Madcat, lovely to hear from you, and so glad things are going well with your sister. We'd all love to have you back more regularly, but you take whatever time you need for yourself and your loved ones.
Mel, so sorry to hear the eye has gone on the blink again. Not to mention the slight jump on the scale. Any chance the chinese food had anything to do with it?
Shad, if it's too cold in your Perth, you can always come warm up at our Perth (about 50 k from here). Bummer about the lost post! I feel your pain. As for the cheese slicer, what do they look like? I have one that looks sort of like a spatula with a slot in it to slice/shave pieces off.
Ruth, you came to Ottawa and didn't drop in for tea and crumpets?! I'm deeply, deeply wounded
especially since you had a little excursion to Domus. I can always find something to buy there. My cottage visit is to Quebec, so I won't be dropping into Delta Fair. But no guarantee I won't visit before it's over.
Meadow, I think you're having some pretty hot weather out there - the perfect chance to make good use of the pool.
There may not be much swimming on my cottage visit - it may be hot and muggy, but they're threatening thunderstorms. I foresee a few days of excess, with no redeeming exercise.
Ceejay, has your new bed frame arrived yet? I don't know what I'd do without a frame - where would my cats spend their day?
Happy, fingers crossed that your schedule will ease up one of these days. No one deserves soggy tuna for dinner.
Holly, how was the camping weekend?
to you too.
Painter, I hope you've been managing to get back on track. I'm a little concerned myself that my planned mini-break from dieting may make it hard to get back on program. But I've found that it's actually pretty hard to put on more than a pound in three days, although the scales often say otherwise while the salt and fat levels are still high. My goal is to stay where I am now.
Well, I didn't get to the balance ball class today, but I did get a lot accomplished, including buying stuff that didn't fit all that well and has to go back - to three different stores. Maybe it would have been smarter to just try stuff on while I was in the stores, whaddya think? On the positive side, I rode my bike
to my diet doc's. Since I underestimated the distance just a tich, it was a little more aerobic than planned.
Total round trip mileage: 19 k. Tomorrow I'll be sore where I sit, which won't matter too much as I'll probably spend some of the evening self-medicating...
I may not be able to post until I get back home, Saturday at the latest. No internet at the cottage. If I get up early enough tomorrow I'll try to stop in before I head out.
Time for bed. Night all!
FOR BOTH OF YOU AND YOUR FRIEND. 
)TIME HEALS ALL WOUNDS 
told him the last time this happened he needed to find the local office so he could go park himself there in the event of an outage. Guess he thought things would be resolved quickly. 
Hmm I can weed outside, finally hem the 3 pairs of pants that need fixing, exercise (Lord I'm too tired for that when I finally drag myself in at night - late to boot). I could clean out closets, clean out my PC for that matter - get rid of old files clogging up the works. Perhaps I should have the cable go out more often. 
take care all. 