It's only minus 42 out this morning. Seems odd to say, but with the sun shining, and compared to the last 10 days, it feels a lot better today. For some reason, when it's cold for an extended period of time like this, I have two toes that get all red, swollen, and itchy. It doesn't make any sense to me, but it happens.
Speaking of not making any sense to me, Rico was giving us a bit of a scare yesterday, with some real struggles breathing. Without a vet in town, we went to petmd to find some answers. Everything always looks like it's just free information, but then at the end they let you know that finding satisfactory information will cost you $18. With Fran in a bit of a panic, of course I have no choice. Thanks a lot petmd (dripping with sarcasm)! In any case, after spending several hours laying perfectly still and breathing hard, he seemed to start coming around. This morning he seems to be doing much better. He probably doesn't appreciate the extreme cold that much either!
In other matters, we were finally approved for our vacation. We'll be taking the whole month of April off. The details haven't been finalized yet, but we're working on going even farther south for a week, while we're "down south" for the month.
I had been planning on at least partially financing that trip south with my tax return, so I sent it in for a dry run yesterday. I knew that I was going to take a bit of a hit by moving to Quebec, but there was no way that I could have been prepared for this. The difference between what I would have got as a return in Nunavut, and what I now have to pay in Quebec, is $7,000.00! Can you believe that? Quebec sucks! In Quebec, you have to file Federal and Provincial taxes separately. Because of charitable donations and RRSP contributions, I will get a small Federal return, but we both have to pay huge for the Quebec Provincial taxes. Did I mention that Quebec sucks?
In the new age of "commercialism" on my blog, I've now made a whopping 12 cents. I'm sure that the Government of Quebec will find some way of taking that away from me too. Jerks!
With the fervor surrounding the latest Winnipeg Jets revival campaign, I've been doing some research to make a fairly comprehensive assessment of the actual possibility. There seemed to be way too much to throw together all in one blog, so I've planned a mini-series. Don't worry, I'll only give you the condensed "Readers Digest" version.
Stay tuned.
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