10 May 2009
Fuzzy Wuzzy Was a Doug
10/05/09 06:04
Happy Mother's Day to all of the Moms on this list!
This has been a fuzzy week for me. Not figuratively, literally. This coming Wednesday I have an eye appointment. I'm hopefully switching from hard lenses to soft lenses. The thing is that when you wear hard contact lenses they distort the shape of the eye. To let them recover to their natural shape I've been wearing my glasses since the first of the month. Now these glasses are about eight years old and already weren't the most current prescription. As my eyes have returned the correction has changed and now the glasses are even further from being right. Distance is noticeably fuzzy. On the other hand, close is a total blur. It's been a long couple of weeks.
The final straw came today. I had to run up to then Pacific Shores Resort to meet with one of the managers. Yes I'm still driving. It's not a problem. Like I told Barbara; I can still see if something darts out in front of me, I just can't tell it it's a cat or a rabbit (or a moose, or Mount Rushmore....). Anyway, when I got the call I had just finished helping Marsha paint her bathroom. I showered, tossed on some clothes, and headed north. The manager wasn't in and I had to wait for about ten minutes. I chatted with the girls in the office while I waited. They were all 18 to 25 years old and I was rather flattered that they seemed to find my banter quite amusing. Finally the manager arrived, we concluded our business and I drove home. I was telling Marsha about this when I happened to look down and realized that my shirt was on inside out. I think I'll just stay in the house from now on until I can see again.
In other news, as I mentioned before we have painted Marsha's bathroom. This time we didn't fiddle around, We just primed the whole room and then put two coats of Scotland Road on the walls. Now I would have guessed that Scotland Road would have been black, after all they use asphalt like everyone else. But actually it was a nice light green. For those of you who remember, it is similar to the color we painted the master bedroom in our last house in Minnesota. Interestingly, when Marsha was picking up the paint she was thinking of going with semi-gloss or eggshell but they recommended sateen which we'd never heard of before. It is similar to semi-gloss but comes with anti fungal (mold, mildew, etc) additives which makes sense in a place that gets as much rain as we do here.
We hadn't mentioned last week but Barbara developed a toothache a couple of weeks back. This last Monday she had a root canal and now feels great. We're even going out for breakfast Sunday morning. It's Mothers Day but that's not the reason. We're taking Barbara and Mike out to celebrate our two years on the island. Barbara's tooth, Marsha's work schedule, and my spring allergies made us put it off till now.
A few folks have asked if we had any updates on the Mystery of the Human Feet. Nothing new has been released and no new feet have been discovered since the 6th foot found in June 2008 so the mystery continues. You could say that the whole thing is about six feet under. But I wouldn't. We did find that Wikipedia has an entry about the mystery that seems to have the most current information. Here is the link if anyone is interested.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discoveries_of_human_feet_on_British_Columbia_beaches,_2007–2008
I was listening to a discussion on the radio this week about Canadian musicians. The one person on the program said that it was amazing how much musical talent was raised in Canada. Dianne Krall, Gordon Lightfoot, k.d. Lang, Leonard Coen, the list goes on and on. The guest finished with "and this isn't a new trend either. Bob Dylon started back in the '50s. OK, he's from Minnesota but that's PRACTICALLY Canada..." So how do those of you back in Minnesota feel about being practically Canadian? The next time you want to cross the border tell them that you don't need a passport because Minnesota is practically Canada. See how far that gets you. I'm guessing Levenworth.
Speaking of practically Canadian. Geiger has adapted to life north of the border. Here is a video of Geiger watching Saturday's hockey playoff game.
http://web.me.com/geoduck/Site/Cats.html
Speaking of odd videos, we weren't but I needed a segue, here are a couple:
Waking up Canadian (Prompted by a change in the law allowing kids of Canadians living abroad to claim Canadian citizenship)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDeDQpIQFD0
And a couple of guys from Victoria who put out what they call the Gratitude Dance. Silly but it was filmed in and around Victoria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9z2ELaBVJY&eurl
Doug & Marsha
The pictures are of the apple trees in Barbara's front yard.
