Why do I need a vacation from my holidays?

Oh yeah... might be due to the early mornings, late nights and the overindulgence of food, beer, vodka drinks and boytoys. What's a girl going to do... but get up, fix her hair and start all over again. Anyway, feeling a little tired today especially after the hangover and lack of sleep from the annual Boxing Day celebrations and the very long drive back to the city. Not that it was any longer than usual, but it felt like an eternity. Oh well I will just have to relax quitely this evening going over crockpot recipes to try in my new crockpot... I'll probably have to go shopping before I can actually use it, so I am going to try it out this weekend and once I have it down pat I'll invite people over for a crock pot dinner party... I'm actually thinking of trying M's Irish Stew first, it turned out great when I did it in my stock pot so....

And just an aside - I now have my massage table here in TO.... enough said : )

MERRY CHRISMAHANAKANZIKA

It was a very early morning and I am just about to head for a nap. But I thought I should do a bit of an update before crashing out for a few more hours of much needed sleep. Does anyone remember being 9? I was reminded this morning at 6:30 am... that's when we got up... Anyway we had all the presents(and there were alot) opened and everything cleaned up by 9 am. Pretty exciting. Managed to get most of the things I asked for (kinda helps when you go shopping with my mom who does most of the shopping : p) Best of all I got a crock pot and new cutlery... I'm actually starting to feel like a grown up. Real cutlery... wow. So here are some pictures, 'cause I'm too tired to type any more.


Just couldn't help myself

Murphy always wants to help... especially if he thinks it's for him.

Here I am playing Santa's helper

The proof is in - I do knit!

Almost Xmas

So things have been pretty busy this week, especially at work. Well at least busy for this department, I visit my old department just to remind myself what being busy is all about. Was over to M and A's on Saturday to celebrate A's Bday, which turned into one big apartment party, just like old time. At one point I was swiffering the kitchen floor while drinking Strongbow, and being assulted by Jo with chocolate balls. The best quote for the evening goes to M. - "I've always wanted gonorrea for Christmas" and of course there was a bout of syphillis going around too. A very good night, with good friends and good drinks. I've even managed to get some wrapping down this week still have a bit to go, but I'm sure I'll get it all done by Saturday morning. Really, I will.... Now if only I could get my apartment cleaned up. Just when I think I've got it under control it seems to explode again. Ahh well what's a girl to do. Anyways, if I haven't wished you Happy Holidays - HAPPY HOLIDAYS - eat, drink and be merry and I will see you all in the new year.

PS - My Bday is on a Friday 13th so going out for drinks is mantatory - not sure where yet but I will let you all know.

Such an Anti-Climatic Storm

So there were all these dire warnings of the first real storm of the year and what did we get... not a whole hell of alot... But it still took me two hours to drive home last night and a good 45 minutes to shovel out the wet, heavy crap off my walkway this morning. So if I've spoken to you, emailed or had any sort of communication with and I was a) indifferent b) bitchy or c) sleeping you will have to forgive me 'cause I'm very tired and sore today. Poor Murphy has sure gotten the short end of the stick (no pun intended) the last little while. Though I did manage to get him to the P A R K on Tuesday, he really does love that fetch and flash... :) However, he seems to want to keep reminding me of how much he is suffering... oh a dog's life.

A Very Early Xmas

So I was off to Owen Sound again this weekend, all this travelling is sure getting in the way of my belly dancing... This time it was so that I could meet A.'s new baby, Jacob, and for our family Xmas lunch/dinner. Managed to spend even more money, shelled out for nice new winter tires, which are absolutely amazing, picked up another pair of jeans from Reitmen's and a pair of boots from payless - Merry Christmas to me. On Friday night I went to my friend Joanne's for an evening of drinks and catching up, saw her kids for the 1st time in years... they have gotten so big. Owen Sound is such a weird place, my friend Jo is now dating the older brother of my ex from highschool. Makes things kinda interesting... Anyway, the biggest surprise of the weekend went to my brother... he's going to be a Granddad... Merry Christmas to him. I knew that it was a shotgun wedding.

All in all not too bad of a weekend, besides the family seems a little out of sorts over the whole Christin marriage and baby thing... really none of our side of the family is very impressed with the new memember of the family and now a baby on the way... I hate to say it, but they should not be breeding... we had so hoped that the cycle could be broken. Guess not.

Long overdue Update

Lets see what have I been upto the last couple of weeks... Mmmm
-trip up north for to spend too much money (at least it wasn't all on myself)
-too much school work... damn assignments and that horrible essay
-feeling crappy
-yummy roastbeef at Michelle's
-damn school work - studying for exam and more assignments
-feeling crappy

I guess that leads us upto today - throw in some swimming and belly dancing and that should just about cover it. On the positive front, on Sunday at belly dancing I actually felt like things were actually working out. And I had another person at work mention that I look like a lost weight. Go me.

Now I have to get back to studying.

So Sore...

Ohhhhhhh boy, are my legs sore. I decided to blow of class last night and go to belly dancing with Laura instead. We had a really great teacher, however, her warm up was killer. By the time we were done that, my legs were jelly. Of course it probably didn't help that I have been doing 15 min of legs only in the pool the last couple of days. Anyway, I really liked the class. The teacher really broke down the moves and we really worked at them, though going at night is a little hard, especially after a whole day of work, drive home and time with Murphy I was pretty tired when I got there. But the class was still great. I am not looking forward to tomorrow though. That whole DOMS thing (delayed onset muscle soreness)could be a very painful Friday.

Losing... very slowly

So I have managed to lose an inch off my waist. It has taken a month to do it. I even stepped on a scale, only to discover that my weight remains unchanged. Anyway, I guess an inch is a start, though at an inch a month it is going to take me forever to look or feel like I've made any progress. I guess I'll just have to keep on swimming, belly dancing, doing crunches and walking the dog then maybe, eventually, I will get in shape.

First in Line...

So we managed to be first in line for our showing of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire on Friday. That means we had the best seats too... Unfortunately, we missed dinner at Spring Rolls, M. had spent the afternoon at the bar and I spent two and half hours sitting in traffic. God people, there was barely any snow... I hate the first snowfall in Toronto... can't wait untilit really starts to snow (insert sarcasm here). On Saturday I headed to the Greek bakery and picked up some yummy honey balls to take to Suzzette's that evening. So I spent a nice evening eating and chatting with her and her friend Eva. All in all a good night. Sunday was pretty laid back, much the same as every other Sunday. Managed to get my quizzes and assignment for my online course done and submitted. I remember more than I thought I would. Got to keep focused, this is the first step in re-certification. Hopeing to be back at the massage by spring.

It's Official...

My Aunt is going to go to Egypt with me. I am sooooooo excited. Now comes the crazy planning stage. I love this part.

The Weekend

Friday after work I met M. for drinks at the Jester. She totally needed a bitch session, so we ordered some pints and I just let her go. Of course that made us both thirsty so we had a few more, then a couple more. Well I think you can get the picture. So I wandered my way home about 11 or so to let the Murpdog out. After letting him out and managing to get my shoes off I pulled up a nice comfortable piece of floor and laid there for awhile. Murphy took advantage of this by dropping his kong on stomach, then my head... so I tossed the kong for a bit for him. He was a happy puppy. Then I managed to get myself to bed.

On Saturday, I went to belly dancing. Let me tell you that I was all left footed. Note to self - should not drink lots of beer the night before belly dancing - does not do good things for your balance. After having to do pushups and all sorts of torture at belly dancing, I headed to M.'s for a Sitch'n'Bitch. I actually managed to get something accomplished on my lace scarf, but I only managed to make it until 6:30pm... I blame the beer.

Good thing that there was nothing important to do on Sunday, because I didn't really do anything.

Oh yeah, I might have a partner in crime for my trip to Egypt - my Aunt - she's checking her schedual to see if she can go. That would be great. My Aunt is such a riot.

