It was fun, although I can see how easily people can become addicted.

The day was nice after the rather boring night I had on Friday.  I told my animal hospital that I would cut up my curtains, so they could us them as cage liners.  Took almost three hours but I got them all done:

I might walk home during a lunch this week and pick up the curtains to drop off at the vet’s, which is less than a block from my apartment.

Here’s a cute shot of three of the goobers last night.  They know they get their treats at 9:00, so when I walked into the kitchen at 8:45, they all thought it was time.  Pinky came in right after I snapped this pic:

After nomming, Boo and Mya climbed up onto the cable receiver.  Kinda cute that Mya decided to hold Boo’s paw:

I visited little Jan today.  We had a coffee at Timmy’s then wandered around the Seaway Mall for a bit.  We headed over to Zehrs for groceries, where we ran into our dental hygienist then Jan’s across-the-street neighbours.  After getting some fuelage, we headed back to her place.

I decided that I would take my stereo system to my apartment.  I bought it back in university.  Love my 10″ Paradigm sub-woofer!  I missed it. I’m surprised I got it all into my car.  I don’t have too much truck space due to my two 10″ sub-woofers.  I guess I’m a bass addict.  Here it is all set up:

It sounds amazing!  I can’t believe how much bass there is in commercials – you never hear it without a sub.  Can’t wait to watch an action movie!

Oh, I almost forgot.  Our union at work did a nation-wide walk-out at noon this past Thursday.  The government is proposing to cut our pensions, severance and jobs.  We were out there for our 30 minute lunch break.  I flew over to take some pictures:

The St. Catharines Standard was there and did an interview for the paper.  I was a little surprised, albeit amused, when I saw this picture.  Everyone is looking up at my plane but the paper didn’t mention why they were all looking up!  Tee hee!

Today’s symptoms:  Felt pretty good!  Actually, I’ve had the best week physically (except for Saturday because I didn’t sleep well) that I’ve had in a long time!

After some tidying, I worked on the agenda for the meeting.  It went quite well and the guys really seemed to like the kitties, which were wandering around them for the whole meeting.  Our next meeting with all of the members is this Monday.  We have our elections and it’s been suggested that since I’ve been nominated, I’ll probably be elected as president again.  I’ve been doing it for a couple years now and I really love it.  I’ll take on the position again!

I noticed something rather amusing the other night.  Pinky really loves to watch my Betta fish, McRosenkrantz.  I guess because they’re both pink, so they have a special bond.  I don’t think the fishy likes Pinky too much, as he puffs up around the gills whenever she’s around.  I guess he’s trying to make himself look big and spooky.  Here he is, looking fairly normal:

And then the scary pose:

Kinda cute!  Needless to say, Pinky doesn’t seem too intimidated.

Today’s symptoms: Felt quite good and had decent energy.  Had a fair bit of crushing pain in my right hand and forearm though. 

Here are some pics from the show:

Me in my dream car – a Toyota Corolla (I have a 2009 named Lola Corolla):

I like to keep my dreams attainable, that way I’m not disappointed!

I thought these would be great for the kitties:

I was really looking forward to seeing the new VW bus:

The Hotwheels car was neat too:

This funky concept car:

Here’s the view of one of the halls:

It was a great day!  The ride home was nice too:

I would certainly go again!

I’m hoping to go for a flight tomorrow.  It’s been insanely windy the last couple days but it’s finally dying down.

Today’s symptoms:  Felt quite good for most of the day.  Of course, I got fairly tired from the excitement and walking around at the show.  Totally worth it though.

Actually, it was the smoke that wafted into the bedroom that clued me into what was going on outside.  The second floor is completely gutted.  Very sad considering there were three apartment units upstairs, one downstairs plus two or three businesses.  The fire marshall will be investigating on Tuesday.  Hopefully that was the last fire for a long time!

I’ve been a little behind on blogging this week as I’ve been so busy.  I’ve done overtime a few nights, had a union dinner through work and went to another hockey game.  The union dinner was really nice.   Great company and yummy noms:

A couple nights after the dinner, Jan and I went to another Maple Leafs game in Toronto.  She picked me up from work and drove to my apartment so we could have dinner before leaving for the game.  We were both shocked when we passed this Petro station and noticed how high gas went up:

Appartently gas prices are going to go up higher than ever this summer.  Ugh.

