Be - wow! wine tasting tour

I remember going to a Brewery Tour and Tasting in Germany once, and a Champagne Tour in France, but never a Wine Tasting Tour including three different Wineries. The buying is the result they are hoping for when you tour and taste. Daddy always said as we approached the only exit (which was always through a gift store ) after a tour or tourist attraction- "Now comes the commercial break...." Glad to hear your weekend was enjoyable and stimulating for you. You will need a few days to get back to your usual self I am sure – always great to get away but nicer still to return, right?

I have a new vacuum – this is actually a milestone event for me. We bought it at Canadian Tire with Canadian Tire money. Have you ever had to stand in line for about 20 minutes while the cashier counts one by one all the paper money. We had it all organized into denominations, counted and written on each package so it made it easier for her to count. What a savings to be able to use that money as actual cash. It pays to save it all. We get most of it by buying gas in North Bay because that is where we fill up the van every week. I unpackaged it this morning, put it all together as per instructions and gave it a try and low and behold it works!

This evening we attended a seminar put on by the local Funeral Home on Legal issues of POA's and Wills, Service Canada on CPP and OAS, and on estate Planning, and Pre Planning Funerals. It came with a free dinner – roast beef! Unfortunately, the attendance was low, but the info was great and because of the low attendance turned into a rather nice informal sharing of info and Q&A. Well worth going, and now I have a better idea of how to proceed with a few things – just hope we can turn this info into reality with tangible results in the midst of everything else. To Mothers tomorrow again, and then start to get ready for weekend. I am still trying to get work done in the yard and spent another few hours outside today before getting ready for the seminar. Slow but sure as long as the weather lasts – it has been wonderful – warm and sunny. Today on CBC they had a show about internet issues – face recognition, security, and what information we leave innocently when we use social networking such as blogging. I don't use Facebook which apparently is the worst place for information about yourself to be available. It is very scary for me to hear about what can be had. Apparently all one needs about a person is date of birth, perhaps a picture and from that everything including SIN numbers can be obtained.  I think about some of our messages on the sister blog and wonder what people could glean about us???? Well, with that in my mind, it is now time for bed.