Sunday, February 29, 2004

I had to report - the SUN IS OUT! The weather is finally better for the day, no new snow today! I am here, answering pledge calls for the Cash Crusade For Kids here in town - proceeds to the Children's Aid Society of Inverness Richmond, where I put in my time. Read more here!

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Saturday, February 28, 2004

So lists...for those of you who are insanely bored and reading my blog for something to break up your day...

Actually, my sister used to be the queen of the lists..wrote them for years in a binder. Her favorite was people - hockey teams, people in her class, people she knew...And the resident teen thought it might be fun one day to write down every word she knew...got about 40 pages worth written before it lost its appeal.

My Five Favorite American Films

1. Lonesome Dove - it is an epic tale. Starring Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Diane Lane, Danny Glover, Robert Urich, Angelica Huston, among many other great actors. I just love it! It was a mini-series on television with four episodes and I eventually went out and bought them, and have watched the whole series at least 30-40 times. Robert Duvall as Agustus MacRae is a priceless character, and my favorite role he has ever played. There's tears, humour, action, adventure, and culture...something for everyone!

2. The Joy Luck Club - starring Ming Na who now acts on ER as Dr. Chen. This movie is all about mothers and daughters and their sacrifices made for each other and themselves. I just love the way it plays out and have watched it several times. The book is just as enjoyable, and Amy Tan is a gifted writer.

3. Legends of the Fall - starring Anthony Hopkins, Brad Pitt and Julia Ormand, to name a few. Another tale with humor, tears, adventure and action, with great lines and even better acting.

4. Ocean's Eleven - starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts and a bunch of other great actors. What an awesome movie. This movie is put together so well, and just has great writing that it makes it a joy to watch over and over again.

5. The Shawshank Redemption - last but not least - starring Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins. What an awesome tale, written by Stephen King, one of my favorite authors. This movie is just a wonderful story, with stellar acting. I can watch it again and again.

Now, because I am such a movie buff...there has to be another list -

Top 5 movies I like to drool over

1. A Time to Kill - starring Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock and Samuel L. Jackson. oh Matthew...take that shirt off again.

2. A Knight's Tale - starring Heath Ledger and whoever else...Heath, take your shirt off.

3. The Devil's Own - starring Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford. Brad with an Irish accent...and a not too terrible one at that. He looks very yummy in this film, and very vulnerable at the end.

4. Lethal Weapon - all of them - Oh Mel...you are getting old but damn you looked good in those movies! You could melt steel with those blue eyes...

5. The Firm - Tom Cruise - he may be short but what a mind - that's sexy!

I have to admit, making these lists was tough...I love too many movies and there are some really great ones I would love to add - I highly recommend watching The Usual Suspects, Snatch, Notting Hill, Crocodile Dundee, Beverly Hills Cop (just the first one), The Karate Kid (just the first and the fourth ones), The Last of the Mohicans - what a tale, good backpacker films like Brokedown Palace and The Beach, a lovely family story - Life as A House, a good old fashioned western - American Outlaws, the old Brat Pack movies - Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo's Fire, Betsy's Wedding, Sweet Sixteen, Some Kind of Wonderful, The Breakfast Club. And lets not forget a true eighties favorite - Fast Times at Ridgemont High - even todays music videos are ripping it off! (look for the swimming pool scene where the gal in the red bikini comes out of the pool and catches the guy jacking off in the bathroom). Some really good comedies - Ed TV, The Mexican, What Women Want, Miss Congeniality, and the list goes on!

I could talk about movies all day, but instead, I think I will go watch one!

now THAT's what I call timing. I just drove the resident teenager to work and as I pull into the driveway, the plow goes by, leaving a two-foot bank behind me. 15 seconds would have made me a cranky woman unable to pull into her driveway. I think there would have been something thrown at the plow driver.

But it was expert timing. oh Braaaaadddd????

