GUESS WHO'S BACK? A RETIRED AFF BLOGGER

It has been a while since I have blogged on this site, so am hoping I remember how to post here again..lol. After over 10 years, I finally retired "author51" on AFF for a few reasons... One being extremely "discontent" with the site and the direction it has taken. After firing Enigma, (Deb) even more so. Another reason was due to being extremely "content" with my life outside the cyber space walls. I have it all at the moment with Life, Love and the pursuit of Happiness. A long time much loved blogging buddy on AFF, whom I talk to off-line wished me a Happy Retirement and I truly Thank Him. He is on this site also.. On Monday, Against The Odds, I retired from AFF and left " Without A Trace." Even though I left AFF, this time on my own "Free Will" I do miss the connections I made and the creativity the Community side brought out in me in BLOGS... I shall be popping in for a visit the odd time to post and remain connected with a few of you here...

PHOTOGRAPHS AND MEMORIES

As most of you here know by now,my vacation has been extended by another week due to the strike between West Jet and the mechanics. Even though I was disappointed not to be flying home, I am also happy I get to spend more time to make memories with my family and B.C. buds I have here. Below are a few of my photographs while making those memories.. Enjoy. Editors Note: I tried to post this while on vacation, but for some reason it would not let me upload my photos that day on my phone.. Gotta love being back home now and on my trusty computer. At least here on Blogger, I can add photos in the body of the text..

( I tripped and fell when my sandal got stuck in a raised sidewalk, while walking to my B.C. Buds car for a day at the beach.)

I went to Chilliwacks Classic Car show with my sons and was in my glory viewing all the Classic Beauty and being able to share it with my sons..

UP IN THE AIR WITH WEST JET

My return home this Canada Day long weekend is literally up in the air,as the West Jet's Union of Mechanical Engineers are in position to go on strike as of tomorrow morning. West Jet has cancelled both today's and tomorrow's flights but not weekend flights as of yet.My fingers 🤞 are crossed that West Jet and the Union can make even a tentative deal between the next 24 hours so I can be up in the air on a West Jet plane instead of being up in the air waiting for news here on the ground..Have any of you been stranded while on vacation due to either a flight cancellation or strike?

MY TWO SIDEKICKS ON THE VEDDER TRAIL

My 2 sidekicks,aka, my sons and I went hiking on the Vedder River Trail on Saturday.The trail itself is nice and flat and the scenery is spectacular. We hiked about 5 kilometers of it, with Mom stopping for photo ops. along the way. Half way through the entire trail, just past the Vedder Bridge is pit stop,so we stopped..lol The stop consisted of a Craft Brewery named Sidekicks,along with an ice cream shop called Banter. Both Mom and her two sidekicks were both thirsty and hungry so took full advantage of both the spectacular scenery and all it offered in the way of refreshments. It was an epic day with my sons and now looking forward to this weekend and going to Chilliwacks Classic Car Show with them . Here are a few photos from the Vedder..

I have a lot more but it is taking too long to add any at the moment.Happy trails to you, until we meet again..lol

No Relaxation On Vacation

One would think vacations should be for relaxation but that has not been the case so far . A few years ago the Management Company of my sister's and two other apartment complexes, sold the land to Developers,in order to tear them down and build Condos. Due to delays in building permits along with acquiring capital, the work was put on hold... Until two days ago and they started digging for the first time.. My sister lives on the ground floor and the digging commenced right outside her patio. It has been non stop since and far from relaxing.. The Management Company has not sent out notices nor given the Tenants any type of timeline for moving out at all... Along with all the noise now comes the worry my sister is going through on having to eventually find a new and affordable place to live..She and most tenants here are on fixed incomes or Disability pensions.. I will keep you updated here when my sister and I get more details. Sometimes there is just no relaxation when on vacation.

