Yesterday was stressfull

 to say the least. Mainly because the property manager wants us to pay rent online. No more cheques. We spent about 2 hours in the office, and I had to change the pw several times. Fortunately, the office girl's help was amazing and guided us through the whole procedure. It's a simple process. At least we got our rent paid for September and set up to pay the rent going forward. We pride ourselves on paying our bills as we have never deflated on our rent.

I could go to Northgate DynaLife today but it's very warm out there. I'm going to leave that to next week. Today, I'm just sitting at home and producing music. That's all I want to do anyway. Up next for Saturday is "Dancehall Jimmy" with an animated visualizer to the music.

Tomorrow it's lodge, and Saturday it's Sherlock Holmes on a Labour day long weekend. Followed by the Elks/Calgary for the Labour Day CFL Classic. Anyway, that's all for now.

Sunday Anne and I went out for

brunch at Smitty's. She brought the walker with her but had to get our bus pass at Safeway. I waited for her in the restaurant. We ordered the 2 eggs hash browns toast and pancakes. The Pancakes replaced my toast. Including tip came to ~ $40. $20 each. We were not impressed. The hashbrowns (cubed) looked like they were off somebody's plate from earlier. The sausages tasted like leftovers. The service was excellent. We were not impressed. 

Anne forgot something at Safeway so I took the walker and under my own power crossed 137 and Fort road. Then to the overpass. Anne caught up with me at 50th street and 137th. I took the walker by FC church. It was a scorcher. I hobbled along and sat down several times. I went East towards Sifton school, sweating like a pig. Then over to the back parking lot of Capital Place. My left leg below my knee calf area was really tight. There is a side cement pathway facing the park I took to the parking lot out here and onto 137, resting here and there. It was tough going getting the walker up the stairs. But by the end of the day I had 8,618 steps by 7pm. Other then my left leg cramping up on me, it was smooth going.

This week I have lodge on Thursday and Saturday is the "End of summer" event my employer is putting on at "Sherlock Holmes." Free food and 1 free drink. Should be a good time. Anyway, that's all for now. 

Fort Edmonton Park

yesterday was an interesting experience. Unfortunately, I also received some "Masonic education." This was in no reflection on Fort Edmonton Park (fep) or Freemasonry et al. It was an isolated incident involving some behavior from a brother on the way, which I won't get into, and not a representation of all Masons nor directed at me personally, and I'll leave it there. At the end of the day, we're all human beings. I wont judge anyone. Otherwise, my time at fep was enjoyable despite the heat. If there is a next time, I'm going to take a dial a bus and the train up to the lodge museum. The train back was good and I got 6k in steps that day. They got Craft beer at the cafe?

I have my track ready to go from private to public for tomorrow. I gained a few more subscribers as I'm now at 129 😀

Tomorrow my track goes from private to public and I'll be watching Ottawa/Edmonton for the rubber match from last week. Hopefully the Elks can keep this momentum going. Anyway that's about all for today.

I'm back on Facebook

even though it's on a limited basis. Yesterday I had ~ 15 friends and fam wish me a Happy b-day either through Facebook, by phone, or in chat, etc. I appreciate the birthday well wishes everyone. Thank you. Turning 70 is a milestone but I got here by default. 😂

Finally, my Fitbit Versa 3 came in my mail on Saturday evening. So it must have been sitting there in the mailbox since Friday. My birthday was yesterday. Perfect timing. Setting the watch up was easy. I still have some features I'd like to set up but I'm really enjoying this so far. This was a really nice birthday gift from my lovely wife.

Saturday I uploaded my video ^ I hope to continue to upload every Saturday even when and if work resumes ~ in September. Feel free to drop me a comment. All comments will be answered. I will have a track-up for "Songtember." I have had 6 months off and I need to get back into things. We all have bills to pay and needs. 

This week Anne and I are planning on going out for our monthly outing. We're not sure where yet. Plus I have an early volunteer lodge event Thursday at Fort Edmonton park. I'll wear my mask in the meantime. Anyway, that's all for now.

Yesterday Anne and I went to the rental office

 to sort out our online rent payment. After a bit of a snag, we finally got it sorted out. I think. it was a real hassle and I'm still not certain I got this right. 

I had given up my volunteer gig at Fort Edmonton park due to my partner having another unexpected situation forcing him to cancel. I called our secretary a week or so ago saying if somebody else can pick me up I'd be happy to pair up with him. I got a call from our lodge secretary last night asking me if I could pair up with our Chaplin for the 25th. It's 10am. Uggh. No doubt we'll be picking up some drive-through breakfast on the way. 

Apparently, my smart watch is having some tracking issues getting here. If it's undeliverable we will get a refund. I've been doing some research on these devices and they have a life span of about 2-3 years not good. My 2015 iPod Touch still works just fine and does the job. If a refund is in the works for something else I'd rather get the Arturia mini 2i4 mini fuse 2Audio Interface (white) and it's in stock. The Mini fuse 2 has a USB-C and a USB A port plus midi and Loopback. I can get it in 5 days. Anyway, that's all for now.

This week Anne and I are going out for

dinner. We haven't been out to Capital Pizza in a long time. I hope to get my Fitbit Versa 3 watch for my birthday as we ordered that in early August. Well, it looked orange to me.