He is sleeping, but will gladly shovel it out later. He missed going to the gym yesterday, so will be aching for muscle exertion. Never mind that he shovelled out twice as much yesterday, heh heh.

so I bought two skirts yesterday, and spent just $17 (tax incl). never got the hoodie though, darn. they didn't have them in yet.

just heard that there was an accident on the causeway...am talking to a friend who is stuck on this side of it...she has been sitting there for over an hour. The accident was an empty transport trailer that blew into a car. No real injuries that she saw, as the guy in the car got out and walked to the ambulance to be checked out. Now that's timing! She could have been the car who got hit if her timing was a little quicker.

Friday, February 27, 2004

another day, another blizzard...the causeway is shut down, the schools are closed, my employer has called a snow day...what shall a person do? How about shopping? That's where me and the kid are headed right now...

I wonder what I shall indulge in today? I am famous for going out for a package of paper towel or something and coming back with a new outfit. I did hear that Jeans Experts has some new stock in and I am in the market for a hoodie, so I can fit in with my homies...HARHAHARHARH

So after reading my friend the Hairy Hoser's blog today, I thought I might think about doing my own lists of favorites...but I need a little time to think about mine...check back later for the lists...

Thursday, February 26, 2004

I HAVE HAD ENOUGH!

ENOUGH WITH THE SNOW ALREADY

I want my mom.

Wednesday, February 25, 2004

ok, its hump day...just two more days to save the world before the weekend comes...

so I got to talk to this really handsome sounding constable this afternoon...just one of those deep, masculine, I'm-so-buff sounding voices. I spoke to him for about 15 minutes on the phone, but I think I am going to have to invent an excuse to speak to him in person...I want to see the body that goes with that voice :-) Good looking guys are in short supply here in this one horse town...the gene pool is a little shallow if you get my drift. The constable in question is actually in another town, so chances are that he might be good looking.

Big uproar in Cape Breton about a "sex booklet" which is an information booklet the Department of Health wanted to release to teenagers in grade 7-9 through the schools. The ultra conservative school boards of this island voted a resounding NO. The booklet talks about such things as masturbation, oral sex, anal sex and homosexuality, as well as safe sex, rape, stds, and self esteem. My guess is that these ultra conservative people here feel that if they don't give their kids these booklets, then they will never know about it...or it won't exist...gawd, what rock are they hiding under??? Look to prime time tv and you will find ALL of it. Why not offer them honest, reliable, educated answers to their questions through such a document that was prepared following extensive research by the Department of Health. Its time for Cape Breton to open their eyes...what a bunch. When I wrote to the public relations gal from the dept of health requesting the booklet, this was her response...

"Hi Jude,

Unfortunately the book is still in draft form and we were sharing only
with school board representatives right now to see if they were willing
to distribute it through the public school system. So I can't share the
draft publically at this stage.

The book is very well researched and written. They did extensive
consultation with youth - asking them what they needed to know or wished
they had known earlier to help them make safer, healthier decisions.
There was also consultation and review by experts in sexual health ,
particularly youth sexual health.

The book deals in an honest and straightforward manner about issues of
sexuality, healthy relationships and decision making, sexual assault and
rape, how to talk to your parents, a doctor, etc., how to say no,
preventing STIs and pregnancy. It's not really new information...it's
taking the information available from a variety of sources and
repackaging it in a format that is easy for youth to access, read, and
understand.

If we can't distribute the resource through the school system, we will
look at other ways to make it available, such as through local public
health offices.

Right now, though, we're still in early stages and don't have the
finished document. I'm sure that when it is ready, you'll hear about it
through the media! If you'd like a copy then, please send me an e-mail
and we can get you one.

Hope this helps.

Thanks,
Wendy

Wendy Barnable
Senior Communications Advisor
Office of Health Promotion"

You can bet I will be looking for my copy!

Monday, February 23, 2004

trip to Sydney went well...snow, snow and more snow, and then we had clear road and I thought I was in Florida...well, maybe not Florida, but much better than the slop I had been driving in here. and then I came home again and it was still snowing...stop the madness!!!