We weren’t in the same seats as the last game.  Unfortunately, Jan couldn’t see the whole rink over the hand rail in front of our seats.  I offered to let her sit on my coat, but she wouldn’t go for it.  Dork.

This is during the second period – the Leafs were doing so badly, the refs let them play with their entire team on the ice.  They still lost.

It was still a fun game.

I want to get one of these little remote control hot air balloons for the cats:

Here’s a shot of the CN Tower before we headed home:

It was a great night but we were both happy to get home and crawl into our beds.  I decided to be a rebel the next morning and take 45 minutes vacation time so I could sleep in a bit.  It made a big difference – I was tired today, but not as bad as I thought I would be.

I’m heading to the Auto Show in Toronto tomorrow.  I’ll be sure to take lots o’ pics to post on my blog.  Hopefully the weather is decent on Sunday as I really have a craving to fly.

Today’s symptoms:  Tired, but not major MS symptoms.  Just a few aches and pains.  No headache either! 

I flew around Niagara, down to Port Colborne then over to Fort Erie and up to Niagara-On-The-Lake.  This pic is heading East toward Fort Erie – check out my cute little camera, clinging on for dear life on my wing strut:

There was tons of bridge traffic going into the States today, as it’s a long weekend (family day on Monday – and no, I don’t get it off).  Here are a few shots of the Peace Bridge in Fort Erie, heading into Buffalo:

The Queenston Bridge from St. Catharines was no better:

The sign on the St. Catharines Skyway said the delay on the Queenston Bridge was one to two hours.  Yesterday, it was three.

I continued my flight north and passed over Fort George:

Then over downtown Niagara-On-The-Lake:

Here’s a closer look at the clock tower in the middle of the main street:

It was a great flight and I’m so happy with how the video turned out!

After hearing and seeing how long the wait was on the borders this weekend, Jan and I were thrilled with the fact that we have our Nexus cards.  We went over to the Factory Outlet Mall in Niagara Falls, NY yesterday.  Heading over the Whirlpool Bridge, which is only for Nexus card holders, there were three cars in front of us with a total wait of about one minute.

We passed this little number on the way to the mall:

I can’t even imagine how long that took!

During my Recreational Aircraft Association meeting last Monday, one of our members was wearing this shirt (he’s a little shorter than average):

He builds remote control airplanes, so it’s very fitting!  I think I need to get this shirt for my mother…

Today’s symptoms:  Felt a little weak when I first got up this morning, but once I got some fluids in me, I perked up quite a bit.  No headache today and very minimal MS-related aches and pains!

The two speckled kitties, Boo and Abby (whose dating name would be Booby – Blue Footed, of course):

Pinky did a big ol’ stretch when I shifted in the bed:

Little (well, sorta big and heavy) Abby stayed perched up on my shoulder for about fifteen minutes:

I now have multiple stress factors in my shoulder and upper arm.

I was quite surprised when I heard the sound of someone clearing their throat, only to look over and see it was Mya.  She asked why Boo’s arm was working its way around her neck:

I then heard a husky little voice answer “You’re mine, sucka!”

I said “Seriously Boo?  Do you really want to go there?”  She winked at me and continued cleaning herself.  Fortunately, there were no further incidents.

Clearly I have nothing exciting to report, being in bed all day. Hopefully I’ll wake up tomorrow feeling much better so I can at least put in a second day of work for the week. Ugh!

Today’s symptoms: Feeling really weak with tons of aches and pains.

Obviously, I didn’t go to work today. Actually, I started to black out (not fully though) after going to the bathroom this morning. I’m going to spend the next two days laying here like a blob. I hope to be back to work on Thursday. The nurse said that I probably have a gastro-intestinal bug. I’ll limit myself to only getting up to use the bathroom and refill my water bottle and apple juice mug. At least I have the little goobers to keep me company!

Today’s symptoms:  Feeling very weak with tons of pretty bad pains and aches all over the place.

 Waterloo airport has such a nice restaurant.  I decided to splurge and have a big honkin’ plate o’pancakes:

Great noms, great view!

Taxiing over to the runway on the way back, I managed to snap a pic of this Bearskin Airline plane:

We patiently waited for this guy to land before being cleared onto the runway:

My co-pilot snapped a few pics as we departed:

It was a great flight!  Looks like the weather is going to be nice again tomorrow but I won’t be going flying.  My little mother is coming up for a visit in the morning then I’m going to a Superbowl party in the afternoon.  I really don’t like football at all, but I’m going to be with some fun folks from work.  One of the gals lives in my building.  I noticed she had a cookie under her tire when I parked next to her today:

I’ll ask her tomorrow at the party if she picked it up and ate it.

