Need some help!

Christmas was good - busy, but good. New Years should be low key, which is fine by me.

I need some help - Some opinions, per se.

I was just asked if I would be interested/able to go back to work for 2 weeks due to a very large project. The catch is that it would be answering phones and taking people through the set script. That I can do with my eyes closed. i wrote the script and programmed it before I left, so that's not a concern.

My concern is... well, there are multiple concerns
1) It will probably screw up my EI
2) how will the other people on the floor take to my coming back to the phones? considering I had made some enemies of people previously...
3) Can I really just answer phones? I know this project probably better than anyone else - including C. I also know how things are suppossed to be done on the floor and what will happen when (not if) someone goes against what they are suppossed to be doing?

*le sigh* While I appreciate that they thought of me and that they would tryst me enough to go back to work there, is it in my best interest?

Christmas Time Is Here

Happy Holidays to one and all. Really not impressed with the weather of the past week or so, but it is what it is in Canada in December.

Here are some pretty pictures I found on the web. Hope you find them pretty too!

Sing along with me...

To the tune of "let it snow"

"Fuckin' snow! Fuckin' snow! Fuckin' snow!"

Shall we sing it together now?!

"Fuckin' snow! Fuckin' snow! Fuckin' snow!"

Come on... EVERYBODY SING!!!

"Fuckin' snow! Fuckin' snow! Fuckin' snow!"

ROFLMAO!!

Is it a case of the Mondays?

I can't imagine that it's a case of the Mondays, since I'm not even working, but I'm terribly sad today for no apparent reason.

I dropped Van off at worked, went to the EI office and filed for EI, then came home, sat down and just continually sunk down lower in the chair.

Terribly sad today. Mom just called and sounds like she's in the same boat.

I think I'll get something to eat and then go to mom's house and see if we can't cheer each other up.

Some Plans

So, now that I have some unexpected free time on my hands, there are a couple of things that I want to do.

1) Visit Bonnie and Bruce before they leave for Winnipeg
2) Write my Level 1 Piano/Keyboard Lesson Book (Already started)
3) Write up an Energy Work Course and offer said course
4) Meet up with Rev. Mae's group again and work with colours and energy and get them to start doing readings on their own
5) get Rev. Mae's group practicing reading so that they are comfortable enough to do a psychic tea
6) Organize and promote Psychic Tea to combat the mid-winter blahs
7) Write Business plan for store
8) Execute store plan

Whoohoo! Lots to do and maybe now I'll have the time! LOL!!

Doubt it, but one can dream :)

The Late News

So, for those who may not have heard, I am no longer working.

Just before I went on vacation for Chicago, there were a couple of "incidents" which I was written up for beore an investigation took place. One of the owners determined that I shouldn't have had a discussino regarding these "incidents" before I went on vacation because he didn't want to have it "throw me off", but the day after I came back, he hit me with them. I didn't see them coming and I completely disagreed with what was alleged against me and how there was a write up without investigation/discussion first. I verbally gave my resignation on the spot and put it in writing the next day.

The next day, the owner told me it wasn't all that it was made out to be and that it was an over-reaction based upon what I had stated the day before in our discussion and then subsequent discussions with witnesses he was not aware of previously, however he also said that it all happened 2 weeks before and that time had probably lessened and/or distorted things in all our minds. I told him to little too late and that the time had come and gave him the written notice. He told me that I might as well go now (customary for someone in my position in a company) and I packed up my stuff and left.

In the end it was an amicable split between the company and I. The big problem right now for me is that the person who instigated the whole "incident" and write up was someone whom I thought was a friend. But, they stabbed me in the back. After everything happened and I quit, this person dared to tell me at my desk as I was cleaning it out that he wasn't sure why he didn't come and talk to me about it directly instead of going to the person he did because he was just venting, but it got all twisted.

Indeed. I just had this person over for supper and "exchange of gifts". I have to say that I had a difficult time even looking at him. It isn't something that I can see "blowing over", but time will tell. It is a compound difficulty in that he is Van's close friend...one of the only, if not the only one in SJ. I will have to suck it up as it's my issue, but I can't help but lay and wait to see how long it takes for him to stab Van too.

Either way, I got paid for my 2 weeks that I gave my notice for and I got my vacation and ROE so I can apply right away for EI. I won't get it right away, but my EI should be around the same amount, if not better than a minimum-wage job. We'll see...I've got some ideas/plans, so only time will tell!

So, I did it

I quit my job. Very spur of the moment decision in the heat of a moment. But, one I do not regret in the least.

The timing wasn't close to what I wanted - I was hoping to make it through to the spring, but some things just don't go according to your plan, but to the higher power's plan.

I will miss some things about the job - particularly working with the clients, but I have not been happy there for quite some time.

Here's to happier times ahead!

Giant cotton puff ball of a brain

Okay, I'm a complete cotton puff ball of a brain today.

Thick, thick, thick!

I'm not really tired...I mean, I'm tired, but not really tired like one would expect...I'm just stupid.

I'm on a bit of an up today, because I'm seeing people I haven't seen since the show and they're giving me some very nice - pleasant compliments about the show and the performance, which is really nice and gives me a boost.

We'll see how long this stupidity lasts LOL!!

Otherwise, getting myself back on track and in the groove.

Chicago is over

Well, The run of Chicago is finished! What a week. Lots of highs and lows, but I can honestly say that I REALLY enjoyed the performances. Didn't really like the rehearsal process right up to dress rehearsal, but I LOVED the performances and you can't have one without the other.

I don't see myself doing this acting thing much in the future, if at all, but I can check off my bucket list being in a full stage production musical and check off my dream list playing Matron "Mama" Morton in Chicago!

I am soooo glad that I have tomorrow and Tuesday off!!

I'm a combination of pooped and pumped! LOL!!

the review is in

The paper seemed overall pleased with the show! Yaay!

For my first review, I'm really pleased with it! I even had the parent of a student just call to congratulate me and ask if I thought it woujld be okay to bring a 10 year old to. I said no LOL!!

I don't think that I would do this again for a while...or at least for another part that I just REALLY want to do. At this point, that would only be Madame Thenadier in Les Mis. Doubt that will happen in Saint John any time soon.

Ah well, it's been an interesting experience and I'm glad I got the chance to do it. But, I'll be glad when it's done. It's been a lot of work and I'm not sure my feet will ever be the same again! LOL!!!

Opening night of Chicago!!!

Hell to the fuck yeah!

Missed a few things, so there is still room for improvement, so yay! I'd hate to use up all the good stuff on opening night! LOL!!

ouch

So um, yeah. Graceful, I'm not.

In one scene of Chicago I have to run across the stage, following/chasing one of the murderesses and bump in to Billy Flynn. Apparently, I can't run in my chunky heels as I promptly rolled my left foot on to it's side and really messed up my ankle.

I'm now making friends with the ice pack.

it really hurts...on both sides of the ankel, which is the really odd part.

Oh well.