Friday at Last

It has felt like it should be Friday since Tuesday so I am very happy that it is finally actually Friday. The weather this week has been killer, causing achy joints and massive sinus headaches, and yes even a tornado. No wonder I have been having horrible headaches - too many changes in pressure - hopefully it will get better over the weekend. At least there are some fun things to look forward to on the weekend. Such as belly dancing and a SnB at M's. I'm also happy to say that I now have heat, the furnace was fixed yesterday so my apartment is now warm and cozy, unfortunately it will be another week before the dyer is fixed. The landlords could not get a repair guy until next Thursday. Hey at least now when I hang up my clothes in the bathroom it would take 3 days for them to dry.

The Darkness is Here

It would seem that the weather has finally decided to catch up with the month. Now I am in for a good 4 months of it being dark when I get up and dark when I get home. Dark, dark, dark.... Yes I'm completely grumpy, tired and the hibernation factor is trying to take over. The rain is not helping, achy, achy, achy. ugg. That's all I have to say.

Couch tease

Ok, so I get this call yesterday from M. asking if I wanted the couch. Of course I was all like yes. Then she called me back and said that they really needed to clean their apartment and wouldn't be able to bring it over. They are such couch teases. But in the end I guess it was for the best, since my apartment wasn't quite finished being cleaned either and I really needed to take that hour and half nap. So... but hopefully I'll have a new to me couch by next weekend, that would be wonderful.

I'm Looking for Boots....

Found these online - so I might have to find a store that sell Aerosoles... If anyone is up for shoe shopping let me know.

Not even 2 pounds...

Can you believe it? I didn't even have 2 pounds total taken off my chest... no wonder my weight was pretty much the same as the day of surgery and two weeks later. I would have thought it would have been more in the range of 5 or 6 pounds, especially with the difference the surgery had on my back. Well I guess a litre of fat is alot, that's how much came off the right side. Anyway, the Dr. took out some stubborn stiches and said that once the reddness goes away that I will have perfect scars.

So Tired

I am so tired today, did not get very much sleep last night. I just could not get comfortable and kept waking up. I'm sure Murphy was completely put out at all the tossing and turning. Every once in a while I would hear a big sigh coming from him. Not like he can not catch-up on all the sleep he missed, I'm sure he is sleeping on the couch (or the bed) right at this moment. I'm so jeolous... he has such the dog's life. So is it bedtime yet?

In other news, I signed up for an online anatomy refresher course through Humber - not like I have enough to do - starts on Nov. 15th. This is the first step in getting back on track for my massage therapy. Then I'll take the board certified refresher course and hopefully be working by the first part of the new year. Then I will being doing a job that I love at least part time. It will be better then not at all.

Happy Halloween

So it is Halloween, my favorite tme of year. Unfortunately I'm not doing anything for it. Ah well doesn't help that it's on a Monday. Anyway, need to send out a congratulations to D. and F. on their wedding day and I hope that the weather cooperates down in Jamica. Have a great day you two.

Belly...

and I have a whole lot of it... which I attempted to shake on Sunday at my first belly dancing class. The class went very well, though I was completely left handed yesterday... anyway woke up a little sore this morning but it was the good kind of sore...

In other news my friend A. gave birth to a healthy baby boy on Friday - Jacob at 8 pounds 4 oz. - in hospital, naturally and only took 2.5 hours. Everyone is doing fine. Unforuntately, I have to send out my sympathy to our other friend E. who lost her baby just after birth. My thoughts are with you.

Meme

I know that these usually are a Friday thing, but I just saw it on M.'s LJ so...
Google "[your name] needs" and then list the entertaining results:

Colette needs more surgery
Colette needs to see her way through her sacred journey
Colette needs to avenge the man who took away her powers
Colette needs money from the government
Colette needs to be fair
Colette needs more
Colette needs a helping hand freshening up
Colette needs a TV/VCR or projection unit for laptop
Colette needs little introduction
and the best (though not quite the right order but hey...)
Who needs Madonna when you've got Colette.

Egypt in April

So I have decided to go to Egypt in April. The trip of a lifetime, one that I have wanted to do for a very long time. I have managed to find a tour that will take me to many of the places I want to see - http://www.gattours.com/tp/tp_discoveregypt.htm
Sorry link did not work - cut and paste you guys
;PPPP

And with airfare to Cairo it sould be around $3500.00, I was willing to go as high as $5000.00 - but the tours I saw at that price just did not have what I wanted. If anyone is interested in going - leaving April 13th and returning April 27th - let me know.

I don't think I would look good in Orange

Your Hair Should Be Orange

Expressive, deep, and one of a kind. You pull off "weird" well - hardly anyone notices.

What's Your Funky Inner Hair Color?

Arrrrgggggg it's a pirate's life for me

My pirate name is:

Bloody Charity Bonney

Every pirate lives for something different. For some, it's the open sea. For others (the masochists), it's the food. For you, it's definitely the fighting. You can be a little bit unpredictable, but a pirate's life is far from full of certainties, so that fits in pretty well. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from fidius.org.

Update

So I have survived the first week back in the big city. It has been crazy hectic, well at least for me. Monday when I got to work my manager decided to have me start coming to work full time, 5 pm every day. Now I have to completely change my schedual... I couldn't get anything done this week, suddenly I didn't have the time. To make it worse it took me an hour to get home Tuesday to Friday, so by the time I'm home and take the dog out I don't even get to eat until 8pm. Which is making my whole diet thing hard to sort out. Now I have to do everything on the weekend, which was made very hard by the massive hangover I had from the Friday night deck party. Someone please remind me to stay away from tequila. Anyway, it was a good time.

This morning I went out and bought the $250.00 worth of books I need for my course this year, it would have been more but I had already bought one of the books I needed last year for my won personal interest. Then I managed to get to the grocery store, reminder to self - do not go shopping on Sunday at noon.... to top off my day the dyer died, while I was in the middle of doing laundry. So now I have clothes hanging all over the bathroom. Oh yah, now my DVD player isn't working, won't turn on. Somehow, this day really didn't go very well.

Some nice pictures to remind me of my time off:

Well on the way to being Perfect...

So on Wedensday I made the 2.5 hour trip down to TO to see my Dr. for my follow-up appointment, was 40 minutes early, saw the Dr. for the whopping 5 minutes and was on my way back to the Sound be 11:50 am. It always amazes me how things like this happen, the Dr. was in and out so fast I barely had time to breath, let alone ask any questions. I told her that I had gone to the ER on the Sunday after surgery 'cause I was abit worried, and was able to find out that swimming is ok but contact sports were not - of course going through my head was the question "what qualifies as contact sports" ;ppppp - Anyway, despite the fluid build up and all she has told me that the girls are perfect, no openings in the stitches, no infection, no leaking of any sort. In regards to the perfect thing, I'm going to have to take her word for it because to me they still look pretty beat up.

Yesteday, I went to get my nails done. Now they are all pretty and such, of course I have already chipped the nail polish but I actually think that a piece of the nail peeled away taking the polish with it. Just like me to have that happen. Oh well it was fun and it's alway nice to go out and get pampered. Just if all this pampering didn't cost sooooo much money.

Pictures for M.

The start of the new me....

Shopping

Okay, I totally blew the bank today... I went shopping. My poor VISA was smoking by the end of it. I managed to pick up 3 new pairs of paints - one pair of pin-stripe business type pants, a pair of black cords and the most comfiest jeans ever. Of course that is coming from the girl who never who jeans. I also bought several new shirts, actually being able to buy tops that fit they way they are supposed to was very unnerving in a way but also very exciting. Two new work shirts, well blouses if you must, a purple sweater type shirt, two black shirts (of course) and a baby blue coloured one. And to top it off I bought this really nice brushed cotten jacket, it fits perfectly and the cut is just right, good thing Allison was paying attention to the What not to Wear folks, and guess what, it's a baby blue colour too. Oh yeah, I bought a bra.... 38 C.... can you believe it. My surgery took 4 inches off my band size alone. Don't worry M. it's a functional bra, something not horribly ugly, that makes me look good in my new clothes... kinda a day bra and the others can be night bras, we are so still on for pretty bra shopping when the time comes. I also got my hair done today, and since I was the last customer of the day, we decided to straighten it. So for the next day or two I will have straight hair. On Thursday I am going for a manicure... just to top everything all off. Man I will be on pampered girl when I get back. A new woman. Can't wait to see everyone.

