Balconies!

After work on Friday I decided to run by my future home and was very pleasantly surprised to find this:

  
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They were up to the 10th floor on the South side only but I must say it has been really interesting to watch this building grow.

Chip Technology

I received my replacement Visa card from TD (old one expires this month) and I was suprised they weren’t moving towards photo cards and to the new chip technology. I mean if you don’t match the photo on the back of the card…you’re out of luck!

Supposedly chip technology is suppose to be more secure…’cept not many placed yet have the correct pads yet for the chips to work. My debit card has the chip too and I never know if I’m suppose to swipe or insert.

On another note…AMC’s been playing oscar nominee films all weekend. Currently Godfather II is on. They showed the first one yesterday. So I’m going to post this and curl up with Bruiser and watch the boobtube. Enjoy your Sunday!

Pretty Pictures

As I see the condo move up floor by floor I find myself bookmarking lots of sites and taking screen captures of things I like or would love to do. My desktop is filled with screen captures right now that I need to file…I don’t like a cluttered desktop :)

Here are some of the items:

Wallpaper
  
 

Things I want or would like to have built
  

Auto Insurance Woes

I read DSLR reports, a forum mainly for broadbrand but their is also a Canadian forum on it. This week someone posted that their insurance went up $500 for two cars for the year. Another poster provided a link to a site that gathers quotes for you based on your information (no not kanetix) and so I tried it. I could save close to $800 by switching from AXA to RBC. I will also be asking them for a home insurance quote, well apartment insurance quote since I don’t own…yet.

I’m hoping the quote was accurate as there is NO reason for me to be paying over $200 a month for insurance. It would be exciting to save almost $70 a month!

Happy…And Fat

Back in 2007 when I had regained 20lbs I had gone to my doctor and asked about diet pills. I was so scared to gain any further weight (I had previously lost over 70lbs and then had a tummy tuck) but he told me I needed to make an honest try to lose the weight naturally and not with the help of pills.

And I did. I got back on track and lost those 20lbs and felt great.

Deja vu, almost 3 years later and instead of regaining 20, I’ve regained it all back, plus another 5lbs and once again reading up on adipex reviews (phentermine) and contemplating asking my family doctor for some kind of diet pill prescription.

I do think though that my weight gain started when I got on my happy pills and though I don’t blame it all on the depression meds I am on, I do think that they take away the edge of “OMG I’VE GAINED 5lbs!” and it is like “oh, look, I gained 5lbs…hmmm” and then I move on.

I won’t go off the happy pills, they do take the edge off and my life is better for them, I can say I haven’t been depressed since I went on them…just fat.