More Snow. just what we needed. We got anothe 20cms or more between yesterday and this morning and it is STILL snowing, with the radar looking like it will last all day.

more friggin snow

If I didn't have Brad to shovel for me, I would have crawled into the snowbank and died by now. That boy is certainly earning his keep around here. Today's snow is light, but what fell last week was very heavy and I could barely shovel the little I did at one point.

Halifax has lifted its curfew, and the State of Emergency has been lifted from the province as of last night. Whatever, didn't see much evidence of it anyhow. But looking at pics from Halifax, there is some friggin snow up there!!! While we had quite a dump, they had quite a mess. Of course, we don't have city streets either to clog, just the highway that runs through the centre of town.

I'm off to Sydney today, but imagine it will take a few hours to get there in this darn snow. I wonder if its time to begin thinking about those snow tires yet...

The school is on its third snow day today...must be a record for them for sure. And the resident teen doesn't get the benefit anymore as she has finished classes. News on the Amber front, she was accepted to St. Francis Xavier University this past week, so we were excited! She has two more universities to hear from, but with the snow days, and their closure for spring break, it might be a while. She is just such a smarty pants...once we got her final transcript and saw it all neat and tidy there, as she had been in two high schools, and some of the courses from grade nine were given credit for grade ten, it looked quite impressive. She has an overall high school average of 87, and a grade 12 average of 91. Pretty awesome I think!

Sunday, February 22, 2004

ok, I ventured to Antigonish yesterday, the roads were acceptable...some ice, but not much snow. Only to find out that the guy who owns the tv repair shop didn't bother to come in to work...perhaps due to snow, I don't know. All I know is my tv is in there and I can't get it out. he has such limited hours, I don't know when I will ever get there without taking time off from work. Its beginning to really irritate me. And so we went shopping instead (Brad and I) while A. worked all day at A & W. I managed to pick up a pair of pants and a skirt at Cotton Ginny...whoo hoo...Amber fears I have an addiction and should join a group for sufferers. She is just jealous, I can feel it.

The sun was out beautiful yesterday and it was lovely...now it is overcast again and SNOWING...although I don't think we are to get much more snow, just a token flurry, so I will relax. I have to head out to Sydney tomorrow for an appointment, so hopefully the roads are clear.

I see the "children" came home last night...and forgot to go to their separate rooms...however, I think they just fell asleep watching television as I peeped in after knocking (and getting no response) and found them both sound asleep, fully clothed. Good thing...I may be understanding but I had one rule when Brad began sleeping over here...no conjugal visits while I am in the house. I'll wait a little longer before going in to terrorize them...heh heh. Brad was supposed to bypass drinking last night, so we shall see who has the hangover...is it my little miss?

Girls day again today...they seem to come all the time now, ha ha. M., W., K., K., S., A., E., E., and I shall be conjugating for the purposes of food, movies, crafts and gossip...sounds great! I may have to get more chairs!!! I am cooking spaghetti and meatballs for the gang, as well as sausages for snack...everyone else is also bringing something, so we will feast again today!

just hope the snow doesn't get in the way of our fun...

Friday, February 20, 2004

well, here we are again, in winter hell. Blizzarding all day, the province is basically closed down, and I am getting a little shack whacky...I have places to go today, and know I won't get there and what would be the point, as no one went to work today. I can't see across the street, the wind is worse today than it was yesterday. Yikes!

Good thing I went for groceries and water before this all began...

the power has been off and one, but not really off that long, thank goodness...we have electric heat! Can't say the same for many others in the province presently without power.

the gang is still asleep, but I don't tend to sleep well in storms...lay awake for hours listening to the wind...wahhh

perhaps I'll give it a try again.