Recovery is Boring...

Ok, the fact that I was able to swim, well wade around, in our pool upto the 13th of September was pretty cool. But still... not a whole lot to do ... I've completely changed by budget, did some knitting, read a little and played on the computer... now what? and I still have a week and half to go... At least things are feeling better. I still have that hematoma thing, it doesn't seem to be changing much so I might have to have it drained... joy of joys. But I guess then it would be gone and my boobs would start to look normal again, besides all the wonderfully colourful bruises I have. At least I have a car today, so I guess if I get really bored I could drive somewhere... not sure where but it's something. Mmmmm Tim Horton's sounds good... coffee here I come.

A Beautiful Sunday Morning...

In the Emergency room... ok so I kinda got freaked out and had to go to the Emergency room for a little reassurance. Not to worry, I am ok. I just found that the right side was much more swollen, warmer to the touch and seemed to have this slooshing sound. So I spent 2 and half hours in the Grey Bruce Health Centre hoping that I did not have an infection. Especially since I'm prone to that sort of thing ever since my hip replacement. The Dr. was great, she had a look and made sure I didn't have a fever and figured it was just a hematomia, well not just... because it's not the greatest thing to have, but better than pus and an infection. She said that there had been more trauma to the right side and there was blood still at the wound site, and that it might take 3 weeks for it to finally be re-absorbed by my body. So now I have to watch out for the signs of fever, or if the area does not improve and if that happens get my butt to the emerg pronto. But otherwise I am a o k. I feel much better for going, but it was kinda scary there for a bit.

Allison also came by for a visit yesterday... that was great. We had coffee and sat around and chatted and I even showed her the results, well the left side anyways, since the right side is still a little gross. I'm thinking now that they removed a mole from under my left breast. I have an extra stich or two under there and at first I thought they might have done some drainage, but now that I think of it I did have a huge mole there... so maybe they removed it... ah well whatever... I'm not going to worry about it too much. Now I am off to make my follow-up appointment and enjoy this summer weather. And I thought I wasn't going to get a summer vacation. Well the weather seems to have other things in mind. We have been in the pool everyday and I plan on hanging out on the deck and soaking up the last of summer.

Tiny Boobs

Well tiny for me... they look so small now, it's great. They even stay put when I take my bra off, now that's amazing and there is even a space between them now too. I don't think I remember a time when I could say that. However, right at the moment they are not so pretty, bruised and swollen but hey that will pass. I can't help myself when I walk by a mirror, I just have to look, they are smaller... I think it's going to take some time to get used that fact, and everytime I look I get all excited and can't believe that I actually went through with it. At least I can say that it will definitly not be something I regret. I so can't wait to go out and buy cute sexy bras. In the mean time I'm going to take it easy and let them heal... I have been taking pictures not that most people will see them, but for myself to document the process, kinda like my hip replacement scar pics. Now I will just have to work on getting the rest of me smaller too, then I'll match. Not that I need to be much smaller, just toned. I have decided to start belly dancing later this fall, a good work out and will help with range of motion for my hip. You know, get the swing back : )

Today is the Day

So it is finally here, surgery day. Right now I'm trying to find things to do to keep my mind off the fact that I am going to have surgery and that I'm hungry and thirsty. I have about an hour to go before we even leave for the hospital so I'm sure you all can appreciate the state I'm in. I haven't had anything to eat since about 9pm last night and nothing to drink since 11pm. Feeling a little hungry and dehydrated about now. Anyway, I'll keep everyone posted about how things go this afternoon. Wish me luck.

Horrible Smell....

There is this absolutely horrible smell coming in through the vents in my apartment. It started half an hour ago when the fan turned on. Kinda smells like burning plastic. Which makes no sense as there was no horrible smell earlier when the fan was on. I have gone all over my apartment and even upstairs to make sure that nothing was actually on fire. There must be something in the vent. I don't know what but it is nausiating. I have a feeling I won't be getting much sleep, unless I go and sleep on the deck. I am actually afraid to go to sleep, I have no idea what the smell is and I'm sacred I won't wake up. It hasn't set off any detectors - fire or carbon monoxide - but that doesn't mean it's not dangerous...I'm sure it will give me one hell of a headache. Unfortunately the fan does not turn off... there is only on and auto... All I want to do is go to bed. Murphy doesn't seem to concerned about it, you would think it would be worse for him. Of course this would happen when the landlords are away for the weekend. Why does this kinda stuff happen to me... I really don't need this kinda thing this week, I have too many other things to worry about.

Only a Week Away

Well the big day is just a week away... I was out to Etobicoke this morning to take care of the final paper work and have my blood taken. I so hate having blood taken, good thing the nurse at the hospital was really nice and it all went well, even though it took a bit to get the vein in the right place. I personally think it was purposely hiding. Anyway I managed to get to appointments out of the way and hit the university to drop of some papers and be home by 12:15... yeah me. Now I think I'm going to have a nap. Just cause I can.

Quiz for the Day

So if I hadn't decided that I always fell for the bad boys - I would have been Wolverine... oh well next time I'll put that I would kill the bad guys... Must of had a girlie moment.

You scored as Rogue. Rogue is a strong but tragic personality. She loves Gambit. Because of her mutant powers, she cannot touch anyone without hurting them. Therefore, she longs for human contact. However, this southern gal's strong personality has allowed her to deal with this. Powers: Absorbs lifeforce and powers by touch, Super strength, and flight Wolverine 80% Rogue 80% Jean Grey 70% Colossus 60% Cyclops 55% Storm 45% Nightcrawler 40% Emma Frost 35% Gambit 35% Iceman 35% Beast 30% Most Comprehensive X-Men Personality Quiz 2.0 created with QuizFarm.com

Katrina is already here for me

The headache has started and nothing I take will even put a dent into it. Since the big storm last week I have felt absolutely shitty. At first I thought I was getting the insane flu that Suzzette at work and her son have... but I think it is actually all this stupid weather. And it's only Monday.... at least I have Wednesday off, well if you don't count the two doctor's appointments I have and the fact that I have to have blood taken... uck... So if anyone out there has a sure fire way to get rid of a headache... without resorting to cutting my head off :pppp ... I would love to hear it.

Another busy weekend

Saturday was Sarah's B-day, so we were off to the horse farm were she works for abit of a soggy party. But fun all the same, though I made it a pretty early night. But I did get to see everyone and had a great time talking to Allison... we have to do that more. Today was Amber's baby shower, so Laurie's house was crammed full of people and we all enjoy good food, wine (well not the 3 pregnant girls) and good conversation. Lots of great presents, that girl is going to be set. And I promised that the baby blanket would be done by the time the baby was born.... of course it will probably be a Christmas present the way I'm going.
Some shower pics:





and of course a dog pic. (it's been awhile)

Sad day at Work

It's a very sad day at work today. A very valued and well loved employee - Robert - passed away yesterday after being struck by a car on his way to work on Monday. I just want to pass on condolences and well wishes to his family in this very sad time.

My Next Tattoo

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Originally uploaded by Sehkmet.

I saw this years ago and thought then it would make an amazing tattoo and now I've been thinking of it again. Well maybe not excately like this, but something to the same effect. So I just might have to go ahead and do it... any comments, suggestions, possible artists would be appreciated.

A More Laid Back Week...

