As a hardened ontarian (although still a weak BCer on the inside) - I laugh at your "snow storm"!! We don't even drag the plows out for that piddly amount.....cars getting stuck? What the hell are they getting stuck in ( Read more... )

I've had a cough for several weeks - reminds me of when I used to smoke - it's been getting progressively worse and so last week I took myself to the walk in clinic where I was told what I already knew - my lungs were clear (I and other midwives had already listened to my chest) - was given a prescription for antibiotics and a puffer anyway and ( Read more... )

Jeremy was a cool cat - he loved peanut butter and birds. He loved to snuggle, but only on his terms. He'd yell at you to let him out and he wouldn't eat his food unless you stirred it first (how he taught me this, I don't know - but he also taught Ian - without me saying anything ( Read more... )

SLOGANS ( Read more... )

Just stumbled upon my online journal in a former incarnation - Blurty - re-reading all 12 entries, I was discouraged to read that I actually used to write some good journal entries.....and now I don't ( Read more... )

Well, I'm off to enjoy my last certain night of full sleep before going back to work in the am.....I wish I liked my new bed more but I'm willing to bet I'll be loving it in no time.....absence makes the heart grow fonder...

RIP Steve Irwin

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

A NEW HOPE

It is a period of junkfood war.
Rebel calories, striking from hidden foods,
aided by hospital food and lots of driving,
have won their first victory against the evil Dress Size

During the battle, Tim Horton's double-doubles at 3am
managed to add secret pounds
preventing the use of the Dress ( Read more... )

And the winner is - knitting ( Read more... )

N is for Nova Scotia - where I am now, after many, many, many hours of solo driving - ugh
C is for clean, which is how the air is out here
Z is for zodiak - which I rode around in today on...
F is for Bay of Fundy
W is for whale - of the humpback variety, which I saw today, from a zodiak - Greenpeace style
S is for sunburn, which I now have on my face ( Read more... )