Freecycling

Went for a walk in the afternoon, the weather was nice, not a lot of wind. I saw a man chipping ice off his driveway and suggested he pour some boiling water on it, he thought that was funny. Unionville Main Street is having horse and carriage rides until Dec 31 in the afternoons, $25 for a carriage not including tip.

K and I did groceries. He picked himself up some yogurt, cheesecake, dunkaroos and I told him to throw back the fruit gusher candy and anything like that. I ended up getting him a Twix bar at checkout.

L and I finally tried that sweet potato bundt cake that I saw on Food TV a few weeks ago. It is absolutely delicious, healthy and pretty easy to make. Yesterday I tried this 'Petits Pois a la Francaise' recipe, also from Food TV and it was really good, I just added a little salt.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_34749,00.html

I phoned an older relative to wish her and her husband the best for the season. She had a hard time this year with heart valve replacement and sounds a lot better. Hope they have a good 2008.

News

Internet opens elite colleges to all
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071230/ap_on_hi_te/megauniversity_world_classroom_4

Free swap network makes trash treasure
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071229/ap_on_hi_te/freecycle_flourishes_2

Young adults heavy library users
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071230/ap_on_hi_te/internet_libraries_1

Violence near our local mall

Yesterday morning, I caught an interview with former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Cretien on a popular local radio station. He seemed at ease and had a good rapport with the hosts, just 9 weeks after quadruple bypass surgery. They talked about his new autobiography and he was taking pictures and signing autographs at the radio station afterwards. Interesting when asked which of the world leaders he liked best...he named Bill Clinton and Jacques Chirac (France). He said Bill was easy going and Hillary was more serious, a highly intelligent lady.

I saw this sweet potato bundt cake being made on foodtv and fully intend to try it.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_35933,00.html

News

Energy source of Northern Lights found
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071211/ap_on_sc/northern_lights

Violence near our local mall - I think the city is getting too large and unmanageable
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_17607.aspx

Naked man tricked into going to wrong address
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_17612.aspx