This post is just a brief explanation of the countdown timer which has been added to the right sidebar of my blog.

I have a ticket for a flight from Montreal to Cincinnati which is scheduled to arrive there this Friday at approximately 4:30pm.  Lord willing, I plan to spend Thanksgiving with Alisa and her family in addition to having several days at GBS before and after the actual break.  I’m looking forward to seeing you again Alisa!

The above photo is from my last visit in September, while we were with Alisa’s family somewhere in Kentucky.

Somehow I only became aware of these two services on Saturday!  Both Microsoft and Google offer toll-free #’s with voice-activated business search capabilities.  Without further ado:

Microsoft Live Search 411:
1-800-CALL-411

Google GOOG411:
1-800-GOOG-411

Basically you can call the toll-free number, say the city and state, then say the business name/category, and say the number of the search a result to hear details about the business (phone #, street address). The service can then connect you for free, or SMS the details, ect.

Microsoft’s also offers weather and travel options. However, perhaps it’s my Canadian accent or something, but even after multiple tries at accessing “Weather”, the system still couldn’t understand what I wanted!

For those few hardy souls who still occasionally check out this blog, I’m finally posting an update!

Where to begin?  I guess I should have figured that out before starting this post, but… So much has happened in almost two months since I last posted!  I’ve been postponing posting since I wasn’t sure how to “catch up” on events…but I’ve decided to not mind about that, and mostly just carry on from here.

After 100+ days my Dad is now out of intensive care, and has been moved to a smaller hospital for physio. Thank you to everyone who has been holding us up in prayer.  God has been ever-faithful through this difficult time.

Just to add a splash of color to this post, here is a photo I took in Quebec a few weeks ago: