Merry Xmas!

As per usual, chaos around the house.
No Springer moments.
Just lots of people in a small area.

The men of course stayed home to tend to the house, while the ladies headed off to church.
I almost had a panic attack. Squished in between my family. And in an effort to deep breathe to calm myself down, I almost suffocated on clouds on incense.

We spent last night at AC's house. Where I learned that I am desperatly allergic to bunnies.
The great drama was that Mamma was no where to be found. She lives in an assisted living facility down the street.
We figured that she had told people that her family did not care about her, and some family adopted her for the evening so that she would not be alone. But no one really knew where she was. Anyway, she was found by the end of the night, but could not remember who she had been with. Poor people trying to do good, and ended up stealing her away from us for the night.

Off to AA's for the afternoon. Wanted to snowmobile and such, but there is thank god no snow.

Girls night out of Friday yielded some excitement. Will leave you hanging until tommorow.

K

Ok.
So tonight is girls night out.
Lock up your children.

However, I am loving my horroscope.

This would be the moment to say yes, KATHRYN. Say yes to your destiny. You are a little frustrated because things have not been moving forward as you want. But now that opportunities are coming your way, you find yourself holding things up. Come, come, KATHRYN. You are just afraid, that's all. But rather than let your fear overtake you, transform its energy to work to your advantage.

Wow.
Can't wait to see what happens

k

My horroscope....
interesting

Today's aspects can be interpreted in several ways, KATHRYN. The planetary configurations correspond to a search for space, whether it be a physical or an intellectual space. You may be asking yourself philosophical questions, or perhaps you're thinking of taking a long trip. What will you decide to do? Will you read Kant or plan a trip to China?

I think a trip to China might be the order of the day.

Waiting to hear from you.

k

Ok. Apparantly there is a little game that my sister and I did not play when we were younger.
I was telling R about my little situation and he said that he would do it on purpose when he was younger.
So there I was. Just lighting two nordic ice tea lights. I had my feet crossed. I lit the match and lit the two tea lights.
A moment later, I thought that my feet were feeling a little warmer. And oh, what was that bright light coming from my feet.
That would be flames. My socks were on fire!!!
Apparantly along with the match and the tea lights, I lit my feet.
Shocked I started flapping my feet like I was running. And then thought that I should take just take my socks off.
I burnt my socks.



Spent yesterday looking for a saree. Sue is getting married in July and we wanted to choose the dresses. I chose a pink sareee with really pronounced silver bling. Now I love bling. And I was in my element. It was so much fun. And it was awesome that we all got to choose the color that we wanted. Sue wants us to each have a different color. I was thinking summer when I chose the pink. And I get to wear all kinds of bling jewlery. I loved all the fabric as well.

Also payed a vist to L and D and their lovely new home. It is gorgeous. Poor things, they were hosting this massive open house last night and both were taking turns worshipping the porcelain god. Poor things. I was terrified that they had food poisining.

Any party at their place is complete with MANY children. A single girls nightmare!!!
Honestly, I prefer to hang with the little ones!!!

Busy week coming up as we are in classes until the end of the week. And then we are off on break. 5 more days.

I can do it.

K

Dragonbreath
and it was not me

I didnt know what to do.

Ahhhh.
I am alive.
Knowing that my sis has been unable to see her page as well as mine, I fell off the wagon of blogging that is.
Know that she is able to see, I thought that I should try and make that effort to post again.

Christmas is so close I can't believe it. Thank god I have been organized and got all of my shopping done ahead of time. I'm not sure how people leave everything to the last minute. I could just not cope.

My favorite is people who follow me through the parking lot looking to take my parking spot. Are you parked close as they follow me up and down the rows. I try to keep my head down so that I don't make eye contact. Maddness.

There might be a little boy interest in my life. Too soon to say. But he is very nice. I might just keep you posted.

This will be the first year that Sarah won't be home for xmas, as she will be coming at the beginging of Jan as we are all heading to BC for the first grandson's wedding.

Unless we beat him to the altar..... hmmmmm

K

just thinking of my mum tonight.
how when we were little, if we managed to keep the lid on the tooth paste for the entire month she would take my sister and I to McDonalds. She would buy us a hamburger and split it.
I love my Mum.

Ahh Daylight savings time.
Twice a year.
Spring forward, fall back.
And yes it was last week.
And yes, I have just figured out how to change the time on my cell phone.
Yes it took me all this time to figure out.

Last week we laughed at C because she spent half an hour trying to figure out how to change hers. Only to have someone point out to her that her phone had already done it for her automatically.

K

beautiful flowers that I bought for myself. 

me again 

the ladies at a wedding earlier this year. 

You wouldnt believe what woke me in the middle of the night.
After spending the last part of the day worshipping the porcelain bowl. Thank God a less than 24 hour bug... I doze off to sleep for a couple of hours..... and am awoken (remember that it is November) by Thunder and Lightning and a huge downpour of rain. The strangest thing in November. All I have to say is thank goodness it was not snow. I am not ready for that. Strange though that it is 17 degrees today.

k

So I have just returned from a two day seminar on Non Violent Crisis Intervention.
Basically a tool to use to maintain control when a student transitions from anger to violence.
I was just thinking that it would be so funny if today I had to use some of the techniques today.

