Hey Everyone! Were you waiting with breath baited for an update from holidays, because if you were, here it is, take a deep breath. Hope you are excited.
For everyone who doesn't know, I am on "vacation" in Utah. I know that doesn't sound overly exciting, but the purpose of the trip is really to take my brother to the MTC for his mission. (How did the time run out so fast! He leaves tomorrow!)
For a Canadian like myself, especially a Canadian who has experienced a relatively rainy summer, it is hot here. Really hot! Yesterday the temperature hit 101 degrees, which for my Celsius friends is about 40. Last night the night time low was 28 degrees! That is a Canadian daytime high and not a night time low. But I hopefully I will acclimatise by the time we get home and will be happy with the low thirty temperatures.
So, you are never going to believe it, but somehow on this trip I got brave. I don't know if the hot temperatures have affected my judgement or what, but let me illustrate my imparedness.
On Monday afternoon, my family and I went to Lagoon, a local amusement park similar to Calaway Park, and actually rode on two roller coasters! All of my friends who went to Whoop Up Days with me will understand how much I really don't do scary rides. One of the roller coasters was an old wooden one that I was sure would fall down at any moment as it shook during the whole ride. I actually agreed to go on a third roller coaster, but the line was too long for the amount of time we had left. No, I have not developed a love of thrill rides. I don't know what I was thinking.
The second story of craziness happened just this afternoon. As my family went to the temple, I wandered Temple Square alone. I visited the Seagull Monument in memory of our last trip and realized just how unfun the Reflecting Pool was by yourself. But the best part of the day came as my family and I waited to eat lunch at a restaurant in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, I noticed Elder Robert D. Hales walk into the restaurant. We ate our lunch and as Elder Hales began walking out of the restaurant, I stood up and introduced myself to the apostle and then introduced him to my missionary brother. He talked to my brother about his mission and then came over to meet the rest of our table!
After he left, I realized just exactly what I had done, and who's day I had interrupted. I couldn't believe that I had been that brave! I don't like asking people in stores for help, how did I tie up an apostle's time? A few minutes after our new friend had left, he came back with another family in tow, and surprisingly it was another family with a missionary going to the Dominican Republic!
So tomorrow is the big day as we send Eric off to teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I know he will do a fantastic job, and as much as we will miss him, it will be amazing to have another missionary in the family. Good luck and God speed, Elder Garner.
Hopefully more exciting updates to come.
Thankful for all that I have. Enjoying my time with my family.
As Always,
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
“It Must Be Summer; He’s Cagey And I’m Confused”
I about died of laughter when I heard today’s title coming out of my friend’s mouth the other night. I love the fact that most people recognize summer by backyard BBQs or trips to the beach, YSA on the other hand; calculate a successful summer based on the number of victorious versus failed summer romances.
Well, we made it through the week. I cleaned off not only my own desk, but also RDPs, filed all of our stray papers, made an exceedingly impressive list of work in progress, and insured that no major crisis will occur while I am gone, all while maintaining extreme professionalism and bouncy hair.
The office is still in a panic that both my boss and I will be taking holidays at the same time, but I have prepared them as best as I can, I can promise, no guarantee, that nothing will happen while we are gone.
So bring on a whole week without affidavits, Notice of Motions, voicemail, timesheets or even black dress socks! I need a break.
We have definitely hit single digits in the time left until we lose Eric to Elder Garner. Somehow I don’t remember it being this difficult when we sent our first Elder Garner. But I know that the three musketeers will survive and Eric will do great things in the Dominican! Good luck, we will miss you!
Counting:
The three short hours until work is finished for another week.
Thinking:
Of all of the things I still need to pack.
Missing
You. Surprising, I know.
Thanks to all of you! Hoping to still get a few posts out next week.
As Always,
Well, we made it through the week. I cleaned off not only my own desk, but also RDPs, filed all of our stray papers, made an exceedingly impressive list of work in progress, and insured that no major crisis will occur while I am gone, all while maintaining extreme professionalism and bouncy hair.
The office is still in a panic that both my boss and I will be taking holidays at the same time, but I have prepared them as best as I can, I can promise, no guarantee, that nothing will happen while we are gone.
So bring on a whole week without affidavits, Notice of Motions, voicemail, timesheets or even black dress socks! I need a break.
We have definitely hit single digits in the time left until we lose Eric to Elder Garner. Somehow I don’t remember it being this difficult when we sent our first Elder Garner. But I know that the three musketeers will survive and Eric will do great things in the Dominican! Good luck, we will miss you!
Counting:
The three short hours until work is finished for another week.
Thinking:
Of all of the things I still need to pack.
Missing
You. Surprising, I know.
Thanks to all of you! Hoping to still get a few posts out next week.
As Always,
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Please Don’t Tell Me This Has Been In Vain
If you guessed that Veronica Mars is affecting me more than it probably should, you are right. Early this morning I got a phone call. It wasn’t from any of my customized ring tones, so I let it ring, thinking that it would be too much effort to crawl out of the bed, walk across the room, only to find out it was another call from some 800 number probably trying to sell me a timeshare.
As I drove to work this morning, I checked the messages on my phone, but sadly my mystery caller didn’t leave a message. So when I got to work, I reverse looked up the phone number and was presented with at least the first initial and last name of my caller. I called Jenny and asked her if she knew anyone with my mystery caller’s last name.
“I don’t know why you didn’t just answer it when they called.” Jenny teased me. “You know it could have been some hot guy wanting to ask you out, or people trying to give you money.”
“No smart guy who wanted to date me would call me before 8am. He would just know I wouldn’t appreciate that” I pointed out to Jenny.
“Why don’t you just Google them, Veronica” she continued to mock me.
I Googled my mystery caller and only found an obituary from someone who had died in 1906!
Don’t you think it is probably good that I will be taking a break from Veronica Mars next week?
So maybe it is true, maybe in all of our Veronica Mars watching, I might have picked up some of my own sassiness.
It seems as if I have had quiet a few run-in’s with poor customer service. In fact, I previously blogged about the shenanigans I have faced from the retail community. But nowhere I have previously mentioned is a bad as poor customer service I continually get from McDonald’s.
I understand that it is summer, and there are probably excessive amounts of new to work force employees, but whether in drive thru or in the restaurant the lack of professionalism is always displayed. (Sorry Vanessa, I am sure I would find all kinds of professionalism at your McDonald’s)
Finally after six months of nothing but foolishness from my McDonald’s experiences, I decided I was going to email the company and express my concern regarding customer service. But when I found the contact information, there was only a snail mail address to write my concerns to.