Thursday, February 19, 2004

ok, so I had to go out and shovel tonight. The plow (aka devil incarnate) came round again and dumped me full of snow...not as much as before, but enough that it took me a while. It was damn heavy too! And there was one huge snow boulder that I had to pound at to break apart so I could move the pieces out of the driveway. I had to shovel it right away or it would freeze in the driveway and then I would never get it out! The plow came around twice more after that, but I was still out there, so he lifted his blade...lucky guy..I had my shovel poised to throw at him. not that it would hurt him in his huge plow, but I would feel better...

and now its snowing again...just look at this damn radar...

more friggin snow

poor Brad will be busy again tomorrow...what a sin. I can't make him get up in the morning to get me shovelled out yet again...He must have shovelled a full ton of snow tonight or more.

arrrrrrggggghhhhh...

so we lived through it...lost the power for just 30 minutes and a few bumps besides. I just took Brad to work and just as we were leaving the driveway, the neighbor who shares the driveway has a front end loader show up to clear the driveway, figures...after Brad spent 3 hours out there in the pissing rain, shovelling the concrete snow. So I told them not to bother plowing anything from mine as it was fine as it was. Damned if I was paying for them to plow the small bit that was left now. Why they waited until we had ours all cleared is beyond me.

Anyhow, we took a little tour of the town...the only thing open was one Tim Horton's and NOTHING ELSE, not even a gas station, Wal-Mart, Sobeys, or anything. Most of them don't even have their parking lots plowed yet. Most of the side roads are only plowed one lane, or a lane and a half. The wind and snow have finally stopped and it is just spitting rain. If the roads freeze, they will be pretty slippery though, but thankfully, the high snowbanks will make for a very soft landing, har har.

I managed to convince the resident teen to play a board game with me this afternoon when the power was out. It was a struggle...we played The Game of Life, and while she had twins and a son, I was left barren...boo hoo...my career was a police officer and hers was a travel agent. My salary was a lovely $100,000 until she landed on switch salary cards...then I got her $50,000. At least I had the cool Victorian house and she had the crappy mobile home, heh heh. In the end, she won, due to my high salary card.

Now I have my Thursday night television to look forward to...gawd I live a boring life! Friends, ER, Survivor, CSI, etc...

I hear the couch calling me again...

offically a full snow day at work...sounds like its time for a midday nap.

Nova Scotia has declared a state of emergency...first time I've seen that!

state of emergency in nova scotia

gotta love it!

and the snow keeps on coming...helloooooo couch...

big storm

The storm is even bigger today, and we are getting whomped. 8:00am I got up to go to work though, as there was no announcement on the radio about our office being closed, and since I work in a government office (but not for the government, but for a Board-run agency) it takes a lot of convincing to close down for weather. So I just got out of the shower when the phone rang, and was told by a supervisor that the office was closed, at least until lunchtime. Whoo hoo...now when do you think I should tell Brad to stop shovelling? I'll get dressed first.

Then the phone rings again. My friend A., who is taking over the on-call shift today from me...the office might be closed, but someone has to mind the pager, as it is the number people will get when the call the closed office...so until I get the chance to pass off the pager, I am still actually working. A. assures me she and her significant other will try to make it over this morning to rescue the pager, as they have a 4 wheel drive Jeep. Ok then, no problem.

Then I get downstairs after getting dressed, and the phone rings again...our Office Manager calls to tell me the office is closed. Ok, thanks for that. Now I REALLY believe the office is closed...heh heh. Then I finally get the chance to holler out the door to Brad to stop shovelling. He can barely hear me over the howling of the blizzard. I can hardly see him as he is covered in snow. poor thing. He can hardly get a breath out becuase he is coughing so hard from his cold....no, I'm just kidding...lol

So Brad comes in, covered in snow and announces that while he put a good dent in the snowbank, there is still 2 feet on the road, so I won't be going anywhere anyhow. Fine...come dust yourself off and rest for a while until the office opens at noon. heh heh.

9:00am - A. and R. show up for the pager and duty bag (aka dirty bag - it weighs about 40lbs). I had forgotten that I left it in my trunk, so must get dressed to go get it out for her. Wow, where did all this snow come from. All of Brad's efforts have been blown over in snow, and the plow has been around and left me with a 3 foot snowbank at the end of my driveway. Getting the bag out of the trunk requires some manuevering as the car is under a foot of snow...but I managed, and then slipped and pushed my dear friend A. into the 3 foot snowbank at the end of my driveway...by accident, of course. Anyhow, the dirty bag has a new home, and I am off work for the day. Lovely. I just happen to be off tomorrow too, as one gets a full day off with pay for carrying the dirty bag for a week. See y'all next week! Whoo hoo!

