• Q was up for 2 hrs last night, the only thing that kept him from shrieking was being in bed with us. Will make really cheery funeral today #
• The deed is done. The recuperating can begin. Arrrr. #
• Sparkily vampires are really just over-achieving butterflies! No, really: http://bit.ly/cU9uUW #
• Everybody here in Halifax loves Q in his @chillmonkeys hat! #
• Uh, everyone's talking about lining up for iPhone. You're lining up tonight for FRIDAY's iPhone release? @gillianshaw @danudey @kimli #
• Found 10 geocaches today out w/ my father + uncle. With these finds we now have more "imafish123" geocaches than any other #4500kmFromHome #
• So, is anyone going to order an iPhone from Apple instead of buying retail? #
• Didn't have time for S&S so we hit McD's then picked up 2 caches before the movie #KeepingItClassy #
• Made up for missing the Steak & Stein by ordering Chinese food fr Tan's after the movie. Then ate it w/the sister-in-law #KeepingItClassy #
• Liking the new changes on geocaching.com ! The ability for a TB to visit a cache is much, much, much better than the drop-retrieve dance! #
• Angry skies in the 9-0-2. Going to be a stormy day. #
• Dear @twitter. It's so hard to see if I have new DMs when you keep resetting my DM count to 800. Also? Not. even. close. #
• Hmmm, Rogers offering iPhone 4 at $159/$269 (16GB/32GB) tomorrow http://bit.ly/aRtaXS via @johnbiehler @rogersbuzz #
• Looks like all the CDN telcos were waiting to see what everyone else was doing. @virginmobilecan is also doing $30/6GB, deets "tomorrow" #
• So … _if_ Apple is going to be selling Canadian iPhone 4's on their web site, when will it go live? Midnight EDT? #
• Now @virginmobilecan's iPhone 4 page is replaced by a countdown timer. Also? They've got a $30/6GB plan too. http://bit.ly/cZpgGz #
• Now xfer'd to 3rd CSR, 35 min and counting #
• … and the phone's batteries are about to give up. Amazingly there's a honest-to-goodness wired phone right here. #
• And they just dropped the fucking call. Good job @virginmobilecan #
• AND THE FUCKING CALL BACK NUMBER THEY GAVE ME IS CANADA POST NOT VIRGIN MOBILE. Asshats. #
• 50 minutes and counting, mostly on hold. @virginmobilecan endless hold, CSR bouncing + dropping calls makes for angry customers #
• The endless "thanks for hanging in there" and "super thankful you're holding on" belies the 45 mins+ I've spent on hold @virginmobilecan #
• I hope all the Canadian telcos are scanning the tweet streams and taking notes. You'll only be able to screw us for so long. #
• AND THEY FUCKING DROPPED THE CALL AGAIN. Not cool @virginmobilecan . Drop me twice after almost an hour on hold? Anger BOILING now. #
• I will not deal w/ Rogers. Ever again. I'm getting super frustrated with Virgin today. I hear mixed stories about Telus. Is Bell any better? #
• More reasons to avoid #Facebook read someone's status update, now have "Dance Desire" by Haywire going thru my head. Before bed. #earworm #
• Thanks @Rtousi for the #earworm Hope concert was good, + it didn't leave you Black and Blue, or Thinking About the Years. #JuniorHighMusic #
• RT @lynneux: Critical Mass in YVR has turned into some type of bizarre class warfare. No longer has anything to do w/ rights or enviro #
• When we're on the East Coast, my twitter stream is so slow in the mornings. It's like it's just a @raincoaster stream :p #
• We're on a boat! http://twitpic.com/2acfc3 #
• Still on boat http://twitpic.com/2adjzf #
• Congratulations to @trishussey and @operagal19 on their marriage in Vancouver today! #
• Quick touch and go in YEG. Inconsiderate 20-something kept seatback all the way back for 5hr fr YHZ :< #
• She looked over the seat, saw the kid, put seat back anyway. I wasn't too fussy abt keeping Q fr bumping her #passiveaggressive #
• I mean it's hard enough with a kid on your lap, but with 4 less inches? Brutal #
• Home now after 12 hrs travel from YHZ via YEG. Everyone's systems are all messed up. Eating supper?/lunch? then naps for everyone. #
• 4:30. Time to wake everyone up from their nap. #JetLag This will be heaps of fun. #
• Sorting through a few weeks' accumulated mail. One of which is our "With Glowing Hearts" 2010 Olympic "Commemorative Book". #
• The 2010 Olympic Commemorative Book includes a DVD. Which has a whopping 3 1/2 minute "highlight reel" video on it … + nothing else. WTF? #
• RT @aeroG: Sun Unleashes Coronal Mass Ejection Right at Earth http://bit.ly/ava6ed Huge plasma bubble arr Aug. 3rd, affect comms & aurorae #
• Attn #geocachers August 3 will be a bad day for #geocaching CME incoming http://bit.ly/ava6ed #