Yes, I will admit that the idea of formulating a real letter rather than an off the cuff e-mail to the corporation did deter me, but when Eric and I visited McDonald’s earlier this week with yet more shenanigans, it was the straw that broke the camel’s back and I sat down to write this letter. (Yes, Eric has already teased me for writing ‘severely depleted’.)
Here’s hoping for change. Here’s hoping for a return to professionalism.
How did time sneak up on us?
As Always,
As I drove to work this morning, I checked the messages on my phone, but sadly my mystery caller didn’t leave a message. So when I got to work, I reverse looked up the phone number and was presented with at least the first initial and last name of my caller. I called Jenny and asked her if she knew anyone with my mystery caller’s last name.
“I don’t know why you didn’t just answer it when they called.” Jenny teased me. “You know it could have been some hot guy wanting to ask you out, or people trying to give you money.”
“No smart guy who wanted to date me would call me before 8am. He would just know I wouldn’t appreciate that” I pointed out to Jenny.
“Why don’t you just Google them, Veronica” she continued to mock me.
I Googled my mystery caller and only found an obituary from someone who had died in 1906!
Don’t you think it is probably good that I will be taking a break from Veronica Mars next week?
So maybe it is true, maybe in all of our Veronica Mars watching, I might have picked up some of my own sassiness.
It seems as if I have had quiet a few run-in’s with poor customer service. In fact, I previously blogged about the shenanigans I have faced from the retail community. But nowhere I have previously mentioned is a bad as poor customer service I continually get from McDonald’s.
I understand that it is summer, and there are probably excessive amounts of new to work force employees, but whether in drive thru or in the restaurant the lack of professionalism is always displayed. (Sorry Vanessa, I am sure I would find all kinds of professionalism at your McDonald’s)
Finally after six months of nothing but foolishness from my McDonald’s experiences, I decided I was going to email the company and express my concern regarding customer service. But when I found the contact information, there was only a snail mail address to write my concerns to.
Yes, I will admit that the idea of formulating a real letter rather than an off the cuff e-mail to the corporation did deter me, but when Eric and I visited McDonald’s earlier this week with yet more shenanigans, it was the straw that broke the camel’s back and I sat down to write this letter. (Yes, Eric has already teased me for writing ‘severely depleted’.)
Here’s hoping for change. Here’s hoping for a return to professionalism.
How did time sneak up on us?
As Always,
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Sick And Tired Of Being Sick And Tired
I really am not feeling well, and in fact, am just waiting for the office to send me home. But the problem is that I look too good. I used my inability to sleep this morning to get ready for the day, giving me extra time to camouflage the dark circles under my eyes, and combating the additional heat created by my hair by pulling it up into a professional creation.
Everyone is sympathetic to my condition, and my fevered flush has not gone unnoticed, but there is just too much to do this week to go home early.
So with swollen glands, an insanely sore throat and alternating between too hot and too cold in the feverish state I am currently in, I am just counting the hours until I can go home, and subsequently back to bed.
Sadly, I am too tired to entertain you all today. So here is a quiz all about me for your enjoyment! Good luck!
Here’s hoping tomorrow will be better.
As Always,
Everyone is sympathetic to my condition, and my fevered flush has not gone unnoticed, but there is just too much to do this week to go home early.
So with swollen glands, an insanely sore throat and alternating between too hot and too cold in the feverish state I am currently in, I am just counting the hours until I can go home, and subsequently back to bed.
Sadly, I am too tired to entertain you all today. So here is a quiz all about me for your enjoyment! Good luck!
Here’s hoping tomorrow will be better.
As Always,
Monday, July 21, 2008
This One Goes Out To The One I Love, And My Older Brother
For some stupid reason Jenny and I always seem to stay up much too late on Sunday nights to watch “So You Think You Can Dance” on one of our limited cable channels. Neither of us knows anything about dance, and I really don’t think I can dance, but we love to harshly judge the competitors for lack of energy, missed connections and botched lifts. But usually end up regretting our late night decision on Monday morning.
I feel bad today. I had a hard time staying asleep last night as I have been cursed with aches, pains and the inability to breath. Not feeling 100% yesterday, I chocked most of my ailments up to our rafting trip hi-jinks, but I came to work today with raspy voice in tow, and thankfully have already garnered plenty of Monday morning sympathy. Now if only I could take a nap.
The rafting trip was one of the funest of the five years I have attended. With excess rain and snowmelt this year, the river was running quickly and the “rapids” were as good as they probably get. For the first time, I avoided severe sunburn on my shoulders and thankfully stayed inside the raft, despite our guide’s efforts to knock all of us out.
Jenny and I did continue with Veronica Mars and it is growing on us more than we first thought it would. Everyone, especially the guys, look the same, and we are constantly re-watching scenes to pick up subtle details, but each episode draws us in more and more. I have a feeling that by the time we finish this season we will be sufficiently hooked.
Looking forward to more time with family and friends this week as there are only 4 ½ more days until our holidays begin! (But who’s counting?)
Plenty to do in the mean time.
Don’t take any wooden nickels.
As Always,
I feel bad today. I had a hard time staying asleep last night as I have been cursed with aches, pains and the inability to breath. Not feeling 100% yesterday, I chocked most of my ailments up to our rafting trip hi-jinks, but I came to work today with raspy voice in tow, and thankfully have already garnered plenty of Monday morning sympathy. Now if only I could take a nap.
The rafting trip was one of the funest of the five years I have attended. With excess rain and snowmelt this year, the river was running quickly and the “rapids” were as good as they probably get. For the first time, I avoided severe sunburn on my shoulders and thankfully stayed inside the raft, despite our guide’s efforts to knock all of us out.
Jenny and I did continue with Veronica Mars and it is growing on us more than we first thought it would. Everyone, especially the guys, look the same, and we are constantly re-watching scenes to pick up subtle details, but each episode draws us in more and more. I have a feeling that by the time we finish this season we will be sufficiently hooked.
Looking forward to more time with family and friends this week as there are only 4 ½ more days until our holidays begin! (But who’s counting?)
Plenty to do in the mean time.
Don’t take any wooden nickels.