So here we sit in the howling winter, warm and cozy...the resident teen has been notified that her workplace has closed for the day and Brad has heard on the radio that his campus is closed...but yet, here we are at 9:20am, no one with anywhere to go, and we are all wide awake and freshly showered...what's wrong with us? We should be buried deep in comforters, turning over for a second nap!

Not sure what I will get up to today...likely some movie watching...good thing I have such a huge collection (over 100).

And they are forecasting freezing rain to follow this snow...what a mess that will be....oh Brad...

Wednesday, February 18, 2004

storm radar

Now THAT'S a storm...the Weather Network is forecasting 50+cms of snow for tonight and tomorrow...oh fluck. Guess I will get the measure out of Brad now...heh heh. We'll see just how much he has to shovel...poor thing, he is sick too...how can I ask him to go out and shovel snow when he is feeling so poorly. But yet, I will. Because I HATE IT!

Got stuck in a client's driveway today so had to get them to help push me out...wasn't that lovely. At least she didn't have the rage that last year's client had, which could be good or bad...last year I had just come from the client's home and was backing down her long driveway that I had not been able to get up in, after delivering bad news to her that I was going to take her to court because of her behaviour and I got stuck. I got stuck BAD. I had another worker with me and we could not, could not, could not get it out. We shovelled, and pushed and spun the tires and could not get it out. So I finally had to give in and go back to the house with the angry mumma, and ask her to help get us out of the driveway so we could leave. This woman is very large...Amazonian you might say...6 feet tall, and BROAD shouldered, has done her share of construction work, and remember, she had just been given some bad news, so there was definitely some RAGE in her by now. Well, she bent down in front of the front bumper, and grabbed hold...lifted my car up and THREW it back into the driveway. I gunned it and got the hell out of Dodge...

So the mumma today, did not have any bad news given to her, but helped out just the same, and after a few evergreen wreaths tossed under the tires for traction, and she and a fellow worker pushing, we were off once again. Although she didn't have any bad news given to her, I think there was still some rage in her too, because she put her whole body into it to get me out of her driveway.

Interesting how the client and fellow worker keep getting assigned to pushing duty...heh heh...truth is, I have a 5 -speed transmission and neither could drive a stick. Woe is me.

I am still holding out on buying winter tires just yet...I am waiting to see how the winter goes.

Monday, February 16, 2004

ok, its downright freezing out...any need of that?

got a distressing phonecall tonight...someone close to me disclosed that they had been sexually abused by another relative in my ex-family aka outlaws. most distressing...it happened 20 years ago, and I am in shock. I just want to go and cut his thing off. and then I think, how could we not know this was going on? just when you think this dirt is not in your family and that no one related to you would ever do that...actually, its the second instance I have in my family...heard a few years ago that a cousin of mine had been sexually abused by her father for years. He is now deceased, and we could never understand her behaviour, until we found out what he had done and then it all made sense. And then this person who called me tonight, informed me that my ex-mother in law was sexually abused last fall in the senior's home she is living in by another resident. She has severe memory loss, and would never know who was doing it to her, but someone caught him in the act. What is wrong with people???? I work with this shit all day, and now I come home and hear about it all night. You would think your own family is immune to it or something, but they're not. This stuff seems to be all around us, like a cancer.

so, like a good friend, I listened for nearly two hours while this woman poured her heart out to me. I wish I could go over there right now and give her a big hug, but she lives in another province. she also told me that her sister was also sexually abused by the same uncle. how could we not know???

Wednesday, February 11, 2004

another sunny day...I don't think I can take it.

actually, I think spring might be on its way...it was a lovely snowmelting kind of day

found out a friend of mine is going to Spain in April, while I am in CA...she hasn't been backpacking before so will have a blast, I'm sure! I remember my first trip, it was awesome! I went to the Republic of Ireland, and there were castles by day and pubs by night...I loved it!