• Chillin' out at YVR, waiting for the Canada Line to bring the rest of the family. Travelling w/o car seats is nice … but complicated. #
• Melting away in Pearson. The more often I come here, the less I like it. Utterly kid unfriendly. And filthy. #
• .@keeperofmaps *No* kid areas. Pay-wall wifi. At the moment, filthy carpets and washrooms. This is an unpleasant 2hr hold-over #
• Didn't they recently renovate here? How could you not put ANY kid areas in Canada's busiest airport? #
• Arrived in Halifax. Kids were pretty wired but I think they're down now. Now … adjustment time. #
• This is our 21 month old's 4th set of transcontinental flights + Aidan declared "I'm getting tired of airplanes". #
• Quinlan work when the sun came up, 5:30ish Atlantic, 1:30 Pacific. Fortunately Gwen got him back down – it could have been ugly. #
• Back from hospital, visiting my mother. Resemblence to my 91 yr old g-mother, who has been afflected w/ Alzheimer's past 10 yrs is striking #
• And sad #
• Congrats @Seanfunk @SlvrLambStudios and family: First geocache pub'd + now found by someone else! Your transition to the darkside continues! #
• Things I hate about travelling x-country w/ an ~2 yr old: the 2 hrs+ of crying and screaming it takes to get him to go to sleep on Day 2 #
• Officially in go-to-sleep-now-damnit hell #
• Having only lived in East Coast boreal forests + PNW temperate rainforest the fact so little of Earth is treed boggles http://bit.ly/c7VGRo #
• Back from spending a good portion of the day at the hospital. She's comfortable, but I think the pain meds have been causing her to zone out #
• Back from the hospital again, brought the boys this time. They cheered her up, I think, but the drugs make it hard to tell. #cancersucks #
• RT @polarisdotca: Minister told kids Mars wld be "as big as Moon" Emailed him Mars hoax. Replied "Wasn't rlly Mars. Talking abt God." Huh? #
• My mother passed this morning, age 60. Instead of flowers, donations to the Ovarian Cancer Society appreciated http://www.ovariancanada.org #
• Thank you all for your thoughtful words; they mean much to us. I am so touched that my Twitter pals are such a warm and caring bunch. #
• The funeral for my mother will be 11am Monday the 26th at St. Pat's Church on Brunswick St, Hfx. Visitations at Cruikshank's Sunday 2-4, 6-8 #
• Been digging through old piles of photos to prepare for the funeral home. Many photos I've never seen before — a mother I never knew. #
• It's been bittersweet but not so sad. Happy for a life well lived. #
• I discovered this stunning photo of my mother, taken when she was 17. I'd never seen it before! http://twitpic.com/27pv60 #
• Friends, do your children (or future children) a favour. Keep dates, names, and context with your photos. "Who's in that pic? I dunno…" #
• Scanning photos: almost as fun as waiting for code to compile. #KnowingIsHalfTheBattle #WhatsTheOtherHalf #
• Phil Plait (aka @BadAstronomer ) gets his own Discovery show! http://bit.ly/amDeMY #
• Absolutely amazing photos of the CF-18 crash as it happened in Alberta http://bit.ly/coPr8f #
• Yay for kids. Aidan was up at 5 am today, back to bed for a bit, "up" at 6. That's 2am Vancouver time, yo #
• Return tickets bought — we're back in Vancouver on August 1st #
• So, uh, iPhone 4 in Canada in 1 week. Any news from any of the carriers about details? #CanadianTelcosHaveTheWorstCustomerServiceEvah #
• Walkint the formerly sandy now rocky beach at Lawerencetown http://twitpic.com/28daet #
• Sigh. "Viewing" at the funeral home today. Sounds like 4 hours of hell on earth. #
• Wow, just caught a Google Maps #epicfail It labelled the Bedford Basin (part of Halifax Harbour) as "Porters Lake". Uh, no. #
• Back from the funeral home. Ugh. Laundry and bulletins to do before knocking off tonight. #
• And Gwen's grandmother was taken from the funeral home directly to the hospital. #FunTimes #
• I think @LeftCoastMama spiked my drink. I have the urge to yell "Arrrr" and "Yo-ho-ho". Maybe that's just the rum talking. Arrr. #

