{"id":3319,"date":"2023-08-29T22:16:56","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T05:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contessajewall.com\/?p=3319"},"modified":"2023-08-29T22:16:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T05:16:56","slug":"really-crazy-happenings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/contessajewall.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/29\/really-crazy-happenings\/","title":{"rendered":"Really crazy happenings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overall the fires are less hazardous to the city of Kelowna. However they continue to burn out of control. They are considered held due to backburns and various ignitions set to counter the direction of the fire. However whenever a firetruck comes down the highway at night I bolt straight up and get out of bed to check around us.<\/p>\n

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Our girls have a routine, part of which is hanging together on the front steps enjoying the sun after breakfast.<\/p><\/div>\n

We are eating as much as we can from our garden. The rats have arrived, perhaps they have been displaced because of the fires. Our garden neighbours ended up pulling out their entire garden because they did not like that the rats were around.<\/p>\n

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Five vegetables from our garden with a piece of quiche. We do eat well. Sometimes we get in six veggies.<\/p><\/div>\n

Last Friday we finally made it to our hair appointment, a week late due to evacuation. It appears that the silk Blissy pillow cover did not help. My hair is officially breaking all over. No haircut for me other than a few edges. No colour for me. My hair has no get up and go, no life, no lustre, it looks awful. I am increasing my biotin and trying a different shampoo, etc. However there is a good possibility that it will be cut short before we leave for Mexico. Then I will grow it out over the winter and hopefully I will be back to normal.<\/p>\n

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I enjoy watching them move ever so slightly.<\/p><\/div>\n

Unlike the US there are few telecom companies here in Canda and now one less. Rogers has bought out Shaw which is with whom I have my cell plan. I had no choice but to switch. I had the choice to keep what I had for two years or to make a change. I used Shaw last winter to use as a three country ( Canada, US and Mexico) from my phone using the same SIM card. It really only worked half the time and was expensive. So I sort of made my own plan. I now have unlimited talk and texting within Canada and 1GB of data for only $10.00 CAD per month ( I can purchase another GB at any time for $10.00 ). Plus I now have unlimited calling to and from the US as well as roaming in the US at no extra charge. What a deal @ $10.00 per month. I finally made the switch earlier tonight. It took me, Colin and three different people at Rogers to make the transfer but I am good to go now. Thank goodness for Colin’s eagle eyes, he spotted the tiny lost new SIM card which had fallen onto the computer keys. This was all supposed to happen before we evacuated and then Fed Ex was holding back on deliveries because of the fires. Good to have that sorted out. I decided to get Colin’s cell service with Telus checked. Today I got his monthly price dropped from $40.00 to $35.00 and<\/strong> I increased his data from 1GB to 3GB. It was only supposed to be 2GB but the young lady said she would make it 3GB at no charge\u00a0\ud83d\ude00 It was just last year at this time, that between us we were paying over $175.00 per month. Lot of time and energy on the phone but well worth the savings. It appears that we are good at our new rates for at least two years.<\/p>\n

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There are days when they each rest in a different bed on a different set of stairs from each other. But most of the time they stick together.<\/p><\/div>\n

Then there was yesterday, Monday. I had had my teeth cleaned about 10 days ago but had to come back for the dentist part of the cleaning yesterday. As I was pulling into the parking lot I noticed that the fuel tank on my car showed a big red E as well as a lit up image of a gas tank\u00a0\ud83d\ude41 \u00a0So I called Colin and asked if he could come and drop off his car and come and get mine filled. He had to go out and pick something up anyway. So I reached into my purse to pull out my wallet to leave the fuel credit card out for Colin. My wallet was not there\u00a0\ud83d\ude25 \u00a0Oh and my cell was on red with about 8% charge left\u00a0\ud83d\ude33 So while I held on the cell, Colin ran all over the place looking for my wallet at home. It must have dropped out of my purse in his car last Friday, he found it under my seat. I also recall mentioning to him that day that I was about out of gas\u00a0\ud83d\ude44 \u00a0What a crazy Monday morning. Long story short, Colin picked up my car, delivered my wallet and his car keys to me at the dentist. And my phone was being charged while I saw the dentist. All is well and my car is on full\u00a0\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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It was a bit smokey Sunday evening as you can see.<\/p><\/div>\n

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But today we were back to choking smoke. A few showers in the forecast so hopefully that will help.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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