I have to decide whether or not I want to set up a separate blog for the trip or just to continue here...stay tuned :-)

Tuesday, February 10, 2004

nicer weather today...sunny AND mild. I still want the snow to be gone though, and I can't wait until camping weather hits...I would go now, but I would be alone.

I started another afghan yesterday for the resident teenager. Its a variegated red, blue, yellow, green knit, with a navy contrast. Something to keep me busy during those long winter nights. I finished my own, and it looks very nice, surprisingly...

lots to think about these days...planning the trip to central america for one, which I haven't done piss all on lately...still waiting for the tax refund to come so I can buy the damn ticket...but otherwise, I am thinking about looking for a new job this fall, and making a move to Halifax. no one wants me to leave here, but I am wilting in this dead end town! How can I take this job and live somewhere in the city? A long commute???

the rising of the resident teenager proved to be not as fun as hoped...she was just waking up anyhow...darn. I was hoping for more of a reaction. Lets see what today brings...they woke me up last night, so I have to seek revenge for that...we also need to have a House Meeting about it...she won't like it a bit and will think I am overreacting, but here are the circumstances...

said teenager has her own room...boyfriend of said teenager is staying in room next to said teenager by my good graces and desire to see successful outcome from his college program and work experience. boyfriend arrives home from work at 12:15am now, as opposed to the 3am arrival when proposal was first set forth in late November. boyfriend must rise early in the morning and be in classes at 7:30am. said teenager is no longer in school as she has completed high school as of two weeks ago. boyfriend did not go to bed when he returned home last night and instead went into said teenager's room to watch television until at 1:35am, management was awakened by second floor roaming to bathroom, and noise from television. management rapped sharply on said teenager's room door and demanded quiet and turning down or off of television. various and assorted grumblings from both sides of the door. management was then too riled up to sleep so called sister in BC (4 hours behind) and vented loudly to her...murmerings and movement from said teenagers room, and exit by boyfriend to his own room...something must have been overheard...I wonder HOW?

So in light of last nights events, management must hold house meeting to clarify what the house rules are. No conjugal or latenight visits on work nights. boyfriend must be reminded of why he is permitted to sleep at home of management. management values a good nights sleep above most everything and to disrupt this is sacrilige...

capice?

Monday, February 09, 2004

it is freezing cold here today...I have had ENOUGH of winter...and it hasn't been that much, or that bad...I just want the spring to come, with trees in bloom, warm breezes, and flowers to sneeze to...I want green grass! Maybe I should just start my own patch inside...I hate winter...whine, whine

at least the sun is out...there's that...

time to call the resident teenager and get her out of bed...just because she is finished school doesn't mean she can sleep whenever she wants...wasting the day away... ;-)

I am a tormenter...

Sunday, February 08, 2004

ok, more snow again...what's up with that???

Brad is back here again, so will shovel it out later, but the damn stuff is drifting...wicked whiteouts at times.

I'm in msn chat right now with some DE students I have gotten to know over the years...I was going to watch the grammy awards tonight, but not really into them...I have to telly on in another room, that's enough...I don't want to risk another nipplegate...LOLOL

got the mittens done, now have begun another afghan, this one for the kid...she didn't want to learn how to knit it herself...boo hoo! Oh well, got nothing better to do this winter!

Saturday, February 07, 2004

so we got some snow...not a lot and then the rain took much of it away again...whoo hoo! The girls stopped by and we went to Whycocomagh to look for the salon out there that tints eyelashes and eyebrows...the girls are fair haired, so want that done...me on the otherhand have trouble hacking back the unibrow...lol

it was a slushy ride, but not too bad...we were also browsing furniture, clothes and other household items. KM bought some yarn and needles and sat while I taught her to knit mittens. I taught her how to knit a square for an afghan the last time...she has been doing well! So there's our Saturday night, wild times...me, KM and KB sitting around knitting and watching While You Were Out on TLC...what a bunch of old ladies, har har...

the kid is at work again, and not sure where Brad is...the driveway got shovelled and looks good. So now I have the rest of the night to sit and knit mittens while watching television...the girls have gone home now, to do probably much the same. KM brought her new project home, while KB was knitting a small blanket for the resident feline, and left that one here.

hope there is only blue skies in the forecast for tomorrow...

snow is here...have not been out to check how much...Brad just got up to shovel...whoo hoo! Then I will check and see how much.

more to come...

