Archive for November, 2004

It pays to be handy

Sunday, November 28th, 2004

Yesterday I finally received the last of my major appliances: a washer, a dryer (don’t worry… until now I’ve been washing my clothes at my parent’s house), and a water softener. When I bought these pieces from the salesperson, he asked if I’d like to include installation with my purchase. It was almost $200 to [...]

See’n the Tower

Saturday, November 20th, 2004

Yes, the time stamp on the post is correct. It’s almost 2am right now. I just returned from the a night out in Toronto. Apart from the almost two hours in Friday night rush hour traffic it took to get there (ugh) it was a good night. But what hit me was the fact that [...]

Damn the (phone) man!

Monday, November 15th, 2004

Awhile back you might remember that I was cursing the local phone company because they seem to think that I’m living out in a field in the middle of nowhere. Why it’s taken them almost a month to send someone out here to charge me about a billion dollars for what will probably be five [...]

Snow glad to be home

Monday, November 8th, 2004

I had all of last week off to move. My dreams of having a few days off to relax and catch-up on some personal projects were just that: dreams. So, like it or not, I went back to work today. The drive is much longer than me previous trek, however, I’m already used to the [...]

One week anniversary

Sunday, November 7th, 2004

I can’t believe that I’ve already been here a full week. Or maybe I just can’t believe that I have to be awake again in six hours to go back to work.
Let me give credit to anyone who manages to move over a weekend… really, in anything less than a week. I don’t know how [...]