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I guess its been a little while since I last posted eh? Lets see...Oh! On Canada Day, Bubby, our peach faced Lovebird celebrated her 1st year. She and the rest of our birdie crew got special egg buscuits for a treat. I tried a little of it myself (hey i was curious as to the taste) and I found it pretty tasty. No wonder they liked it so much.
Unfortunately for the town, Canada Day festivities were cancelled, and no alternate date was set to celebrate, due to the massive rainstorm that dumped 40-50mm of water. Oh well. Funny tho, the editor of the paper decides to get on his little soapbox for this weeks issue of the poorly written local paper and admonish local businesses for not doing their part to show Canadian pride, for as he put it, only the newspaper office had the foresight to decorate with Canadian flags. Pardon me King Shit of Turd Isle! Whoops! I forgot to put out the freakin flag. We have a saying out here in retort, and it goes "Fuck you and the horse you rode in on!". I'm so glad we don't put our advertisements in that crappy paper anymore. Frig...the damn paper reads like a journal. Hell, my blog is far more interesting than that waste of trees. One last insult to the local paper and I'll move on Blogger pals..the only thing that paper is good for is to wipe my arse! Whew! A bit of my alter ego the Pizzaslinger came out there..I think she's starting to take over...
Anyhoo..I was lucky to get not one, but TWO days off! Oh no..this is not a typo..I really did, andI got to go to Sault Ste Marie with Mom. Now, it wasn'tentirely a pleasure trip..since the Conservative government lowered the GST (Goods and Services Tax, or Government Spending Tax, as I like to call it FYI for those who are not Canadian), we've had to adjust the cash registers to reflect the 1% drop. Anyhoo, normally we can go and get it done over the phone, but Mom couldn't find the S key for one of them, and our back up cash register needed servicing anyways. So we loaded the registers into the trunk of the car, packed an overnight bag, and away we went. The trip went well...when we finally got to the Soo, we ateat this lovely Italian restaurant called Giovanni's. The best Italian food I ever ate! And they make an absolutely excellent chocolate cake with caramel. MMMM...I was full, not to mention in absolute heaven after eating there. If you ever go to Sault Ste Marie in Ontario, check it out. You won't be dissapointed.
The next day, we finally managed to locate the business that services the cash registers- the address we had was where they used to be, so after locating a current phone book, we were able to find their new location. A bit of a departure here..but as I got out of the car, some guy accosted me and asked if I had "spare change". I told him I was broke and went on my way. I was thinking, "Now, why would I give him money when he's wearing brand new running shoes, and was holding a CD player?" I think if I'd let the Pizzaslinger have her way, she'd have smacked him upside the head and told him if he was so frickin desperate for spare change, he could pawn the CD player, or ummmm...hmmmm...GET A JOB! Believe me when I say this..he was an able bodied, apparantly healthy male who has no excuse to be unemployed. What an ass!
So we drop off the cash registers, as it would take a few hours and we headed off to Station Mall. There, I got my nails done by a Vietnamese guy who called himself Bell...Bell Canada. A full set of gel nails for only $30! I gave him a $10 tip...his work is excellent...hopefully we can go back to the Soo and I'll get them done up again. So after that I continued shopping, and got my passport photos done, plus I hit the Coles Bookstore and picked up the last 3 books in the Dark Tower series by Stephen King....I started reading the series in 1993 thereabouts, and I think there was a span of like 7 years between bok 3 and 4, so now I can finally see if Roland of Gilead andhis band of Gunslingers finally make it to the Dark Tower. If you've never read it, its fantastic..tho book 4 kind of recaps what happens in the previous book, but I was assured by a friend of mine it gets really interesting again. So that makes me happy. Hmm..and I bought a couple pairs of shades for my mom and I. If I ever get contacts, then I can wear them, but I bought them cause I thought they were cool.
Mom and I also stopped at the pet store and saw the most interesting birds. They're called Conures, and the ones I saw in the store were only 4 and a half months old, but the lady who ran the store was very knowledgable about the breed, and she even had the papers. Interesting fact about this breed...they sleep on their backs and had a little nest suspended in their cage that looked like a tent. The lady brought out one bird, and it lay on her hand and allowed mom and I to gently pet him or her on the belly (can't tell gender on a bird until you get a DNA sample). So that was a definate highlight. After we finished shopping we picked up one of the registers (the other one needed a part) and drove back into the Back Forty. I was tired after the trip. We git back at 8pm, and after unloading all the stuff we bought, I went to work preparing dough for the next day. I didn't get home til about 1 am. Such a good trip. I have to say I look forward to the next outing.
Well thats all the interesting stuff I could think of. Hopefully I'll have some more things to say (or rather gripe) about. Hmmm...dare I do another Blogger question? I think since I have created my alter ego, I'd love to hear yours. Does he or she have any special powers? Let me know! And for all those Blogger pals O' mine who haven't bloggedon their own sites for a while, where the heck are you already? Have you given up blogging? Either way, I'd still like to hear from you. So until next time....