As Always,
Friday, July 18, 2008
You Would Think Things Would Get Easier
So I finally went along with it and decided to actually participate in Jeans Day at the office. Earlier this summer a huge memo came around stating that we could wear jeans to the office on Fridays if we were still able to be professional. The memo outlined what was appropriate denim wear and inappropriate denim wear.
I brought a copy of the memo home for Jenny, and we had a good laugh or two over “No tie-dyed or acid wash jeans” (what are tie-dyed jeans?) or “Bib-Overall Jeans should not be worn” (Are there other kinds of overalls?)
Wearing jeans or wearing dress pants to work is about the same. They are all just pants. But today with my boss gone and only half a day of work ahead of us, I slid into my jeans to probably be the most casual I have ever been at the office.
Last night Jenny and I ventured to Walmart to get more juice. Seriously, our whole fridge is just full of Cranberry and Cranberry blended juice, as well as a vast supply of Low Acid Apple Juice. There really isn’t much in the fridge in terms of real food.
Realizing we had yet again finished all of the TV on DVD series we already owned, we headed down to see what new series we could start. We searched through the highly overpriced DVD and at the end of the rack found all of the sale Season One DVDs. After a debate or two we settled on Veronica Mars and went home to begin the highly acclaimed drama.
Now I should explain who exactly has acclaimed this show highly. Boys. It seems as if every guy Jenny and I know have a deep love for this show and have begged us for years to begin watching the program.
For all of you who have not watched the show, imagine it as, the tax bracket of the OC meets the teen angst of Dawson’s Creek, meets the behind the scenes crime fighting of Penny and Brain on Inspector Gadget. Jenny and I enjoyed the episodes we did watch, including the episode staring Paris Hilton, and are hoping to enjoy the show more with each new episode.
A busy weekend seems to be in our mist with the Annual Victoria Park/London Road Raft trip on Saturday, as well as a myriad of family and friends on Sunday as Eric speaks in church before he leaves (Can you believe how fast the time has gone?)
Just spending my time in the calm before the storm.
Have a good weekend! Please be safe.
As Always,
I brought a copy of the memo home for Jenny, and we had a good laugh or two over “No tie-dyed or acid wash jeans” (what are tie-dyed jeans?) or “Bib-Overall Jeans should not be worn” (Are there other kinds of overalls?)
Wearing jeans or wearing dress pants to work is about the same. They are all just pants. But today with my boss gone and only half a day of work ahead of us, I slid into my jeans to probably be the most casual I have ever been at the office.
Last night Jenny and I ventured to Walmart to get more juice. Seriously, our whole fridge is just full of Cranberry and Cranberry blended juice, as well as a vast supply of Low Acid Apple Juice. There really isn’t much in the fridge in terms of real food.
Realizing we had yet again finished all of the TV on DVD series we already owned, we headed down to see what new series we could start. We searched through the highly overpriced DVD and at the end of the rack found all of the sale Season One DVDs. After a debate or two we settled on Veronica Mars and went home to begin the highly acclaimed drama.
Now I should explain who exactly has acclaimed this show highly. Boys. It seems as if every guy Jenny and I know have a deep love for this show and have begged us for years to begin watching the program.
For all of you who have not watched the show, imagine it as, the tax bracket of the OC meets the teen angst of Dawson’s Creek, meets the behind the scenes crime fighting of Penny and Brain on Inspector Gadget. Jenny and I enjoyed the episodes we did watch, including the episode staring Paris Hilton, and are hoping to enjoy the show more with each new episode.
A busy weekend seems to be in our mist with the Annual Victoria Park/London Road Raft trip on Saturday, as well as a myriad of family and friends on Sunday as Eric speaks in church before he leaves (Can you believe how fast the time has gone?)
Just spending my time in the calm before the storm.
Have a good weekend! Please be safe.
As Always,
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Giving You The Lowdown
It feels as if Jenny and I have only seen each other for small snippets of time this week due to illness, conflicting work schedules and just activities separate and apart.
So yesterday I was more than excited when Jenny and I would finally be at home with no major plans for the evening. Finally we could catch up on all of the funny stories of the week, and fill our night with more TV on DVD.
Everything was going just as planned, when I fell asleep. About half way through the first episode of 30 Rock that we had planned to watch I just couldn’t keep my eyes open anymore. My brief nap turned into a three hour sleep! And when I finally came to consciousness, it was already 11:00pm!
After sharing some of our funny stories, we headed to bed, however, I laid in bed tossing and turning all night after sleeping so long earlier in the evening. It was well after 3:30am before I finally was able to sleep again.
I am not going to lie, but I am hardly caught up to where I am supposed to be for book club. You have probably figured out my plan to just excite our whole club tonight with the razzle dazzle of stories from my former glory, and tales of stupidity from my more resent past. I think I enjoy an audience for my chronicles more than any discussion about the book.
Yes, we are still reading ‘Gone With The Wind’ and I am finding it all kinds of difficult to be motivated to read about the sweeping South or the courageous Confederates.
For a history major, like myself, you would think I would enjoy the play by play of all of the battles and sieges that are occurring, but sadly, even my American History class, that only barely skimmed the surface of the Civil War, bored me to tears.
Stop talking about the war and get back to talking about all of the fancy dresses and outrageous barbeques. Heck, even go back to the ‘We Didn’t Date But We Sure Broke Up’ story between Ashley and Scarlett. Just stop talking about the war and the cause!
It is my hope to get more reading done while I am on holidays, but don’t hold your breath. (Maybe I should just get the book on tape?)
So much to do the rest of this week and all of next week. But holidays are only a short nine (what!?!?) days away.
Thankful for all that I have, even if that includes you.
As Always,
So yesterday I was more than excited when Jenny and I would finally be at home with no major plans for the evening. Finally we could catch up on all of the funny stories of the week, and fill our night with more TV on DVD.
Everything was going just as planned, when I fell asleep. About half way through the first episode of 30 Rock that we had planned to watch I just couldn’t keep my eyes open anymore. My brief nap turned into a three hour sleep! And when I finally came to consciousness, it was already 11:00pm!
After sharing some of our funny stories, we headed to bed, however, I laid in bed tossing and turning all night after sleeping so long earlier in the evening. It was well after 3:30am before I finally was able to sleep again.
I am not going to lie, but I am hardly caught up to where I am supposed to be for book club. You have probably figured out my plan to just excite our whole club tonight with the razzle dazzle of stories from my former glory, and tales of stupidity from my more resent past. I think I enjoy an audience for my chronicles more than any discussion about the book.
