Most people find things like a Brita filter quite straightforward to use, but not me.  I recall reading the instructions and it said always keep the filter wet or it will dry out and be useless, so I’ve always kept the water above the filter.  Then yesterday I was looking at the jug and I thought what’s the green sheen at the bottom and thought maybe it’s an optical illusion of some kind, but no, it was algae!

Isn’t that hilarious?  I’m using a Brita filter ostensibly to provide cleaner water, and here I’ve been ingesting algae, God knows for how long.  And why?  It’s because the instructions said keep the filter wet, and they didn’t add, however always empty the jug and clean it before adding new water.  Pity!

At this very moment as I type I’m having my nerves completely eroded by a tradesperson who’s going to replace my front porch and also replace part of the wooden deck with that fake wood.  I find it nerve-wracking to have people working on the property as it is, but this person has a penchant for oldies from the 70’s and 80’s, played so loud it feels as though it’s inside the house.

My pal and garden helper, Gilles, was already here this morning as well, as I realize there’s absolutely no way I can do all of the yard work on my own.  A lot of it has to do with the finite amounts of time I can spend outside due to the voracious mosquitoes.  And then there’s just the difficulty of weed whacking and my wimpiness with machinery.  I cannot start the Stihl weed whacker, so that’s that.

Petra, Donna and I had a lovely outing to Harvest Golf club for an early dinner, which we all love to do.  Dinner at eight is only possible in movies and our imaginations.  Harvest Golf is a gorgeous setting complete with man-made waterfall, surrounded by beautiful landscaping and of course an awe-inspiring view of the lake and City.

Due to the size of my stomach I decided I have to try to reduce it in order to be able to stand myself.  Of course it’s all very unpleasant at this point, but I’m trying to follow a low-carb way of eating so that I don’t have to say I’m on a diet, thereby driving straight to the store for three Oh Henrys.  This way I’m pretending eating like this is a ‘lifestyle’ however I can’t even fool myself.  I want chocolate.

I took myself to the Kelowna Actors Studio production of Sunset Boulevard on Saturday and it was enjoyable.  I sat next to a nice woman who turned to me and said “so you’re here all by yourself” to which I replied happily, “I am indeed!” and said nothing further about it.  I could’ve gone into a long song and dance of how I love doing stuff like that alone, but I thought why frighten the poor woman who was here with a friend.

The other day I turned on my computer and One Drive had decided to delete videos and photos that I had on my desktop.  Isn’t that just so like Microsoft?  I find computers mysterious as it is, but this one has me completely baffled, Calvin too and he has a Bachelor of Computer Science.

I bought a spiralizer at thrift and needed Calvin to show me how it works, as again, a degree is required for some of these gadgets.  Or maybe it’s me, as the Brita, weed whacker, laptop and now spiralizer have all flummoxed me completely.