Sunday afternoon is being passed at this point by sipping red wine and kicking spider solitaire's arrogant ass across the floor. I just finished washing and chopping the broccoli, cauliflower, celery and carrots for this week's snacks. I've washed the dishes. And this indulgent treat is my reward!!! I slept for an hour before that because I'm ( Read more... )

1. My proposal got accepted to present at the Canadian Society for Studies in Education conference at the end of May... fun! Also they asked me to chair a multi-paper session, which sounds quite scary but I've agreed to it none the lesss ( Read more... )

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Paint yourself jealous! My life is really taking off in new and exciting ways! I spend a great deal of time sending emails to schools, non-profits, private sector, and government agencies applying for positions, or in terms of the schools, simply asking to volunteer, and no one, ever, writes me back! Its really satisfying because I like a good ( Read more... )

A. I finished L'ordre du phénix yesterday so I started reading Fascination (French version of the much celebrated Twilight)in earnest. I must say that I`m a quarter of the way into the book and I`m having a hard time deciding whether or not to just chuck it. I`m really trying to give it a good shake, however, as I read a really scathing review of ( Read more... )

-I'm really frigging poor. I need some financial help because I think I've been sleepwalking and burning my money. This is really bad news for my bank accounts, and I have NO tights or boots to show for it!!!! I want tights and boots ( Read more... )

I was all fired up last night to write about this thing I got in the mail that made me super mad but now the steam has gone out of me. But I'll force myself. I don't want to seem as if I'm being conceited or self celebratory but everyone has things about themselves that they must, for reasons of functioning in society, believe they are good at to ( Read more... )

1. Henry, Darren and I graced the pages of a national newspaper on Tuesday. Although I look happy in the photo, it was kind of stressful/terrifying because Henry pretty much wanted to murder all of us, especially the photographer they sent, despite the fact that it was pretty much an orgy of treats and pets for her. Here is the link if you ( Read more... )

Sunday was interesting. It turns out I'm fantastically stubborn and competitive. As this was my first long race I was profoundly unexperienced with how to manage myself in terms of pace and speed... and my new fangled GPS containing watch thingy has the data to prove it! I ran my first 6km in 30 mins on the button, and my first 10km in 53 mins ( Read more... )

I just had, and am still having, the most glorious, glorious, glorious morning of the longest, longest, longest time. Although it did begin with some negative thoughts... since I've been back in the children's section of IKEA peddling UNICEF cards I've been reminded of the copious amounts of time retail work allows for insipid self reflection. ( Read more... )