So this week has been alittle more laid back than the past couple. Nice and relaxing. Which I probably needed after all the exciting things that have been going on the last couple of weekends. No real late nights, though I was out for dinner with my parents on Tuesday night who were down to see some tennis. I was even able to start my weekend early, unforturnately it was due to an almost migrane streagth headache. So last night was spent in watching movies.

A Night of Sushi and Gin

What a night. I haven't eaten so much sushi in my life. Why haven't I heard of this all you can eat sushi thing before. Or maybe I just never really thought of this sort of thing as normally I don't like to eat fish, cooked or raw. But man oh man... I have been missing out. There are of course lots of wonderfully yummy things that do not include fish but I tried salmon rolls and crab rolls - very yummy and even had salmon and red snapper shushimi (spelling?). My dad will be so proud of me. But to top of the whole dinner we had beef shushimi.... ohhhhhhh it was so good. The best way to finish off an amazing meal. After dinner I was off to the Drake Hotel to meet up with Sara, Kathyrne, Ali and the crew for drinks.

Lots and lots of drinks. Mmmmmmmmm.... gin and tonic. Had quite a few of those. Definitely was an all around great evening. Including such highlights as the samuri bus boy, bone Mexicans, vibrating hip replacements and the obligitory penis reference. Anyway, here's some pics.

Here's Kathyrne looking all nice and tanned after her summer away in Thailand, glad she made it home safe and sound.





Ali and Mark enjoying the evening out - and yes Ali it was a completely childfree night.






What do we have here? A couple of sexy girls.

Beer, Beer, and More Beer

OK... that pretty much sums up the weekend... BEER. To all you fellow as sober as churches friends - hope you all feel better soon. I'm sure there are going to be some very entertaining pictures floating around the web very soon....

A Harry Potter Week

So in the past week or so, I have managed to read all of the Harry Potter books, I am now reading the 6th installment and hope to have it done by the end of the weekend. It has been a most enjoyable week of reading, something I haven't done in ages and I've really missed doing it. Last weekend when I was at my parents, I spent the whole day lounging outside in the great weather reading. It was great. Of course the only draw back is that I don't get anything else done. When I'm reading that is all there is. Though I did manage to take some time out to show off my car to M and A and hang out with Patrick this week.

Speaking of new car, my neighour told me she saw some guy casing the cars on our street. And guess whose car he was really eyeing up. Yes my nice new shiny red baby. I guess this guy was being pretty obvious, pulling on handles and stuff, so my neighbour called the police, who cruised through the neighbourhood a couple of times. Needless to say I didn't sleep as well as I would have liked. All I could think about was someone smashing the window on my car and stealing my stereo.

So Here She Is....

SHOES

So M. and I went shopping yesterday... and we bought shoes, lots of shoes. Well she bought lots of shoes, a whole bag full of shoes. I only bought 2 pairs. And they are very cute and I can wear my orthodics in them. I'm even wearing a pair of them right now. They look very cute with my skirt.

Today is going to be one long day... I have training from 9:30 t0 4:30 then I have to go home and be trained on how to use the A/C while the landlords are away and then I have to clean out my car. The last one not so much of a chore, since it means I'm that much closer to getting my new car. I'm so excited.

Updates

It would seem that I have become a weekly updater... Maybe it's because my life is so unexciting... or maybe it's because I'm just so damn lazy, especially in this heat. Anyway this last weekend was way too hot... my landlords headed out for the weekend and decided it would be a good thing to turn off the A/C so I had to roast in my hot and humid apartment. Good thing M. invited me over for yummy pork roast dinner on Friday and hair dying on Saturday, so that I could enjoy their cool living room.

So I've finally got the nerve up to pull out all my Massage Therapy notes... omg I have opened one hell of a can of worms. On Thursday, I decided to start getting this stuff out so that I could get going on reviewing it for my recert. course. Of course none of it was in any sort of order... However, it must be done. I was looking over some of it and couldn't believe that I knew this stuff inside and out at one time. I didn't even recognize some of the terms... This could be very interesting. I've decided to take the month of August to review all this stuff and then take my recert. course after my surgery.

Monday I got the call about my car... my credit is GOOD!!!!!! Yeah me.... Picking it up bright and early Saturday morning. I'm so excited... I just need to get my insurance all figured out and it's a done deal.

I have also registered for my next course at U of T - Archeology of the Ancient Near East - I think I'm really going to enjoy this one. I've decided to only take one course again this year... the other course that was at a time I could work into my schedual was not as interesting looking this time around as it was earlier... and I really don't want to waste $1000 on something I'm not going to enjoy. And anyways, I'm also going to be taking my Massage Therapy recert. course - so I think I'm going to be pretty busy this fall.

It will look something like this....

New Car

Well pending credit approval... Which I don't think will be too much of a problem. Next weekend I will be able to take possession of my new car... looking forward to that. I'm getting a Spectra5, which is a hatchback, 5 speed, and fully loaded and in keeping with the colour scheme for cars, it is red. I somehow end up with red cars. Oh well what can you do.

A/C

All I have to say is that thank god for the A/C finally being turned on... For the last 2 days I have done nothing but revel in the chilly goodness that is my apartment. I'm sure Murphy appreciates it too.

My Week In Review....

Friday July 1st - Canada Day - yummy BBQ that was cut a bit short due to the unusually cool weather. But there was good food, good company and sparklers what more could one want.

Wedensday July 6th - Out with Patrick to Improve at the Bad Dog Theatre where his friend Lee's girlfriend Jamie was participating - very cool, even ended up on stage in one of the challenges. Then off to see Robert Plant - I still can't believe that he still can belt out the tunes.

Thursday July 7th - Very tired... late night ;ppppp

Saturday July 9th - Yuppy mall and Land of the Dead... Michelle and I decided to go see Land of the Dead - got there for the 1:35 show to find out that it actually started at 1:05... so we had to wait until the 4:15 show... try wasting time in the mall at the varisty. $200 shoes to look at and way to many fashion crimes to mention - death to the gold shoes.

So to recap - BBQ-yummy, Robert Plant-unexpectly good, Yuppy mall and Zombie clowns.

This is how we spent our weekend....

Dosen't this look like fun... I am so wishing that I could be poolside right now.

The Flea Market Adventure

So on Saturday Michelle, Adam and I made the trip to the 400 flea market. A nice little drive up Highway 400, it's alway nice to see green. Kinda miss that sort of thing in the city. Michelle and Adam were looking for a island type thing for their kitchen and of course that ever elusive freezer. Anyway, we didn't find anything like that, but I did find a nice stainless steel toaster(which works very well I might add), only $20 and I also picked up a big bag of bones for Murphy (6 for 5 bucks).

A Dog and his Bone



Believe me he enjoyed every bite, it took him less than an hour to completely devour the whole thing. After the flea market we stopped at this huge outlet mall where I discovered a Paderno outlet store. I just couldn't resist. Well resist going in, I managed to resist buying myself something, but I did get my dad a great BBQ set for father's day. But still no freezer for Michelle and Adam. My plan was to go and just browse, I didn't even take any money, but wouldn't you know it there was a bank machine. So in the end I was the only who bought stuff.

We even made a stop in a mall in Vaughn... It was so horrifing that I can't even speak of it now. Never again.

All in all a pretty good day for me, not so much for Michelle and Adam.

In closing - a shout out to Debbie who as of today is a free woman. Congrats on the finalization of your divorce and we will go out next week to celebrate.

Swimming

So yesterday after work I went to the gym and used the exercise pool... It was soooo cool. You can adjust the current so that you have only a little resistance or alot. I was able to do breast stroke in place, kinda neat. So Im doing it again this afternoon... I think I'm hooked. Have to admit I'm a little sore today, but in a good way. If I keep going at lunch with D. to ride the bike and swim at least 3x's a week, I'll be all sexy in no time.

I Smell Like Jelly....

