Monthly Archives: March 2007

20 words for March

  • Better Wonderboy
  • Daycare transition a huge success
  • Home sitting vs Institution
  • Master Bedroom Reno’s completed on time (not)
  • very good bonus at work
  • more staff to manage
  • No Wii’s anywhere (for Greg)
  • 1st exposure to Wii via Sneebort and David
  • cooking class a blast but don’t ever eat 6 full entrees in one class
  • food hangover
  • wonderboy hangover (2+ days)
  • Jetta dead on the side in a blizzard
  • unpleasant ‘tow’
  • Chest infection puts me down for 2 weeks
  • Casino Roach II
  • Joseph and the Amazing…..Dreamcoat
  • growing up way too fast. Huge vocabulary

Just when you think the Jetta is working….

It rears its ugly head.  There has been one persistent problem that hasn’t gone away after 2 visits to the mechanic.  In defense of the mechanic, this problem hasn’t been the primary reason for bringing it in the last couple of times.  It’s always been an “Oh, and can you take a quick look since you have the car anyway” type of request.

The problem is with the coolant.  The blasted light has been blinking for months now and it’s clear that there is a coolant leak (slow early on, very quick nowadays).  The 1st time I brought it in they noticed a break in the tubes and were able to fix that pretty easily.  After a top-up of fluid that seemed to have solved the problem.  But a few days later the light came back on and since I had to bring it in again (due to what I like to call the “Ignition Coil Incident”) they took another look and suspected there was a blockage somewhere in the system.  They pressurized the system to remove any air pockets and this seemed to do the trick for a few days.  Then the light came back on again.  I was tempted to cover the light with electrical tape and live with it until this past Monday:  there was no heat coming into the seating compartment and when driving the car at highway speeds the temperature gauge was spiking.  Sounds like all the fluid has drained from the car.  I’m betting there’s a big puddle in my garage right now.

I’m taking the car into the shop at lunch to at least get a top-up and schedule an appointment.  Depending on the problem and the $$ to fix it this could be the last straw for the bane of my existence.

Casino Roach II

Over the weekend the house was transformed into Casino Roach for the 2nd time in history.  The 1st transformation occurred about 2 yrs ago when we introduced the event to 20+ guests.  This 1st event holds an historical footnote:  It was during that night when Sonia and I announced to the ‘outside’ world that we were pregnant with OG. Continue reading

1st Robin sighting

Olivia and I saw our first robin of 2007 yesterday afternoon while heading out for a stroll.  It was sitting atop our chimney stack.  It’s mate was on the neighbour’s roof.

I enjoy hearing and seeing that 1st robin of spring.  In fact I don’t mind robins on the whole.  Except when I’m golfing.  Then it turns to bitter hatred.  I despise them then.  Just ask Tim why.

The Jetta Mystery has been Solved

Our VW (very wonky) Jetta has gone through its share of woes lately. But it culminated last Friday in a ride equal to any coaster ride found at Six Flags.

Friday was a weather phenom if there ever was one. The day started mild and rainy causing large accumulations of water on the roads due to the ice festival that occurred the previous evening causing blockage of the sewer drains. I was forced to spend an inordinate amount of time coming into work sloshing my way through the maze of closed roads (due to downed power-lines). Continue reading