My head has been ... buzzing... all week over the fact that my niece is pregnant. Three months along.  This is the girl who moved in with me last September, 2 cats in tow, after she discovered that the guy she married saw marriage as a license to control.  She suddenly went from being his fun, independent girlfriend to being a woman he owned.  ( Read more... )

Happy birthday wishes go out to nikon6.  Hope this is the first day of the best year ever!!  Wishing you happy surprises and lots of goodies today.


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Glorious, hot, sunny, perfect summer weather the whole weekend!

I had my 11-yr old niece for a sleep over Saturday night, so after I finished yard/garden work, I picked her up and we went for supper (Chinese) and some shopping. Then we went to see Brave at the movies (which we loved!!) Very fitting that red-haired aunt and niece went to watch a ( Read more... )

It was a productive weekend - I was up early each day to take my niece to work. On Saturday, after I dropped her off, I went to the Farmer's Market - but still no veggies- and then to the vet to pick up some Revolution for poor Dexter, who is clawing his ears off and walking around shaking his head. He is the only cat who regularly gets ear mites ( Read more... )

Well, I came home from work yesterday to find the city workers digging up my street, and a huge chunk of my lawn was gone - right to within 6 inches of the end of my garden! My neighbours lost half of their garden.
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Stepped on the scale this morning and see that I have lost 2.5 pounds.  Sounds good, except that it's part of the 3.5 pounds I put in in Toronto.  Sigh.  Bounce bounce bounce ....

I have lost 30 pounds on Weight Watchers, which is just under half of what I need to lose, and yet I have stayed here for over six months now. Why? I bounce up and down ( Read more... )

Or did you even know I was gone?  LOL!   I was in Toronto all last week for a huge conference.  I was quite excited about this meeting. This is usually the time of year when I go to my national conference, but this year, Canada hosted the International Orthoptic Congress, so it replaced the annual national one. It was nice to meet and mingle with ( Read more... )

So, the stove saga continues ....

My great and reliable electrician has retired, so I had to find a new one.  Read ads and websites, and picked one who agreed to come see what was happening.  I left work early on Friday so I could be home for the electrician at 5:00 - as agreed.

He didn't show.  Called and left a voice mail at 7:00pm asking if they ( Read more... )

(My diet is starting to make me crazy.  I took some-- okay, many-- liberties with an old prayer. Enjoy!  LOL)

Dear Lord --
I'm proud to say, so far today
I've really done all right;
I have not binged or eaten junk,
Or had that extra bite.

I haven't lost my resolve once,
Or eaten pasta by the crate.
I have not lied, I have not cried,
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 I just killed my stove AND my toaster at the same time ( Read more... )