because why not?

I decided to update my blog because I am on my new netbook and I thought - why not? I have to do something - yes?

So it is almost the end of 2010. That makes me sad - in a way...

:-(

But I guess you never know what the new year is going to bring and it may just be a great year!!!

:-)

I would be very surprised if I ended up going to Europe in 2011 though. I have no big trips planned for this year...

:-(

But there is a dog in my house

:-)

most irritating words in the English language

I just read that a Marist poll finds the following words/phrases as the most irritating in the English language:
Whatever
You know what I mean
To tell you the truth
Actually
Like

To tell you the truth, I use all of these words/phrases on a daily basis - like - if you know what I mean? Actually, I have decided to try not to use these words/phrases as much as I possibly can.

(Whatever)

Seriously!! (This word was not on the list but it probably should have been...)

LOL

a long time ago

Yesterday I spent a lot of time rereading my posts. I have had this blog now for quite a long time! It is hard to believe how long it has been. When reading the posts, I have noticed how much I really do appreciate and it reminds me to appreciate everything in my life.

That is always a good reminder!

do you think I should be concerned?

I hate it when people do not post on their blogs. It makes my day happy to see that they have posted something...and when they do not...I am sad...

:-(

(sigh)

Of course I realize that I am the person who is saying this - the person who never blogs. Correction: the person who sometimes blogs.

I do not have too much to say as my life is boring. Especially this week as I have been home sick. You know - I think I need an English lesson as I do not think I made a proper sentence there.

(sigh)

I was out tonight and when I came home I noticed that someone had shovelled my stairs. Not just my stairs but the part of the stairs that goes from my door to my storage room. Should I be concerned? It is kind of scary to think that someone walked up my stairs...to shovel. Okay - maybe that is not scary. Maybe we just live in a world where the thought of someone doing something nice for you is scary. I think that is pretty sad and pathetic myself. I think I should just be grateful that someone cleaned my stairs and leave it at that. What do you think? Maybe they realized that I had been sick for a few days and decided to be nice to me?

Although....it is kind of scary that someone is paying so much attention to me that they realized I was sick...

lol???

In other news - I really I have to figure out how to work my T.V.

(and I should read a book....)


(and write a speech)


(just sayin'....)

Maybe next year?

Another year, another Grey Cup, another loss. Oh well, there is always next year - right?

:-)

I just had a feeling...

Who knows what changes next year will bring?

winter is here!

Man, have we been hit with a winter storm! We got a bunch of snow yesterday and now today it is cold (-23 C) with -34 windchill. I did not realize it was so cold or I would have dressed better. I would have put on a toque and some skipants, etc. I have a ton of snow now to shovel. I am not sure when I am going to get it all shovelled. I think I will wait for the weather to warm up and for me to have a better shovel. I would like to get my parking spot shovelled out before I bring my car home. I also need to find my electric cord as I may need to plug in my car tonight. It looks like it is going to be at least 10 degrees warmer this afternoon but it will probably drop again overnight.

Winter means the weather network is my new best friend.

:-)

We were planning on going out to the farm this weekend but I do not want to travel on the roads if we do not have to. K and I are in consensus on that. It also is supposed to snow on Sunday so I do not want to be stranded somewhere if I do not have to be.

I just checked the road conditions and most of the way to the farm is okay but all of the roads coming into the city are labelled 'critical'. I hope L and L are okay driving in.

Anyway - I should go to the skating rink now...

more sleep than...

It has been a long day but I am not in bed yet. Hopefully I will be in bed soon!

Tomorrow I plan to straighten/clean my house. The good news is that I feel like I am in a good position to get the rest of my house clean. The thing I am the most concerned of is forgetting where I put stuff!!! Hopefully I will not forget!

Anyway, even though I am not in bed yet. I think I will get more sleep at home than I would if I had not driven 2 hours to come home. So....

good night!

Cleaning house

This evening I cleaned my living room (dusted, etc). It was okay. It did not take me too long but this weekend I want to tackle my spare room. That might be a challenge!

lol

:-0

But oh well...

I don't think it will take me that long either...

(Although I could be wrong...)

ice ice ice

That is right!!! The city has turned to ice. It sure makes driving interesting! I took the bus today and I think I might take it again tomorrow...

Where does time go?

Snow Snow Snow

It snowed here today. I made it home from work but I did do a 180 on the way home. I am not looking forward to tomorrow as it is supposed to continue to snow throughout the night. Hopefully I am able to make it out of my parking lot and then make it to work...

If it takes me 1 hour to get home - oh well...but I just want to get to work on time (and get out of my parking lot). I hope I do not have an accident...

(this is my 365 post)

life is good

I passed my exam...
I only have one more day of work this week...
I am alive

Life is good.

fallen off the face of the earth....

No, I have not fallen off the face of the earth. I just have not been updating my blog lately. I actually forget (occasionally) that I do have (somewhat) a blog.

It is almost Thanksgiving. What am I going to do? I am not sure. I do not know if we are even going to have a supper....but if we do, it will be good!

:-)

I guess I will see....

I am studying right now too as I have an exam coming up. Hopefully I will pass. (that is all I care about)

HP forever...

LOL LOL LOL

;-)

(I just had to say that...)

new with me...

First of all, I bought a new table this weekend. It is very nice and I like it alot!!!!

:-)

Secondly, I think I just gave up being a GG leader.....

:-)
:-)
:-)

Third of all, I am thinking of painting my condo...

:-)

(And I have the colours all picked out)

:-)

back from Europe (again)

I have been back from Europe for about a week now and I am slowly getting back to reality. I still have things I need to do but it is nice to have it all behind me now. I am excited to have my life back again.

