National Kindness Day

Today is National Kindness Day.  It's nice it has a day, but I try to be kind every day.  Sometimes I don't make it, but I try.  When Cheryl was going to university she didn't know what to buy her grandmother's for Christmas.  I told her all they wanted was something from her heart not her wallet.  She gave one a hand made gift certificate for cleaning, which she did.  The other grandmother got a nice drive and afternoon tea at a nice restaurant.  To be kind doesn't mean to pay.  It means to give them your time, send a card, pick up the phone and call or do something that will make them happy.

Yesterday we couldn't get into our online banking.  There was a 1-800 number to call, but we are so worried about scammers, we walked to the bank.  When the teller checked, someone tried to wire transfer $3,700 out of one of our accounts!  Thanks to the Royal Bank security system, our account was frozen.  We showed our ID, changed our user name, password and all the security questions.  We ran security updates and full scans of all our computers.  None of them had anything questionable.  It's interesting how they got in.  Cec did use Pay pal for a purchase a couple of weeks ago.  It's tied into his bank account.  We think it could be Pay pal because we have three accounts at the Royal Bank and they took money out of with with less money than the other ones!  We've both deleted bank accounts on Pay pal and now will only pay with a credit card.  Who knows how they got through the security but the fraud department at the Royal Bank are awesome.  The teller at the bank was really helpful too!   Cec goes into our accounts almost daily.  I think he likes to see how I can spend so much money and where it all goes!  We never use a debit card.  I was forced to use it once in Germany and as soon as I returned home, I changed the PIN.

Yesterday, Sportsnet fired Don Cherry.  He refused to apologize which shows what type of a person he really is.  If he apologized, he would still have a job.  They interviewed him today and he still doesn't think he said anything wrong.  One of the replacement announcers being considered is Brian Burke!  He would be a great replacement.  Brian was a hockey player, coach and general manager of a few hockey teams including the Vancouver Canucks.  In 2013 and for the next five years he was the President of Hockey Operations for the Calgary Flames.   After he left the Flames, he started working as a hockey analyst for Sportsnet!  He would be awesome and already works for the organization!

In 1973, we watched the Watergate Hearings.  We will watch the Impeachment Hearings.  I am hoping Americans will watch and make up their own mind.  The US news will deliver completely different accounts of the news.  If you watch FOX, he does nothing wrong.  If you watch CNN or MSN, he's guilty and should be impeached.  I will watch the hearings and make up my own mind.  I'm hoping they will either clear or impeach him and get it over.  At least we will hear people, testifying under oath, with both parties questioning them.

Today I'm off to the Canada Post Pacific Processing Plant to organize Santa Letter writing.  I will post when I have all this year's information.  It's a great volunteer job you can do in your own home if you want.  We go to the Cloverdale Post Office as they have some nice training rooms.  If anyone is wanting to help us, message me.