This weekend Jen was in a state. Her mid-back was/is flaring up, and was looking for relief by any means… she managed to get in for an emergency massage, that helped a bit, but still was hurting a lot. Then I remembered that there was the Maple Taps Festival at West Avenue Cider… maybe alcohol would help. 🤔
ROAD TRIP!!! 😁
Google Maps is normally fantastic, but this time there was a bit of an odd zig-zags across the county… in the end we found it, and I should have worn my boots. They were packed, and the driveway/backyard was not taking well to all the traffic.

After we got in, cider was had by Jen (I had small sips to try), while the kids had s’mores and cotton candy.. yes, their life is tough, and they tell us all the time.

We ended up talking to some the staff, and apparently they were expecting about 300-350 visitors total that day.. at the time we were there, they had over a 1000, and sold out of a crap ton of stuff.
Not a bad thing in my mind, since everyone there looked to be enjoying themselves, maybe not the 2 people in the parking lot that were stuck… but it was a farm, so there were tractors. 🙂

Oh snap

I forgot about the snow day…
I got in trouble for posting a pic building a snowperson with the kids… I did work stuff too, really I did… Shannon…🤨
I have to big things on the go at work, building a Mac server, and some other stuff that I’m not allowed to talk about… 😉

-Ian out-

PS:
Jen is hooked on one of the kid’s shows… The Deep. This was a show I put on for the kids, so it would be different, so we were not watching the same thing, over, and over, and over, and over again..

I’m fed up…

I’m done…

It’s happening…

-Ian out-

PS:
Jamie is back online!! 🤗

PSS:
God, I look tired… I am tired…😴
Yes I need to fix that fan…🤔
I hate selfies…🤪
I’m wearing pants…🙂
Or am I???😜

Jen had a conference in Toronto, and she invited me. 😍

I don’t like Toronto… wait, wait… I like Toronto, just not visiting, if that makes sense. I find it big, cold, and hard to move around. Driving sucks, and riding a motorcycle there just sounds like an accident waiting to happen with all the trolley tracks.

All the aside, things went well, and the drive wasnt to bad. We met up with one of Jen’s old friends for dinner, good dinner… She is a “foodie”, not sure if I am spelling that right, and too lazy to check, but she knows good places to eat, and all the locations, handy when in a place like Toronto.

-Ian out-

I wanted to get this done earlier, then Wednesday. So pretend it’s Monday!
Also having issues with the WordPress app, doesn’t want to connect to the site??! Working on that… DONE!

Last weekend was messed up, snowed for 2-3 days, then rained all Sunday… I really liked the snow, but the rain made a hell of a mess. All the fluffy snow banks are walls of icy doom now, along with the ruts in the road. The county didn’t have the big plows go through our streets in the neighborhood, so the streets are a bit half-assed.

Good thing I don’t have the car lowered yet, or I might be missing bits… hope I can get that done soon, want to close that gap. 😀

We also made a call on Saturday to go skating instead of sledding, and not sure that was the right choice, since I think this was the last time this year, because of the rain. Now it was melted, hard as hell since it’s cold, and going to be mud by the end of the week now that it’s going to warm up. Feel bad, because Sophie really likes it. She saw a friend skating, and that pushed her to skate better… so that is a win.

Beard is still… bearding?!? Getting to a second round of “lip bangs” issues (thx Jamie), and trimming is needed soon.

-Ian out-

PS:
This was posted on Monday. 😉

Quick update.
Still have beard, and think I may keep for another month… don’t want to keep it too long, the fellow employees are threatening a beard shaving party. 🙄
The head on the other hand, needs to get shaved, it’s just too damn long. Did the last bit… 😉
Not sure if i’m offended by the beard shaving party yet…. 😐
Besides, beards get in the way of helmets, unless it’s a helmet the size of a Kippah… still have no clue why then even make them that small. Smallest I would go is a 3/4, but I would need a different bike, a bobber, cruiser, cafe… something different, and would require more flannel shirts. Need a big side job to get money for a new bike, and that is something that I don’t have time for.

Work is picking up with the semester change, since some of the teachers got moved around, and have no clue what the tricks are for the new rooms. Everything is going good, just a few calls.

Still working on some of the server stuff. The VPN connection is not working as expected!? I have a feeling I need to setup a firewall so the internet connection is killed off if the VPN drops… not sure why it’s not working this way already, I setup everything the same as the other system, but it could be the different versions causing the differences.

Oh… I might have broke down (saved up, to be honest) and buying a new phone… not the one I wanted, because that is still $750, and no, that is not buying the phone out right, that would be $1350-ish. Want to try something different, I have bounced from phone to phone, so I have used a few, except the Windows ones… but settled on the Pixel 2 XL. I know there is a few small things that the public doesn’t like, but I can look past that.

All for now
-Ian out-

Well on #teampixel now…
This phone is so fast… 🤤

Should have posted this when I got it… 
I back dated this 🙂  (the power…)

IAN OUT!!

Yes… I may have had a lapse in judgement…

Now we have paintings all over the place.

-Ian out-