I also think that Van got the shaft from work - yet again. Perhaps it's his choice, I don't know, but they have gone to "set shifts" and "bidding on shifts".

It makes sense to me that the person who has been there the longest (Van) and who has the highest scores on monitoring (also Van) and who has bent over backwards for this company (yep - you guessed it - Van!) Would get first choice of shifts!

But, apparently not! I find out tonight that his "set shift" is 12 - 8!!! What the fuck kind of a shift is that?!?! And on top of that, he didn't get first bid! What the hell?!

Ah, but what the hell do I know? He is telling me that I shouldn't be so bent about it. He didn't choose it, but I shouldn't be upset about it.

I am upset about it. That to me is just another stick up the ass to Van.

I just don't understand why he's not jumping up and down and demanding the 9 - 5 shift he deserves. Certainly over the one who has it right now - someone who can't spell shit or say shit even if she had a mouth full of it!

But, whatever...it's the way of the world.

Fuck! I can't wait until one of us leaves.

Well, cue to cue goes tomorrow night. I can't wait! It's a whole lot of hurry up and wait until midnight or 1am.

exciting! Not!

I think I bit off a whole lot more than I can handle with this show.

This just fucking sucks.

Nothing tonight was right. Not one blessed thing. Not even my songs. I thought I could fall back on them, but apparently not.

it's just one big show of suck for me right now. I hope it gets better...fast!

Holy Crap!

6 sleeps from opening night!!!

EEEK!!

First bit of press was viewed today - Here magazine has an article about us and I got a quote in it! teeheehee

Also got my first wholesale shipment in... mostly xmas gifts, but still...it's the first wholesale shipment!!! VERY COOL!!

Also got my eyes checked and need new prescriptions. :( On the up side, he gave me a trial set of contacts to use for the show...YEAAAA so now I won't be blind while walking around stage!!!

Now time to breathe before rehearsal tonight. Dad's birthday today, so I should fit in a parental visit tonight too. If not, I'll need to suck up later LOL!

Full Run # 1

Wow! How much do I regret taking on the accompanying gig of Tracy's concert? Immeasureably after today's rehearsal and no time between first full run through and Tracy's concert's rehearsal.

And you know what is really funky? The girl whose concert this is (Tracy) wasn't even at rehersal tonight becasue she took a bus trip to Portland and then flew to Florida! You've got to be kidding me!

Anyhoos, the first run through went really well - I think. I didn't get to stay for notes afterward, but I just spoke with Jenn who took notes for me and she said that over all it's a lot tighter. A few things to clean up - movements to make bigger, especially during when you're good to mama, but that in general it was tighter today. Yaaay!

I week to go to lead in, so it SHOULD be that much better!

Tired, headachey and just getting supper at 10:15pm. So goes the life of gigging.

This would be lots of fun if I didn't have to work for a living! LOL!!

Up bright and early tomorrow to test out a new study script, reports, etc. etc. etc.

yeah - so exciting! NOT! LOL!!

Wish I didn't have to work...really.

Independently wealthy would be fun at this kind of time in life.

mmmm...I think I'm going to put in for vacation tomorrow LOL!!

rehearsal every evening and all day Saturday and Sunday and then... SHOWTIME!!! WOOT!

Happy Halloween?

I am having a rather uninspired Halloween so far. Even though I'm dressed up, brought candy to work, the whole 9-yards, I'm still very sullen and feeling extremely uninspired. :(

I even sent in my first "wholesale" order from a supply store (it has a few xmas gifts in it - yaaay!) but even that has left me rather deflated as there was a probelm with the order due to the international shipping and it being my first order.

And no rehearsal tonight... I'm actually kind of sad. I've been getting in the groove of rehearsals and I've been sleeping SO WELL at nights because of the extra work! LOL!!

Ah well, we'll pick up where we left on Saturday morning at 10am UGH!

So, no staying up to the witching hour for me this Samhain... That's okay too. :)

I hope everyone does have a fantastic Samhain and a happy halloween. I'm hoping I'll get in the groove when the kids come knocking!

The weather outside is frightful

It's not really, but this rain is REALLY dreary...to the point where I feel like I could fall asleep instantly this afternoon!

Rehearsals are picking up steam and they seem to be getting better. It hasn't been easy. But I'm working on it.

I didn't realize how mellow I had become through the last few years!

There was no "Terrorizor" or "Mistress Terror" left close enough to the surface for me to easily get back to.

As much as peopel think at work and stuff that I'm a total hard-ass I soooo have mellowed...become too emotional and sensitive.

I've had to go back about 12 - 15 years to get even a semblance of an edge that the director wants for the role.

I have had to go back and look at some previous emails and conversations I had printed off where my attitude was magnificently obnoxious and I spoke all too well when terrorizing someone.

I have thought back on situations and circumstances that I had not thought of in years to get the stance, the 'tude back on track.

i'm still not anywhere the director really wants me to be - he says I'm just too nice and not manipulative or aggressive enough still for his preference, but I am trying.

If those who know me and are a wee bit intimidated or scared by me now had seen me then...they'd shit themselves. LOL!!

getting there

wow! What an interesting week it was!

Did I ever get sick! I got 2.5 days out sick from work sick!

I am not surprised that I got sick, it just sucks. I thought that since I had gone past my "usual" "fall-time illness" week that I would miss it. Not such luck. It was just later. :(

Anyhoos - the headache is gone (finally) the gastrointestinal issues are gone, the sinuses are draining (but not totally done) and now, I'm on to the barking cough. :( As long as it doesn't last more than 3 days, I'll be fine for the next series of rehearsals. If it lasts 3 weeks like last year, I'm screwed!

Rehearsals...not so good today... we went through a full run-through and it wasn't so great for me. I was just way off... and I lost my speaking voice in the middle of it all :(

Ah well... I also lost my focus, confidence and memory... I could blame the meds, but I didn't actually take any today.

I went from the full run-through rehearsal for Chicago and went straight to Tracy's rehearsal tonight...well, with a stop at Tim Horton's along the way LOL!

It went well, but boy! do I have some practicing to do for that too!! :(

So, I've got to memorize lines, songs, entrances and exits for the show, and make rehearsals basically every night of the week (8 - 10pm to start) and each weekend day basically from now until show time. Not really sure when I'll have time to practice the music for Tracy's show, but I've got to get them a whole lot cleaner and faster, so I've got to figure out a gameplan soon!

On top of all this, tonight I honestly missed my hubby!!! I had to call when driving from rehearsal to rehearsal jus to say hello and see how things were going at home because I missed him.

We're not goign to have much time together the next 4 - 6 weeks, so I'm not sure this is a good start! LOL!!

At least he'll have some time to himself to do his own things - I tend to cramp his style in the evenings when I want all his time and attention when we're home together.

timing isn't everything?

The infamous 'they' say that timing isn't everything.

I'd beg to differ.

Most of my life has been led according to timing. Whether it was a school schedule, practice schedule, work schedule, or some other kind of schedule, life is all about timing.

