merry christmas to all...

well , we're gettin ready to head south...

hope ya'll have a great holiday!

things i've learned...

the best place for a sarcastic, cynical, skeptical, pessimist to work? a non-profit organization that depends solely on donations from kind-hearted souls

the best driving-to-work-at-7:30-in-the-morning-when-it's-20-below song? (and i know gregg and melissa will agree!)

funny or creepy?

so i'm at home today while the window guys are here. this morning, the two guys came, but then i went out for a bit and came back and they had gone for lunch too. they got back at the same time i did. so then i was sitting here at my computer, one guy was upstairs and the other was in the bathroom working. a THIRD guy (who i ASSumed had shown up after lunch or that they picked up) came into the hall and started talking. now, he had work boots on and was dressed very similarly to the other two window guys.

i thought he was talking to me and asking something but i couldn't understand him and he was making weird gestures. i thought (seriously) that he was mentally not all there or had a speech problem or something. i had NO IDEA what he was asking me. now he was standing right outside the bathroom where the other guy was working and i'm thinking, "why the heck isn't he helping me understand his co-worker?"

all i could make out was that he was saying his name, that he was an electrician and a plumber and that he "could fix it if it's broken." i figured he was just introducing himself b/c i hadn't met him this morning with the others. so eventually it turns out that he was telling the other guy to get out of the bathroom so he could use it. so window man gets out of the bathroom and this other guy goes in to pee. (i now realize that his weird gestures were the pee dance!)

and he pees but HE DOESN'T SHUT THE DOOR! now mind you, i'm sitting at my computer, which is basically right next to the bathroom. i'm like uhhh.... and as i was sitting there, i could smell that he REAKED of alcohol. so now i'm gettin a little upset- how could they have an obviously drunk old man working with tools and stuff and on my house!?!

so then he comes out of the bathroom and goes outside. the other window guy who had been working in the bathroom came back after awhile and asked me if i knew who that guy was! apparently he was outside moving their tools and stuff around and "cleaning up."

i said, "no.... i thought he was with you..."

he said, "no.... i thought you knew him!"

so window guy goes back outside and "mystery man" is standing on the front porch. i followed to the front door and the window guy said, "buddy, you gotta get out of here, they don't know you!" so then i see the guy walking away with a silver bike (that i'm hoping was his).

so then i was a little freaked out and was looking around to see if anything had gotten stolen- nothing that i know of. the window guys thought i knew him and i thought he was another window guy!

in summary: A DRUNK OLD MAN JUST WALKED INTO MY HOUSE TO TAKE A PEE- WITH THE DOOR OPEN!

merry christmas to us...

so i'm playin hooky today cuz we're getting our new windows put in! (any excuse to stay home from work right?)

so right now, i'm freeeeeezing because three windows are getting removed and new ones put in. (the front one in the livingroom b/c it was so kindly broken by vandals, the upstairs bedroom cuz it was junk and we ripped it out, AND the bathroom! (for any of you who've used the bathroom, you'll know what i mean when i say that you no longer have to stand up and hit your shoulder or head on the open window.)

and as dumb as this may sound... the new windows are beautiful! i don't even want to put curtains back up! AND as an extra bonus, they took off the "lovely" awning over the front window.

and the good news keeps on keepin on...

congratulate me! i can now officially get sick in ontario! (translation: i got my health card!) now what ailment to come down with first....?

good news guys, it's dry now...

put the fire extinguisher down!

uhmm...oops...

how the crack does this....

"chocolate mahogony"
turn into THIS?????

"bright copper kettle"

and you know it's only gonna get lighter and brighter as it dries...

name that movie

"moses supposes his toeses are roses, but moses supposes erroneously..."


why do i have that in my head?

where my girls at?

ok, i'm not really sure how to go about this but...

i've really been burdened (and i don't use that word a lot) lately about doing something about this problem i've been thinking about and i need your help----

cheryl posted something on her blog awhile ago-i'm not even sure now when or what was said exactly- but it was something about how adolescent girls need role models. and while i tend to dismiss/roll my eyes about role models in general, the truth is, there is a need. and i've gotten to thinking lately about my own adolescence and how i thought i was the only one with the problems i had. and that nobody else i knew at the time could begin to understand. so that's the problem.

now what to do about it... for some strange reason the other night i started writing. and now i have three pages (just so far) of basically the story of growing up jamie. and as i was writing- without even knowing why- i thought that nobody would want to read just the story of jamie, by jamie, cuz that would be boring. BUT if it was a collection of straight-up-ness type stories of US- young women who've grown up in different circumstances but still dealing with issues like our bodies, boys, insecurities- by US, then maybe it'd be more readable. not that i have any idea who'd be doing the reading.