Yes, we are still reading ‘Gone With The Wind’ and I am finding it all kinds of difficult to be motivated to read about the sweeping South or the courageous Confederates.
For a history major, like myself, you would think I would enjoy the play by play of all of the battles and sieges that are occurring, but sadly, even my American History class, that only barely skimmed the surface of the Civil War, bored me to tears.
Stop talking about the war and get back to talking about all of the fancy dresses and outrageous barbeques. Heck, even go back to the ‘We Didn’t Date But We Sure Broke Up’ story between Ashley and Scarlett. Just stop talking about the war and the cause!
It is my hope to get more reading done while I am on holidays, but don’t hold your breath. (Maybe I should just get the book on tape?)
So much to do the rest of this week and all of next week. But holidays are only a short nine (what!?!?) days away.
Thankful for all that I have, even if that includes you.
As Always,
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Hoping For Change, But At The Very Least, Looking For Answers
So two posts from me today. That is just how lucky you are, because technically, I didn’t finished writing yesterday’s post until very early this morning. Hooray for the joys of backdating!
After spending a couple of nights living in the much past, past, I am beginning to wonder if everyone has a double life, much like Clark Kent and Superman. Although, unlike real life, I know that Superman is the real person, and Clark Kent the alter ego because I know the very beginning of the story. But in times when the beginning is not known, who is the real person and who is just putting on airs?
It seems as though everyone I know, and probably myself included, has gone a bit wacky in the past couple of months. Is this just everyone’s real side finally coming out or have we abandoned our true selves for someone, or something we like better, even if it really isn’t us?
Will everyone come back their senses? Or is this who we are going to be from now on?
Because, let me tell you the truth, everyone and their new personalities makes me just wish I could have Superman turn the world, and time backwards in order to better appreciate the times I had back when everyone was sensible.
I catch glimpses of the people I once knew everyone once and a while and haven’t given up hope, yet. But, please, come back. I miss you.
After spending a couple of nights living in the much past, past, I am beginning to wonder if everyone has a double life, much like Clark Kent and Superman. Although, unlike real life, I know that Superman is the real person, and Clark Kent the alter ego because I know the very beginning of the story. But in times when the beginning is not known, who is the real person and who is just putting on airs?
It seems as though everyone I know, and probably myself included, has gone a bit wacky in the past couple of months. Is this just everyone’s real side finally coming out or have we abandoned our true selves for someone, or something we like better, even if it really isn’t us?
Will everyone come back their senses? Or is this who we are going to be from now on?
Because, let me tell you the truth, everyone and their new personalities makes me just wish I could have Superman turn the world, and time backwards in order to better appreciate the times I had back when everyone was sensible.
I catch glimpses of the people I once knew everyone once and a while and haven’t given up hope, yet. But, please, come back. I miss you.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
It Is True, Phase 10 Really Is Satan’s Game
It’s funny, when I turned 23, the song 23 by Jimmy Eat World was really my anthem. And now, four years later, someone else has picked it up as their own. Hold on to it, there aren’t a lot of songs about being 27.
Sorry for the lateness, but let me tell you about the weekend, because, surprisingly, there were some interesting occurrences.
Out of all of the current movies playing at the theatre these days, you are never going to believe what I got wrangled into watching on Friday. If you guessed Hellboy II, you are right. Can you believe it?
I haven’t seen the first Hellboy, and in fact hadn’t even heard about it until the sequel came around. About half way through the movie, “I bet this is just like the time you saw X-Men 2 without seeing X-Men first?” was whispered in my ear.
But unlike my X-Men experience, I was able to come to somewhat of an understanding of all of the characters and in fact, enjoyed the movie a lot more than I first thought I would.
The story wasn't that complex, and just like almost all the boys movies around today it seemed to be about some ancient army that needed to be unlocked. I was in fact more surprised by the fact that it was so well attended on opening night, finding seats together was really a challenge.
Three good things about the movie:
1. Created by the same people who did Pan's Labyrinth, the creatures were just as beautiful and creepy.
2. Fun company, and I was able to get one more person to watch Dan In Real Life.
3. Amazing preview for the new Batman flick, 'The Dark Knight'. Now I just have to see the first one!
Three not so good things about this movie:
1. The sudden and abrupt ending. Definitely set up for a sequel. Boo!
2. The huge lead up to the Golden Army, which was less than impressive when we actually got there.
3. If only my Nintendo worked, the night would have been that much better.
Saturday, after a funny afternoon with my real Trifecta of Awesome, and an overly expensive lunch, Jenny and I went to get our hair cut. I know! It happened, after months and post after post of talking about it.
I was finished first and patiently waited for Jenny with my pin straight flat hair (Boo! Stop straightening my hair!) and when Jenny came out, we came to the realization that we had gotten the exact same hair cut! It is a good thing that Jenny enjoys the straight hair, and I the curly hair, or else you would get the two of us confused more than people already do.
It is my hope that we can get our picture taken with the matching hair donned in the shirt that when we came out of the change room to show the other what we had tried on, we realized we had the same shirt on. We laughed so hard that we had to buy them.
Time has seemed to escape from us, as my boss is leaving on holidays at then end of this week, and I will be gone the next week. It seems had to believe that the summer is quickly drawing to a close (yes, I understand we still have all of August.) Just looking forward to whatever the future brings.
I'm here
I'm now
I'm ready
Good Luck to us all. Hoping to keep it together, so, please God speed.
As Always,
Sorry for the lateness, but let me tell you about the weekend, because, surprisingly, there were some interesting occurrences.
Out of all of the current movies playing at the theatre these days, you are never going to believe what I got wrangled into watching on Friday. If you guessed Hellboy II, you are right. Can you believe it?
I haven’t seen the first Hellboy, and in fact hadn’t even heard about it until the sequel came around. About half way through the movie, “I bet this is just like the time you saw X-Men 2 without seeing X-Men first?” was whispered in my ear.
But unlike my X-Men experience, I was able to come to somewhat of an understanding of all of the characters and in fact, enjoyed the movie a lot more than I first thought I would.
The story wasn't that complex, and just like almost all the boys movies around today it seemed to be about some ancient army that needed to be unlocked. I was in fact more surprised by the fact that it was so well attended on opening night, finding seats together was really a challenge.
