Mamma Mia

So this weekend has been alittle on the busy side. On Friday I went shopping with D. from work. She wanted to find something nice to wear out. Sorry to M. as she called to tell me that she had bought a roast... or maybe sorry for me because that sure would have been yummy. Hope your back is feeling better... On Saturday was up and out for lunch with the whole family and off to the Royal Alex to see Mamma Mia. It was pretty cute and fun. My mom and my aunt loved it, they were grooving out in their seats. Overall there were some really great oneliners and the singing was really good. Though I could have gone without some of the 70's outfits (they were almost blinding)... No one was up and dancing in the aisles or anything but it seemed everyone really enjoyed it. I guess matinees are a little more reserved then the evening shows... My dad thought it was too loud... but his musical tastes end well before 1960... so.... At least the rest of us had a good time. It's always great to get together with family. After the show I had to come home and have a brief nap and get the apartment tidied up as D. was coming over so that we could go out dancing. Unfortunately she didn't make it until almost 11... she was orginally coming at 9:30, but there was forgotten money and ID and then a big accident on the DVP which was aptly called the Don Valley Parking Lot last night. In the end she made it, so we got ready and headed downtown. We went to Savage, hasn't changed all that much, the people are still well Savagey, but hey I was there for the music and the dancing. Which I did quite abit of I might add. So all in all it was a good time. D. really enjoyed herself and hopefully there will be some more nights out.

My Mom's going to be OK

So I talked to my mom on Sunday night and it seems she's on the mend. No emergency surgery required. I'm so relieved. She will have to have her gallbadder removed, but not for 6-8 weeks and it will be just day surgery. It's more of a preventive thing, just want to make sure that it does not happen again. Can you believe that it was the first time my mom had to stay in hosiptal since I was born. Well anyway, my mom decided that she would be alright, because hell or highwater(or gallbadder problem, pancreitits)was stopping her from seeing Momma Mia on Sat. The whole family seems to be going, my mom,my dad,aunt,uncle,grandma and me. Should be fun. I almost fell over when I heard my uncle was coming, he normally doesn't do these sort of things.

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To the Person Who Parked in my Spot:

I would just like to say that the parking spot in front of my house was not shovelled out for you to use. My friends have worked very hard to keep that area clear (many thanks to A and M) so that I can park there. I wouldn't have minded if it was just for a little bit, but I arrived home at 5:15pm and you were still there at 9:30pm when I took my dog out before bed. Now I understand that you have a permit too... so you could have parked anywhere, and I also understand that a nicely shovelled spot is more appealing but did it ever occur to you that it was shovelled out for a reason? Next time could you please park a little further back, at least giving me enough room to actually park infront of my house? That would be greatly appreciated.

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Snowed in Again

On taking Murphy out for a quick walk this morning, I discovered that my car was completly snowed in. I guess after Adam so kindly dug it out from the unusally large amount of snow that fell yesterday, the small pickup plow must have come through in the night. Oh well what can you do... At least Adam and Michelle were treated to my first ever attempt at pork tenderloin last night. And I must say it turned out rather well. It was nice to have people over here instead of going out all the time, just proves that I can be a good hostess. Though I might think about getting a new bottle opener, as we had to use pliers and a screw to get the wine open. Necessity and wine drinking are the mother's of invention. Anyway, of course after complaining how badly I suck at my game, M. is all like, well show us what the trouble is. So here I am all prepared to die miseralby and be horribly embarrased, it's one thing telling people how much trouble something is and quite another to have to show them. But as luck would have it on this occassion I killed the boss without any problem. Might have been the wine... I just don't know. And I probably will never be able to repeat it. But that's okay, because spent this morning finishing the game... hear that... I finished the game... So A. you better hurry up and finish Prince of Persia... ;)

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Anyway on a more serious side, I just got a call from my dad, telling me that my mom had to go into the hospital last night. I have been re-assured that she is alright, though anything to do with hospitals creeps me out. It seems that she is having some serious gallbadder problems and may have to have surgery this week. So I am sending out get well soon vibes and I love you vibes to my Mom today.

Murphy's PARK Antics...

So I will apoligize once again to the very helpful M. for my dog making her back worse (I totally know how she feels) and of course for not coming by last night, but somehow I managed to fall asleep on my way too small couch, my neck will never forgive me. Well at least I was warm, since my apartment was freezing and I was covered with a polorfleece blanket and a 60 pound heater.

My dog is absolutely anti-social when at the PARK, he has a bit of OCD when it comes to B A L L S. While out yesterday Murphy was approched by the cutest little puppy, which he completely ignored and just gave me the crack look until I threw the ball again. Then there was the toy collision, Murphy slammed head first into a poor little old dog who was running after his kong that happened to end up in the exact same spot Murphy was going. Of course I was all worried that the poor thing was hurt and of course the dogs seemed not to care at all. They were probably wondering why their people were making such a fuss. At some point Murphy managed to bite his own tongue, happens every once in awhile because his dog gets so big when he's playing (always wonder if he's compensating for something). And to top off the afternoon the 'hairy humper' as Michelle called him came to play too. Everything was going along fine, hairy was chasing Murphy as he chased the ball, when suddenly hairy decided it was time to hump... Murphy just stood there and looked at me... waiting... I tried to remove the hairy humper, so that I could through the ball, but to no avail, and Murphy just stood there looking at the chuckit. Finally after several minutes of humping Murphy realized that I was not going to throw the ball until the humper stopped, so he finally gave hairy a growl and a nip... I don't really think it was because he was getting humped, but it was more because I wasn't throwing the ball. My dog is soooo weird.

