Busy, busy, busy

I had a couple questions on my last post.

Here is some basic info on the CN tower: The idea of the CN Tower originated from the 1968 Canadian National Railway had a desire to build a large TV and radio communication platform to serve the Toronto area, as well as demonstrate the strength of Canadian industry and CN in particular. These plans evolved over the next few years, and the project became official in 1972. The tower would have been part of Metro Centre (see CityPlace), a large development south of Front Street on the Railway Lands, a large railway switching yard that was being made redundant by newer yards outside the city. Key project team members were NCK Engineering as structural engineer; John Andrews Architects; Webb, Zerafa, Menkes, Housden Architects; Foundation Building Construction; and Canron (Eastern Structural Division).  At the time, Toronto was a boom town, and the late 1960s and early 1970s had seen the construction of numerous large skyscrapers in the downtown core, most notably First Canadian Place. This made broadcasting into the downtown area very difficult due to reflections off the buildings. The only solution would be to raise the antennas above the buildings, demanding a tower over 300 metres (984 ft) tall. Additionally, at the time, most data communications took place over point-to-point microwave links, whose dish antenna covered the roofs of large buildings. As each new skyscraper was added to the downtown, former line-of-sight links were no longer possible. CN intended to rent "hub" space for microwave links, visible from almost any building in the Toronto area. The CN Tower can be seen from at least as far away as Kennedy Street in Aurora, Ontario, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) to the north, and from several points on the south shore of Lake Ontario, 48 kilometres (30 mi) to the south in New York state in the United States.[original research?]  The original plan for the tower envisioned a tripod consisting of three independent cylindrical "pillars" linked at various heights by structural bridges. Had it been built, this design would have been considerably shorter, with the metal antenna located roughly where the concrete section between the main level and the Sky Pod lies today. As the design effort continued, it evolved into the current design with a single continuous hexagonal core to the Sky Pod, with three support legs blended into the hexagon below the main level, forming a large Y-shape structure at the ground level.  The idea for the main level in its current form evolved around this time, but the Sky Pod was not part of the plans until some time later. One engineer in particular felt that visitors would feel the higher observation deck would be worth paying extra for, and the costs in terms of construction were not prohibitive. It was also some time around this point that it was realized that the tower could become the world's tallest structure, and plans were changed to incorporate subtle modifications throughout the structure to this end.  On June 26, 1986, the ten-year anniversary of the tower's opening, high-rise firefighting and rescue advocate Dan Goodwin, in a sponsored publicity event, used his hands and feet to climb the outside of the tower, a feat he performed twice on the same day. Following both ascents, he used multiple rappels to descend to the ground.[8]

See  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CN_Tower for more info.

We are 2 hours later than you...so I believe that is EST.

The girls and I have been volunteering at the local animal shelter.  We have mainly been cleaning cat kennels...we take the cats out, clean out litter box, old food, dirty blankets, wipe the kennels down, put in new clean stuff and wrangle the cats back in the kennels.  It really is rewarding to see the cats in their nice clean kennels.  The kittens are really fun to watch and it is neat to see the personalities of the different cats.  We have also walked some of the dogs.  Tiana and I each walked a beagle.  Tiana walked a little Jack Russell female who thinks that she is the alpha of all dogs.  Then I walked a black lab/great dane mix who they found with her head caught in a  beaver trap.  Tabitha walked a shepherd/husky mix.  I am still thinking about the job but I don't feel it is quite right...we will see.  I want to volunteer a little more and see how it goes.

Tiana and I got our passports back from having our visas put in them...so now we have to go see immigration to get the paperwork filled out and we found out the fastest way is to go across the border and come back.  So tomorrow we head to New York to cross the border and come back.  Should be a quick 4 or 5 hour trip but it is the fastest way to do it.  Then we will stop in Kingston and apply for provincial insurance so that in 3 months or so, we should have provincial insurance.  I tell you, I am soooooo glad that Wil didn't go so that he can help me with all of this STUFF!  I could have done it but it is so much less stressful for me knowing he can help.  Thank you Lord!

More later, got to get going.

Oh, by the way, the new fridge is helping things not mold as quickly, seems the other one wasn't turned up enough...duh!