Strawberry jelly to be exact. I discovered this yesterday while enjoying a few drinks on the patio at the Pour House. We all met there to celebrate Laura C and her boy getting married. Congralations to them again. All and all a very nice afternoon with friends and a couple of their crazy kids. The kids sure livened things up... the things that come out of the mounths of a 4 and 6 year old. We rode the train to Candyland quite a number of times yesterday, good thing there was a drinking and smoking car. Anyway, it turned out to be an early night... might have something to do with the fact we started drinking at 4pm and finished off, what was it, four pitchers or so. Definitly a good afternoon.

Coffee on the Deck

This morning I had coffee and my bagel on the deck... yes the deck, sitting at a tiny table on tiny chairs. The deck floor is all done and the fence is now being put up. Deckboy now has a deadline... Saturday... my landlord's daughter has planned her birthday party and it includes spending the day on the deck. Hopefully the weather will co-operate and he will be able to get it stained before the party.

Yesterday we went for Thai food, which was really good... It has been awhile since I had a yummy Pad Thai...It was just toooooo hot to cook.

Heeeeeeeeee Haircut

So this is what I have been upto lately, well there may have been some other things going on too, but I'm going to keep them to myself ;)

Before:


After:



And the animal left over:

NO MORE MUD.....

No the deck is not yet finished... I still have hopes for a Canada Day BBQ... Right now I have to celebrate the fact that all the mud has been cleaned up... at least for now. The Deckboy aka Patrick was nice enough to clean it all up, of course that is after I whined about it for a while. Anyway, it goes way above and beyond as he even cleaned all the crap off my stairs and in the little vestibule thing outside my door - he had to shovel it out, that's how much there was. Now the whole area including the pathway back is nice and clean, which is very much appreciated by me and my carpet... though I think the carpet is pretty much on its last legs. The dirt is just ground right in. Now maybe I can talk the landlords into a nice floating laminate floor, ripping up all that crappy brick and putting down something nice, fixing the drain outside my door... the list seems to go on... I wonder how much I could get away with. Though Patrick has offered to build some planter boxes for me so that I can have some plants outside... how nice is that.

Stolen from Jo

You Are The Key Character
"It's what I was meant to do."
You are the true enigma. No one knows much about you, you do not understand much of yourself, and your life seems to carry no purpose. Yet regardless of everything around you - everyone knows that you are here for some reason, even if no one yet knows what that is. Things seem to simply fall into place for you. Almost as though some force is working either through you, for you, or around you. No matter your troubles, ou have been sent here to unlock something. This is your destiny.

Which Classic Story Role Do You Play?
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Sooooo Much Shopping....

So much that my feet hurt by the time I got home... well that might be more due to the fact I was wearing shoes that I could not put my orthotics in. Anyway yesterday a whole lot of shopping happened. M and I hit the outlet stores and were soon parted from our hard-earned money. But man, did we enjoy it. Lots of new tops and bottoms and yes even some colour... The most colourful (and scary) is the lime-green tank I bought. I think my mom will fall over when she sees it. I also got a royal blue, black and chocolate brown tanks, a black lacey tank and 2 scoop neck shirts, one purple and the other brown. All from Old Navy. Then we headed to the Reitmen's to find some bottoms. Along the way a very strange thing happened. M and I suddenly went all girly... she was gushing over fuzzy yellow goslings and I was driving like a woman... they must be something in the air at those stores. At Reitmen's I found 4 pairs of capris and a cute scooter - unfortunetatly I was only able to get one pair that was not black...a nice green pair of cargos...but I did get a very nice black pin stripe pair...very classy. We then came back downtown and met A. for dinner at the Old Nick, then I was off home. Boy did I sleep well last night.

The First Long Weekend of the Summer

So the 1st long weekend is drawing to a close... and it turned out to be quite a nice one. The weather managed to cooperate and I spent many a hour at the PARK with Murphy. On Friday I was over to Michelle and Adam's to spend some time with Michelle who is strangly enough suffering from tonsilitis. Saturday was spent at the PARK with the puppy, I'm sure we could have spent longer but my arm could not take anymore. Two hours was qute enough for me. Saturday night I was back over to M and A's place for some movies and kniting (still working on that blanket). Just to liven things up we decided to play horror movie drinking games. We were watching Darkness and were getting bored so we decided that everytime something evil was about to happen or happened we had to drink. Well this included things such as dramatic music and possibly scarely things that might happen. But all this led to us just yelling out evil so that we could drink. EVIL :) After wathing this absolute piece of crap we watched the remake of Dawn of the Dead, so we played the zombie movie drinking game. Whenever someone got bit you drank. I really liked this version, more people got bit ;) well and because the zombies were fast... unlike the orginal where you could outrun them. Anyway, Sunday I just chilled, and today turned out to be beautiful so Murphy got even more PARK time. Back to work tomorrow, it will be my last day working in my old department. As of Wedensday, I will be moving to my new deprtment permantely.

The Next Big Health Crisis

Move over Tennis Elbow, shove off Golfer's Elbow and say hello to CHUCKIT ELBOW... I think that every physiotherapist and massage therapist should prepare themselves for the onslaught of dog owners with this new form of repetitive strain syndrome.

Abit Behind Again...

Haven't been doing a very good job at keeping caught up on my blog... bad me. Anyway, it's been kinda busy. On Wedensday I had to drive out to the Mississauga office for training... and of course got caught in the Beer truck incindent, then on the way back to let the Murphhead out, there was another accident, and then on my way back to Etobicoke to see the Doc. there was an accident and guess what happened on the way home from the Doc. If you said 'there was an accident', you would be sooooo right. But out of all that hellish driving there is a silver lining. I am booked to have surgery on Sept. 8th. I am soooo ready to go out and buy pretty bras... but I must wait.

On Thursday, I headed up to Owen Sound for the weekend and another Dr's appointment. It was just a follow up and no big deal. My dad is doing really well after back surgery and is feeling much better... he can even walk faster than I can. The most interesting thing that happened this weekend was Murphy's trip to the dog wash. It is an amazing idea. It's just like the DYI car washes... there is a raised wash basin with a ramp upto it and a chain to hook to the collar (or haltie as the case may be) and then you put your change in and there is a shower hose with a controlable spray head. The shampoo is premixed so you just have to soak him down with soap and water, change to the rinse setting and wash him down, then conditioner and then another rinse. There was a dryer too... but Murphy sure did not like that one bit, so we just used good ol' towels to dry him off. Now he is the envy of the neighbourhood. I am definitly going to take pictures next time.

Personality Test...

Global Personality Test Results

Extraversion |||||| 30%
Stability |||||||||| 36%
Orderliness |||||||||||||| 60%
Empathy |||||||||||| 50%
Interdependence |||||| 30%
Intellectual |||||| 23%
Mystical |||||||||||| 50%
Artistic |||||| 30%
Religious || 10%
Hedonism |||||||||||| 50%
Materialism |||||||||||| 43%
Narcissism |||||||||||| 43%
Adventurousness |||||||||| 36%
Work ethic |||||||||||| 50%
Self absorbed |||||| 30%
Conflict seeking |||||| 23%
Need to dominate |||||||||||||||| 63%
Romantic |||||| 30%
Avoidant |||||||||||||||| 70%
Anti-authority |||||||||||||||| 70%
Wealth |||||| 30%
Dependency |||||||||| 36%
Change averse |||||||||||| 50%
Cautiousness |||||||||| 36%
Individuality |||||||||||||| 56%
Sexuality |||||||||||||||| 63%
Peter pan complex |||||||||||||| 56%
Physical security |||||||||||||||||||| 83%
Food indulgent |||||||||||||||| 63%
Histrionic |||||| 23%
Paranoia |||||||||||||||| 70%
Vanity |||||| 23%
Hypersensitivity |||||||||||||| 56%
Female cliche |||||||||| 36%



Stability results were moderately low which suggests you are worrying, insecure, emotional, and anxious.

