Today in history: November 21

1783: The first untethered human flight takes off when scientist Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent, Marquis d’Arlandes, float over Paris in a hot air balloon. They rose to a height of about 1,000 metres and drifted over the city for 25 minutes. 1902: Hockey broadcaster Foster Hewitt is born in Toronto. Hewitt did the play-by-play for Hockey Night in Canada, and coined the phrase "He shoots, he scores." 1959: Alan Freed, at the time the top disc jockey in the U.S., is fired by New York station WABC after he refused to sign an affidavit that he had taken money or gifts for playing records on air. Freed was the prime target in the payola investigations launched by the U.S. Congress. 1981: Tens of thousands of people gather on Parliament Hill in Ottawa to protest high interest rates. The demonstration, initiated by Canadian Labour Congress president Dennis McDermott, was in reaction to mortgage rates that were running at 18 per cent at time.

(With files from CBC News, The Canadian Press, The Associated Press and Reuters)

We were given an eviction notice the middle of June.  The owner's daughter was getting married and she wanted the house.  It took over 6 weeks to find something else suitable.  We needed 2 bathrooms, a garage,  3 bedrooms, a living room , dining room and a large kitchen.  We found  the house we were looking for, but unfortunately, it does not have a garage.  The price was right, so we agree to rent it.

It took over 20 days to move everything to the new residence.  Thankfully, it was just about 4 km from where we were living.  My son and his friends did all the moving.

I am still trying to unpack the boxes and find things.

Wolf my son left for New York today.  He is trying out for a new survival reality show.

Luka our Husky passed away about a month ago and we were offered a rescued husky.   The  original owner  got her as a puppy and had to leave her with his mother.  She did not want the dog.   We had not  planned on getting a new dog so soon, but this one needed a forever home.  She is black and white with beautiful blue eyes.   Luna has not left Wolf's side since she came to live with us and  has been going everywhere with him.   Now that he left, she is mopping up in his bedroom.