Check out Mya’s mug in this pic.  Pinky was walking by while she made this face.  I could faintly hear her say “Are you talking to me, Pink?”

Today’s symptoms:  Great energy!  Felt pretty bad yesterday and actually had to go home around noon.  Really low  energy and very weak.  Glad things are better today!

Obviously, I have no flight pictures to post so I’ll just share a few of the gals.  Abby was sitting next to my pillow when I woke up the other morning.  She’s on steroids and has put on a little weight.  I guess it was just my angle, but her head looked insanely small compared to her body.  This picture doesn’t make her seem out of proportion at all:

Check out the cute little roll between her tail and back leg.  Tee hee!

My next largest kitty is Pinky.  She rarely looks into the camera when I’m snapping her pic.  I got fairly close this time:

I was at Lil Jan’s this weekend and noticed that she decided to redecorate the den.  I think she’s going for a jungle theme:

I must say, very convincing, mother!  I was just waiting for Tarzan to walk up behind me and tap my shoulder.

Today’s symptoms: Felt pretty good.  A little drained emotionally which has affected my energy level.  Still, I was able to stay conscious all day and did three hours of overtime on top of my regular day.  Really looking forward to going to bed tonight!

 Did three nights of overtime at work this past week.  It’s been nice to try and get caught up a little bit, as I’ve fallen behind after all the training I prepared and dished out the last couple of months.  Actually, I hope we have it available for a couple more months.  The extra money is a nice bonus.

I spent the day organizing, cleaning and working on the digital photo albums I’m making for my Recreational Aircraft Association folks.  I finally got all of the photos scanned and arranged into folders.  Now I’m just copying them to twenty-five 8GB memory sticks.  Each one is taking about 40 minutes, but at least I can just have them running in the background.  I can run around and do other things while the files are copying, such as combing my kitties:

Someone mentioned that I parted her “fur” on the wrong side.  I think it looks ok though.

As usual, I’ll be visiting my little mother tomorrow.  Hopefully it doesn’t snow too much overnight.  Too many maniacs on the road, even when the conditions are yuck-o-la.

I hope to have more exciting news to share within the next day or so.  Not too much has happened over the last week.

Today’s symptoms: Feeling quite good!  Lots o’energy, and only a few aches and pains in my hands and arms. 

Just seeing if I can send a blog with pics from my iPhone. 

 

Fortunately, the weather did clear later and we were able to head out to the airport.  There was still a fairly low ceiling over Niagara (over 2000 feet) but it was clear skies before hitting Grimsby.  We landed in Brantford in less than 40 minutes, purchased my headset and headed back to St. Catharines.  Here’s a goofy shot of me turning on my little video camera:

And some of the snow-covered scenery:

I had to leave work a little early yesterday to head to Burlington for my mothly Tysabri infusion.  As usual, the nurse did a great job with the blood work and IV.  Jan and I waited patiently for my infusion to be done, while watching TV and cracking jokes.  I also taught Jan to take a picture with my iPhone:

Back home, I got a few pictures of the four-legged goobers.  Boo is looking cute, as usual in this shot:

We’ve all sorta noticed that her fellow-speckled sister is starting to get a tad chubby.  Poor Abby:

Check out those kitty love handles!

Today’s symptoms:  Felt GREAT!  Lots of energy, although a fair bit of pain from the Tysabri.  There will be less achyness tomorrow though.

 I’m sure the kids were thrilled to be inside the nice warm apartment today.  Abby was her normal googly self:

Pinky was almost googly too, but not quite:

I sent a picture of my computer to my friend the other day.  As a fellow pilot, he knew exactly what the gauge was under my monitor.  I don’t think that I was able to convince him that we work so fast that our computers require a tachometer:

I also don’t think he was too fond of my peeing cat pictures:

Fortunately, he knows how weird I am so he wasn’t surprised.

Hoping the weather clears up by Saturday so I can fly to Brantford, as it was too cloudy last weekend.