Orderliness results were moderately high which suggests you are, at times, overly organized, reliable, neat, and hard working at the expense of flexibility, efficiency, spontaneity, and fun.

Extraversion results were low which suggests you are very reclusive, quiet, unassertive, and secretive.

trait snapshot:

introverted, irritable, feels invisible, observer, depressed, does not enjoy leadership, reveals little about self, dislikes large parties, feels undesirable, does not like to stand out, submissive, suspicious, emotionally sensitive, not a thrill seeker, solitude loving, likes silence, fragile, second guesses self, negative, unadventurous, fearful, weird, focuses on people's hidden motives, paranoid, phobic, dependent, cautious, avoidant, semi intellectual


Kinda depressing if you ask me.... ;ppppp Could be because I am sooooo damn tired - no sleep for me last night - achy, achy and more achy and disturbing dreams... what a combo.

Murphdrool

Murphdrool
Originally uploaded by Sehkmet.

So here is Murphy in all his drooly glory... It's also my first attempt at using photoshop to correct Murphy's demon picture eyes, so don't laugh. :)

Been very busy this week

This has been one busy week for me. Last Friday, Michelle and I went to clean my neice's mess up, just to discover that they had ACTUALLY cleaned up the worst of it sometime that week... I was amazed. Anyway, it still took the two of us two hours to finish the job. We scrubed everything, and left it sparkling clean. Thanks to M. I couldn't have done it without you. So the weekend was pretty quiet. Not feeling up to doing to much. Got back to knitting Amber's baby blanket, it's starting to look like one now. It's going to be pretty big. I also found out that the engineer friend of my landlords who is helping to build the deck, knits. That was kinda neat... the first man I have meet who knits...
Anyway, I started my new job this week. This is the first time in over a year that I have had to come to work on a Friday. It's going to be a bit of a shift for myself and for Murphy... he was very confused this morning when we got up early, went for a walk (well he liked that part), he was eating his breakfast when he noticed that I was getting ready to leave. He would eat some then watch me then eat some more and watch me again. Poor guy, he's used to his mom spending all day Friday with him. I'm sure he'll get used to it eventually.
The new job is interesting, I am going through the training process right now. I am learning a whole new product so it has been alittle overwhelming, but in a good way. I am slowly working my way upto full time hours, which will be quite a change, but can't complain too much as the money will be much better.

I HATE being Disrespected

Okay, just to catch everyone up on what I mean - my niece has completely decided to take after her mom... I guess when you grow up with white trash you don't have much of a chance to get away from it... I was hoping that her moving to TO and going to school would give her a chance and it did but she most definitly did not take it. I found out the other day that she has upped and moved back to her mom's house. She did not inform the landlords and has left a phone # that does not work. Mmmmmm....the only reason the landlords knew this was happening was that they happened to be at the house when her mom showed up to move her out. Not only did they leave the apartment in a disgusting mess but pretty much ran out on 2 months rent. All this after finding out that she had dropped out of school and got engaged to some 18 year old from Memphis, whom she meet online. I'm lucky enough to have nice landlords, they have kept this incident seperate from me, but I still feel responsible because I was the one who brought her to them. It makes me look bad. So I offered to clean up the apartment so that they can rent it out as soon as possible, but Karen said that it was really bad and they were thinking of getting professional cleaners to do it. Okay... really how bad is it when you think you might need professionals. This sort of thing just makes me so mad... her and her mom lied to the landlords, gave them false information and left them hanging and not only that they completely left myself and my side of the family in the dark about everything... just goes to show you what can happen when you try to do something nice for extended family - like it's going to happen again.

On a brighter note - I passed my ANTHRO 100 exam. I somehow pulled a 66% out of my ass. So that means I passed the course - Yeah me. Pretty good for someone who didn't go to class all year. Man, I wonder what kind of mark I would have gotten if I had went. Just checked - and I managed an overall 63% for the course... not bad.

My very own Penis name

Your Penis Name is: Ivan the Terrible

Get your own Penis Name

Your Girl Parts Are Named: Delta of Venus

Get your own Sex Name

Prime Rib anyone...

Oh yeah... prime rib... that's what we had last night for dinner. Believe me, that kinda thing can make everything OK... Even Murphy got a piece... well lots of pieces and gravy too. He had a very yummy treat when I got home last night, and there's still more. He's sitting here staring at me... I know he wants to go to the PARK, but due to the cleanup that is going on this afternoon, he'll have to wait to later. Maybe I'll give him the bone that came back with me from Michelle and Adam's last night.

To finish off... all fingers, toes including paws are crossed for Michelle and Adam, hopefully you won't have to move. I'm so selfish... ;)

Finished???

Ok I wrote my final exam last night... have you ever had the experience of studying and then going to write an exam to find that none of the questions related to what you have studied? That's how I felt last night. Don't get me wrong there were some pretty obvious questions that I did know, however, I think those were vastly outnumbered by ones that I didn't. I figured that I need to get 50% on the exam to pass the course, or I'll be taking it again in Sept. Joy of joys. Anyway, no use worrying about now, it's done and that's all that matters for now.

Beauty Weekend

Not only was the weather beautiful but now both Michelle and I are even more beautiful. Instead of studying for my ANT100 final on Tuesday, I was busy waxing and dying hair. Oh well, at least I will look good for my exam. On Friday, M. and I spent pretty much 6 hours to completely wax ourselves. Legs, bikini line and underarms. I have no idea why I never did my underarms before... it is the best, stings alittle but sure is worth it. On Saturday, we dyed our hair... M. now has amazing pink hair and I have blue-black... not that anyone at work really noticed... I guess that's because I normally do my hair dark. Oh well I like it. It was quite the weekend... I think next time we should record our conversation and sell it on the internet... $2.99/min - "you get oiled up first" and "stradle that, baby" are some of the lines that come to mind.

I start my new job on May 4th.

The Offer is in!!

So I just signed the written offer for my new job. :) A nice jump in salary and an hour for lunch. Not sure what I'm going to do for an hour though. Anyway, go me.

Thanks to Miss Hell...

My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Sister Sword of The Short Path.

Get yours.

Feel better soon.

New Job...

Okay, yesterday I was given a verbal offer for the job I applied for a couple of weeks ago. I am now waiting for the written offer to come through. Yeahhh me. So hopefully another raise will be forthcoming, as I also finally heard about my annual raise yesterday. It turned out to be 3.22%, oh boy... Anyway, so new job for me. I hope that I like it.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Michelle... hope you are feeling better and we will have to have some hair dying and waxing fun on the weekend.

So it's done...

Well the mid-term anyway...now I have 2 weeks to get ready for the final. Blah, I'm pretty sure that I bombed it. Oh well that was a vacation wasted. Hopefully, next vacation will be better.

Dogs dogs everywhere...

I wonder if I'm the only one who has noticed that come spring there seems to be so many more dogs out at the PARK. There was a sea of dogs and people at the PARK this evening. Of course this weather is just amazing, especially after nasty weather on the weekend. My parents took 9.5 hours just to end up in Orangeville for the night. I heard that there was hail here in TO, inbetween here and Owen Sound there was a couple feet of snow and in Owen Sound there was some flurries then 7 degree weather. But as it was I was stuck in Owen Sound and just arrived home today as all the roads were closed. Good thing I'm on vacation. Of course calling into work saying that I wouldn't be able to make it due to road closure from a snow storm in April would have been a fun excuse. Oh well...I guess I should go and study... I am so going to bomb this exam ;ppppppp

Snowed in...

So I am going to ante up Michelle and raise you to road closure... Yes I am stuck in Owen Sound and will not be arriving home today as orignially planned. My parents just called me from Orangeville where they are sitting and waiting for Highway 10 to be reopened. I had already decided not to head out today as the weather is crappy and I just had the snow tires removed on Friday... I definitly don't want a repeat of my drive home last March. Anyway... I'm still trying to study... really I am... okay maybe not all that much... ;) Oh well I still have till Thursday right...