Friday, February 06, 2004

I spoke too soon...massive snow storm on the way tonight...wahhhhhhh

the weather network

the radar image is shows massive storm potential...we'll see what we actually get out of it. parts of nova scotia are getting rain, so perhaps we will be that lucky, although with the temps down where they are here in cape breton today, it will be SNOW. dammit.

so today I have the day off...my reward for working on-call for one week...its great! I just wish I could sleep in like the others in the house. But 8am comes and I am WIDE awake. I also hate to waste the day, so get up. I wrote a whole bunch of e-mails to friends, and not a group one either, but actually took the time to write about 10 personal e-mails. Things are getting too easy these days...group e-mails, christmas newsletters, etc. no one sends a handwritten message anymore, and although I am most guilty of being sucked in by technology, I do miss getting an actual letter in the mail...all I see these days are bills and junk mail. have we lost something by gaining in technology? is letter writing becoming a lost art? I used to write to my parents and sister all the time, now they get e-mail, but is it the same? They somehow seem impersonal...and to tell the truth, I think I am forgetting how to make my letters...I type all my notes at work, I use only e-mail...the only writing I do regularly is to sign my rent check...which I have just remembered that I have to track down the landlord today to give it to him...I drive over there daily, hoping to catch him, but they are such busy people, and there are no mailboxes in this town, I can never nab him...I will soon start mailing them to him...

now my hands are cold, so must find task that involves warming them....

Wednesday, February 04, 2004

ahh, the rains have come...at least some of it. The snow is melting fast and I am happy. Perhaps spring is on its way, in which case, this would be the shortest winter I have ever lived through. I can handle that.

the long night stretches in front of me yet again...resident teenager is at work, as is her significant other. Just me and kitty here, minding the store. I hope there is something good on the telly, but then I do have a movie trilogy I borrowed from my friend, A. - Raiders of the Lost Ark...gotta love that Harrison Ford.

I've been reading all about Nipplegate...what a farce...she doesn't look one bit sorry that she exposed her fake boob for all to see. She got the reaction she was looking for...more publicity. It doesn't seem to matter to stars whether it is negative or positive.

I subscribed to the newspaper again last night. First daily news I'll have had in a few years. I used to get the Kitchener-Waterloo Record for about a year, but then we moved. I must say, I have never even seen a delivery person here...so I didn't think they had home delivery. We shall see if anything shows up before the bill. I just hope they wrap them in plastic, as this town doesn't have mailboxes.

time to see what I can get into now...

Tuesday, February 03, 2004

so the rodent thinks winter will end early. good for him. if it doesn't there will be rodent pie...

it hasn't been so bad though...I should have had a Brad last year....har har har

temperature was actually above 0C for most of the day...I didn't even wear a jacket back to work after lunch.

I got a referral about some kids in Florida, and shucks, the boss wouldn't let me go there to investigate...I had to refer it out to their agency instead. Not fair! I could have stayed extra long to help them count the presidential ballots...HAR HAR

planning in earnest for the trip to central america...all I need is money to book the ticket and we're off! got my holidays approved today for 23 days off...now I need to focus on getting those vaccinations this week. I wonder how big the needles are...

the resident teenager arrived home Saturday night or should I say, Sunday morning, at 4:00am or so...I had only a blurry eyed glance at the clock as she and the boyfriend strolled in the door. At least she is home in one piece. It was a long night...gotta get those ground rules set so as to avoid future sleepless nights!

time to tuck in now and wait for rain to start...whoo hoo! hope it takes most of the snow.

 
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