And if our timing is off, even by just a step or two, we are 'off' our timing and things do go awry.

Life is all about timing, and I'm not saying it's a bad thing, but I'm just not sure what to do when the timing seems so far off that it's impossible to even see how to even try to get back to 'right' timing.

In my mind, the right timing would be in the springtime...maybe April for May type of thing, but certainly not October for November and the cold reality of winter!

I just don't know how to take the cues and not question the timing of it all.

The cues point one way, but the timing a completely opposite way.

Pushed and pulled...what else is new?

Usually, it is so much clearer though. When life gets out of sync and the timing isn't just right, it's not usually that much of an apparent gaping hole between steps.

Usually, it's waiting a beat, or picking up the speed a bit as one walks or jumps or dances around the issue that's thrown the timing off.

huh... I just realized something as I wrote that last sentence...

It's not that I'm off the beat! It's that I can't even feel the beat anymore.

Wow!

Even more difficult to figure out how to get back into sync!

Starting to climb back up from the hole

So yeah, it's been a 2 week downward spiral, but I'm starting to climb back up from the dark hole. It might be at someone else's expense, but that's okay too! Maybe this will be what brings him back down to earth from his 6 month trip amongst the clouds.

I am a happier person when I'm busier. Sad, but true. I think that's been part of my problem...not enough to keep my mind occupied, so I think too much!

Perhaps it's PMS

So, I'm thinking it's just PMS... odd... as two sticks... But hey, who am I? I'll go with it. Yes.

Odd

It's odd.

I shouldn't be sad, yet I am.

I'm neurotic, I have come to acknowledge that. In fact, I came to acknowledge a tendency - in fact, if I was a different personality, I would be known as a "cutter". I am not, but I so could be - it just took a different form. It's good to acknowledge I guess...I hope...

I am though, sad. I am fearful of this fact because I've got too much coming up that I should be looking forward to, but now I am not.

It is also affecting my regular everyday routine and activities.

It started this past Monday and about three other events happened and I started to spiral. The problem is everything's come and gone, but I'm not over it all yet. Maybe it's not all over yet after all.

I'm tired, so I'm going to bed. I've got lots to do but can't be bothered.

So noted

Interactive doesn't mean from new people. wow! Gotcha! and thanks for the flame! I had forgotten how to do that!

1st rehearsal

Wow! what a weekend! More on that later...first...

First Rehearsal was COOOOOOOL!!!

I was really intimidated to start - I was the only "newbie". Everyone else i had either heard of or seen on stage previously, so that is actually intimidating to know I'm the only "weak link", so to speak.

But, I went in having read my lines a few times so I had a pretty good idea of when and where I needed to be and go, which was cool!

Then, we had to read through the lyrics - no singing - just reading and that was hysterical! It was too funny to hear the company and the soloists going at it at the same time speaking not singing...the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun. Hysterical!!!

So, I guess I'll get feedback tonight about how it sounded...

Because tonight is the first vocal rehearsal for mama - 7:30pm
Tomorrow night is the first vocal rehearsal for class - 8pm
Wednesday is the first script rehearsal for scenes 1 - 5 at 7pm
Thursday is the first dance rehearsal for the company dance for all that jazz at 6:30pm
Friday is the first script rehearsal for scenes 6 - 11 at 7pm

Whew!!!

That's just week one!!! Glad I cleared the schedule!!!

But...then I've got nothing booked for next week...that's kinda odd, but whatever...I'm excited!!

Firsts all around this week!

Like Eva Longoria...

"I'm just fat"

and I know it

and you know it

I'm trying. it's all I can do, so let's just leave it at that.

cleaning frenzy

So, I'm in the midst of a cleaning frenzy and needed a bit of a rest.

I'm getting ready to host readings in the back room with Rev. Mae this weekend. I hope it all goes well! I still have to get the materials printed and the binders filled.

I'm getting soooo antsy. This is not good since we're just going into the winter. :(

I can't wait to get the show on the road for Chicago, but anxiety is starting to hit a bit. I'm just hoping that it doesn't push me over my anxiety edge. I didn't really take that into account in getting myself in to this situation.

Not overly happy with how things are going at work. It's not that they are bad, it's just that they aren't good either. Lots to do in too little time, which is what everyone complains about in any job, so I wouldn't get anything differnet anywhere else, but... seriously... doesn't it have to be this way all the time?!

Doug's funeral was today. I feel bad that it is on Angela's birthday, but at least it's one way for her to feel closer to him now that he's gone.

i looked at El today and couldn't get over how much she and mom are alike. I really wish that mom could just get over it, but that will never happen. The other thing I don't understand is how she can forgive Gladys, but seemingly not Eleanor, whom I dont think did as nasty to mom from what I've been told through the years. Who knows?

Ganky is failing again fairly quickly. I noticed it in his voice today - very weak in his voice. He now sounds like an old man.

Reality checks left and right last night and today. Makes ya re-think things. My problem is I re-think, re-think and over-think and then can't decide. *le sigh*

Maybe I'll take things easy and let the decisions be made for me for once...

And now the hard part beings...

I got the part of "Matron Mama Morton" in the Saint John theatre Company's production of Chicago!!!

*HAPPY, HAPPY, JOY, JOY*

Now the hard work begins!

I've never "acted" so I'm goign to have to work hard on that - mainly with lessons from the director.

I'm also going to have to memorize dialogue, which I don't ever remember doing.

I'm also going to have dance rehearsals...never danced before...eeek!

Should be fun...I'm looking forward to it...really...with trepidation...and excitement...mostly excitement...I think!!

Hurricane Guztav

Praying for Sarah and family's well-being in New Orleans during this latest hurricane!!!

Start Spreadin' the news...

New York was nice to see again. I hadn't been there since 2000, so there were quite a number of changes for sure in the aftermath of 9/11.

I don't think I will be taking another "teenager" bus tour anytime soon...the young crowd wasn't the nicest, or most respectful crowd I've ever been around. :( They stole our seats on the TV & Movie bus tour - so we left the tour ($20 wasted) and then on the last day, we were allowed to put our bags on the bus - under it and then pick out our seats on the bus and put our carryons on the bus and they stole them/hid them which totally SUCKED because it had Van and my meds in them.

Really peeved. Oh well. Comes with the territory.

I think things went well overall with travelling with mom & dad. Dad's not feeling all that good - we could tell by his walk and his sleep, but everyone made it, which is cool.

Don't really feel the need to go again any time soon, but only time will tell. the right time and the right price...anything can happen :)

HOLY FREAKING CRAP!!!

HOLY FREAKING CRAP!!!!

I did the vocal audition tonight for the musical Chicago. I've never auditioned for anything before!

HOLY FREAKING CRAP!!!!

Everyone had to sing the same "set piece" - "Funny Honey". We had 3 run-throughs as a collective group of women. Each time, the group did it exactly as Rene Zellweger did it and took the low ending.

Then, we went in to do the song solo.