Three good things about the movie:
1. Created by the same people who did Pan's Labyrinth, the creatures were just as beautiful and creepy.
2. Fun company, and I was able to get one more person to watch Dan In Real Life.
3. Amazing preview for the new Batman flick, 'The Dark Knight'. Now I just have to see the first one!
Three not so good things about this movie:
1. The sudden and abrupt ending. Definitely set up for a sequel. Boo!
2. The huge lead up to the Golden Army, which was less than impressive when we actually got there.
3. If only my Nintendo worked, the night would have been that much better.
Saturday, after a funny afternoon with my real Trifecta of Awesome, and an overly expensive lunch, Jenny and I went to get our hair cut. I know! It happened, after months and post after post of talking about it.
I was finished first and patiently waited for Jenny with my pin straight flat hair (Boo! Stop straightening my hair!) and when Jenny came out, we came to the realization that we had gotten the exact same hair cut! It is a good thing that Jenny enjoys the straight hair, and I the curly hair, or else you would get the two of us confused more than people already do.
It is my hope that we can get our picture taken with the matching hair donned in the shirt that when we came out of the change room to show the other what we had tried on, we realized we had the same shirt on. We laughed so hard that we had to buy them.
Time has seemed to escape from us, as my boss is leaving on holidays at then end of this week, and I will be gone the next week. It seems had to believe that the summer is quickly drawing to a close (yes, I understand we still have all of August.) Just looking forward to whatever the future brings.
I'm here
I'm now
I'm ready
Good Luck to us all. Hoping to keep it together, so, please God speed.
As Always,
Friday, July 11, 2008
Only Four Of You Will Laugh
I am sitting in my office today when I heard this conversation:
Lawyer: “How do you spell that?”
Assistant: “C-H-I-G-G….
And that is when I lost it, and now I am pretty sure my office thinks I am crazy.
Only a handful of people know of Gus Chiggins and the hilarity that still ensues just by spelling his name.
Have a good weekend.
Lawyer: “How do you spell that?”
Assistant: “C-H-I-G-G….
And that is when I lost it, and now I am pretty sure my office thinks I am crazy.
Only a handful of people know of Gus Chiggins and the hilarity that still ensues just by spelling his name.
Have a good weekend.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Dedicated To My Profession
I came to work with straight hair today, not by choice, of course, but rather accidentally. My habit of listening to the foolish radio banter, while still lying in bed has gotten me in trouble more time than I would like to admit. So, today I woke up as the morning DJs were discussing current events with the local weather lady, which just happened to be ten minutes before I was suppose to leave for work, so voila, straight hair.
When I decided what to wear today, I picked out a pair of brown pants that I don’t wear all that often, and cute dark brown shoes to complete the outfit, but now in the florescent lights of our office, my pants look grey, and the brown shoes more than a mistake. But despite my insufficiencies, I still look pretty good.
I wasn’t intending to write anything today, giving not only you all, but myself a break from my own witty discussion of current events. But I thought I couldn’t just leave you with yesterday’s sadness. As a side note, no, I wasn’t able to find my scriptures, although I did have a dream that I went out to my car and the thief had miraculously returned them, but that wasn’t reality this morning.
So here is the game for today : Denise’s Top Ten Songs! (Okay, so not really a game.)
These are the ten most played songs on my ipod. The number at the end is how many times it has been played. Check out similar lists here and here.
1. Human Hands—Sondre Lerche—220
2. Broken Heart—Motion City Soundtrack—186
3. Fading Into Obscurity—Sloan—119
4. Lonely Day—Phantom Planet—117
5. Work—Jimmy Eat World—106
6. Back To You—John Mayer—97
7. Come and Get It—The Beatles—87
8. These Are The Days—Peter Katz—71
9. No Place At All—Sarah Slean—65
10. Hell No—Sondre Lerche & Regina Spektor—65
Check these songs out on YouTube, I am sure you will be able to find them. I am just happy to see The Beatles crack the Top Ten, even if it is only at number seven.
Hopefully something better tomorrow.
Thankful for everything I do have.
As Always,
When I decided what to wear today, I picked out a pair of brown pants that I don’t wear all that often, and cute dark brown shoes to complete the outfit, but now in the florescent lights of our office, my pants look grey, and the brown shoes more than a mistake. But despite my insufficiencies, I still look pretty good.
I wasn’t intending to write anything today, giving not only you all, but myself a break from my own witty discussion of current events. But I thought I couldn’t just leave you with yesterday’s sadness. As a side note, no, I wasn’t able to find my scriptures, although I did have a dream that I went out to my car and the thief had miraculously returned them, but that wasn’t reality this morning.
So here is the game for today : Denise’s Top Ten Songs! (Okay, so not really a game.)
These are the ten most played songs on my ipod. The number at the end is how many times it has been played. Check out similar lists here and here.
1. Human Hands—Sondre Lerche—220
2. Broken Heart—Motion City Soundtrack—186
3. Fading Into Obscurity—Sloan—119
4. Lonely Day—Phantom Planet—117
5. Work—Jimmy Eat World—106
6. Back To You—John Mayer—97
7. Come and Get It—The Beatles—87
8. These Are The Days—Peter Katz—71
9. No Place At All—Sarah Slean—65
10. Hell No—Sondre Lerche & Regina Spektor—65
Check these songs out on YouTube, I am sure you will be able to find them. I am just happy to see The Beatles crack the Top Ten, even if it is only at number seven.
Hopefully something better tomorrow.
Thankful for everything I do have.
As Always,
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Beside Myself With Grief
I left the house a little later than I was anticipating this morning, and I hurried to my car so I could get to work close to on time.
But when I got to my car, yet again things didn’t seem right. With the driver’s and now this time, passenger’s doors still slightly open, I realized that my car had once again been broken into.
Not a new phenomenon, and now the fourth time this kinda thing has happened, I looked around to see what was missing. My cell phone charger was still there, as was my ipod charger, “skate tape” wasn’t taken nor the sweater that I had been sitting on my backseat, and all the empty pop bottles were still where I last left them.
Not surprisingly they took the change that I had collected for parking meters. I think the total of that came to about $2.00, but the thing that is making me the most sad, is the fact that they took my scriptures.
Of no intrinsic value to anyone, I am beside myself with the loss of my well marked scriptures, RS manual and various handouts and notebooks. I guess it is my own fault that I left them in my car, but that still doesn’t make up for the loss.
So when I came to work looking a little more distraught than normal, everyone knew something was up. And as I told them the story of my loss, only minimally tearing up, everyone became outraged and have tried to form some search group to find my missing items.