This is my horroscope for today.
Crazy.

Be on your toes today, KATHRYN, and expect the unexpected. People may be acting out in rash, outlandish ways, so just go with the flow. As usual, you have a tremendous ability to roll with the punches and still come out unscathed. Just take care that someone else is not grabbing hold of the reins. Stay easy-going and laid back while maintaining control and responsibility of your actions


The world works in mysterious ways.

K

I wish that I could say that I have been so busy that I have not had time to writer.
But that is not really true. As usual, things are quite normal. School, Gym, home.
I am just lazy. Lets not tell any lies.
I have been on vacation from the airline for the last couple weeks, and have just had my leave of absence approved from November to March 31st.
This is good news as I have little interest in busting my arse for the next 5 months. I have a couple of flights remaining.
Sarah has found herself back in London for the next little while. She was offered a contract that will make her financially sound for a little while. Even though it was hard for her to go back to London it is the best financial decision. I need to do what she does. The money is ridiculous.
I think that I might try to get over to London to spend the weekend with her in November once I am on a leave. I do have a flight there next week, but it is a disaster as
I go through Dublin and arrive late in the afternoon into London. Have tried to change my flight to another one (fingers crossed)
Congratulations to Tony, Simone, and Rogan on the arrival of their new little boy Tieg. He arrived yesterday and all are settling at home.
It is amazing that you can give birth and be home the same day. The wonders!!!
Was talking to a girl from work and she has planted the idea of Thailand in December. Hmmmm.

This is my horroscope for today.

Put your ambitions into action today, KATHRYN. The day's planetary aspects should find you feeling energetic and positive. Make the most of this by taking steps toward achieving your goals. As you know, if you don't actively pursue them, nothing will happen. The years can pass by so quickly, and you wouldn't want to be sitting on a rocker wondering "what if?" Trust yourself and do what it takes. Everything starts with that first single step.

Does that mean that I should buy that pair of shoes?
Or does that mean something else?

Congratulations to my cousinSimon and his fab girlfriend Christine on their engagement.
The two are just lovely.
Smart boy to not let her get away.

Looking forward to a spring wedding in the Vancouver area.

I guess I might have to buy a dress to wear, maybe shoes as well.

Very exicted as it gives me something to look forward to.

Enjoying one of the very few saturdays that I am not out of the country, the ladies and I decided to go for brunch.

We went for a chic sex in the city brunch at the loft. (www.loft720.com) C had the champagne cocktail and R and I had the smoothie with some vodka for flavour. We also sampled the green eggs and ham, poached eggs, and poached egss with crab cakes. Very nice place. Would go again for sure.

The highlight was when the waiter asked C how she wanted her toast. The momentary panick on her face was priceless. (no mastercard) Toasted, she said confused. The waiter started to laugh and rephrased the question what KIND of bread she wanted. Silly waiter, toast is toast.

So.. remember that I am new to the school.
I have been there a week and change
Today I walk into one of my departments and am greeted with
Hey Sexy, hows it going

Now, the moment that those words slipped out of his mouth, he looked almost as shocked to have said that as I was to have heard it. We both just changed the subject and moved on immediatly.

Almost like Sally when playing scrabble, claiming that she is not an alcholic, when someone questionned her spelling of a word. Quickly followed by Did I just say that out loud.

Today, an homage to all the people who said something out loud that they meant to think to themselves.

It has come to my attention that people do read my blog.
I just assumed that my sister was the only one to read it, and seeing as I have spent most of my summer with her, I was not updating this site.
School is back in, she has moved to Spain, and we do not fly there... so I start to post again.

Most of my summer consisted of flying back and forth between Toronto, London, and Vancouver. And of course shopping in between. Lots of shopping, however, there must be something in wrong with me as I just dont have the desire anymore. I know, I cant believe it myself. I think that watching the struggles that New Orleans is undergoing has made me change my lifestyle a little bit. A bit. And probably not for that long.

I played in a 3 pitch tournament yesterday with the ladies. And, for my first time ever playing the sport (yes I coached a team last year) I was not terrible. I have some improvements to make. However, the piece of equipment that I am missing is a large, let me reinforce LARGE chest. My Lord, some of the best catches were made when the ball bounced into the glove, out of the glove and into the massive chests. However, the team drinking in the park all day with white wife beater tank tops and no bras and massive breasts... they take home the trophy...

Why do people not wear bras, especially sports bras, especially if your breasts are so large.
WHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYY.

Anyway, the team i ws priveleged to play on one the tournament, and we all walked away with a shot glass to commemorate the day. It was a fund raiser for the Breakfast Program for kids before school. And with the weather being so nice yesterday, I also walked away with some great sun. GOd love a 30 degree day in September.

Settling in to my new school. New teachers, new program, new kids...... Still absorbing my envirnoment. Not my old school, which I miss, but certainly a great opportunity for me. Teaching math, english, and phys ed. All over the place, but I get to wear shorts half the day, and I get to be outside. Seems like a great deal to me.

Almost time for bus duty.....

sarah years ago said that she hated taking the underground.
she said it was a haven for menacing incidents.
you can imagine my horror when I woke up this morning. I thought that i was dreaming.
thank god she is alright.
thank god