Today’s symptoms:  Feeling pretty good!  Two days ago was not good at all.  I was so fatigued and weak.  I had to leave forty-five minutes early and my friend drove me home.  I was hoping to stay a few extra hours overtime.  At least I got it in today.  Still feeling the positive effects of the second CCSVI surgery!

We did a low and over at my mechanic’s snow-covered grass strip.  It’s quite a challenge to find when there’s snow on the ground.  After flying around the area for a bit, we headed back over the airport for a few more maneuvers, then down for the landing.  We were up for an hour – it went by so quick though.  He loved it and I was quite happy with the flight too.

I had a nice visit with Lil’ Jan today.  We wandered around the Seaway Mall, then over to Zehrs for noms.

Back at home, I walked into the bedroom and called Mya’s name and she staggered into the middle of the floor and collapsed in a heap of cuteness, as seen here:

Mya is usually much more photogenic than Abby.  Abby just gets ticked off when I pull out the camera.  Take this shot where I politely asked her to happily pose next to my root beer:

So snarly!  Someone else who is more like Mya in the photogenic department is Vyctor.  Check out this cute shot I took today:

Even feeling exposed without his wheel pants, he still has that charming glow about him.

I think the winning photo for this week has to be this precious little number.  I’m not sure if Boo was knighting Mya, or trying to heal her with the laying on of a paw…cute nonetheless!

Today’s symptoms:  I felt much better today than I did yesterday.  I was quite tired and weak yesterday, for some reason.  I guess I just needed to rest a bit after my exciting week.

As I mentioned in my last, very brief blog, Jan and I went to a Leafs game in Toronto Tuesday night.  I was hoping to post the blog from the game and include pictures, but apparently pics can’t be posted over the phone.  So, here are some of the pics from our night.  First of all, we were thrilled to see the big, stretched limo waiting for us outside of the apartment:

 

There was a fairly large bottle of wine waiting for us in the back.  Not surprising, it was sorta empty by the time we made it to Toronto *burp*.

Our seats for the game were great:

After the first period, they played bowling with people in an inner-tube.  It was quite amusing!  You certainly don’t get to see this stuff on TV during the game:

Jan and I were photo bombed by the girls behind us.  They were really starting to get annoying.  They were from Buffalo and cheering for the Sabres.  However, as the game went on and the score was 2-0 Toronto, they became increasingly more hostile toward the Leafs.  They kept chanting “Blow Leafs Blow.”  Hello!  Feel free to say that when your team is winning, but they got shut out!  Duh!  Oh well, it was rather entertaining.

The ride home in the limo was great.  Too bad there wasn’t any wine left.  We’ll have to ration it next time.

The weather was amazing on Wednesday so I took a little leave from work and went for a flight.  I’m still trying to figure out the best position for my GoPro video camera.  If the prop is straight ahead, then all you see in the video is the prop going down the screen in big horizontal lines.  It was much better when I angled it to the side.  Here’s a shot of the camera and view:

It’s weird that the prop is in vertical lines in my iPhone pic, but horizontal in the video.  Hmmm…  Regardless, it was a great flight.  Despite all of the excitement from the night before, I was still feeling well enough after my flight to stay until 8:00 for over time!

I had another long day on Thursday.  It was my day off but I went in for 7:45am for over time.  Jan came to St. Catharines around noon to go with me to my Tysabri infusion.  We drove to Burlington, picked up some coffees from Timmy’s for ourselves and the nurse, and headed to the clinic.  I was a little shocked when the nurse looked at me and said “You shouldn’t be here.”  Huh?  Apparently, the MS clinic didn’t fax the Tysabri folks paperwork stating it was OK to go back on the medication, since having a sinus infection in November.  Ugh!  So, we had to re-book the appointment for next week.  We drove over to the mall nearby and wandered around for a bit, then back home to St. Catharines.  I ended up going back into work for another couple of hours to complete my over time hours.

Last night I looked over and noticed this cute scene:

Pinky loves being in bags.  It didn’t last too long though as Boo decided to pounce on her.  I asked Mya if she could believe what her silly sisters were doing, but she didn’t answer as she was too busy checking her emails:

We finally got snow today but I’m hoping it stops by tomorrow morning.  I plan to fly to Brantford again this weekend to check out a new headset.  Fingers and paws crossed!

Today’s symptoms:  Felt pretty good, despite the long and exciting week!  I can’t believe how much energy I have since the CCSVI surgery.  Yea!