I was audition # 5.

HOLY FREAKING CRAP!!!!

I sang the song. I didn't do the low ending. I did the top ending and belted it - sorta...I didn't do it fully, but it still felt damn good! :)

HOLY FREAKING CRAP!!!!!

They thanked me for my time. I told them that I would be back tomorrow night for the dance audition, but that I was heading on a bus immediately after to New York, so if they needed to call me, I would have my cell on me there but that I wouldn't be back until later next week.

HOLY FREAKING CRAP!!!

They nodded, thanked me again and I went back to the waiting room to tell the next person they could go in. The next person was Junie :) :) :)

The new place that the group is in you have to go back through the rehearsal hall/audition room to get out. So June and I walked back in together. June asked what I did at the end because they could all hear me in the waiting room - two closed doors and an entire length of the building away. I told her I didn't go down, I went up and did it more like mama would.

When we came in, they asked June if she would go back they would like a couple more minutes with me.

HOLY FREAKING CRAP!!!!!

They said that they read on my audition form that I'm only interested in the role of Mama Morton. I said that was correct. They asked if I knew the song that she sings "When you're good to mama", I said yes.

Richard played - he had never played it and I did my best "mama" on the fly. It wasn't my best, they didn't even get to hear the big ending...:(

HOLY FREAKING CRAP!!!

I made one pretty big mistake - missed the words, but so be it.

We ended it rather abruptly, but...I got a chance to sing a second song at the audition!!! I got to actually audition for the only part that I want. I dont' know if anyone else will have that chance...I got to do it 5 people in and there are 3 more days of auditions!!!

HOLY FREAKING CRAP!!!

So, We ended, they said thank you. I said thank you and Jennifer - the choreographer told me to have a good time in New York. I said I would!! The director Stephen asked me if I was goign there to audition!

HOLY FREAKING CRAP!!!

I said no...it was for pleasure only...

He said "So, I'm not going to loose you to another production, then?"

HOLY FREAKING CRAP!!!!! *Shitting bricks on the inside, trying to stay calm cool and collected on the outside*

I said, "Oh no - no chance of that."

HOLY FREAKING CRAP!!!

We left it at that and I headed down the stairs.

Totally forgot to go get June again!!!!

HOLY FREAKING CRAP!!!

I think that was a call back at the first audition!!!!

HOLY SHIT!!!!

So Excited!

I am soooo excited!

Rev. Mae has agreed to come to SJ to teach the Level 1 psychich/perception development course!!!

She will do it for a minimum of 6 people, but prefers 10 - 15. So far, we have 5 people and I've only posted the notice on facebook!! I still haven't put up any posters!!! WOOT!!!

I'd like to have a smaller group of 12 so that I don't have to rent a space and can hold it at someone's home (hoping for my parent's place), but just the same, it looks good that it's actually going to happen!

Rev. Mae has also agreed to do some private readings. She'll take Friday and Monday off from work to make it a long weekend, do readings on Friday night after arriving and then before she leaves on Monday morning.

SOOOOO Exciting!!! I think (I hope) to afford to be able to get a reading for myself!

22 days until New York City!!! WHOOOHOOO!!!

delays

Ah! delays. Gotta love them!

I had made my decision and the time frame, but things never go in the time that you want them to go. Things always go in the time that the universe wants them to go.

As a friend reminded me tonight - there is a reason for everything :)

I borrowed mom's filter queen today and vacuumed heavily the living room, dining room and hallway. I did 5 loads of laundry and have another one to go, did the dishes and straightened up the living room and dining room areas.

I self-laminated 3 posters for the open air flea market on the holiday Monday and tried out a natural spirit bell stand - a cedar branch that I got from the lake yesterday. It will work well, i think plus it looks rather cool!

Van and I went to the lake for supper last night (Saturday night) and enjoyed sunshine and warm weather for a little bit longer than we would have had we stayed in town.

mom - a witchy woman asked me what I knew about haunted houses...ROFL!! She's too funny!

Elton John!!!

Woot!!!

After camping out for 17 hours...most of the overnight hours being in the pouring rain...we got AWESOME seats for the Elton John concert coming to town Sept 30th!!

Kind of sucks that we are taking cash out of the trip money, but so be it! It's Sir freaking Elton john!!! May never get another chance, so we took it!!!

Can't wait!! Me, Van, Judy & mom!!! WOOT!!!

I believe

The time has come for change. I know this. I know basically what I'd like to happen, but making it happen? I think I need more time to plan!

So, the question is - not that things have to change but how and exactly when?

I can't continue the way things are. It's crazy to think of making such a "rash" decision, but I honestly think I'd be crazy not to. It's one or the other and I don't need it as badly as the other.

I'd like to hold on for another 6 weeks. I have a week off booked after that and we're going to New York, but can I really hold on that long? After 6 weeks, give 4 weeks? At this point I think not. I'm hoping that writing down pros and cons will help clear some cob webs before the end of this week. I'd ideally like to give 6 weeks Friday.

How clinically insane am I to even be considering. We're just getting set up "good". I don't want to spoil going away. But I don't think that this will last much longer anyway and I'd rather it be my choice than theirs.

so yeah...

sucks.

Proud

I'm very proud of Van who walked the 5km Walk for the cure for diabetes today AND I'm proud of him for raising $260 in 2 days!!

Yaaay!!

Maybe I'll get there yet...

It appears that I'll finally get to go on a work trip...to Dallas. Looks like we'll leave on Tuesday the 17th of June for meetings on Wednesday the 18th and back on the 19th.

We'll see...she can still x-nay it and with the mistakes I've been making lately...well...she's rightly pissed and I can see her not having me go and dealing with it on her own, which is her right.

Mom and I went out shopping tonight for an outfit - I got two...one for travelling and one for the meetings...we'll see. even if I don't go, they are needed for work now anyway.

it was bad because I dreamt the other night that I had gained more weight and had to buy size 40 (which isnt purchasable here at least). Luckily, I was down a size in my pants and stayed the same in the top, so that's a good thing.

More walking and crunches and perhaps in two weeks I can fit in to one of the cute skirts from last year!

I think I figured it out

I think I figured out why I've been in such a funk this weekend...tomorrow...5 years since the accident.

Last couple of years I get in to a terrible funk the few days before the anniversary. This year appears to be no exception and yet again, I don't clue in until too late.

No reason

I have no reason to be feeling like I am, but I'm feeling it.

*le sigh*

Sunshiny day

So, today, is a really nice day in southern NB!! Sunny and warm-ish in SJ, which means it would be truly nice and warm inland.

Mom and dad and the rest of the family are going to the lake and invited us down for supper. It would be the perfect day at that lake...alas, unable to go as I have dress rehearsal tonight from 6 - 9 for the choristers concert on Tuesday night.

I hate having committments.

At World's End

finally saw the final Pirates of the Caribbean movie last night - At world's end.

Have to say it was terribly disappointing. I'm not even sure what I was expecting, but that wasn't it.

