from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 1:19 PM
subject Ebola: le Canada tient à rassurer la population; Timspiracy! Is Tim Hortons ripping you off?
Dear Stephen, I am still alive. I survived a little road trip to the Tar Sands. Excuse me, Oil Sands. Coincidently, I ran into my old junior high buddy Matt, who helped me on the shoot and bought me supper in Fort Mac. He was my first friend in NB but we haven’t seen one another since 1997. He quit his job at Irving and came out in August, and was working nights but had Monday off before starting days on Tuesday. Anyway, we tried initially to get a shot from right atop a dried tailings pond but it was far too dusty and windy; I was worried about the camera. I wouldn’t have had time to gear up anyway; as the security agent told me later, he was receiving “tons of calls” about us from the minute we were out of the car. Lucky for us Suncor has arranged a nice little viewpoint park and so I shot footage in front of a giant excavator and from the buffalo lookout point.
After supper I dropped Matt off at his camp and then hit the road back to Edmonton, but decided to check out Cold Lake in the hopes of finding some in situ pumps to shoot but it was raining by the time I got there and there weren’t really any sights that grabbed me, nothing I could find anyway. So I kept driving to Calgary.
Colin picked me up from the airport. He’s really turned his life around: no more drinking, drugs, he’s in AA, he’s built his life up, met a wonderful woman and they are engaged to be married next year. Wow, eh?
Today I am dropping Stacy’s paintings off at the New Gallery, then maybe grab some Everyday Goalie footage in front of the Saddledome before a short performance at Communitywise space this evening. Maybe I’ll even stop by your constituency office to say hi, or perform out front. Hmmmm. Would that help or hinder my efforts to get the nod as candidate in Papineau? Maybe I’ll just drop off some hockey cards for you.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 12:31 AM
subject Irak: les Canadiens au combat pendant six mois; Default entered against Omar Khadr in U.S. suit
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived the flight back to Montreal, the shoot at Lake Louise yesterday morning and Rita McKeough’s performance last night at ACAD. But now everyone is asleep and I don’t feel like writing anymore (I am working on the text for the supper project at Diagonale in a few weeks), I am proposing to work with my mom on a custom quilted net for my Everyday Goalie hockey goal. A few details still need to be ironed out, such as asking her.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 2:26 PM
subject Irak: les Canadiens au combat pendant six mois; Lagasse: Time for a refresher on the powers of Parliament
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. Sorry I didn’t write last night. Things got a little out-of-hand with the sketchup file of our kitchen. Post-Judith visit we are now considering knocking out the upper level and stairs to the kitchen, bringing it all down to the same level as the rest of the RC. Still playing with tiles, too. And now we might not bring down the load-bearing wall at all, which kinda makes the $500 I owe to the structural engineer seem a bit much. On the plus side, Denis finished painting the fences and all the front doors, and our neighbours all liked the light pink and went with the same colour. He just cost twice as much as I thought it would be, whatever, it’s only money, and you can’t take it with you, and I think the work made him happy.
Oh, I am meeting Michel tomorrow evening to discuss my application to become candidate in Papineau. He is president of the selection committee and wants to go over the forms as well as hear my platform. I still have no platform.
Swimming lessons went well this morning, Sol conked out in the car on the way home but Rose is fighting her nap, even though we plan to go see Femke for supper, and napping is supposed to be a condition. Arg, I hate it when kids call your bluff.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 10:36 PM
subject Hillary Clinton accueille favorablement l’aide du Canada en Irak; Blatchford: Unidentified man seen in video leaving Luka Magnotta’s apartment apparently wobbly
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived another Monday, also my first day back at work in 7 weeks! Hard to believe. It was busy day, I added dimensions to the sketchup of the screens layout and then physically marked them out on the floor in G5 with Steve. G5 now has a massive new ceiling that if having a blackout fabric stretched over it, so Richard will get his black ceiling after all. The structure will also provide numerous points of anchorage for the screens, projectors and speakers, and the cabling can run above out of sight.