To Cheer me up...

And the Saga Continues...

Yes the horrible saga that is my life continues on its merry (or not so merry) way. My car just cost me another $750.00 since I pretty much had to replace all the brakes. Well the front ones I could understand, as the horrible grinding sound was not caused by an obstruction but by the fact that a brake pad had slipped off the shoe. So now I have nice new shiny roters and discs and brakes plus springs for the front and new pads and springs for the back. All I seem to do is hemorrage money. Still haven't heard about that job... I did mention that I would be away on vacation and I would figure that they would call me either way. I guess if I don't hear something early next week, I'll have to call them. So far the only thing that has gone right this week is my Dr.'s appointment. My family Dr. is great, and people wonder why I haven't bothered to try and find one in TO. I went in, and in about 20 minutes had a Rx for orthotics, something to help my mood ;) and he will be arranging an appointment for me for breast reduction surgury. I head back to see him in 6 weeks to see how everything is working and to get my appointment with the dare I say it 'plastic surgeon', anyways my Dr. is affliated with a female plastic surgeon... so that's kinda cool. Anyway, I have an eye appointment this morning so I better sign off... now if only I could talk myself into studying for that damn exam. I'm going to need a vacation from my vacation.

Officially on Vacation

So I am now officially on vacation. A week and a half without having to go to work, unfortunately I have several things that I have to do, including Dr.'s appointment, eye appointment, car appointment and oh yeah... an exam. Sounds like a great vacation eh? And ontop of that I have to sit and wait to hear about the job I applied for. I was told today that I was the girl for the job but.... I can't work full time... though I made it quite clear that the only reason I could not work full time was because of my disablilty. Anyway, my HR person is trying to talk them into hiring me even though I can't work the full time hours. So now I have to wait... I hate waiting... especially since I've already been told that I would be great for the job and all. So now it's upto the Fates... I'll try not to hold my breath though. A pessimist to the end.

Happy Zombie Jeus Day... ;)

So Easter weekend has been busy... I decided to stay in town as I will be heading to the parents durning the week for some much needed vacation time. On Friday I had a yummy, yummy roast beef dinner at Michelle and Adam's and absolutely yummy dessert that Laura brought. You had to roll us around after all that yummy yummy goodness. Saturday I was up and out early and managed to get the dog out, some groceries done and the dog to the PARK all before noon. In the afternoon Michelle, Adam and I went to Zellars, bought the yarn for Amber's baby blanket that I'm making, and then Murphy got to go to the PARK again... very happy puppy...Then we had a 'very healthy' dinner and did some knitting then we decided to rent a movie... It was a sort of odd mix of movie and Discovery channel...it focused on physics. Anyway, can't really describe it. Today was cleaning and another trip to the PARK for some Chuckit and pictures of Adam in his Manly sweater. After all the ball chasing Murphy still had enough energy to chase a pretty young thing around the park... he's such a dork. But now he is all sleepy goodness. I'm so happy spring weather has finally made it's appearance. Though I could do without all the mud.

It's Finally Finished...

My scarf is officially finished...Maybe now I can start something for Amber's baby...at least I have about 8 months to finish whatever it is I'm going to make.

Fetch and Flash...

So we finally went out with Murphy and the Fetch and Flash... This thing is amazing, all red and flashy. But Murphy being Murphy just had to be a dork... On several occassions he 'missed' where the ball went. Then he would proceed to run all over the place while looking directly at the flashing red ball... he's so silly. He also came home all muddy... I wish we could skip the wet and muddy and go straight to warm and dry. But it's all worth it, he's all curled up on the couch sleeping, he's so adorable. A tired puppy is a good puppy :)

The Clogged Drain Saga continues...

As the days get warmer my carpet is getting wetter. Joy of joys, to come home to water seeping in again. But I won't let it overshadow my weekend... as it was actually quite good. Thursday my mom was in town so we went for dinner and then she dog-sat for me while I went over to M and A's place for some Irish beer and driving. M. got Murphy a Fetch and Flash, which we still haven't tried out...;pppp Murphy is soooo disappointed. Anyway on Saturday night I went out for Girls night with MissK, Sara, Becky, Alison and Sean(MissK's and Alison's brother). We went to Shmooze, kinda a 25 and over type club... it was interesting to say the least. Not really into that sort of thing. But it was fun to be out with the girls (and Sean). I want pictures MissK... :)

I now have an interview for a new position at work next Monday... so everyone wish me luck ('cause I need it, right M? ;p) and good vibes this week. It would be a step up in pay (wihich I could really use) and much more interesting than what I am doing now. Oh yeah on a work note I finally received my CPA Level II results - I PASSED - yeah me. Now I just have to get off my ass and study for my Anthro mid-term and final that are coming up. BLAHHHHHHHHH

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Passing on a little Luck 'o' Murphy to everyone.

And the Quizes get passed on...

You scored as atheism. You are... an atheist, though you probably already knew this. Also, you probably have several people praying daily for your soul. Instead of simply being "nonreligious," atheists strongly believe in the lack of existence of a higher being, or God. atheism 75% Satanism 71% Paganism 63% agnosticism 63% Buddhism 54% Islam 46% Judaism 46% Hinduism 25% Christianity 17% Which religion is the right one for you? (new version) created with QuizFarm.com

Bourbon
Congratulations! You're 123 proof, with specific scores in beer (40) , wine (100), and liquor (86).

Screw all that namby-pamby chick stuff, you're going straight for the bottle and a shot glass! It'll take more than a few shots of Wild Turkey or 99 Bananas before you start seeing pink elephants. You know how to handle your alcohol, and yourself at parties.







My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

	You scored higher than 50% on proof
	You scored higher than 84% on beer index
	You scored higher than 91% on wine index
	You scored higher than 93% on liquor index

Link: The Alcohol Knowledge Test written by hoppersplit on Ok Cupid

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm Massage

Do I really need to say anymore?

Worst Luck Ever...

So I have been dubbed the 'friend with the worst luck ever'... Feel free to read past posts to see why this momentous event has happened. From flooding to skunks to more flooding and lots of just crappy little things inbetween and not to mention some of the really crappy stuff that has happened prior to starting my blog. Anyway I accept my award with all the dignitiy one can in these situations and proceed to spill as much coffee as possible;). Thanks to Michelle and Adam for inviting me over on Monday (even though I decided to stay home and feel sorry for myself) and for having me over last night for Swiss Chalet and some driving and for the Stich'n'Bitch knitting book...a you got flooded again? present. It still amazes me that little things can make such a big difference. Thanks again, and again and again etc... :)

Anyway, this morning I woke up so sore that I could barely drive... I'm calling for a massage appointment first thing this morning. MMMMMMMMMMM massage...... so hopefully I can get an appointment for Friday.

Trying the photos again...one of my Aunt's many horses.



Still having problems with getting photos of Amber's B-Day/telling us she was pregnat party... sorry everyone I will eventually get it working. Please enjoy the pony picture in the meantime.

Clogged Drain Part III

So to top off my self-pitying day guess what I came home to... 3 guesses and the first 2 don't count... Yup you're right if you said that I got flooded again. At least it's not as bad as the last time (I'm trying to find the positive in this). Maybe that skunk(no dogs were sprayed in the making of this day) that we saw this morning on our daily walk was forshadowing to what today was going to be like. All I want to do is crawl into bed and cover my head and cry.

I wanted to post some pictures but it would seem that I can't even do that today.

Just can't get ahead...

I just can't seem to get ahead... health wise, money wise or job wise. I always seem to end up two steps behind. My life seems to be a huge exercise in futility.

