Interesting Weather and the Olympic Celebration Site

We saw some nasty looking low-lying clouds on February 9, 2010. This was when the boys and I were going over to The Real Canadian Superstore for some groceries. On the first shot, I'm sure that there were some water droplets that got on the lens. But it certainly is a freaky effect. On the second shot, it looks like you see the base of some strato-cumulus clouds (but they really don't seem all that defined).





The other pictures are from yesterday when I had to walk up to get some painkillers. My back seemed to give out about 4 days ago and I was in excruciating pain for two out of the four days. So my doctor put me on Diclofenac Sodium 75 mg.(30 tablets) 2 a day. I've suffered back pain since that fall over 4 years ago. I've had to take ibuprofen and acetominophen off and on for the past four years to try to help the back pain, but it's worsened over the past few months. Walked up to London Drugs and back and by the time I got back I needed that painkiller. But you just grit your teeth and keep going. There's too many other things to enjoy in life to let a little back pain get in your way.



Isn't this wonderful. Surrey spends I don't know how many millions to replace bus shelters that they removed. Wonder how long this one is going to stay pristine until it gets defaced by some moron with more time on his/her hands than brain power.

These following pictures are from the Surrey - Holland Park, Olympic Celebration Site, which being a grump and a half, I feel that it's a wonderful waste of tax-dollars for a party for the "haves" not the "have-nots". I'm sure that they could have had a better use for the $6B that they spent on this Olympic Winter Games shindig. Pyeongchang or Salzburg would have been better choices. But like they say, call me a grump.



Here's the entrance of the whole shindig with regards to the Surrey Olympic Celebration Site...looks real inviting.



Boy, wonder how much they spent on this window hanging...









If you look carefully behind the sign, you can actually make out a security guard. I guess it's to keep out those "poverty protesters" who might jeopardize the good mood of the Games celebration.



This is evidently where the RCMP musical ride happens. Must cost a lot to park a tent like that around there for a couple of weeks.



One of the RCMP Musical Ride tractor-trailers that they use to cart those poor horses around in.



Central City through the trees looking at the big Olympic window hanging. Isn't it nice and tranquil? Not bloody likely until 4 weeks from now.

Staying close to home, but spending time doing cleanup.

I spent some time today making sure the baby's room was clean for his little room-mate come June/July. I cleared out the boxes that were sitting in his bedroom.





And then proceeded to make certain that we had space to put a new crib (which unfortunately we haven't bought yet). So now the place looks somewhat like this:



Jamie's current crib.





His closet with his clothes.

We definitely do need a diaper change table, because I have noticed that my back is definitely starting to make major complaints every time I lean over to change his diaper.



The only things left in his room are a cradle (which I need to get a board cut to size to place in the bottom half. Otherwise it's absolutely useless.



The other side of the room where the empty boxes used to be.