Tonight after getting the kids from daycare I swung by and ordered the 24″ gas stove and 24″ fridge from Corbeil. The fridge won’t be ready until end of November. Clo found us a place to live nearby starting November 1 so things are moving ahead!
After supper I met Michel at our CPC Papineau “office” (The Tim Hortons on the corner) to discuss my candidature. There are three magic numbers: 25, 100 and 18,000. The first is the minimum of Papineau CPC members I need to have sign my nomination papers. The second is the amount of Papineau residents need to sign my papers for Elections Canada. The third is the approximate amount of money I need to raise to run the campaign. He mentioned that a number of years ago your own constituency office lent Papineau $9000 to help in a campaign. Could we hit you up again in 2015? Michel also gave me a bunch of CPC swag, some of it dating back to 2004, as well as some documents, a couple flagpoles and some Harper posters. Fun!
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 11:43 PM
subject Feu vert à l’intervention militaire en Irak; MPs vote to join U.S.-led bombing campaign against ISIL
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived another day at work. The techs arrived from Germany and we had a delivery from Pacart for all the equipment and photos so there was lots to do. Don’t worry, I didn’t lift anything. Worked ’till 5, picked up some groceries and made supper and then put the kids to bed. Worked on Sketchup re-designs of the kitchen, on version 7 now, this time with double-stacked cupboards to extend to the ceiling.
Jenny Holzer truism for the day: Nothing upsets the balance of good and evil.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 10:33 PM
subject Enquête sur 80 djihadistes présumés au Canada; Public Works scrambling to fix loose windows and bricks
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived another day at work. Dropped kids off to daycare in the rain and picked them up after work. Sol quite enjoyed playing in the puddle outside daycare; he didn’t want to leave it, in fact. The kids had a late supper, watched the second half of Frozen (as a mid-week “exception” for Rose, for good behaviour), and went to bed relatively early. I fell asleep with Rose, but woke up with enough time to fiddle with the Sketchup of the kitchen, fart around on Facebook (I am trying to decide on a painting purchase to celebrate the purchase of our apartment from an old nscad colleague Byron, who is a plein air painting machine). It would be nice to go to bed early, and maybe have some intimacy with my wife, which is a bit tricky lately as those kids always end up in our bed at random hours throughout the night.
Jenny Holzer truism for the night: Dependence can be a meal ticket
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 10:15 PM
subject Légalisation du cannabis: Ottawa reste fermé; Lin Jun autopsy took five days, Luka Magnotta trial hears
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived another day at work. Helped move and unpack some VB pictures, didn’t do too much in the RM video installation. Had a crazy time with the kids after daycare as Clo had dropped the kids off with her bike, so I half-carried, half-dragged Sol home, as all he wanted to do was throw stones into a puddle off the curb in front of daycare. We stopped at the bakery and after a snack he was much better and stopped screaming. Grabbed some beer for the visit with Marcello, where we confirmed the new kitchen renovation changes as well as a start date: November 3. Yikes! Coming up fast.
Jenny Holzer truism for tonight: Holding back protects your vital energies
Still unsure which painting to buy from Byron: Morning Burn or Time Gate. In his words: “Time Gate is charming and a bit softer, and Morning Burn is more powerful and has stronger color. Morning Burn is an emotional high point, and Time Gate is a solid experience. ” Maybe I should wait and see how he does with the upcoming wild grasses.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 10:30 PM
subject EI: le Canada envoie une équipe de reconnaissance au Koweït; Video shows 2012 Eaton Centre shooting panic
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived Friday at work, and going to IKEA with the kids and Victoria after work, for supper and some shopping (mostly for some things for work) and of course to kill time (Clo was at a cocktail for German Night at the MBAM and then out with Kent and then a party) so when I got home with the kids it was basically bedtime and I fell asleep with them which is why I didn’t write to you.