This has been a fuzzy week for me. Not figuratively, literally. This coming Wednesday I have an eye appointment. I'm hopefully switching from hard lenses to soft lenses. The thing is that when you wear hard contact lenses they distort the shape of the eye. To let them recover to their natural shape I've been wearing my glasses since the first of the month. Now these glasses are about eight years old and already weren't the most current prescription. As my eyes have returned the correction has changed and now the glasses are even further from being right. Distance is noticeably fuzzy. On the other hand, close is a total blur. It's been a long couple of weeks.
The final straw came today. I had to run up to then Pacific Shores Resort to meet with one of the managers. Yes I'm still driving. It's not a problem. Like I told Barbara; I can still see if something darts out in front of me, I just can't tell it it's a cat or a rabbit (or a moose, or Mount Rushmore....). Anyway, when I got the call I had just finished helping Marsha paint her bathroom. I showered, tossed on some clothes, and headed north. The manager wasn't in and I had to wait for about ten minutes. I chatted with the girls in the office while I waited. They were all 18 to 25 years old and I was rather flattered that they seemed to find my banter quite amusing. Finally the manager arrived, we concluded our business and I drove home. I was telling Marsha about this when I happened to look down and realized that my shirt was on inside out. I think I'll just stay in the house from now on until I can see again.
In other news, as I mentioned before we have painted Marsha's bathroom. This time we didn't fiddle around, We just primed the whole room and then put two coats of Scotland Road on the walls. Now I would have guessed that Scotland Road would have been black, after all they use asphalt like everyone else. But actually it was a nice light green. For those of you who remember, it is similar to the color we painted the master bedroom in our last house in Minnesota. Interestingly, when Marsha was picking up the paint she was thinking of going with semi-gloss or eggshell but they recommended sateen which we'd never heard of before. It is similar to semi-gloss but comes with anti fungal (mold, mildew, etc) additives which makes sense in a place that gets as much rain as we do here.
We hadn't mentioned last week but Barbara developed a toothache a couple of weeks back. This last Monday she had a root canal and now feels great. We're even going out for breakfast Sunday morning. It's Mothers Day but that's not the reason. We're taking Barbara and Mike out to celebrate our two years on the island. Barbara's tooth, Marsha's work schedule, and my spring allergies made us put it off till now.
A few folks have asked if we had any updates on the Mystery of the Human Feet. Nothing new has been released and no new feet have been discovered since the 6th foot found in June 2008 so the mystery continues. You could say that the whole thing is about six feet under. But I wouldn't. We did find that Wikipedia has an entry about the mystery that seems to have the most current information. Here is the link if anyone is interested.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discoveries_of_human_feet_on_British_Columbia_beaches,_2007–2008
I was listening to a discussion on the radio this week about Canadian musicians. The one person on the program said that it was amazing how much musical talent was raised in Canada. Dianne Krall, Gordon Lightfoot, k.d. Lang, Leonard Coen, the list goes on and on. The guest finished with "and this isn't a new trend either. Bob Dylon started back in the '50s. OK, he's from Minnesota but that's PRACTICALLY Canada..." So how do those of you back in Minnesota feel about being practically Canadian? The next time you want to cross the border tell them that you don't need a passport because Minnesota is practically Canada. See how far that gets you. I'm guessing Levenworth.
Speaking of practically Canadian. Geiger has adapted to life north of the border. Here is a video of Geiger watching Saturday's hockey playoff game.
http://web.me.com/geoduck/Site/Cats.html
Speaking of odd videos, we weren't but I needed a segue, here are a couple:
Waking up Canadian (Prompted by a change in the law allowing kids of Canadians living abroad to claim Canadian citizenship)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDeDQpIQFD0
And a couple of guys from Victoria who put out what they call the Gratitude Dance. Silly but it was filmed in and around Victoria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9z2ELaBVJY&eurl
Doug & Marsha
The pictures are of the apple trees in Barbara's front yard.