Technical Support:
Friday night, Chris was not in the house when I came home from a facial appointment. Our dogs were loose in the living room and the front door was not locked. It was very strange. It turned out that he got summoned to be tech support for the old Chinese ladies next door - setting up their laptop on the Internet. Our neighbour was on the phone with tech support, but she didn't know enough about computers to understand what he was telling her to do... so she told the tech support guy that she'd get her neighbour to help... and came over. She had a sense of urgency, so he went straight over. Once Chris was on the phone with tech support, the guy said he was looking at Google Street View to see how far away this neighbour was while he waited. :-)
Our neighbour came over again this afternoon asking for help with her computer/Internet. She said "You have time now? Come." It was kind of funny - because I was still in my pj's. She didn't remember how to log in to her new laptop - she typed in the user name and password but didn't know what to do next. I pretty much just pressed the "Enter" key for her and I was a hero! Then, she thought since I was there, I could show her how to log into her Gmail account and how to reply to e-mail messages. Her home page was Google and she'd enter Gmail.com in the search box, but she didn't know how to click the link. I changed her home page to Gmail. After 30 minutes or so, I think she got it. She was taking notes, so I hope her notes will help later. She's also taking a class.
Technology and the Internet bring people closer for sure - we had hardly ever talked to them in the past 10 years or so. We usually just wave hi/bye when we see each other as we leave/enter the garage. Now, we are sure that we are their favourite neighbours on this block! ;-)
Turkey Dinner:
We had a big Thanksgiving dinner last night! Chris spent Saturday night and Sunday cooking - he cooked a juicy 16 lb. turkey, garlic mashed potatoes, Brussels sprouts, fresh cranberry sauce, and crème brûlée with vanilla beans! 6 of us couldn't finish the food. Where was I when Chris was cooking? I was watching Vampire Diaries on the PVR. I still prefer Twilight. :-)
After sparkling wine and Bailey's Irish Cream (mint chocolate flavour Bailey's on the rocks with chocolate shavings on top), somehow, we ended up looking up addresses on Google Street View (hooked my laptop to the big screen TV). Hahaha... strange, eh? ;-) It guess it was because Calgary just went on Street View in the middle of last week. When we looked at our guests' house, it looked like there was somebody in their front window! We were trying to figure out who it was. Too bad we don't have CSI-type photo enhancement capabilities. The party ended past 1 a.m. today.
Photo Shoot:
We had some fun this afternoon. The Traveling Woofburys - Stella (American/vocal) & Harry (British/guitarist/vocal) - totally rocked the house!
Happy Halloween!