Today I took Rose to dance class then had a meeting at Diagonale to discuss La Soupée which is NEXT WEEK and then I went to work and helped hang Love Is The Drug which is HUGE and we still have a few millimetres adjustments to make before attempting to put the frame up over the three panels, and now there is a power supply problem with the amps for The Enclave and we may need an electrician to come in on Thanksgiving Sunday to wire up some 240 from the panel. Meanwhile tonight I am wrapping gifts and Clo is representing at Roberts’ b-day party. Tomorrow is swimming lessons then a Buddhist ceremony for Daniel and then off to visit the cousins and celebrate birthdays and Thanksgiving.
Jenny Holzer truism of the day: Don’t place to much trust in experts
Is the spelling mistake intentional on her part do you think?
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 9:55 PM
subject Deux élections partielles se tiendront le 17 novembre; Conservatives’ ‘very ethnic’ media approach a success: journalism study
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived swimming lessons, the park, leaves, the drive to Île Perrot, Thanksgiving, the drive home, taking the kids to work today, minuscule adjustments of the big three-panel photograph, the tea memorial service and procession for Daniel, a stressful no-fun supper with the kids at le Panthère Verte, the drive home, pyjamas, bed.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 10:40 PM
subject Ottawa veut donner plus de pouvoirs au SCRS contre le terrorisme; Blatchford: Luka Magnotta video of killing and dismemberment of Lin Jun ghastly beyond description
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived the opening, and more remarkable than that, the unexpected night out before. After working until about 9pm I went to the VIP dinner at Phoebe’s house with the German techs. We ended up at a random bar in Old Montréal until far too late, and I drank far too much, and was far too sick unexpectedly at 4 in the morning. My extraordinary life partner cleaned up after me, and I stumbled to the basement to catch more sleep while she changed sheets. I could barely get to work for 2pm the day of the opening. I came home for supper and to help a bit with the kids, and went back to catch the tail end of the opening and help shut the works down in The Enclave, and met up with Karen Tam, and we went for a bowl of soup (beef!) at Cristal in Chinatown before re-joining the after-party at La Mal Nécessaire, which is a fancy yet simple re-designed tiki bar in Chinatown, but I only stayed until 12:30.
Today I survived a partial day of work, dropping the kids off at daycare, working the morning, then hanging with Ron the German tech and Richard Mosse at the Hotel Gault lobby for a few quick beers. Then I went home, stopping at my bank to sign for an extension of line of credit. Oh, and on the phone I confirmed the order of our new kitchen window and patio doors.
Now I’m editing together a compilation of my goalie videos for La Soupée event on Saturday. I am installing tomorrow.
The Jenny Holzer Truism for today: Salvation can’t be bought and sold.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 12:06 AM
subject Course à l’investiture du PLC dans Brome-Missisquoi; Rachel Notley wins party balloting to become new leader of Alberta NDP
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived La Soupée, though I didn’t win. I hope my mom is not too disappointed, but as I hadn’t really developed a concrete plan with her I can’t imagine she will be. It was a fun evening, it was super well-organized and all the participants seemed to have a great time. Jesse and Andréa came over to babysit and Clo went out with Pip. She was originally going to go out with the AC crew but there were too many cancellations due to unexpected deaths and funerals.
On top of the quilted hockey net, the Everyday Goalie and the Dear PM project I did speak to a few people about the CPC Infiltration project. Speaking about the project is still the most I have done to advance it these past few weeks. In two days we will be less than 1 year before the 2015 elections and I can start to sell year-long party memberships to try to boost my minimum required 25 signatures for my nomination.
It was too cute this morning: I took Sol outside, well-bundled up in rain gear, so he could play in puddles. He did not tire of this, finding a whole slew of different ways of projecting himself into the same puddles over and over again.
Daily Jenny Holzer: Being alone with yourself is increasingly unpopular
Gonna hit the Facebook a bit before heading to bed. I have 392 followers on Twitter; think I can make 400 before the end of the month?