I am planning a search of the neighbourhood after work tonight, thinking that as soon as the bandits figured out what they had stolen they ditched them in a nearby dumpster, or maybe, God willing, they are actually reading what they stole, and have now had a change of heart.
It will be okay, life will carry on and I can always get new scriptures. But I am still sad.
Praying to find them in one piece.
But when I got to my car, yet again things didn’t seem right. With the driver’s and now this time, passenger’s doors still slightly open, I realized that my car had once again been broken into.
Not a new phenomenon, and now the fourth time this kinda thing has happened, I looked around to see what was missing. My cell phone charger was still there, as was my ipod charger, “skate tape” wasn’t taken nor the sweater that I had been sitting on my backseat, and all the empty pop bottles were still where I last left them.
Not surprisingly they took the change that I had collected for parking meters. I think the total of that came to about $2.00, but the thing that is making me the most sad, is the fact that they took my scriptures.
Of no intrinsic value to anyone, I am beside myself with the loss of my well marked scriptures, RS manual and various handouts and notebooks. I guess it is my own fault that I left them in my car, but that still doesn’t make up for the loss.
So when I came to work looking a little more distraught than normal, everyone knew something was up. And as I told them the story of my loss, only minimally tearing up, everyone became outraged and have tried to form some search group to find my missing items.
I am planning a search of the neighbourhood after work tonight, thinking that as soon as the bandits figured out what they had stolen they ditched them in a nearby dumpster, or maybe, God willing, they are actually reading what they stole, and have now had a change of heart.
It will be okay, life will carry on and I can always get new scriptures. But I am still sad.
Praying to find them in one piece.
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
But Most Of All, God Speed
Oh my goodness, some sort of mid afternoon fatigue has hit me, and I seriously would give anything to have a door on my office so that I could have a quick nap. I just happened to read an article last night with tips to increase energy, and I have attempted almost all of the tactics suggested, I have increased my fluid, taken a small walk around the office and even had an afternoon snack, but I still am exhausted.
For some stupid reason, every night I keep waking up hours before I really need to. Always different times, but always at least two hours before my alarm goes off. Today, I was awoken at 5:01am. So for two weeks I wake up every day in a panic that I have slept in; I take a minute or two to come to my senses and realize that there is still plenty of time left to sleep, and quickly return to sleep. I am starting to get annoyed. I don’t know why this seems to keep happening, I am not excessively excited about going to work, nor desperately nervous about being late, I just need to convince my mind of these facts.
Today is the big DLP’s birthday at the office, and he ended up receiving the cake I was suppose to get for my birthday. It was surprisingly good, much better than the pastry experiment that I received.
Alright, here is the story of the day!
My car smells funny. (Stop laughing) About two days ago, I began to smell the souring milk that is escaping from my backseat. Using my private eye skills I deduced that something must have fallen out of our bags when Jenny and I got groceries a few days ago. So I searched my backseats for the smelly culprit, but only found a few empty pop bottles. I am hoping to conduct a more invasive search of the vehicle tonight, but am a little weary of doing so.
A few years go I worked at Budget Car and Truck rentals, renting out vehicles to various clients. But just my luck, during the time I worked there, we were contacted by the production crew of the movie RV. They were going to not only need vehicles for their production crew, but also for the stars of the movie during their shoot in Alberta. Yes, including Robin Williams.
We gave Robin Williams, or I should say the person that picked up the car for “Don Williams”, a brand new large silver SUV. And for a whole month Robin Williams drove our vehicle around town and Southern Alberta. (Talk about excitement!)
When the received the vehicle back, it was relatively clean, but had a weird odour coming from it. We search up and down and all around, but were unable to come up with where the smell was coming from. A couple of days later, I opened up a small compartment located in the back of the SUV, and found a plastic bag of horrible smelling green liquid and maggots crawling in the carpet of the section. (Sorry everyone, I should have warned you.)
We had the vehicle professionally cleaned, but they still had to replace all of the carpet in the vehicle because of the smell, and maggots. I still have no idea what “Don Williams” left behind. I am always tempted to write him a letter with that story.
Fingers crossed that I find something a lot tamer in my car.
Thankful for everything, but mostly GST Cheques! Hooray for being below the poverty line! (Actually I don’t know why we get GST cheques, but I am not going to complain.)
As Always,
For some stupid reason, every night I keep waking up hours before I really need to. Always different times, but always at least two hours before my alarm goes off. Today, I was awoken at 5:01am. So for two weeks I wake up every day in a panic that I have slept in; I take a minute or two to come to my senses and realize that there is still plenty of time left to sleep, and quickly return to sleep. I am starting to get annoyed. I don’t know why this seems to keep happening, I am not excessively excited about going to work, nor desperately nervous about being late, I just need to convince my mind of these facts.
Today is the big DLP’s birthday at the office, and he ended up receiving the cake I was suppose to get for my birthday. It was surprisingly good, much better than the pastry experiment that I received.
Alright, here is the story of the day!
My car smells funny. (Stop laughing) About two days ago, I began to smell the souring milk that is escaping from my backseat. Using my private eye skills I deduced that something must have fallen out of our bags when Jenny and I got groceries a few days ago. So I searched my backseats for the smelly culprit, but only found a few empty pop bottles. I am hoping to conduct a more invasive search of the vehicle tonight, but am a little weary of doing so.
A few years go I worked at Budget Car and Truck rentals, renting out vehicles to various clients. But just my luck, during the time I worked there, we were contacted by the production crew of the movie RV. They were going to not only need vehicles for their production crew, but also for the stars of the movie during their shoot in Alberta. Yes, including Robin Williams.
We gave Robin Williams, or I should say the person that picked up the car for “Don Williams”, a brand new large silver SUV. And for a whole month Robin Williams drove our vehicle around town and Southern Alberta. (Talk about excitement!)
When the received the vehicle back, it was relatively clean, but had a weird odour coming from it. We search up and down and all around, but were unable to come up with where the smell was coming from. A couple of days later, I opened up a small compartment located in the back of the SUV, and found a plastic bag of horrible smelling green liquid and maggots crawling in the carpet of the section. (Sorry everyone, I should have warned you.)
We had the vehicle professionally cleaned, but they still had to replace all of the carpet in the vehicle because of the smell, and maggots. I still have no idea what “Don Williams” left behind. I am always tempted to write him a letter with that story.
Fingers crossed that I find something a lot tamer in my car.