so basically, i want to know if anybody has any ideas of how/who/what or anything to contribute. i don't know why i feel this urgent need to do something or who it'd be for- ya'll know me as a very un-motivated person to begin with so...who knows where this is going, if anywhere....

i know that you (specifically melissa, cheryl, naomi and amanda- basically the majority of my blog readers) are exceptional writers and i think that you'd all be able to say something beautiful and worthwhile. and if there's anyone else out there with something to say, i'd love to hear it. so yeah, i'd love to hear feedback sometime.

you've bewitched me body and soul...

so we (i dragged hubby and al & heather along) went to see pride & prejudice today. i went excited to see it but tried not to have too high expectations so i wouldn't be disappointed... and well, it was great! (and it wasn't even sacreligious to me that colin firth wasn't in it!) honestly, i think i'd rather watch the long bbc version, but this is great if you're strapped for time, ya know? i was impressed with the movie: i loved that their hair wasn't perfect, their dresses were wrinkled and their house was a mess- it seemed more real than the pristine images we normally get from Jane Austin's books turned into movies. and the humor definitely came across- norm was even laughing and didn't fall asleep once! (he admitted that he was sorta glad i wasn't the only one in the theater laughing hysterically) and i didn't even notice that any major scenes were cut out...i don't think. the bit at the end is a wee bit cheesy but...well, it's hollywood.

my how time flies...

so darcy has, well, *ahem* hit puberty. last week he started making friends with his blue pillow- altho natural, it's actually quite...disturbing. but on tuesday he got altered. *phewf!* so hopefully that'll deter some of the fondness he feels for his pillow. i was really hoping he'd have to wear one of those cone collar things to stop him from licking his stitches but they didn't put one on him. oh that would've made for some great tormenting fun (and pictures!)...

hahaha, hope ya'll needed a laugh! now get to WORK!

score!

ever heard of this thing called freecycle? it's through yahoo groups so you have to have a yahoo user account... anyways, it's a thing where people give away stuff in your area. like the one here is called hamiltonfreecycle. you can post stuff that you have and you'd like to give away or you can post if you're looking for something. then you just email the person and set up when you want to pick it up.

and it's really cool because then you're not just throwing stuff away and being wasteful.

my boss told me about it cuz they use it to get stuff to send to sierra leone. like mattresses, old encyclopedias, etc. it's pretty cool.

so last night, we picked up a free rowing machine! (now i can be doing something productive while i'm watching dr. phil!)

check it out and see if there's one in your area: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hamiltonfreecycle/

crybabies beware...

these things are so addicting...

Your Monster Profile

Shadow Dictator You Feast On: Grass You Lurk Around In: Olive Gardens You Especially Like to Torment: Crybabies

What's" Your Monster Name?

You Are 60% Weird

You're so weird, you think you're *totally* normal. Right?But you wig out even the biggest of circus freaks!

How Weird Are You?

You Are 50% "Average American"

You are average because you live within three miles of McDonalds. You are not average since you have (at least) a college degree.

How "Average American" Are You?

You Are 60% Addicted to Blogthings

You're a Blogthings fiend - addicted but not totally dependent. So what if you know your personality type by heart?And while you may feel like Blogthings is crack... There are people much worse off than you!

How Addicted To Blogthings Are You?

who's the cutest doggie in the world?

and who's the most annoying too...

i'm not having a baby...

at least not within the near future.
(for all of you misguided souls out there who are succombing to vicious rumors started by some of my nearest and dearest.) so stop askin me when i'm due- i'm just fat ok? thanks for bring it up, sheesh...

not a creature was stirring...not even a mouse?

so i haven't been feeling well lately and the other day, i brought in some cough drops to work and put them in the top drawer of my desk.

so yesterday i came into work and opened up the drawer and what to my wondering eyes should appear but empty wrappers, little poopies, and half chewed cough drops. they didn't leave me even ONE un-gnawed on. i hope their little throats are feeling better!

so this morning, i hesitantly opened the drawer hoping that no mice would come flying out or worse, be laying there dead! but inside i found more little poopies and a chewed PEN! (now this pen was only purchased on tuesday and was one of those silly ones with the four colors. but i bought it specifically for work cuz i need a red pen sometimes but they always go missing. so this one was special, just for me, and i hide it in my drawer when i leave. well, now it's chewed and gross.)

so they're gonna put a mouse trap in there...so i'm sure i'll come in to work monday and find a LOVELY little present rotting in there for me...sweet...

novelty

please please please go see naomi's thursday blog post "the name on everybody's lips is gonna be..." go to comments and click on bvo's links to see it. it's so GREAT!!!