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 10:48 PM
subject Lutte contre l’EI: le Canada scrute les renseignements financiers; 10th anniversary of the RCMP National Memorial Cemetery
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived swimming lessons this morning, which also involved lots of traffic detours in the Plateau as unbeknownst to me there was the Parc Lafontaine run so many roads closed and of course I needed to pick Claudine up in the centre of it all as I was picking her up from Pips’ after they had been partying all night. Somehow we made it to swim classes in time. The kids both loved their classes and we went to a new café nearby for lunch that had a great play section for kids. Sol loved the carrot soup. Had a lazy-hazy afternoon, attempted a family nap but the kids slept mostly in the car the way home. Had to leave Sol sleeping in the car and take Rose to go pee at the Hyatt; I showed her the potted plant in the lobby where she peed a couple years ago after a Jon Knowles opening. Claudine was getting her biennale passport from the MAC. Anyway, the day slid into evening, SRoberts came over for supper, leftovers from last night’s paté chinois – which consisted of some ground beef mixed with lentils, but good meat, kind meat, at least meat killed somewhat kindly – and some red wine and after putting the kids to bed my evening has consisted of video editing and facebook. Hoping to get the Alberta Everyday Goalie video up this week. Don’t know what to do about the sound just yet. Original sound recordings unusable. Maybe a Neil Young tune?
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 11:32 PM
subject Environ 50 Canadiens combattent auprès de l’EI en Irak et en Syrie; Shooting suspect was arrested in the past, was active on social media
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived another Monday, another day at work. I didn’t accomplish much, I think I am still a little rusty. I did decide on which of Byron’s paintings I want to buy and put $400 down on a great little closeup of wild grass, called Wild Grasses, and sent him an email transfer. I consider it a housewarming present to ourselves.
Picked the kids up from daycare, made a tofu stir-fry for supper, put the kids to bed early and Clo and I went over the Sketchup design of the kitchen re-design and started an IKEA kitchen planner but it doesn’t like me.
I think I might have resolved what to do about the soundtrack for the Alberta video; instead of having a couple Alberta-related songs, I stretched Neil Young’s Four Strong Winds out to almost ten minutes, so it sounds super weird, and looks even weirder with the goalie in the landscape. Clo feels I should produce my own sound and maybe I’ll see if there is something I can do with the original footage but meantime this is a quick and easy fix.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:36 PM
subject Des députés veulent pouvoir circuler librement sur la Colline parlementaire; Blatchford: Did Magnotta attempt to cement his fame by asking to just be left alone?
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived a crazy night which saw the kids up at all hours, Rose peeing on the floor (lucky it wasn’t the bed!), Sol and Rose both awake (what did they EAT? Chocolate?) and myself bouncing from bed to bed unable to sleep either. Needless to say it wasn’t a super-efficient day at work. Ran into Kim and Jean-Michel after work and offered to take Thomas for a supper playdate so they could get a few things for their life, seeing as they just had a baby a few days ago. It is easy to forget how small a newborn is! The kids enjoyed playing tag and getting all wound up. I fell asleep with Rose and just work up to have a shower and go to bed. Clo has gone out to Biennale-related events at the Parisian Laundry. I’m planning to go see Ben Frost tomorrow at the Sala Rossa, and have a new babysitter lined up to come over once the kids are in bed. Ben did the haunting soundtrack for The Enclave, he travelled to the Congo with Richard two or three times. Crazy, that story, that place. Over 5-million dead since 1998! And hardly a peep in the media.
Uh-oh, she’s up….and wow! peeing on the toilet by herself!!! And even better: back to sleep no fuss, no crisis, no requests for stories about the Smurfs or Woody and Buzz or Frozen or Star Wars! My little girl…growing up!
