising the price to $115/year. I don't need 1 TB of secure cloud storage! 

I've used Apple products at home since the 1990s. It took them years to develop Word for Macs. I always used Clarisworks, which was more user friendly. Here are the two of us on the laptop. 

Jo and I in 2009!

I went online to see if there was a less expensive plan, and couldn't find one. The webpage provides a live chat option, which I took. Someone named Queen, said there is a Microsoft365 Classic plan for the price I've been paying. She said I'd lose all this new stuff, and I had to explain that I am retired! 

Who knew? It's not up to them to let me know unless I ask. 

Lesson learned. 

Playing on his iPad,
while waiting to do a Zoom visit with his Ottawa specialist.

In March, 2002, during student-led
parent conferences in my portable.

There is no new normal in our relationship with the US. I am comforted by the fact that last time he was elected, a lot of his Executive orders were taken to court and rescinded. 

We are in a weird situation. Parliament is prorogued (sort of suspended) and they will come back March 24th, presumably for the opposition parties to call for an election.

Then, there is Musk. He is interfering in our upcoming election. Mark Carney is one of the people running for leadership of the Liberal Party. 

Out back this morning, there were 3 deer sleeping under the white pine tree. There is one sitting behind the one that just stood up. The one on the right had its head down, tucked in.

It was a bit of a shock looking at the temperature. It was -20℃ this morning. 

We'll see what we get up to today. I refilled bird feeders yesterday, but it was really cold. Joe fetched groceries for us, and gave the car a run. You can't let it sit in the garage. The cold is really bad for batteries!