The trip went well. Nothing too exciting happened. I did not lose any kids. :-( ?

We are getting together in a couple of weeks to have a windup. I am looking forward to it.

Today is a birthday - Happy Birthday!!

watermelon

I bought a watermelon at the grocery store on Saturday. I finally cut it up today....I cut 1/2 of it up today. It tastes good but man it is the neverending watermelon...

Orginally I had thought I would just buy 1/2 or 1/4 or whatever it is that you can buy but then I thought that I would eat more of it........

It is HUGE!!!! I will be eating watermelon for awhile now.

Anybody want some?

It's blue!!!!

I dyed my hair tonight and it is blue!!!! Not just a hint of blue either.....BLUE!!!!!! Oh well, I am sure it will fade in time and in the meantime....I have blue hair and I am cool....lol!!!!

Getting ready for another trip...

I am off to Europe in a few weeks and I am looking forward to it (sort of). Some parts I am looking forward to...Some parts not so much.

I cleaned my house today - in particular my fridge. I still need to work on my freezer but my fridge is much better. I feel like a weight was lifted off my shoulders. I feel sorry for my niece though as she came over for a sleepover and all I did was clean. I will make it up to her tomorrow though...(I am sure).

I should be going to bed now though as it is late and I know my niece will have me up early tomorrow!!

:0]

Walking

Tonight I went for a walk with my sister. It was not a 'workout' walk (aka I did not exert that much effort) but it was still a nice walk. I would like to get out more and go for more walks now that the weather is nice (and also because I am going to Europe this summer). Hopefully I can accomplish this goal.

Summer storms

Today it is raining. I was watching TV but then my signal went....I had to do something else which is a good thing as now I can do this :-)

I love the smell of rain. It smells so nice. I do not mind thunder and lightning. I know some people are scared but I am not.

One more day of work this week and then I have a 4 day weekend. YAY!

That will be nice!!

Life goes on....

It's so hard to believe that my dad is dead. It is even harder to just go on. I feel that if I just keep living my memory of him will fade. I want to remember him. I want others to remember him.

A few years ago he wrote us his autobiography. I have been trying to find my copy and just cannot seem to find it anywhere. I hope I can find it soon.

I have so much to say but I don't know how to say it.

Maybe that is because I am sick.
:-(

my dad

My dad died yesterday and I am still in shock. At least I will be seeing my family soon. That always helps.

I am really going to miss him.

Relatively normal

Today is Good Friday - a time to fast (don't eat that cookie or you will be saying the rosary)... :-)

I went for a walk today. It felt great!!!!

We are going to be colouring Easter eggs soon (a tradition in our family to colour on Good Friday).

We are still doing the normal things at Easter but the big tradition is gone. We are not at the farm.

Oh well

I had the opportunity this week to see my family (at a funeral). It was nice to see them but interesting too as they all seem older....Imagine that!!!

It is hard to believe that my aunts and uncles are getting older and soon they will no longer be with us.

:-(

Okay - I have to leave this blog on a happy note.

Happy Easter everyone!!!

Birthdays

You know, I know that when my birthday comes along I am getting older but why do I forget that other people are getting older as well? It amazes me when I hear how old my parents, etc are getting...

In many ways I still feel the same as I did many moons ago but in other ways I know I am no longer the person I was (many moons ago) - even though my niece tells me that we should get an adult when some sort of mishap happens.

:-)

Hopefully I will talk to you again shortly....

Spring:-)

my adventure in taking the bus....

So I finally got my car back last Thursday. $5600 in damages and I did not have to pay a dime (gotta love insurance). And then the storm hit.....

Saturday morning I had to shovel. Sunday I did not shovel (too much) but my car was stuck and could not move. I decided that shovelling my car out just to get stuck again was not worth it.

So I did not leave my house all day....except for a quick trip to 7/11 for some bread (as it is in walking distance).

Today I took the bus to work. It took me about 40 minutes to get to work on the bus but 50 minutes from the time I left my house. As I was standing at the bus stop, I was starting to wonder if the buses were even running as there were no tracks in the snow at all.

Fortunately someone showed up and stood with me for a while. By the time the bus came, there were about 10 of us standing there.

As I got on the bus, the bus driver said that there were 12 buses already stuck in the snow throughout the city. (so please be patient)

Fortunately I was able to get to work without too much mishap....but I am still confused as to where to ding the bell to get off the bus....

Anyway, I had to walk about 4 blocks to get to the bus stop after work. I was almost at the bus stop when I saw my bus coming so I ran and made it there on time. I had to transfer downtown and I watched as the bus I was on (but a different bus if you know what I mean) went by as I waited for my next bus. I probably had to wait about 20 minutes for my bus. But I caught it and lived happily ever after.

Our bus almost got stuck but our bus driver was awesome and was able to get us out of the snow bank.

I thought that more people would have taken the bus today but I do not think too many people did.

I plan to take the bus again tomorrow....and so continues my adventure in taking the bus.....

talk to you soon

:-)

My car

I have been driving a rental car since Monday and I am ready to get my own car back. Unfortunately my car will not be done until next week (Thurs?). I am looking forward to it.

I am driving a 2009 Pontiac G6 though.

YAY

Welcome 2010

It is now 2010. When did that happen? Tomorrow I will be working for the first time this year.

I got into a car accident at the beginning of December and I am finally getting my car fixed on Monday!!!!! (the 11th) and I get a free rental car.

My computer is up and running (sort of).

And I have a new dryer (that makes a lot of noise and is very annoying but oh well at least it dries my clothes fast).

I am debating who (if anyone) I am going to invite to be my friend on facebook.