Katherine Mary (Forwood) Floyd

Katherine Mary Floyd nee Forwood, 60 of Halifax passed away the 22^nd July 2010 at Victoria General Hospital. Born in Halifax in 1949, Kathy was the daughter of Muriel (Zinn) and the late Gerald Forwood.

During her early career Kathy worked for Canadian Customs before she had her son and became a full time stay at home mother. Kathy was very involved in many volunteer roles in both her children’s schools and in the greater community including work as a playground supervisor at both George Bissett and Col.John Stuart Elementary schools. During the early 90’s Kathy helped set up and run a Meals on Wheels program in Cole Harbour. She later became involved in many aspects of the Dartmouth Skating Club including volunteer work for Skate Dartmouth and Skate Canada. Her many roles included hospitality, registration and she could be counted upon to do whatever was needed. Most recently Kathy worked at the Diocesan Bookroom.

Kathy is survived by her loving husband John, son Anthony, daughter Paula, grandchildren Aidan and Quinlan (Floyd,) brother Paul Forwood and cousins Maureen, Patricia and Frank (Zinn.)

Visitation will be held Sunday 25^th July 2010 at 2 pm to 4 pm and 6pm to 8pm at Cruikshank’s Funeral Home, 2032 Robie Street, Halifax. The Funeral Service will be held on Monday 26^th July 2010 at 11 am, St. Patrick’s, 2267 Brunswick St, Halifax with Father LaPorte officiating. Interment will be at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Lower Sackville.

In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to Ovarian Cancer research at www.ovariancanada.org or a charity of your choice in Kathy’s name.

The family would like to send special thanks to a number of people involved in Kathy’s cancer treatment; the nurses and staff of the ward 11 chemo unit particularly: Ramona, Vivian, Smiley and her doctors Dr. Paula Rittenberg, Dr. Katharina Keiser, and her nurses Kathy Mac, Laverne, Thelma and Jodie. The kind support and sensitive care over the last 5 years has been appreciated more than you know.

***

This was one of the hardest things I have ever had to write. Kathy was a fine mother-in-law, a great mother, loving wife and a doting grandmother.  She could be sarcastic and stubborn but she loved to laugh and have a good time.  I am pretty sure that is why Anthony had such a strict curfew for the longest time.  Even though she was a little worried about her little boy being so serious so early she made me feel welcome in the family . . . eventually.  I know she took distinct pleasure in telling others that “Gwen was such a quiet and polite girl before she became involved in our family.”  Kathy took full credit for making me the sarcastic person you know today, and she wasn’t too far off.

I know that Kathy was very happy when Anthony and I became engaged, but it was nothing like when we told her she was going to be a grandmother.  I know she must have been absolutely thrilled and it was momentous because it was the reason she quit smoking. There was almost nothing she wouldn’t do for her grandsons.

We love her and we will miss her very much.