FLYIN' IS ON HER TO DO LIST

(Poor quality video due to age, but was lucky to see Prism last year along with Saga and Trooper in concert.) I am a list maker from way back and get satisfaction from scratching things off my To Do Lists. Without writing lists on paper and checking them twice, whether it is grocery shopping or going on "Vacation"/ Holiday" I would forget something important. Lists keep me organized, keeps my mind focused, and when reading it, will trigger adding items I would have forgotten about..Being old school I prefer my To Do lists on paper, as we all know technology can go down quicker than a hooker does on a paying customer..lol.

I wrote my list out yesterday for my "Flight"tomorrow and have everything scratched off except my Pj's, robe, slippers, and my Lovers Kiss Goodbye. His "Kiss Is On My List" and the last on my To Do list when he drops me off at Toronto Pearson tomorrow morning.. He is also the first thing on my To Do List when I return home on Canada Day..

I will not be on Blogger, nor posting here while I am "Gone" so please stay safe, happy and healthy everyone..

( I could not resist adding both versions with Bryan Adams and Mel C. 22 years after they sang the original.)

So my friends, are you List Makers? Do you write them down on paper and get the satisfaction of crossing them off, or do you use your phone and technology for your own To Do Lists?

MAY YOU NEVER HAVE A JELLYFISH BAD DAY ON THE JOB - JN! THIS ONE IS FOR YOU

Knowing JN's love of Deep Sea diving, snorkelling, and showing us her incredible photos and videos of sea creatures, I immediately thought of her.. I sincerely hope she never has a jellyfish bad day like this Deep Sea diver did. I laughed out loud when I read it and hope it tickles everyone else's funny bones. Here is his story.. Before I can tell you what happened to me, I first must bore you with a few technicalities of my job. As you know, my office lies at the bottom of the sea. I wear a suit to the office. It's a wet suit. This time of year the water is quite cool. So what we do to keep warm is this: We have a diesel powered industrial water heater. This $20,000 piece of equipment sucks the water out of the sea. It heats it to a delightful temperature. It then pumps it down to the diver through a garden hose, which is taped to the air hose Now this sounds like a darn good plan, and I've used it several times with no complaints. What I do, when I get to the bottom and start working, is take the hose and stuff it down the back of my wet suit. This floods my whole suit with warm water. It's like working in a Jacuzzi. Everything was going well until all of a sudden, my butt started to itch. So, of course, I scratched it. This only made things worse. Within a few seconds my ass started to burn. I pulled the hose out from my back, but the damage was done. In agony I realized what had happened. The hot water machine had sucked up a jellyfish and pumped it into my suit. Now, since I don't have any hair on my back, the jellyfish couldn't stick to it, however, the crack of my ass was not as fortunate. When I scratched what I thought was an itch, I was actually grinding the jellyfish into the crack of my ass. I informed the dive supervisor of my dilemma over the communicator. His instructions were unclear due to the fact that he, along with five other divers, were all laughing hysterically. Needless to say, I aborted the dive. I was instructed to make three agonizing in-water decompression stops totaling thirty-five minutes before I could reach the surface to begin my chamber dry decompression. When I arrived at the surface, I was wearing nothing but my brass helmet. As I climbed out of the water, the medic, with tears of laughter running down his face, handed me a tube of cream and told me to rub it on my butt as soon as I got in the chamber. The cream put the fire out, but I couldn't shit for two days because my ass was swollen shut. So, next time you're having a bad day at work, think about how much worse it would be if you had a jellyfish shoved up your ass. Now repeat to yourself, 'I love my job, I love my job, I love my job.' Whenever you have a bad day, ask yourself, is this a jellyfish bad day? May you NEVER have a jellyfish bad day! May none of us have a Jellyfish "Bad Day." God I so Love My Job...lol. How about you?

Daniel Powter who wrote and sang Bad Day, came on Canada's Got Talent to audition this year. Here is that video..

I can only watch Canada's Got Talent in the summer when off work. How about you? Do you watch AGT, Britain's Got Talent or Japan's Got Talent? Some of the acts on the shows are absolutely amazing, and others not so much...lol.