Hello, all. I've been up and glued to CBC Radio, but now my most favourite shows are done and I am ready to dive in. I have had little crises that have resolved themselves, so that is quite a relief. The first is Germane's eating. She had gone completely off of dog food, and decided that she no longer liked potatoes and then even went off of carrots. That left me with pieces of fish or meat that she would accept. I was going through the freezer looking for what I could cook for her, but I knew that we couldn't just go along like that. Anyway, last night I bought a kilo of frozen fish and cooked a piece with my pizza in the oven, and she ilked the new fish. (basa) Then I went through the fridge and threw away all of the open containers of dog food. I felt that I was throwing away perfectly good dog food by opening another can, but I opened a can of First Mate just to try. And she loved it! I had taken all of the other cans of First Mate back to the pet food store because Germane was rejecting it, but this week it's delicious again. She keeps coming out of the bathroom and leading me to the kitchen (or the walk in closet, as she gets confused) for another spoonful. We have been tearing through that can, and I'm so relieved. It's our only can of First Mate, so I'll try her on Performatrin next. Of course, I have a good supply of Go! because that's all that she would eat before, and now she won't touch it.
The other little crisis is that I had a senior moment when I tried to deposit my OAS cheque yesterday, and forgot my PIN number. So the bank locked down my card and I couldn't deposit the cheque. I wasn't worried; I can get it sorted out and deposit the cheque during the week. This morning I tried to log into my account to check that I have enough money to cover rent, which is due tomorrow, and found that the bank had locked me out of that too. So then I worried, because I've never been late with rent before, and I don't know what's in my account. So I called the bank and waited on hold, and they got it sorted out, so I was able to log into my account and get things sorted. Whew!
Now I can turn my attention to today's goals: the main one is cooking. I have a big beautiful surprisingly cheap pork roast to get into the oven with vegetables. But first I have to do dishes. I have kept putting off dishes while I focussed on playing with the new TV gadgets and I'm not sure what else. Oh, yes, laundry. I got that done one day, and I think I went out shopping twice. During that time of neglect, the dishes have multiplied and crept around to cover every surface in my galley kitchen. So I will have to reclaim real estate in order to have space to cook.
I do have another little tech project that is intriguing me, which is not a today thing. I have a gadget that I just love. It looks like a transistor radio. There's another part that was plugged into the TV, to broadcast the sound to my radio part. It let me keep the TV's volume at a reasonable level, but carry the speaker around with me so I could be at the other end of the apartment and still here. Well, the Roku has made that speaker system unnecessary, because it casts the sound to my phone, so I can keep my phone in my pocket and carry the sound with me. So now I'm eyeing the projector and wondering if I can get these incompatible devices to work together. Because I can see the projector's image just find from the kitchen, but I have to turn the volume up quite high to hear properly from there. The transmitter uses RCA cables and also a USB cable. I think that the USB is strictly for power, so I can slap a power adapter on the end of that and plug it into a power bar. But for the audio, I'm wondering if I have to get an RCA to HDMI adapter, or if it will accept any audio source and I was just using RCA cables because my TV is so old. Oh, and I want to connect my phone to the projector to watch a show from the phone. And at some point, do the same with my DVD player. But that's not a today thing.
FrenchFly, luckily for me, I don't need need large lungs and good arms or a very good ear to listen to bagpipe music. And luckily for my neighbours, I have never attempted to play them.
That's wonderful that you had such good weather for your trip.
I'll play catchup in my kitchen along with you.
trissie, how nice to have flowers coming up already. You give me hope that we will see spring eventually.
You have a great laundry routine. It works for you, which is what matters.
Enjoy your store walk with the dog, kitkat. You are a little warmer than we are today.
LOL, I love that reminder, helia. I wish that I could use it for my alarm sound.
I hope that the weather is better than expected during your trip.
Bama, I misread Self-healing differently. I thought it was that plant that self-healed, like a hardy ground cover that will fill back in if you damage it while walking on it.
It sounds like you have a very nice day planned. Enjoy it!
I'll bet that separate bedrooms have saved a lot of marriages, trissie!
Your lunch sounds delicious, as always, Kittykatt.
I am the odd one out on laundry. I do it once a week. That doesn't empty out every laundry bag, but gives me plenty to work with. I am limited by how much space I have to hang the laundry to finish drying in my apartment. The dryer never seems to get it all the way dry, and I'm not allowed to hang it outside. My room is full of hangning laundry most days of the week, and there isn't room to do any extra loads!
Good reminder, helia. I have indoor plants that probably would like some water again.
Sunday
Cleaned up after dog
Breakfast for Germane–she’s eating again!
Tried to check online that there is enough money in the chequing account to cover the rent: the bank locked down my account when I forgot my card PIN yesterday
Called bank
Got my account unlocked.
I think that I remember my PIN, so agent did not change it. That’s good, because I would have had to get back to the ATM within 2 hours, and we are back to winter temperatures (windchill between -20 C and -30.) Aaand, my bank has started locking us out of the ATM lobby outside of bank hours because homeless people where sheltering there
FACE: paid bills, checked balances
Fed dog multiple times. I opened that can last night, and we are down to about a third of the can left. Such a relief!
Good morning! Happy March!
Jude 