► Now that was a surprise. This morning at 8:00am I went out into the front room just in time to see Canada Post's parcel delivery truck pull into the driveway. The driver got out, entered the building, quietly crept up the stairs and, placing a parcel against my door, swiftly and carefully spend out of the building. Every time I see them do ( Read more... )

► The good news: two of my 4 "missing/late" packages arrived today in the regular mail (not via courier truck). Also arriving in the regular mail were the final 2 DVDs Dad had me order for him last week (from separate sellers and shipped on different days, I was surprised they arrived at the same time).

I now have my rabbit pelt, which is ( Read more... )

► Now that was a waste of time. I went out with Dad this afternoon as planned, the final destination being the postal outlet where my package is supposed to be waiting for me. Turns out the package wasn't there, nor was it in the computer system. The two ladies made some phone calls but couldn't reach anyone. They suggested that whoever filled ( Read more... )

► Sometimes my brother pisses me off. Father's Day is this coming weekend, and Dad had invited us over for dinner on Sunday. Darren called us up earlier tonight to say that he and his wife had decided that we should all take Dad out to a restaurant. A fancy one. In Quebec 30 minutes or more away. This is a problem because we can't really ( Read more... )

► I am both shocked and amazed I managed to pull it off. That Batgirl auction I mentioned last night ended tonight, and somehow I was able to successfully "snipe" and win the drawing, after being out bid (on a low-ball bid) this morning, and while 2 or 3 guys were trying to snipe it at the same time. In the end I won the drawing with a final ( Read more... )

► God I'm happy! Yesterday was nerve racking as I was up all morning waiting for the delivery guy and he never showed. At 10:10am Canada Post's updated the tracker saying that a delivery attempt was made at 8:42am with no answer and that they left a pick up notice when there wasn't any. I was pretty much seeing red until the mail came at 2:00pm ( Read more... )