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• Argh. Lost my @CBCVancouver Radio 1 stream. Was fine few minutes ago, now getting a "stream unavailable" msg. So much for On The Coast. #
• I've entered some sort of alternate reality. 7:20am and no one else is up — not even the cats. Something in the air? #
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• OK, the @oldspice campaign sure knows how to rock social media. How they can keep up with the personalized responses amazes me. #
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• RT @kaler: I just realized Isaiah Mustafah [@OldSpice] is the new Strongbad. http://bit.ly/aAFDvD [Yup, nailed it!] #
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• RT @findchico: My review of the "Joy of Geocaching": I just finished a new geocaching book by Paul & Dana Gillin. http://tl.gd/2gc5p5 #
• RT @PapaStacey: Did you see this new fundraiser idea for BC Children's Hospital Foundation? Put Your Face on the Train; http://bit.ly/9jcVM2 #
• A plan is forming. Seems like more #geocaching brainwashing … erm, educating … coming up this weekend with @MommyFootprint #
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• Ha. "Stop throwing pigeons". Oh the things you learn from books. And the internet. #
• Thought the @OldSpice videos would get old if they continued a second day. I was wrong: http://youtu.be/GPlg9ez4L1w Pirate pinata! #
• RT @OldSpice: Reddit made this possible: http://bit.ly/aKPowQ [Currently overloaded, but awesome if you can connect] #
• RT @SlvrLambStudios: I'm selling my Canon 50mm 1.8 lens, like-new condition, $80 #
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• Awesome. @Alyssa_Milano backs @OldSpice into a corner + challenges to make a $100k donation to WWF's Gulf relief fund http://bit.ly/bUBIUB #
• I'd love to know what @AgeOfPersuasion thinks about the @OldSpice campaign #
• Q woke up shrieking when G put A to bed. Not a fun start to the night. #
• RT @Eyesno: Vancouver's answer to the Shuffle Demons @ Cambie & Broadway http://twitpic.com/25dpc3 #
• Damnit, I was in MEC today picking up bike bits and forgot to look at the airhorns. #MilitancyStartsWithASquawk #
• RT @VancityBuzz Check out Surrey Fusion Festival this wknd! FREE http://ow.ly/2bpwn [Even if you don't live there it's a great family evt!] #
• RT @bccycle: Bike safety group logs 18 incidents of “dangerous” driving in 2hr http://bit.ly/dtO6N7 #vancouver [VPD response? "Whiners"] #
• I don't think the @OldSpice campaign would have stayed fresh for another day, but what about @Alyssa_Milano's $100k challenge? #
• RT @OldSpice: Well friends, like all great things this too must end. http://youtu.be/nFDqvKtPgZo #
• 18 vehicles going the wrong way on a bike route in Vancouver in 2 hrs. Police response? Stop whining: http://bit.ly/dtO6N7 #
• For one thing, VPD traffic enforcement is a joke. Secondly, ticketing helmetless bikers while ignoring clearly dangerous driving? Absurd. #
• #LPC talking about scrapping JSF purchase. #LPC doesn't have good track record w/ scrapping military acq'ns + this would extend that rec #
• Nevermind that it was under an LPC gov't that Canada got involved w/ JSF in the 1st place. Which was a good decision. Scrapping? Not so much #
• RT @BoeingCorporate: Here's the 1st #Boeing plane at our first assembly bldg on Seattle's Lake Union. http://twitpic.com/25icaj #
• RT @monicahamburg: If you're an outdoorsy person, http://www.wanderung.ca/ is a tool to org hiking, cycling, snowshoeing or XC trips in BC #
• RT @Stv @AnthonyFloyd I'm totally intimidated by excel. But b/c it IS all rainbows & unicorns & i'm neither a leprechaun nor a virgin maiden #
• A whopping 35% of US-ians believe in evolution, vs 61% of CDNs and 68% of UK-ers. http://bit.ly/bxN8N2 (warning: PDF) #ThinkCritically #