Minimal humour, definitely not PG or even close enough to disney for my tastes and then still not an "ending" to the story. There is still lots of options and chances to have more movies. Sorry - I thought this third movie was goign to tie up all the loose ends and be "it".

So disappointing. :(

Life's Mantra?

Changes...I think that may be life's mantra.

Change is also one of the hardest, if not the hardest thing to have happen to oneself. Even when someone else makes changes, those changes can affect you and yet you have no control over those changes or the things that affect you.

When I look back I see where my life has been one change after another. Is that a good thing? Is it even normal? I think it is, but then again, I'm not really sure.

I know that I get bored easily and wnat to change things up, but here's a new one - I'm tired and I think I'm tired of the constant changes. Now, I may be way off base - it's kind of hard to tell and I really hesitate in making statements such as that because I feel like it's completely tempting the fates, but I'm not sure whatelse to think. I easily get in to a rut, so I change things, but I can honestly say that none of the changes made over the last little while have helped. Odd.

So, is it change that I need or change that I don't need?

Will life continue if there is no change? Change is necessary for growth, but what if there is no growth from the previous few changes?

I'm not sure I like where some of the changes have led. There have been changes in my health-life, love-life, family-life, work-life, mental-life, physical-life...in all lives of my life that I can see were good and bad. I'm just not sure if I should go forward making any more changes.

I've always embraced change. Perhaps I should wait for a good swift kick in the butt before making more changes.

Of course, I say that now coming out of a really down weekend, so I'll probably change my mind once the sun returns again! LOL!

Better than expected

Iron Man was better than I expected. I had no previous knowledge really of the comic book, so I was going in without existing expectations of the characters, etc. I think that benefitted me as Van was excited to go see his favourite comic book personality and I think he came out slightly disappointed. Can't say for sure, but he certainly wasn't as excited about it as I would have expected him to be.

I enjoyed it and overall put it on par with last summer's blockbusters we saw - Transformers and Die Hard. In fact, I think I liked the fight scenes in Iron Man better than transformers - the CGI actually felt more realistic in Iron Man. Rather funny to be saying that!

Not sure what the next movie we'll be seeing is, but this summer sure is shaping up to be entertaining!

Work got unbelievably busy last week and this week, though they are sending people home because they feel we are "overstaffed". I think we're adequately staffed, but, what do I know?

Lots of changes happening at work right now as well as the person who they brought in to relive me of the ops duties handed in his 2-week resignation on Monday. Not quite 6 months from his start date. I bet 6 months, so I was pretty close. Oh well! Life goes on and the hunt is on for another vic...I mean ops manager.

My back is still rather painful. I had to miss my acupuncture appt on Monday because I coudlnt' get out of training some new temp hires. I'm hoping maybe on Friday to go - he is only in town Monday, Wednesday and Friday, so times are a bit limited :(

I asked for time off verbally at the end of April and got lazy and didn't submit it formally. Then when Monday happened, I thought I'd push my luck and see if I could still get the week off after Victoria Day. No such luck as that's the first week after he leaves and I need to help the "interim ops manager". But, they at least agreed to treat it as a 4 day use of vacation for a 5 day week whenever I want to take some time off in June, so that's cool enough I guess. Wait and see.

Well, Van decided to come home and AI is almost on. I guess I'll go watch.

Training and a movie

So, I am training today - a class of 13 after I trained a class of 8 on Thursday & Friday. I haven't trained in MONTHS!!! I'm pooped! This 6 days a week and staying longer to catch up my own work kind of sucks now that I'm out of the habit! LOL!!

Then tonight we're going to see the movie Iron Man. I'll post my thoughts afterward. I'm excited to see it though because of how excited Van is! I don't know really anything about it except that it's his all time favourite hero and that he's not "super-human, just super-smart" hmmm...

A quick thanks to John for the heads up about staying through the credits! :)

I have been too long between posts really to play catch up. Suffice to say it's been work, work, sleep, work, work, train, train, sleep, train, movie, sleep and start all over again at work tomorrow!

PS: I have to laugh that refunds are being offered at the shows in NB yesterday and today because someone's not working the shows! ROFLMAO!!! Kills me!

Where to go from here?

So, where do I go from here?

I made my first sale and then I posted on FB what I had left for cards and I sold one more deck. Woot!

I just don't know if I should continue down the path. I do think that it's a bit tricky to guide/teach and sell.

I am seriously considering asking if Miss Mae would be willing to come up to SJ to do a weekend of teaching classes, reading and conducting and SSF service. Just not sure that I would be able to generate the revenue needed to cover expenses.

I have also been trying to find psychic fairs and other craft fairs to go to and have been completely unsuccessful to date :( It's hard to find an "upscale" fair that's not a flea market full of junk.

I will also have to spend money to re-stock the stones, but I'm fresh outta cash.

Ah well...que sera, sera...wahtever will be, will be.

Just finished watching (albeit intermittently) the last of the star wars movies and now we hasve moved on to baseball on the extra channels. Can't really get preturbed about watching it as thye cost an arm and a leg to have, but I don't always want to go to bed to watch tv...oh well...it's good to rest :)

Perhaps I should consult the cards...LOL something I rarely do myself! Gotta love it!

Sold!

I had 3 people over tonight to do some energy and colour work. At the end of the night, they were asking about my stones and tarot decks on he stand next to the diningroom table. most of the stones and tarot were ones I was stocking for the "store"/ craft show(s) and when they found out they were for sale...

I sold 3 tarot decks and $180 in gemstones!

WOOT!!!

They also made 3 special requests and now I can start re-stocking :) yay! shopping for a reason! LOL!

If anyone looking for Spiral Tarot, Tarot of the Moon Garden, Love Tarot, Mystic Fairies Tarot or Radiant Rider Waite Tarot, let me know :)

A new week!

Though I am writing this on Tuesday - a bit late to start the week!

Van and I got to go to Halifax on Friday! YAAY! I was afraid that once again the weather would be my enemy and that it would not be safe enough weather to drive. We got kicked out of work early though so we could beat the storm and we made it to Hfx with 45 mins to spare before the ice storm hit!

We spent the night at B's house and got to spend time with the baby! :)

The reason I wanted to go to Hfx this past weekend (other than to see the baby) was because the Spiritual Science Fellowship (otherwise known as SSF) was having their annual Spiritual Fair and I hadn't been to one in YEARS and I was very drawn to this year's classes.

So, we dropped Van off to shop downtown while we went to a couple of classes and shopped around a bit.

First class was Energy and Chakras workshop. While she didn't talk about anything that we didn't already, it was HOW she spoke that was the best part - very calm and meditative. She took rather long pauses in between sentences and the tone of her voice was very soothing and both of us found it very restful and relaxing! :) YAAY!

