Showing posts with label Anna and Kevin Bustard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anna and Kevin Bustard. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Thor Motorhome, Canadian Election, Retina specialists

It’s a sunny blue sky day with pink cherry blossoms petals littering the ground.  Lovely Burnaby spring.
Carney, the WEF, UN, CCP candidate has won the Canadian election for another liberal term continuing policies he and Trudeau began.  I feel betrayed by my countryman.  After Trudeau’s corruption and scandals and deceit it’s hard to believe anyone could vote for more. But people were attracted to the new face and the appearance of fiscal responsibility in a banker who unfortunately believes in unscientific net zero and the whole communist idealism thing with liberal elites benefitting most while the middle class is savage.
Marx said there was rich and poor. The Scottish socialists by contrast envision the middle class.  The middle class of which I’m apart are being skewered by taxes while the elite, white collar welfare, and the welfare class (blue collar welfare) 
The elections as a deep disappointment and it has caused me to doubt the veracity of the election machine. The communist Chinese computers can breach election machines as easily as they breach CRA firewalls . Trudeau allowed interference in the last election if not encouraging it. It’s been exposed and propaganda agents like the CBC admittedly 80% liberal don’t seem to care. The election is already rigged to eastern Canada with Montreal and Toronto making all the decisions.  I fear worse tyranny.  The immigrants especially the illegal immigrants were scab voters. It doesn’t matter how much is exposed like Chinese students voting, the government winning isn’t concerned.  I’m just very disheartened. They say you can vote yourself into communism but you have to fight yourself out.  Carney has as much said he’d rather an alliance with China than with Trump and that certainly doesn’t forebode well for peace.  WWWiii seems closer but one day at a time. Doom zooming is the problem in politics and Carney got in with that messaging.  Poilevre’s message of prosperity and freedom didn’t fly in Canada. Makes me wonder if I’m safe here.  
Meanwhile the great news is that I traded in my Fuzion Fifth Wheel toy hauler for this Thor Hurricane Class A Motorhome from Traveland. 2022 and 20, 000 km.  The bank took the outstanding mortgage on the RV and rolled it into a new load which is good but it’s higher interests.  One of the reasons I didn’t like the liberals.  High costs, high taxes, inflation and shortage of health care resources and little pension.  Yet here i am now in a wonderful moving home.  I’m truly delighted with my new accommodation and was excited to drive it home .
I liked Laura being with me and seeing the motorcyclists pass us asked if she missed the years she rode on the back of my Harley and we stayed in pup tents. “No she said, I like that then but I love this now.”  They call it ‘glamming’.   I wanted it for my snow birding winter trip south but we’re looking forward to going up the Whistler RV park in the summer. 
We had a lovely weekend at Harrison Hotsprings and now with this motorhome will be able to go there as we did with the camper and truck.
I really didn’t want to be transferring my home and storing so I could use the camper and truck. Now I have everything I need here. For now I’m keeping the Truck and Camper for camping, hunting and fishing but am also considering trading in my mini for a little Ford Maverick truck. The Mini Cooper can’t be hauled behind a motorhome without a trailer while a little truck can and I can also take the Vespa or Harley in the back of the truck.  
Right now I’m continuing to enjoy the Vespa, lighter and easier in the city.  My Harley Nightster Special is in storage but I’m missing it.
I had my appointment with Dr Bryon McKay, the retinal ophthalmologists. He’s as a very impressive young doctor like Dr. Rob Pintwala, the ophthalmologist,  who referred me. I’m got milde cataracts and stage 2 dry macular degeneration.  Just as Dr. Pintwala said I i should be able to ride a motorcycle for the next 10 years. I was being optimistic and thinking positively when I committed to the new motorhome.  I have a follow up apt in November and hopefully there won’t be progression but eve nit there was need for surgery it wouldn’t be till next year.
Another reason I want the country and politics to improve so that I’ll continue to be able to see. I’m feeling dependent on my fellow man . Though I’ve always been I’m with age more aware of my sense of dependence.  
I’m working and the office, the passenger seat of the motor home with the desk accessory is calling.  
Madigan has been a terrific guy now. When Laura is here he’s in lust mode and acts like a sex crazed adolescent.  He loves her and we have a wonderful time together but he certainly isn’t well behaved around her but settles when she leave.  He’s aging and each time it’s better.  So many changes for the little guy.  I really like his company.  
I’ve called this letting go time the ‘potlach’ because I purge so much to reduce my excess to the smaller cargo space of this motorhome.  Still too much went to storage. I was glad to give a whole lot away and thankfull for the help of Alina and Ileana from Merry Maids and Anna and Kevin Bustard.  Laura has been great.  Ironically we first were intimate over 25 years ago after we packed up an office and loaded my sailboat for my offshore sail to Hawaii solo in winter and the work in Saipan.  25 years ago. I have been blessed. Gifts of sobriety. Gifts of God.
Thank you Jesus.




















  

















Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Anna's Birthday

Tom and I were coming home from the storage locker. We’d finally unloaded my garage of the summer camping gear and fall hunting and winter hunting gear. Tents, sleeping bags, fishing rods, tarps, lounge chairs, summer clothes and cammo gear and packs.  We filled the ford truck crew cab to the ceiling and had the chairs and tables stacked in the back. For the first time in a couple of months I could see the floor.  We were pretty proud of our efforts.
I wanted to drop a turkey off for the god kids so phoned Kevin. He was on his way with Anna to celebrate her birthday at the Cactus Club.  Astonishingly they wanted a couple of old guys along on their date night.  Cactus club is great for steaks.
Anna looked ravishing as usual.  Kevin had been taking great pictures. I love his bird photography. We were all talking about Jesus. Then Tom and Kevin started talking engines and outboards.  Anna and I talked cosmetic bodypiercings.  The steaks were incredible. I love Cactus Club Peppercorn Sirloin.  Everyone was happy. Diet chocolate icre cream cake to end the evening.  We actually sang Happy Birthday for Anna too.
I didn’t get why they were so glad I was so impressed with the scarf Anna had made Kevin.  Anna sews and knits and does all those incredibly competent homesteader things.
I’d got the kids tackle boxes because they all love to fish.  Tom had actually wrapped my Turkey and Ham hamper so it really did look festive for the Christmas season.  We moved the hamper and gifts from the truck to their SUV.  Everyone hugged.
Well this week Kevin and Anna  dropped off the gifts for Laura and I. The best hand made scarves ever. Anna had made them in the fall and hoped we’d love them. Laura is ecstatic and I’m never taking mine off.
Happy Birthday Anna and thanks for the Christmas scarves!  (George is whacked on the catnip and we’re phoning around to see if there are any cat recovery programs.  Gilbert will be stealing the cat ball but we’ll be able to find him in the night thanks to the light he can now wear.  Thank you.)
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