CP Time

First funny stories!

The tiger I bought at the auction, someone has named Tiberius. Somebody in my house is talking to him... just sayin'!

(Tiberius was the second Roman emperor, reigning from 14 AD to 37 AD. He succeeded his stepfather, Augustus. )

Technology

While we had the girls, we had fun with technology. We were texting momma, and posted this photo, "The girls are being very naughty!" (That was Joffie's idea!)

We've been looking for Izzy's watch.

The kids use Glympse a lot, to let us know they are on their way, and when they will arrive. (Batten down the hatches!) It was a bit tricky, on bumpy roads. It took three tries. I was so proud of myself. I let Caitlin know we were headed to Carleton Place for CP time and lunch.
I nearly sent the message to our local spa!

We were at Boulton House, on the patio, in Carleton Place in September for lunch, it was chilly! In October we ate indoors.
[Off to Carleton Place and Oct. 23 off to Carleton Place]

After this JB was sick with his cough for 3 months. We stayed home for months. Now, he's working on a knot in his back, and pain referring down his arm. We've an ultrasound for it shortly. We shall see what happens. We've been changing chairs. He's been using the knee chair, which was a bit of a learning experience. He's only ever seen Isabelle sitting on it, backwards! (Although, when my back flared up, I was using it for me.) Here she was a few years ago (2016). Annabelle (who is happy in her new home, I think) wanted to eat Izzy's breakfast.

Boulton House

You can imagine that the view out of the window is a little bit less green in February!! I did not take an outdoor photo...



I like CP...

Oct. 23 off to Carleton Place

We had a mission. We were off to Carleton Place. First stop was in Perth, to buy a new wifi system. Ours was loading and downloading at 145 Mbps. Since it was both of our computers, I determined that it was our airport extreme base station. It dates back to 2012. I checked online to order another, but couldn't find it. A desperate call to Caitlin, and she said they don't make them anymore!

They were a nice little system. The new one is bigger. The cord is too short, too. I cannot put it up on the top shelf.

Meanwhile, Perth...
I finally snapped a photo of the new signage on the roads. They've been having trouble with trucks. These are residential streets, in many places. I'm not sure more signage helps.



We need a ring road, you see. There isn't much appetite (or 💰)  for it, despite all the trucks that mosey on through the centre of town.



Three seasons: bugs, construction and snow. That said, we need the infrastructure. This is a high traffic road.


This madman. There was clearly signage saying construction, 60 km/hour.



We were on the right, in a passing lane, but the road was under construction and we had to merge. He roared up to pass, not allowing us in, and he veered out into the other lane. Determined to get ahead of us. Basta. Don't listen to the sound. Grampa swore!



It's a big project!



There was a long line-up waiting to go through.

construction from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.


In Carleton Place, in Staples, I shlepped the six boxes of papers onto the counter. The clerk weighed them, and 100 lbs. of papers went for shredding. JB has been doing a wonderful job emptying out the old papers from the cold storage room. We've had mice friends in there, you see. I have a touch of flu and have been lazing in my chair the last couple of days. Joe even went to provide respite for my client as I thought it best to stay home.



Shoeless Joe was looking for cracker jack for our next visit with the grandkids. (♪♫♬ "Take me out to the ballgame!") Jesse is bringing the girls from Vancouver for a visit next month for Grampa's 70th birthday. Grampa is planning a new 'Close Eyes' ceremony. He was headed to the grocery store.

We parked near, but not next to, this snappy corvette. This is a Chevrolet Grand Sport. Wiki lists the 2019 model as $76,895 CDN. It could feed a small village in Tibet.



I like seeing new, modern buildings. I'm not sure about infill projects, they sure scrunch them in. I looked on Google maps, but it was too up to date to see what was there before! (Do you remember, AC?) They were listed as condos (for sale: $239,900) on Google maps, May, 2019. I was hoping for an older snapshot.

Now they are listing as apartments for rent, i.e., 3 bedrooms, two baths at $1700/month.


Off we went to Boulton's for lunch.


This is where we sat not too long ago! No more patio eating.


After lunch, I ambled in the park. Then, home. More on that later! This afternoon, Rideau Valley Wildlife Sanctuary are releasing 4 raccoons here this afternoon! This is from 2017!