Well, I had originally hoped to visit with my mom in McMurray towards the end of August but unfortunately that trip was cut short when my sunroof exploded on me. I ended up turning around and coming back to Calgary to get that fixed and of course didn't get a chance to visit my mom. So this weekend I'm trying again.
I'm heading up to St Albert and then from there making my way up to McMurray to finally get in that visit. For you potential thieves out there, I should warn you that I have someone looking after my place while I'm away and I have really good neighbors! *waggles finger at neer-do-wells*
As much as I enjoy visiting my mom, this trip will be primarily a working one. She needs some help doing some yard maintenance and there is a basement that needs some attention as well. I'm told she has a long list of things for me to tackle so hopefully I can get a lot of that squared away for her. Who knows, maybe the little things we accomplish will be the things that help sell her place to a prospective buyer! I'd love it if my mom were able to move to St Albert by Christmas!
In any case, I'll get to try out my fancy new iPod adapter on the way up. I picked up a Nissan accessory that will interface my iPod with my truck stereo head unit. So I can plug in the ipod and change songs using my steering wheel controls and it plays directly through my stereo instead of using an FM transmitter. The only problem is that it doesn't charge my ipod while playing. The charging feature will work on some older models so I just have to track down an older ipod to take advantage of that. Should be a nice bonus for my trip in any case! :o)
Now the only thing I have to do is arrange some nice weather with Mother Nature. The forecast for my travel days looks pretty glum. *sigh* Hopefully I don't encounter any "frozen precipitate" along the way. ;o)
No comments:
Post a Comment