We then had half an hour to walk around the booths and displays - couple of stores had set up shop and shop we did! LOL! They had readers available as well, but I really didn't want to spend the money on a reading - I wanted the jewellry and stones! :)

The second workshop was a demonstration from Rev. Michael and Rev. Mae on their gifts from Spirit. I have been around the SSF at various times since 1994 and have seen Michael at work several times. He has never been one to ever want to read me and Saturday was no different. He came to B first though and basically told her that now that she has the baby, she just has to go with the flow! What else can she do?!? LOL. He is much more confident than ever before though and said that he has been working without his "tools" the past couple of years, but really wanted to go back to using them for this demonstration. He always used runes and so he used them on Saturday. He did very well though and was much faster.

While he didn't come directly to me to give a reading, he would look at me at various points - look me right in the eye and would state some things and make sure I listened and then continued to speak to the person that it was originally directed to. Very interesting - all of what he said was basically giving me a "swift kick in the ass".

Then, Rev. Mae got up - I had not seen her or dealt with her previously. Her gifts of the spirit are much different than Michael's. She would be the epitome of a "parlour psychic" - makes it look flashy - dressed up in the garb and all out wild-woman.

But, the thing is - she was DEADLY accurate! Very pointed - blunt - and accurate. She would come to the person, take their hand to read their energy of the day and then blurt forth the information. She too kicked me in the butt about things, which was a good thing and also did the look at me while speaking to others so I got mini-readings in between while reading for others as well. Lots of fun!

So, I left there feeling very confident in making these changes - confident in that what I am feeling so strongly about is the right path for me at this time. YAAAY!

Then we went to pick up Van downtown and went to Little Mysteries. It was their 13th birthday party and everything - EVERYTHING was 30% off!!! WOOT!!

Van had already been in there and bought something for himself and a surprise for me. Then we all went back in there and I found a Crystal ball - including stand - maiden, mother, crone stand - so cool!!

I also got a new wand - protection, courage and psychich development - very pretty. :) Van also bought for us two draperies - one is the phases of the moon and the other is the 7 chakras/7 religions of the world.

He also bought me a positive thought necklace to help boost my mind-set, as well as to gather more positive energies and thoughts for my new path endeavours. He also bought me a huge - foot and a half long, 2 inches thick slab of selenite. Soooooo cool!

At the fair I purchased a large Black Quartz point - probably 7 inches tall and 3 inches thick as well as a gorgeous malachite and amethyst pendant and matching ring.

Overall - so rejuvenated...and I'm trying to be more aware of the choices and the things that I put my energies into, so I'm much more aware in general AND I got to see my best girl and her baby and had a lovely couple of days with my hubby!

Lovely overall!

Easter = Ostara = ?

Ah! Easter! Love the chocolate! This year though, there hasnt' been much chocolate, which is good! Usually it's too hard when trying to keep life in check to not eat it! But, if it's not around... :)



Easter is much too early this year - too cold and too cold to ride bicycles, which kids usually get for easter!



easter is usually the time when I put away the winter boots and bring out the cute boots and sandals...not so this year - still flurrying and still icy and still too cold for bare toes!



For those who aren't only "christian" this is also OSTARA: Spring Goddess of Fertility. She has her own festival on 21 March, the Spring Equinox, (this year was on March 20).



Here's an interesting look at why there are cute bunnies hopping around when Christ was crucified, died and buried each year:

OSTARA was very popular with the Anglo-Saxon pagan brigade who worshipped her under the name EOSTRE — and kicked off the whole Easter business without a JESUS in sight. If you ever wondered what eggs and bunnies have to do with crucifixion and resurrection, the answer is: absolutely nothing. OSTARA's sacred animal is a cute wittle wabbit — an obvious symbol of fertility — and the egg is her symbol of fertile purity. So Easter Egg hunts are actually packed with symbolic meanings of rebirth and renewal.



Got to say today I feel very much renewed!



I played a church service this morning and I had rather forgotten how uplifting the music on Easter morning is! If you take the words out of the music, the music itself is really...uplifting! It's big, boisterous, and memorable. It packs a punch!



It was nice to let loose on the organ! I opened the organ full and let it rip! Loved it! It just brings so much power to the fingers!!!



Got to say I enjoyed this service more than I expected! I am really glad that I agreed to this service when they called. While I can't say I enjoyed the service itself, the music was worth it! And I'm feeling very re-vitalized.

This past week has revolved around energies. When I stop to think about that, what better time of year to have a re-arrangement and re-acknowledgement of one's energies but at the Spring Equinox - Ostara - Easter! I only wish everyone could be re-energized or become more aware of their energies and the changes in the universe's energies at this time! It's very refreshing!

kinda excited!

I've been wanting to open a "new age/spiritual" store for a while now. It's something that has been bubbling since Shakti closed her store in SJ as it was the only one in basically all of NB! :(

Anyway, I have been attending a tarot group being held at a friend's house once a month, which has been steadily growing through word of mouth. That's the good thing! The bad thing is that tarot decks and tools ingeneral are not easy to come by in SJ!

I went to coles (we have 3 of them in town - no other book stores though to choose from) and they only had 1 tarot deck available for purchase on site and it was a japanese anime deck. I'm not by any means an anime fan, but I also HATED the fact that there was only ONE option out there to anyone who might be interested - even remotely - in finding a tarot deck, using a tarot deck or adding to their collection of tarot decks, which basically was the impetus needed to get me working a bit more on making good and unique tools available in the area.

I have brought in 8 decks to date and I have 3 more waiting to come in. I have sold 2 so far at $20 each.

I want to see the decks at $20 each and I also have italian charms for pagans, wiccans and spiritualists available for $5 or $10 depending on the size (I have some MEGA charms which can have 2 charms stacked - very cool!

I have also brought in some stone to sell - some loose stones for $1 each and a couple of gemstone balls and a nice quartz crystal cluster.

I have to finish making some tarot bag/treasure bags and start stock piling some spirit bells and I'll be ready to roll it out.

I'm hoping to get in to a spring craft show - once I find one I want to go to as Rhoda's is just a junky flea market :(

And I had a suggestion to go to the Kingston farmers market as well, which I think I just might do.

I'm rather excited - I want people to have the ability to choose some nice, quality tools for themselves. If I can make money as well, even better.

I can totally see what vanessa meant when she was opening up her store in Hfx - that she wanted to be able to make money, but didn't want to make too much or seem like she was making money off of spirit. It's a bit of a fine line indeed.

I guess we'll see if there is any interest or need to fill in this area here in SJ by the end of the summer. If there is, I can see this continuing. If there isn't, then I've got a few nice decks to add to my collection, as well as some nice stones and jewelry too! :)

So much and yet nothing at all!

So much time and so many things happened since the last post, yet really, nothing at all has been going on.

Got sick. Wiat - been sick...since xmas, so really, it just finally came to a head. I woke up with a terrible sore throat on Sunday, Feb. 24th. Had no voice on Monday, Feb 25th and went to the after hours clinic on Tues. the 26th - no voice and raging sinuses. Dr. at after hours clinic said I have a virus, and couldn't do anything for me.