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 10:14 PM
subject Harper dépose son projet de loi «omnibus»; Ottawa shootings: Day Two Summary
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived the Terrorist Attack on Ottawa, mostly due to the fact that I was at work, in Montréal. Gave a tech tour to the preposées, cleaned up a bit, organized my calendar, left work early to get the kids and bring them to UQAM for Graeme’s opening, which was lots of fun, if not a bit hectic trying to keep both eyes trained on two kids often running in opposite directions. Didn’t help that many of Graeme’s sculptures were very low and basically miniature houses, buildings, objects that must have been SO tempting; given all that, the kids were pretty good. They liked the player piano piece the best, and climbing and jumping off the bleachers. Jumping into my arms. Took the kids home via metro for supper, which consisted of Portugese-style chicken from Roses’ “favourite restaurant” – the one on Jean-Talon that had a fire last year, and where she hasn’t eaten in over a year. Then got the kids in bed and asleep just as Luisa, a new babysitter, arrived. I met Clo at Sala Rosa for the Ben Frost show but he totally pulled a diva and cancelled at the last moment, claiming that the sound system would compromise his music. So we went home earlier than expected. Today I only worked the morning, doing lighting tests and changing lightbulbs, then went to physio, then had a massage. My back as been killing me lately. Tomorrow I am off to IKEA to choose the cabinets.
JH for tonight: Abstraction is a type of decadence.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 12:07 AM
subject Projet de loi sur le terrorisme et libertés civiles: l’opposition s’inquiète; Thousands line streets as Cpl. Nathan Cirillo returns home (with video)
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived a trip to Hell and back. Today I went to IKEA and placed the order for our kitchen cabinets. It took all day, as I finalized the selection using the IKEA-friendly 3-D modelling software, but mostly waited long periods for staff to help. Ate a dry and tasteless lunch of salmon at 3pm. Became a member of IKEA family, which hopefully will give us discounts on future purchases and is not in fact initiation into some crazy global cult. We “earned” $600 in gift cards with the purchase of our IKEA kitchen. I hope Marcello can get it all together properly; the boxes will be delivered next week. I was worried that I would be caught in the second Hell of traffic but the drive home was not bad at all; I must have missed rush hour. Put the kids to bed after Clo made supper and then she went out to the closing night of Phenomena. I’m reading about Ebola in the New Yorker, which makes for a terrible bedtime story.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 10:44 PM
subject Mulcair veut protéger les droits individuels; Cooperation amongst Hill security may be first step towards unified force
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived the weekend, including a stay-at-home date night with my lovely wife last night. We watched The Grand Hotel Budapest, which was entirely delightful. The kids have kept us quite busy throughout the weekend, what with dance classes Saturday and swimming classes this morning. We ate again at this lovely little café near the pool, Sfouf or something like that. Tasty soups and Lebanese-style tartines, and a great big play area for the little ones, which Sol adores. Clo had a yoga course this afternoon so for me it was all naps, a surprise visit from Drew, pumpkin carving with Rose, a quick jaunt to the market for fish and veggies, supper, then a protracted bedtime, then when the kids were asleep I whipped down to Diagonale and packed up the goalie gear and installation. I’m leaving the framed photo for their fundraising exhibition, and now I just need to write a quick description of it, then bed.
JH Truism for today: Artificial desires are despoiling the earth
Can’t say I can argue much with that.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 11:36 PM
subject François Hollande s’adressera au Parlement canadien; Blatchford: Jian Ghomeshi sex scandal a sordid modern tale of bullying
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived another Monday. I also survived the return of “Lloyd Electric” as I changed a dimmer switch in the coatroom. No butchering or electrocution occurred. Also changed a few more light bulbs. The kids were up all night again: Rose threw a fit going to bed, then came into our room at midnight and threw another fit so I left her with Clo and went into Rose’s bed, then Sol came up there, then Rose came back so I left them together in her bed, then they squabbled and Clo finished off the night with the two kids in Roses’ bed. It’s been a roller-coaster of sleep deprivation lately. Alma told me today how good and calm Rose is at daycare and how well she sleeps at naptime! But Sol is the inverse: he is starting to hit and bite. Today he hit another child twice because he was crying! I hope he is not a bully. Oh, also today at work I called IKEA to cancel 4 of the 15″ cupboards to replace with 18″, but it had to be done in-store, so Clo went tonight. I need a break from that place. I also need to go to bed before midnight and get some sleep before one or both kids start to get up.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 11:51 PM
subject Le coup d’éclat en français de John Tory a fait réagir; Cpl. Nathan Cirillo given sendoff worthy of his sacrifice
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. Survived garbage and recycling day. Unlike compost, which is tomorrow, we never forget garbage and recycling. I did, however, forget to call Jerry to help him through the login process for CIMS. I was busy re-doing work on my kitchen plans as Sketchup kept crashing every ten minutes (and I only save every five). I did real work as well: lots of paint touchups, improved some lighting, changed more lightbulbs. Anyway, I haven’t heard back from him, I wonder if he got on? I went to bed last night having slight anxiety about this whole infiltration project. I have no time to devote to a real campaign, let alone one infused with artistic pretence and artifice. Today after work I signed up for 24-month financing for the fridge and stove, which will be delivered the 14th. Today we had 15 storage boxes dropped off that we are renting, and tomorrow my folks are scheduled to arrive to help us while we pack. How is it almost midnight already?