• RT @chillmonkeys: Photos are up on the site and our Darwin hats are now available at @raspberrykids! http://bit.ly/bn71u0 #
• Aw, our son Q models a @chillmonkeys hat at @raspberrykids http://bit.ly/djCL6d http://bit.ly/bn71u0 #
• Worried I had bricked @LeftCoastMama's Kobo due to flaky-cable-disconnect during firmware upgrade, but seems ok. Whew. #NotInTheDoghouse #
• One thing I know will not happen: We will not perish in a fire while sleeping. Supper's _not_ burnt. Really. #Oversensitive #SmokeDetector #
• .@manx_cat Yet somehow kid #1 has picked up a west coast/American accent. He says "h-OW-se" I say "h-OH-se" and we're both confused. #
• The Pixel Train is in the station and now is your chance to get your pic on it! http://bit.ly/aXlDG9 #
• RT @iPhoneinCanada: iPhone 4 Coming to Canada on July 30th. Official! #
• Haha. Just got a call from @LeftCoastMama. Dropped A off at day camp and is now going for 2 FTF attempts. Good luck! #geocaching #
• Google's dropping the Nexus One. So … what's the top-of-the-heap Android phone? And is it available in Canada? #
• .@LeftCoastMama Scored one of the two FTFs! The missed one is underneath a stage. Currently occupied by performers. Ah well. :p #
• RT @cogno: This video made my day. Now I want to see the rest of this movie… http://youtu.be/de2vnEkFZM8 [Best Ramones cover today!] #
• My mother entered the hospital for what will be the last time. #fuckcancer #
• RT @goliphant: @AnthonyFloyd Dude, so sorry. Sadly, BTDT. Both parents. Hug your kids. #fuckcancer #
• Thanks all for the support. AFK for a bit, I think. #
• You guys are great. Thx for the support @lfroese @financialrunner @5and1 @gmarkham @gusgreeper @texameradian @cogno @604homesguy @seanmhair #
• Thanx @yukongale @the_emilyb @Rtousi @alexishinde @kabutar @ALotofLoves #
• Chillin out at Trimble Park #
• Uh, when did the style guides all go to "one space after periods"? And damnit, why didn't anyone tell me? #FeelingOldAgain #
• RT @_EricLowe: Two men and a woman tried to abduct our friend's baby today at the Granville Island Water Park. Keep an eye on your kids! #
• RT @Bud_T: @AnthonyFloyd and they've changed *back* to two spaces after the period already w/APA 6th. [Argh! Consistency, please!] #
• XBox Video Marketplace. A bit pricey, but they sure have it nailed. Just watched Hottub Time Machine. Instant streaming, no artefacts. #
• Weird. Associated Press makes a geographic mistake in Sammamish State Park shootings, major news outlets don't bother checking. #
• Only know that Sammamish State Park is _east_ of Seattle (not north @News1130radio ) 'cause we were partying it up there 2 weeks ago. #
• Ouch. Lost a follower over the litter pun. #PunsDontKillPeoplePeopleKillPeople #
• With that, I'm outta here. Be awesome to each other. #
• RT @eracose: Geocaching Weekend Jly 18-19 – For Casheport – Bay Roberts Visitor Information Centre http://tinyurl.com/37bzlv7 #newfoundland #
• My eldest and @LeftCoastMama have had a falling out over creative differences in the family-crest creation portion of the morning. #
• Oh my. Aidan seems to have caught his dragon in the middle of urination. His anatomically correct dragon. #FiveYearOldHumour #SendHelp #
• Need to explain geocaching to muggles? @geojoe found these muggle cards: http://bit.ly/bczd98 #
• Web design fail: Clicked feedback button got "Subject contains leading/trailing whitespace" error. Well, yes it does. STRIP IT OFF, IDIOT. #
• Related to previous web design fail: Still haven't received our mythical Vancouver 2010 Commemorative Book. Beginning to feel like a scam. #
• 2 muggles sitting on a geocache as 7 kids/5 adults descend on them. Gave up pretense of stealth, explained #geocaching as kids swarmed. #
• RT Seanfunk: Almost home fr a great #geocaching adventure w/ @AnthonyFloyd @LeftCoastMama + @MommyFootprint. A fun time enjoyed by all. :-) #
• Packing. As fun as the word implies. Later, gators. #