They wouldn't let me come to work - pregnant women and sick people I was told don't go well together. So, I spent 4 days working from home. Luckily, I can do that.

Still had no voice a week later and the coughing started full force. I was back to work on Monday, March 3rd, with the sales and marketing manager in a whole other office coming out periodically to play "Catch the Lung" with me because everytime I coughed, I coughed until I vomited and he was convinced that I was going to cough up a lung.

Got my voice back on Wed. March 5th, but I just felt worse and worse - nasal drips and cough got worse too.

Friday, March 7th, I coudln't even get out of bed. I called the boss to say that I just can't get it going this morning, but I'll be in as soon as I could. 2 hours later I got in and the boss looked at me and said - you've got to go get checked out again. I think your have pneumonia.

So, I called and luckily got in to the after hours clinic at 3pm and sure enough, I've got a sinus infection and pneumonia. :(

The meds they gave me - the cough medicine I can't take. I did the first 2 days and it worked well, but it has codeine in it and that started to give me those stabbing pains again. So, off I come of that and I think I've got to get a medic alert bracelet for allergic to codeine.

The anti-biotics are going well though! But there are 14 days of it. Why do I get 14 days when other people are getting 3 days of a super pill? Not fair.

I selpt the entire day on Saturday the 8th. I was literally up for 3 hours total scattered throughout the day!

Sunday, I slept in until 1pm. Totally exhausted.

Such is the life. I'm back at it this week at work, so I really can't complain. The anti-biotics are starting to work already - the nasal issues are much improved and I can handle to cough with over the counter medicine now. YAAAY!

I think I will take an extended weekend off next weekend, seeing as it's good friday. I just have to ask the bosses.

Stocking up

So, I am stocking up for my "store". I go in the mail today 43 italian charms for the stock pile.

I now have 5 tarot decks to sell and I am still waiting for the stones to arrive.

I think I will schedule a tea and tarot night for middle to end of March and see if anyone is interested in buying.

We'll see.

I'm looking in to "craft" sales, however there isn't much around here until the lead up to xmas :(

I'd love to have a ticker

I'd love to have a ticker on the top of my blog counting down to going somewhere and/or going someplace like others I know do. I have realized that I don't really have anything much to look forward to coming up. Perhaps I'll set a ticker for coutndown to spring...but, then again snow comes in the springtime too! LOL!

baby's here!

So I'm rather late in posting it, but the baby is finally here!

Bruce Devin was born Feb 12th at 7:08pm weighing in a 7lb, 15oz and 22" long :)

He's handsome! I drove to Halifax on Saturday and back again to see him. He's doing well. Mom not so much, but she says it's worth it and dad is a big help, which is great!

However, it really did cement the fact that I'm not cut out for kids! I am cut out for holding them and handing them back! :)

Snow, snow and more snow!

I am sooooo done with snow!

We have had snow every days for the past 3 days and then it's suppossed to stop today only to start again overnight, then stop again tomorrow to have a big snowstorm on Wednesday.

*le sigh*

I don't have the money, but I think I'll start looking at vacations at sunny, wamr beach locations today instead of working! LOL!!

So glad it's Friday

I am soooooo glad it's Friday - I can't beleive how long this week has seemed!

I want to take the time this weekend to finish up most, if not all of the baby sewing that I have on the go - I have 2 full body bibs and 4 bags to finish up.

I also want to outline a "business plan" as such for the spirit bells, tarot, treasure bags and boxes and stones that I'm looking at doing more of.

I will probably have to take a run out to Michaels to get some display stuff readied as well.

Saturday night is games night at a friend's house and Sunday has a baby shower for a friend's daughter who is having a baby girl. I have one spirit box left, so it's going to her. :) I feel really good about that because I know that she will appreciate the spiritual nature of the gift more so than any one else.

I'm not entirely sure why I'm in such a good mood - other than it's Friday either...but I've been happy and giggly all day!

I have to drop some money off to Judy tonight, so I think I'll go visit her for an hour or so.

Oh! I weighed myself this morning and in the 1 week since joining the gym (going to the weight room twice and the pool twice) and modifying most of my eating (I'm giving up mcdonalds and trying to give up chocolate!) I've lost 4 lbs! Yaay for me! Which is nice incentive to keep going.

We'll see - I have an ambitious goal of losing minimum 30 lbs (maximum 52 lbs) in the 3 months that I have the membership - minimum 10 lbs a month should be do-able. We'll see.

Other than that, I think that's the update on the weekend to come. I'll post about it on the other side and compare :)

Whoohoo!!

The 4 ordered Tarot decks have arrived!! - Spiral Tarot, Rider Wiate, Radiant Rider Waite and tarot of a moon garden!

YAAAY! :)

If anyone is in need of a Tarot deck, please let me know.

It's only Tuesday?

Wow! It feels like Thursday!

I don't go back and read what I had previously posted, so I'm not sure if I had posted that Ganky is home after a hospital stay of 5 days. Tha'ts not bad at 91 for pneumonia. He still has pneumonia, but they thought that he would be good enough to go home for the weekend and he did fairly well so he can stay home.

YAAAY!

I have gone to the gym 3 times since Thursday, so that's a good thing! I'm not going to go today as they are calling for a snow storm, so I'll have to shovel anyway, so might as well save the energy for what's needed.

I'm still working on getting stock in for my "store" or table or whatever it ends up being. Laurie had a good idea of going to the Kingston Peninsula market. Doubt I'll do it each week, but I told her that I would be interested in splitting a table and the cost with her. She seemed open to the idea.

I have a 1lb pack of polished stones coming in, along with a quartz crystal point and a nice malachite. Still waiting on the 4 tarot decks to arrive (hoping those will be in today before Tarot group) and I've got another 20-ish wiccan themed charms ordered and I hope that they will be in over the next couple of weeks. I am glad I bought out the Tarot charms when I did as he upped the price on all of them from 1.49 starting bid to not being able to bid on them and buy them for $9.99!!! I think that was my fault for buying them all up in the first place, but oh well! :)

I have to finish sewing up the baby stuff first, then I can continue on with the tarot/stone bags. Then once I get double digits of the bags finished I will start on the tank totes. I think those will actually be quicker and easier than the tarot bags! LOL!! We'll see...the biggest and best intentions... :)

Have an IUD check this afternoon at 4pm - BAH. :( Hoping to go home after that and get a nap before going out tonight... if the snow stays away that is!

Not off to a good start...

Soooo...day 1 of going to the gym. I went from 1:20 - 2:30pm this afternoon. Much too busy for my tastes! I was speaking with a lady who told me it was really busy between 4 and 6 pm. :( Phooey! So much for going after work as I guess almost EVERYone does that.

Also, I'm really tired now - I could just curl up and go to sleep! not a good thing to come back to work and do. I kwno that exercising is suppossed to give you energy, but it has always had the opposite effect.

oh well... eat my apple and shut up already! :)

Day 2 should be better...right?!

What a week!