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 11:23 PM
subject Stephen Harper pourrait annoncer jeudi le fractionnement des revenus; Anonymous woman claims she was hit by Jian Ghomeshi more than a decade ago’
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived another day of work, and a quick visit to the municipal office to talk about building permits. I need a bunch of paperwork copied, created, signed, co-signed, photos taken, measurements and plans made, and it should cost a minimum $130 for the permit which might take days or weeks to procure, if I get the documents in ASAP. And I have to work tomorrow, and I have physio in the afternoon, and we haven’t yet packed any boxes. My parents arrived this evening after supper and helped put the kids to bed and we discussed the renos and now Clo is back with Sol, who woke up already, and I think she has fallen asleep with him. I forgot to call Jerry again.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 10:46 PM
subject Olivia Chow dans une caricature jugée «sexiste et raciste» par Mulcair; Prince Charles donates to families of slain Canadian soldiers
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived a short morning at work and then a long wait in the emergency room at Hôpital Jean Talon as Sol had apparently fallen or done something funny to his left arm. He didn’t seem to be in pain but he was not doing anything with it, just letting it dangle in a way that seemed very peculiar. And I don’t know if this is just normal for emergency room access or if there was something else going on but we checked in at 1pm and my dad met me at 2 and then he left at 5:30 and Clo came at 6 and then she finally saw the doctor and had x-rays and then was home with Sol by 9:15. They think maybe he had dislocated his elbow, but the tests were inconclusive. In any case, he was a champion, was super-cute the whole time, and had his bottle and was asleep before his head hit the pillow. His arm seemed a tad bit better before bed; we’ll watch it for 48 hours to see if usage returns to normal, otherwise it’ll be another visit to a hospital, right in the middle of boxes and packing and moving to the temporary apartment. Tonight I snuck in quick visits with our co-owners to sign letters of permission for our application for a building permit, which I will try to procure tomorrow. Our IKEA cabinets will be delivered tomorrow morning; I tried to delay to next week but it would have cost an additional $150. We’ll stack them in our bedroom. I still haven’t called Jerry to see if he has made any headway with CIMS.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 11:40 PM
subject Le fractionnement du revenu suscite des réactions diverses; Police investigating former CBC star Jian Ghomeshi after two women come forward
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived another Halloween. Rose was Batman, for the day and as well for the evening Trick or Treating. Sol’s elbow became progressively better during the day so that it was back to normal by the time we picked him up from daycare. My parents continued work on filling boxes and my mom made a soup while I prepared documents for the work permit, which I received shortly past lunchtime. I was worried it would be difficult to get but all my papers were in order I just needed to pay $160, but we have a permit! It feels so legitimate. Then I made two runs to pick up all our tile, as the kitchen floor will be cement tiles and they are heavy. Had a bunch of friends over for Halloween: Luneva and her folks, Thomas and his folks and new sister, and Amélie and her folks, and my folks, and we had soup and breads and dips and beer and the kids gorged on candy and in the end watched most of Finding Nemo. We’ve decided to move into the temporary apartment tomorrow, as it will make the rest of the packing easier. Also, we have a rat. I bought traps and poison today but hope that post renovations the rat will have moved on to greener pastures.
-chris
DEAR PM 