Drugged and Driving

So I have finally managed to become a poster child for a Black Flag song... I'm so proud of me. The last couple of days have been a pain in the back...literaly. So yesterday I decided it was time to bring out the big guns of OTC (that's over the counter) drugs. MMMMMMMMMMMMM Robaxecet.......mmmmmmmmm extra strength........Anyway, over I go to Michelle and Adam's for dinner and driving and wow was I driving. CONES!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love the pylons, they are so pretty and distracting and fly everywhere when you hit them. At one point I said who knows what and of course was being mocked by Michelle which just made me laugh and then laugh some more, I laughed until I cried...which makes driving very difficult. Needles to say I totally lost the race. Of course hitting the start/finish line post, the several times I almost went flying into the pit lane and well flying all over the track probably didn't help. But heeeeeeee it was fun as hell. I think I just might have to try it again tonight.

I CAN'T TAKE ANYMORE SNOW...

There was once a time that all this snow would have caused great excitement and waxing of skiis, but now.... Every morning this week I have woken up to copious amounts of snow... all of which needs to be shovelled,sweeped or done away with in some manner. This is taking it's toll on me... Really I'm just sick of it. I can't take the dog for a walk because I have to dig my way out of my apartment and then dig out my car in the mornings then when I get home I have to dig my way back in. Of course this leads to less walks for the dog because I'm laid up on the couch after all is said and done (at least I'm getting some knitting done). I would have been completely impressed yesterday at the efficentcy of the city to actually plow our street in a timely manner (the first time ever). However, that means that the spot were I put my car, which I had dug out first thing that morning, was plowed in. So I arrived home to find that I had nowhere to park, anywhere on my street(good luck getting a spot after 4 pm let alone in the winter), so I had to park a good 4 blocks away. Good thing I had taken my cane with me in the car that morning because that walk could have been pretty crappy without it. So in the end I shovelled out the spot just enough to fit my car in, well sort of. I'm a horrible sick person... I asked M and A if they could give me a hand but they had been busy so I didn't hear from them, so out I go to do it myself... No one tell my Dr. 'cause I'll get in trouble. I really hate the fact that I have to ask for help for things that I used to be able to do without so much as a second thought. So if I start complaining about how much my back or hip hurts today... just remind me that it's my own f'ing fault. It probably would have hurt less if I had left the car where I had parked in the first place and just walked over there this morning. Ah well what can a girl do.

Have not been updating....

Anyway, I'm alittle behind on updating... as you can all see. I think that other week was just to overwhelming... To top off my week of flooding skunks and what not... I found out 2 count them 2 friends are pregnant. Congrationals to the both of you Not that it's a bad thing, don't get me wrong I am happy for the 2 of them. But it was a bit of a bombshell after all the other stuff that happened 2 weeks ago (man am I behind). I haven't even uploaded the pics. from A's little B-day party. I will don't worry, then everyone can see the moms to be. Oh well this past week was uneventful... thank dog. Though I was feeling especially tired and sore. But the weekend made up for that. Michelle and Adam finally got their copy of GT4...the viritual drinking and driving has commenced again. Played late on Saturday and then I was invited over for yummy roast beef dinner and the Oscars last night. I think we watch a whole 20 min. of the Oscar preshow(a little hard to eat and drive)... the cars were calling us. I guess now I will have to save up for my very own copy.

Knitting...

Here's the proof that I have been learning how to knit...

SKUNKED!!!!!

Not only has my apartment been flooded but now my dog has been sprayed by a skunk. I got up this morning and took him out as usual... we were walking along without a care in the world until we reached the little parkette. Suddenly he goes running after something and of course I realize a moment to late that that something is a skunk. Murphy got nailed right in the face. It was horrible. Everytime Murphy got upwind he almost knocked me out with the smell. Anyway, I got him home and had to leave him in the backyard while I looked up a remedy for skunk smell. Of course did I have any of the ingredients... nooooo while I did have the liquid dish soap. But I had to walk to the Sobeys on Broadview to get Hydrogen Peroxide and baking soda. So if you ever need to clean up skunk here's the recipe (for a large dog):

32 once bottle of Hyrdogen Peroxide
2 tablespoons baking soda
1 teaspoon liquid dishsoap

Mix together and throughly soak your dog with it. I found that if your dog is slightly wet that it was much easier to rub in the solution(especilly if they are like Murphy who has a teflon coat). Rub solution in well. Throughly rinse dog.

It's not absolutely perfect. But it is much better than what you start with. So now Murphy smells like wet dog with a faint air de parfume de skunk. At least the smell doesn't really permeate the whole apartment.

Of course, if my apartment was a mess before now it's like a hurricane went through.
Oh well, at least I have today to get it cleaned up.

Clogged Drain Part II

HPIM0049
Originally uploaded by Sehkmet.

So this is what I came home to this afternoon...click on picture to see some more... The plumber was called and it has gone from a clogged drain to something much worse... It is quite possible that the drain is not actually attached to the plumbing or at least not attached properly. It may only be draining into the ground or clay that has completely disengrated and now the water has nowhere to go but into my apartment. So now I am just trying to stem the tide of water inside with my handy-dandy steam vac. it has been doing a hell of a job. Hopefully the water won't seep as far as the electronics... or I might be re-arranging my apartment this week. Anyway... I have to go to bed, hopefully I won't have nightmares about water rushing in or anything. Night.

Clogged Drain

So I woke up this morning to wet carpet... mmmmmmmm wet carpet... it would seem that the drain outside my door is clogged and nothing seems to be able to unclog it. So there I was at 6:30 in the morning using my handy-dandy steam cleaner to suck up as much of the water out of the carpet as I could. At least it seems to be fairly localized to the front door and around the edges of the wall near the bathroom and counter. So no damage to any electronics or furniture has ensued. Now before everyone freaks, I have informed my landlord who is going to check it out today. So hopefully the problem will be solved by the time I get home from work and before it starts raining etc. again. All I need is more water seeping in. The carpet needed a really good cleaning anyways (it's really dirty), so now I guess I have an excuse to have the landlords pay to rent a super-duper steamcleaner, as the water in the apartment is not my fault.

The past weekend was pretty uneventful... I rewrote my CPA Level II exam on Friday morning, so hopefully I did better this time - I need a 68 on the exam to pass both the CPA's and my works expected grade(which is 75% overall). The fact that I have been sick for the past week has me a little worried about how I did. Well there's not much I can do about it now. Speaking of being sick... this whatever it is I have just does not want to go away. I feel like crap one day, then the next not so bad but then I feel like crap again. Sinus headaches, cough, sore throat, feeling crappy... it's really fun. So when D. called to cancal going dancing on Friday night I wasn't all that upset 'cause I was feeling crappy. - Hope L.'s puppy is doing better - Then I call A. about heading to Guelph to visit her on Sat. and guess what... she and D. had been very ill all week too. They've had it much worse than I have so she decided that we will be doing a girls night here in TO on Sat. - Hope you are getting through all that work you had to do A. see you Sat. - So instead of heading out to party in Guelph on Sat.night I ended up at M.'s knitting. We are just so exciting... we had 3 choices for Sat. nights entertainment - A friends art show, a Bday at a pub and staying in and watching some movies. Well since we all felt like crap guess what we picked... movies and wine... so we called L. and ended up having a Stich'n'Bitch - M. learned to knit lefthanded just before L. showed up so that she could teach her, as she is a southpaw. We drank wine, knitted and watched the first 10 episodes of Space Invader Zim. Sunday was pretty much a do nothing day, managed to wash some dishes that's about it.

Straight Hair

Straight Hair - Amber and I
Originally uploaded by Sehkmet.

Okay since this is the first try at posting pictures with a different program we'll see what happens. This is me with staight hair. Thanks to A. for the great job. Just so everyone knows this pic. is from way back at Xmas. ;PPPPPPPPPPP


Okay I just noticed that my orginal attempt at posting pics worked. But I think that is more for the side of my blog not really for putting pics into a post... oh well, I have pictures up....Click on pic to goto more pics.