Okay, so this week has been one of the longest on record, yet I can't seem to believe that it's one month done in 2008! Sheesh!

ganky was admitted to the hospital on Sunday for pneumonia and got out this afternoon! YAAAY! He's far from perfect, but improved enough to let him go home, with supervision. The biggest issue for the medical professionals is that he has to do stairs to get around the house. We're just going to have to wait and see and mom and dad have to realize that he can't be left alone so much anymore!

Van finally got a diagnosis and treatment on Wed. morning. Here's hoping that the meds kick in quickly and he starts feeling better again very soon!

Judy and I have been talking about going to the Delta together since before xmas and simply haven't bothered. We've used every excuse in the book and finally, we decided that we're going to pay a higher price if we don't. So, we signed up today for the gym! We also made plans for how to keep each other in check when she starts working in the office in March - take turns bringing lunch in for the other person...going together mid-day to work out, walk to and from work when able, etc. I think it's a great idea and I'm hoping that we can keep each other better on track! Bonnie said something to me the other day that really made sense and made me decide to do this...everytime that I get super busy I get super fat. It was when I had the time and made the time to take care of and take time for myself that I got basically skinny. She is right - I'm flat out again and I'm not taking any time for me. I've been so focused on work, Van and his health, family needs and once again, I'm lowest on the totem pole, so this is for my overall health and happiness.

Van has to work late tomorrow so I think I'll go up after work and start as of Feb 1 to take the time for me. I want to also make some changes to what I eat again - I'm back into basically only drinking pop and eating out...gotta spend the extra money on the gym and fresh fruit and veggies - I know it worked before...just have to get that mindset back again.

I'll keep you posted.

Another year older and...*think 16 tons*

So, yes! I'm another year older. Yay! :)

My birthday day itself was a bust, but overall, the birthday was a good one!

Went to see Ozzy Osbourne with Zakk Wylde in concert on Thursday - AWESOME!!! Was on the side that Zakk is, so that was cool - had perfect viewing for behind the stage and there was a lot to see at the intermission - Zakk came out early and Sharon came out in her slipeprs, PJ's and bathrobe - all in all, fun sights! :) Oh! The concert was rockin too!!! The seats weren't the best as far as seeing the concert goes, and I doubt I'd pay $100 again to see him, but to see Zakk live and in concert was a gift unto itself!

Saturday my sister, mom and friend Kim went to Churchills for appetizers. Very nice - had the 2nd floor to ourselves and the waitress was so kind as to bring me a drink for free for my brithday! YAAAY!!! Creamsicle Martini :) I got a 25th anniversary care bear complete with collectors DVD from my sis...very cool!

Sunday (my birthday day), dad found Ganky beside his bed on the floor unable to move about 3:30am. They got him back in to bed, but around 9:30am decided that he needed to be seen and so they took him to the hospital where he was diagnosed with Pneumonia. When you're 91, it's a bit more serious than normal, so needless to say, I just didn't want him to die on my birthday. I went up and sat with him for an hour and a half while mom and dad went home and got some supper. Mom said he's rallying a bit today, which is a great thing!

Last night, we went to our firend Cive and Penny's to the Royal Rumble. It was a good, clean PPV, with a couple fun surprises (both Roddy Piper and Juimmy Superfly Snuka were involved, hip replacements and all! hehehe) which was a nice way to end a somewhat stressful day.

My sister gave her notice at her current job this morning and will be coming to work with us here while the current executive secretary is on maternity leave for a year. YAAAY!! :) I'm rather excited - we'll be facing each other across the large main room on the 2nd floor, so I think we'll have a nice mix of fun and work going. Besides, she needs the change - it wasn't a pleasant or healthy working environment there for a while now and no one can continue like that for long.

So, she gave them a month's notice and she starts here March 3rd! It will be an interesting dynamic and there will be some rough waters of course, but it's got to be better all the way around! Here's hoping!

Taking Stock

I'm starting to build up some stock for a store...I've got a few tarot bags made ready to sell, but no tarot decks yet!

I've gotten a good number of Italian Charms - wiccan and angels in nature from ebay.

now I just have to get a few decks and some stones and I'll be ready to go! I think I'll start on the web/outta my home first and grow from there :)

Not usual

I'm not one who usually avoids...at least not to this extent.

weird.

snow days

would be the only good reason for me becoming a teacher. But then again, global warming has started and by the time I got through the schooling, it would be summer all year long here!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

and...

make it drive back and forth over me repeatedly. I think I'd loose less blood!

Day two of busy

And I want to throw myself under a bus.

So much to do - so little time!!

So, we've got a new "big" study starting Monday and there is SOOOO much to do, but what I'm waiting on isn't anything I have control over...I know a few IT people...some are even friends...but...umm...is it just an innate thing within IT people that they have to leave everything to the last POSSIBLE second?!?!? I gave the IT a deadline of Wed. to have these things completed and because I have no authority, when the deadline I set came and went, there wasn't much I could do about it. Not we're less than 1 hour to due to vendor and it's STILL not working the way it was suppossed to!!! ARGH!!!

Just finished

I just finished the stroller/crib "let it rock" "Rock & Roll" bag I made for Bonnie. I still have to attached the leg fasteners and the velcro on the full body bib and I'll have all my "crafties" for Bonnie's baby done in time for the Shower on Sunday.

So far so good on the weather forecast. I'l keep an eye on it and make a last minute decision on Sat if we're going in a car for the day or if I'm bussing it.

I've got a couple more things to get and the big baby bag will be filled!!! YAAAY!!

Sooo tired...I've been sleeping, but very tired for no apparent reason! Getting these new studies ready and started is quite rough - we're scrambling yet again, but that's the general concensus and this time, not our fault and it has been acknowledged!!

I'm starting to look at getting stock for the store/for sale...I'm excited. Picking up some cool italian charms from ebay :) and almost ready to start grabbing some tarot decks for stock.

Gotta look into getting a couple of books and some stones (which I've already picked out on ebay - just waiting for the right price - and I'll be able to put a table/booth together in a couple of months!!! YAAAY!!!

Ordered a PDA off ebay - about $150 off what it's selling for at Staples :) :) :)

Other than that...getting a new floor in the bathroom - what a pain in the tuckas!!!

Gotta go to bed - too tired and a big day tomorrow!

too much to do, too little time

Taking vacation just isn't worth it!

Still At Work

Needless to say, neither one of us won the $36 million Wed. night!

Back at it

Happy 2008!!!

I'm back at work this morning. :( Oh well, it was nice to be off while it lasted! Hopefully Van and/or I will win the $36 million on Wed. night and not have to work again!!!

HAHAHAH!!! If only...

Anyhoos, I realiezd on New Years Eve while out at a small intimate "concert" that old people shouldn't drink. They make complete and utter sleazy asses of themselves! However, the couple in particular were creepy/slutty/stupid, but hours of laughter and entertainment beyond the show for me! :)

and can someone tell Old Man Winter to just make it STOP already?!?!? Enough show already! :(