I promised myself not to do any impulse app buying but Motion leap for i0s looks really handy. I ended up buying the whole suite for cad $85. I'm good for the whole year. I'll be playing around with this a lot. 

This morning I'll be making a call to my Doctor for a Dynalife Belmont. I can take the walker and after that get some Tim's. I'd go to the Northgate Dynalife in the winter. Anyway, that's all for now.

August is usually my lodge's turn to vollunteer at Fort Edmonton park

at the replica of the original Edmonton, Masonic lodge. It's been a custom to pair up with another brother to spend an afternoon answering questions. Dan and I were supposed to go on August 24th but he is being detained because of Family. Since I have no transportation, I might have to cancel. I sent our secretary an email saying if I can get a ride I'd be open to pair up with anyone else, any day except the 21st.

I remember when the Fringe fest first appeared here in Edmonton. I'm not much for taking in the theatre scene but there is a lot more than theatre. The first fringe occurred here in 1982 and I was living a few blocks away at the time.

Yesterday I was able to install the most recent Fl. Studio 20.9.2 update. A few updates ago they had a feature where a mic could be installed in the playlist track lane. This is pretty cool.

Looks like my weekend is freed up, which is good. And Saturday is the Rider's/Elks game. That and working on a beat for my channel are the two items on my agenda this weekend. Anyway, that's all for now.

Looks like my calendar is

open all week now. BBQ was postponed until mid-September. I was looking forward to it 😢

Earlier I got my Nintendo Switch connected to my monitor. I was playing Bulder's gate 1 again but I lost a lot of mussel memory. I have everything I need here to do some game streaming and this could be in the works soon. I could even add my own music as well.

For my birthday Anne and I are going out to an undisclosed location for a birthday cele. Hopefully, I'll have my Fitbit watch by then. Anne ordered it for me but she didn't ordered it from a location here in Canada. Anyway, that's all for now.

I don't mind the time off

but so far I've had over 6 months off and this is getting ridiculous now. I'm going to ride this out until the last half of September. If nothing happens between now and then, it's not like I don't have options. However, my options are limited. I can't wait on this company forever.

I've got 2 Amazon orders coming this month: My Fit but Versa 3 smartwatch watch as a birthday present and some n95 masks. I'm looking forward to the watch most of all. 

I uploaded another video to my channel and I was surprised that it had received 6 likes and 6 comments and 2 new subscribers as I'm on the road to 200 subscribers between now and the end of the year.

Not much going on this week. I'll be calling Alberta senior housing this week. Plus I'll be calling to arrange a ride to our lodge BBQ. That's always a good time. Our host always puts on a good spread. Anyway, that's all for now.

Saturday was decent

Anne made me a nice breakfast of pancakes. I had a great afternoon. I got out onto the balcony with my drink watching the street going by. Good times.

I missed the Elks/Lions game but it wasn't much of a game as the Elks lost 7-37. Now watch we're going to make the cross-over before playoffs and win the cup. 😂 That wouldn't surprise me.

As for today, I'm going to get a video intro for my next upload. I hope to get the video uploaded by the end of the day. Plus I think Jade Starr has a stream and I have no idea what Doug Woods will be doing stream-wise if anything. This week I don't have a lot going on except for Saturday's lodge BBQ if the weather holds. Anyway, that's all for now. Anyway, that's all for now.

I ended up going out to Northgate

Friday to healthcare Solutions and it was raining when I went out. As I was waiting for my #104, the rain slowly dissipated to a weak drip when my bus arrived. I couldn't get my compression stockings because Aids to Daily Living allows for 3 pair/year at the discount price, so I won't be able to get my 3rd pair until September 8th. But I got my measurement's done, and some breakfast at McDonald's. I was home before noon.

The Elks are in Vancouver playing an 8pm game against the BC lions. I'll be following that game tonight. Hopefully, we can win on the road.

Since 2019 I've been using the Pacer app to keep track of my steps since my 2015 iPod's health and fitness tracker is on the anemic side. It served me well for 3 years., but I'm tired of carrying my iPod around everywhere I go. Anne got so tired of it as well so she went and bought me a Fitbit Versa 3 smartwatch. It's on its way from Amazon and hopefully will arrive before my 70th b-day next week. Plus I can put my tunes on it like the iPod and the watch also has built-in GPS, unlike my old iPod. I'm expecting my new Smartwatch to arrive between now and the 26th of this month. Cool. 

Next week: I got the lodge BBQ going on next Saturday. I'm working on a track for tomorrow. Other than that, not much else is going on. Anyway, that's all for now. 

Tomorrow I'm off to

Northgate to get my CVI tested and the proper calibration for my compression stockings. Then it's off to get a bite to eat and home. That's my big outing this week🤣

My YouTube channel subscriber count is trending upwards. I'm trying to get to 200 subscribers by the end of the year. I'm at 124. 76 more to go. I'm uploading 3 times a week. now.

The video above is something I put together using launchpad.

I don't have anything going on other than my outing tomorrow this week. Next week I'd like to attend the celebration of life for a brother from our lodge that passed away in January. Then the Saturday after that is the lodge BBQ. Anyway, that's all for now.