I JUST KEEP DYING....

Okay I've hit a rough patch in my game... and it is driving me insane... I hate when it seems to be impossible to kill a boss... of course for any 12 year old with better hand/eye coordination then I have would probably have no problem. Unfortunately for me this sort of thing totally takes the fun out of the game. Of course now I'm worried that if I can't beat this one how in the hell am I going to beat the really big bad at the end of the game(if I ever get there). So I have promised Murphy that I will not play today and spend some extra quality time with him and the dishes that are piling up in my sink. After hearing about MissHell's sparkingly clean apartment I figured that I really needed to get off the couch and finish cleaning mine. Though I did manage to get half of it really clean on Sunday, I even pulled out Murphy's crate and the couch so that I could vacuum behind them. However, after that I felt totally exhausted and had to sit down, and never made it back up.

Oh well, we will see what happens tonight. As long as I manage to get the D O G to the P A R K everything should be okay. At least it's a little warmer out there today. Last night was bloody cold... I had extra layers on, fleece tights under lined pants and fleece sweater, and looked like Staypuff, more like ninja Staypuff - as I had my face all covered with my black neckwarmer - when I took him out last night. And of course the weather is supposed to go back to freezing cold again by tomorrow. Blahhhhhh....

The Need to Catch Up....

Okay so I was abit lax this week in updating, but hey I was recovering from my Birthday and the fact that I have a sinus cold just makes updating my blog kinda low on the list of things I need to do. Of course it doesn't help that Michelle and Adam gave me Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy for my B-day, it's my new crack. Poor Murphy has suffered, as I just don't want to go outside and take him to the PARK, of course the -22 weather we are having and the afore mentioned sinus cold are the real reasons I don't want to go... ;) Anyway to recap...

Jan. 13 - My Birthday
Was able to leave work early... I have a great manager... managed to fit in a nap and a trip to the PARK with the Murphdog... the 15 degree weather was a bonus, though Murphy came back from the park alittle on the dirty side. In the evening I headed over to Michelle and Adam's for dinner and presents... yeahhhh presents... Michelle was feeling like crap and was unsure about going out but we pumped her full of cold medicine and wine and it all worked out. They gave me a book on Tutanhkamun and of course Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy - which I had to try out before going anywhere - then there was the chocolate brownie/fudge cheesecake... that was a whole wack of chocolate goodness. We then dragged our asses off the couch to head to Velvet(after that cheesecake it was very difficult) for an evening of drinking and dancing. The weather sucked and not alot of people made it - thanks to Angela, Ian, Laura and Stephen for braving the crap and celebrating with me. Lots of fun was had by all. Just remember to stay away from "Aftershave Man". Some guy even tried to pick me up (very unusal) - of course by the end of the night he had been caught twice going into the bathrooms with various people - first time was with a guy(I think it was Aftershave man)and a girl in the guys bathroom and then Jackie (our friend in the coatcheck) had to radio the bouncers 'cause he had just headed into the girls bathroom with a some chick... ickkkkkk and this guy was trying to pick me up... anyway... after all that excitement it was time to head home for some food and bed.

After all the excitement on Thursday the weekend was pretty uneventful - played Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy aaalll weekend... I really like playing the mummy(who happens to be Tutanhkamun) since you can't die, being the undead and all.

So yeah, that's about it... still can't seem to be able to post pictures... which I would really like to do one of these days - oh well something else to put on the list of things that need to done.

Had to throw a Quiz in....

Especially since it makes me feel so good....


You're Bettie Page!


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IT'S MY BIRTHDAY....

So today is my Birthday... Not quite sure how I'm feeling about that. I keep trying to remind myself that it is only a state of mind, unfortunately there are days when I feel 91 instead of my relatively young 29.... oh did I say 29... anyway... decided to start counting backwards. At least today I'm feeling much more human, the last week and ahalf have been pretty crappy... Back pain, ice storms... so much fun. But today... I feel like dancing... which I am planning to this evening along with anyone who is able to join me. It just might be Michelle and I, as Adam seems to have come down with the crappy flu that's going around and we don't know if he wil be up for a night out. Oh well, I guess we will just have to wait and see. I'm just hoping this year will turn out better than last year - the club I wanted to go to was closed, couldn't go play pool etc... and of course I hope that the year in gerneral goes MUCH better... no poisionous hotdogs, no car accidents... though I'm kinda worried as most things happen in three's and there was only 2 big crappy things last year... Maybe with the turn of the New Year my luck has turned too... Here's hoping.

Apathetic....

That would pretty much sum up how I feel right at the moment... you know the let down after all that holiday stuff... Amazingly enough there was no major drama, though having an eight year old around does make things interesting... Up at 7 on Christmas morning, just a little too early for me. It probably would have been earlier but we made it quite clear that 7 would be the earliest any of us would be up. I even put together a hockey net... now how Canadian is that? New Years was fun... though there was alittle too much dance(techno) junk at the club.

Thought I would throw this in.... Thanks to Michelle....


You represent... loneliness.Always alone and always sad about it... unlike
angst, you don't have to look for a reason to
be miserable. You want to be in the company of
people but aren't sure how to act when you're
with them. Sometimes you have to make an
effort. You can't always wait for others to
come to you.

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I think that I get this way every year leading upto my birthday...anyway...hopefully I'll be able to dance it all away next week.