Thankful for everything, but mostly GST Cheques! Hooray for being below the poverty line! (Actually I don’t know why we get GST cheques, but I am not going to complain.)
As Always,
Monday, July 07, 2008
A Pretty Difficult Segue To Make
I am a little more than upset today. I left my ipod at home. So I am stuck just listening to the hum of the air conditioner all day. (It is already driving me insane.)
Today is the first full Monday I have worked for ten months. In July and August, our office closes early on Fridays and so I no longer get off work early on Mondays. The idea of only working limited hours on Monday was seriously the only reason I came to work those days. But I have stocked my office this morning with horribly delicious puffed wheat squares to help the day along.
Let’s see, the weekend, not overly exciting. I spent $12.00 and 20 minutes to turn my hair the exact same shade it already was. Who knew that my hair had faded to medium blonde already?
So here is the story of the weekend. It isn’t that great, and when I told Jenny she just rolled her eyes with disgust over my high jinks, but hopefully you all will enjoy.
I took my time getting ready on Saturday morning and ventured out to pick up a few items and run a few errands. Just browsing through one store I was in, I was approached by a person not much older than me, nervously trying to convince me to sign up for the store credit card. Feeling sorry for the bumbling salesman, I thought I would play along to at least boost his confidence.
Not wanting a store credit card myself, I quickly came up with a fake name and address in which to send my new credit card to. The salesman enthusiastically chatted with me as I added a fake birthday and phone number to my application. But then, as a last step, he asked me to confirm my information with some form of photo id. Knowing my driver’s licence would not contain my fake name and address; I sadly shrugged and told my friend I didn’t have any id with me.
My new friend’s face fell. “You don’t have anything with even your name on it? I just can’t go ahead with your application without confirmation of your information” he pleaded. I shook my head, slowly walking away. The frustrated peddler let out an overly audible sigh and headed off to convince the next shopper.
I guess lying isn’t really helping. Oh well, “Best laid plans….”
Hoping to have a good week, and maybe, just maybe, getting an intervention or two out of the way.
Good Luck. Please God Speed.
As Always,
Today is the first full Monday I have worked for ten months. In July and August, our office closes early on Fridays and so I no longer get off work early on Mondays. The idea of only working limited hours on Monday was seriously the only reason I came to work those days. But I have stocked my office this morning with horribly delicious puffed wheat squares to help the day along.
Let’s see, the weekend, not overly exciting. I spent $12.00 and 20 minutes to turn my hair the exact same shade it already was. Who knew that my hair had faded to medium blonde already?
So here is the story of the weekend. It isn’t that great, and when I told Jenny she just rolled her eyes with disgust over my high jinks, but hopefully you all will enjoy.
I took my time getting ready on Saturday morning and ventured out to pick up a few items and run a few errands. Just browsing through one store I was in, I was approached by a person not much older than me, nervously trying to convince me to sign up for the store credit card. Feeling sorry for the bumbling salesman, I thought I would play along to at least boost his confidence.
Not wanting a store credit card myself, I quickly came up with a fake name and address in which to send my new credit card to. The salesman enthusiastically chatted with me as I added a fake birthday and phone number to my application. But then, as a last step, he asked me to confirm my information with some form of photo id. Knowing my driver’s licence would not contain my fake name and address; I sadly shrugged and told my friend I didn’t have any id with me.
My new friend’s face fell. “You don’t have anything with even your name on it? I just can’t go ahead with your application without confirmation of your information” he pleaded. I shook my head, slowly walking away. The frustrated peddler let out an overly audible sigh and headed off to convince the next shopper.
I guess lying isn’t really helping. Oh well, “Best laid plans….”
Hoping to have a good week, and maybe, just maybe, getting an intervention or two out of the way.
Good Luck. Please God Speed.
As Always,
Friday, July 04, 2008
Biding My Time
I have been waiting all morning for the power to go out at the office, so that we could all go home. We again are in the middle of a thunder storm, and as I drove to work this morning, I seemed to be surrounded by lightening. But sadly, no transforms have been hit, and work is carrying on like normal. We, I think, are already working a short day, so I guess I should just work the limited hours I do have. I can’t even pray that the office becomes flooded, because, like my house, I work on the second floor.
So today I thought I would tell you about one of my favourite internet applications. Google Reader.
Now, yes, I understand I have already tried to convince some of you to use this product, and others of you are yawning as you have been using a similar invention for what seems like an eternity.
But for those of you who do not fit in either category, keep reading to see if this makes sense for you.
Nowadays, it seems like everyone has a blog, heck, even you mom has blog, mine does. And most of your internet time is spent going from blog to blog looking to see if your friends and family have updated. Most of the time people haven’t updated and you disappointedly look for updates on the next blog on your list, but other times it seems as if people are overly inspired and there seem to be four or five posts that you need to catch up on, if you could only remember the last one you read.
This is where Google Reader comes in, it is a quick way to find out who has updated and who hasn’t, all in one place, meanwhile keeping track of the posts you have read, and those you haven’t quite gotten to.
Thanks to Jeff who first introduced me to this idea a few months ago. Read his post on the matter here.
Seriously, the hardest part is creating a Google Account, and if you are on Blogger, congratulations, you have already completed this step.
Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Here’s hoping for a better weekend.
As Always,
So today I thought I would tell you about one of my favourite internet applications. Google Reader.
Now, yes, I understand I have already tried to convince some of you to use this product, and others of you are yawning as you have been using a similar invention for what seems like an eternity.
But for those of you who do not fit in either category, keep reading to see if this makes sense for you.
Nowadays, it seems like everyone has a blog, heck, even you mom has blog, mine does. And most of your internet time is spent going from blog to blog looking to see if your friends and family have updated. Most of the time people haven’t updated and you disappointedly look for updates on the next blog on your list, but other times it seems as if people are overly inspired and there seem to be four or five posts that you need to catch up on, if you could only remember the last one you read.
This is where Google Reader comes in, it is a quick way to find out who has updated and who hasn’t, all in one place, meanwhile keeping track of the posts you have read, and those you haven’t quite gotten to.
Thanks to Jeff who first introduced me to this idea a few months ago. Read his post on the matter here.
Seriously, the hardest part is creating a Google Account, and if you are on Blogger, congratulations, you have already completed this step.
Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Here’s hoping for a better weekend.
As Always,
Thursday, July 03, 2008
We Need Never Be Ashamed Of Our Tears
“It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. It was the age of wisdom; it was the age of foolishness. It was the epoch of belief; it was the epoch of incredulity. It was the season of Light; it was the season of Darkness. It was the spring of hope; it was the winter of despair. We had everything before us, we had nothing before us. We were all going direct to Heaven; we were all going direct the other way.”
I knew there would be someone better to sum up my weekend in only a few lines. Needless to say, if anyone read my previous post, it was a rollercoaster of a weekend. But here are the happier highlights:
On Friday night I attended a screening of Wall-E, the newest Disney/Pixar creation, and surprisingly quite enjoyed it. A robotic love story at the very crux, (although, sadly, not underwater robots) it is easy to fall in love with Wall-E with his inquisitive nature, and supreme loyalty. I empathized with his loneliness and cheered when he finally got the girl. The end seemed to be written by Al Gore, and today’s issues seemed to blatantly smack you in the face, but Wall-E dancing along to Hello Dolly seemed to make up just fine for the environmental hoopla the rest of the movie displayed.
When Jenny and I first saw the preview, we both snubbed the film as rainy day movie rental, and never thought of paying the much too inflated theatre price. But, seriously, the movie is better than the preview lets on, so if you have the chance, I recommend it as a great feel good movie. It capped off an enjoyable evening with fun enough company. (Yes, you saw it with me.)
Saturday I spent a low key day in Waterton with my family. Being heralded as “The Last Trip To Waterton With Eric”, we headed to the nearby National Park. Being a true prairie girl at heart, the idea of Waterton with all of its Rocky Mountain majesty doesn’t seem to appeal to me, but we enjoyed our day listening to the roar of Cameron Falls, visiting glaciered lakes and hanging out in the rustic lobby of the Prince of Wales Hotel, escaping the mountains with only minor sunburns.
Monday night I debated for a long while whether or not to go to see Hey Ocean perform at The Slice. Let’s just call it out, The Slice is a real dive of a place, and I feel so incredibly bad for all of the performances that occur there. But just like our Peter Katz experience, Hey Ocean didn’t disappoint.
An incredibly eclectic, indie band from Vancouver, Hey Ocean played a great show complete with bongos, tambourines, glockenspiel, triangle, and yes, even jazz flute. Check them out here, you might even enjoy them.
I woke up on the later side on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 to odd darkness in my house. In fact, I thought it so dark that I wondered if I had woken up in the middle of the night. I looked out the window to find an ominous cloud hanging over the whole city and only moment’s later, buckets of water pelting not only my protective pine tree, but my sheltered balcony as well. After the rain had let up, I ventured outside to find huge puddles in my back alley and most of the major arteries in the city closed due to substantial flooding.
The city has returned back to normal and the above average temperatures have returned this week, but I have never been more grateful to be on the second floor of our protective apartment building and not in a flooded basement suite, which could have been Jenny and I‘s fate.
I spent the rest of the weekend watching too much MTV for my sanity and health, and making only semi-edible creations out of the extreme lack of food we have at the house.
Looking forward to the all too soon weekend ahead of us. Hoping the make up for the lack of Canada Day fireworks by flashing my dual citizenship. (Somehow I don’t think the RCMP will go for that.)
Happy Fourth of July to my American acquaintances! (Hopefully yours isn’t accompanied with flooding.)
I knew there would be someone better to sum up my weekend in only a few lines. Needless to say, if anyone read my previous post, it was a rollercoaster of a weekend. But here are the happier highlights:
On Friday night I attended a screening of Wall-E, the newest Disney/Pixar creation, and surprisingly quite enjoyed it. A robotic love story at the very crux, (although, sadly, not underwater robots) it is easy to fall in love with Wall-E with his inquisitive nature, and supreme loyalty. I empathized with his loneliness and cheered when he finally got the girl. The end seemed to be written by Al Gore, and today’s issues seemed to blatantly smack you in the face, but Wall-E dancing along to Hello Dolly seemed to make up just fine for the environmental hoopla the rest of the movie displayed.
When Jenny and I first saw the preview, we both snubbed the film as rainy day movie rental, and never thought of paying the much too inflated theatre price. But, seriously, the movie is better than the preview lets on, so if you have the chance, I recommend it as a great feel good movie. It capped off an enjoyable evening with fun enough company. (Yes, you saw it with me.)
Saturday I spent a low key day in Waterton with my family. Being heralded as “The Last Trip To Waterton With Eric”, we headed to the nearby National Park. Being a true prairie girl at heart, the idea of Waterton with all of its Rocky Mountain majesty doesn’t seem to appeal to me, but we enjoyed our day listening to the roar of Cameron Falls, visiting glaciered lakes and hanging out in the rustic lobby of the Prince of Wales Hotel, escaping the mountains with only minor sunburns.
Monday night I debated for a long while whether or not to go to see Hey Ocean perform at The Slice. Let’s just call it out, The Slice is a real dive of a place, and I feel so incredibly bad for all of the performances that occur there. But just like our Peter Katz experience, Hey Ocean didn’t disappoint.
An incredibly eclectic, indie band from Vancouver, Hey Ocean played a great show complete with bongos, tambourines, glockenspiel, triangle, and yes, even jazz flute. Check them out here, you might even enjoy them.
I woke up on the later side on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 to odd darkness in my house. In fact, I thought it so dark that I wondered if I had woken up in the middle of the night. I looked out the window to find an ominous cloud hanging over the whole city and only moment’s later, buckets of water pelting not only my protective pine tree, but my sheltered balcony as well. After the rain had let up, I ventured outside to find huge puddles in my back alley and most of the major arteries in the city closed due to substantial flooding.
The city has returned back to normal and the above average temperatures have returned this week, but I have never been more grateful to be on the second floor of our protective apartment building and not in a flooded basement suite, which could have been Jenny and I‘s fate.
I spent the rest of the weekend watching too much MTV for my sanity and health, and making only semi-edible creations out of the extreme lack of food we have at the house.
Looking forward to the all too soon weekend ahead of us. Hoping the make up for the lack of Canada Day fireworks by flashing my dual citizenship. (Somehow I don’t think the RCMP will go for that.)
Happy Fourth of July to my American acquaintances! (Hopefully yours isn’t accompanied with flooding.)
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Who Are You And Other Things I Don’t Know
- Where is everyone?
- How did I get here?
- What is going on?
- How do I get out?
Just trying to keep it all together, and manage to stay sane.
Details to follow.
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