And then there was snow.
And a hell of a lot of it.
I think 10-15 last night and another repeat perfomance again this evening.

No complaints from me though. It is winter. I do live in Canada.

And I actually enjoyed the shovelling this morning at 6am. Kind of a great way to wake yourself up and get the day started.

They say that there is an increase of people who pass away form heart attacks when there is alot of snow. People over exude themselves.

My coworker says that she sits at the window and watches her father as he shovels, for she fears that he will kick the bucket. I asked her why she didn't just shovel it herself.

Another joke, a lady was walking past the window, and saw her husband collapse into the snow.
She raced outside thinking that he ahd just hard a heart attack.
She got outside and saw him wiggling around in the snow making a snow angel.

Hmmmm

We got sent home from work today.
I was already planning on leaving, but it was a nice surprise.
We are being innundated by snow. I have not eben ventured to the window to see the mess.

My car troubles continue as it was washed and the doors are all frozen. The excitement!!!!


I have however done the impossible.
I finished all my marking in record time and have finished all of the culminating activities.

I also have finished my assignement for Spec Ed.

I can tell you that I am the model of efficiency today. It will not last.

K

All I wanted to do today was get my hair died. And maybe a cut.
Well, I did that and much more.

Did you ever see the Seinfeld episode when George's two lives became one?

Well I had that feeling today.

I walked into this Salon called Ego and two of the kids from the school both present and past were working in the place. No biggie.

So the hair desser tells me that he knows me from somewhere. And we start to talk about where we went to high school and such.
Well not five minutes later, am I not talking to my first love?

That's right ladies and gentlemen. Chad. What a blast from the past!

He is married as of last year and expecting their first in a month or so.

Congratulations!!!!

And FYI my hair looks great.

I HOPE YOU DIE
So one of my little angels is rolling dice off of his desk. After asking him several times to put them away, I called him up to my desk.
Upon his arrival he states "I don't have two, I only have one dice."
"Die" I tell him.
But if I know anything, I know that by saying he only had one, he really had two. So I asked for both of the dice.
"I have to have them back Miss. They belong to my Grandfather and he needs them tonight."

"No problem. You can have them back at the end of class."

So the end of class comes and he comes barging up to my desk and demands that he have the dice.

"Miss you have to give them back to me. They belong to my best friend, and if I don't return them he will kill me."

So, needless to say I refuse to return them as he lied to me.

He storms out of the class, as I wish him a great weekend, he shouts out as he slams the door.

"I HOPE YOU DIE"

There were two girls that were putting their books away and witnessed his display.
They started to laugh.

"Why are you laughing?"

"Miss, he said I hope you die. Die is singular for dice."

A ray of light, and an intelligent thought. I am a good teacher.

The ticket is booked.
I am off to the UK for my annual spring shopping spree.
However, I think that we may buck trend and head to Spain for an escape. How fun!!
I really wanted to go to Dallas this weekend to meet Dave and Lisa and the kids, but that did not happen.
Things are OK on this end, and have nothing exciting. I guess that is a good thing, but why am I so bored?

Week two of my new year training routine. I have been faithful to weight lifting three times a week and have been good at keeping 3 spinning classes a week. We shall see....

Off to bed to rest my head.
And tuck my feet under the sheet.

You know what comes next.

K

So that nice weather that we were so kindly teased with has come to a crashing hault. Saturday was +14. Today-11 with the wind chill. How horrible.

I think there were so many people hoping that the busses would be cancelled this morning. That did not happen, and that snow storm that was sent our way missed us. That is in my opinion the best thing. Less shit for me to deal with.

Back to work today is good news for two reasons. Wednesday night is pay day, and there are two weeks left before exams start and then I get a whole new set of lovelies.

Great to see all my coworkers again.

Congratulations to Neveen who is sporting a fab new diamond. And has set the date for next summer. I will be busy again this summer with weddings as I have four lined up between june and august.

Had a great week last week. courtesy of Cathy and her wild roomies. Mental note, no more drinking for me. I am a wild child myself, and it is a dark horse that I am best to keep hidden.

However, there is a birthday on the horizon and the plans have been put into motion.

I smell danger!!! I will report all of the sensored details.

I can hardly believe that this year is coming so quickly to a close.
Really it is not a big deal at all.
But.... This is also nearing the end of my year of being 29.

I look forward to the challenges awaiting me on my thirtyith bday. (That looks AND sounds strange)

New Years Resolution?
Hmmm

1. Learn to return phone calls.
2. Travel more
3. Take up spinning. (One class already under my bel, thanks seestor)

Not terribly exciting are they.

Will have to do for today.

So, have just sent out an xmas greeting, and then realized that I had better update this page.
So, will do the tech thing and cut and paste what has been sent to all. Much faster, I would presume.


Dear Family living in warmth.
We certainly are not. Mum’s house according to Sarah is a true British home. We are all wrapped up in blankets and are sitting in one room. The weather is not white, which is fine with me. I am all about Global Warming.
The loot has all been ripped into and this Christmas is another roaring success.
Lorne confirmed to me that the fifty dollar bill that one of my monsters passed to me, is defiantly counterfeit, and I am anxiously awaiting reporting it to the community officer when we return to school.
Sarah has been busy making fun of me as I have been sick, and she is now wrapped in a blanket having a morning nap, my cough is now her cough.
Grandpa was delighted as he received a gorgeous head lamp and by the time I got up this morning he had the batteries attached and had given it a test run. He also is surrounded by lovely chocolates that were brought back from London.
Grandma got lots of lovely things. Her favorite being her new printer and mouse. She is now really established as modern woman. You should have seen her. She picked up the box and without opening it she knew what it was. Then she confidently said that the next thing must be a mouse. I tell you. Our next project is to redecorate the tv room at her house with a work station for her. She wants to wait for after xmas as there is too much going on here at the moment.
I have taken to not bringing all the presents out at once. I have a lovely pair of PJ’s for grandma at my house. She might just have to wait until her birthday. I also bought Mum a lovely serving bowl that is impossible to wrap. We all have visions of a small bird served on it, or a large salmon. Maybe a suckling pig, although we don’t eat those kind of things.
The Thompson’s were all over last night. They are all so tall that I felt that I was in my element. We all went to church and Grandpa and Lorne stayed at the house to sleep, I mean make sure that all the presents were safe. All the ladies wore black bottoms and red tops, we were quite spectacular. I watched with horror as one girl in her 20s had her feet resting on the top of the pew in front of her. Keith was shocked that someone was sitting worse than he was. Hmmmm!!!!
Dawn gave me a Region of York Firefighter calendar which I think she really wanted to keep herself. She even had some of the men sign the calendar.
Mum has taken to knitting and no more of those obsessive little squares that you showed her how to make. We are all getting new scarves and they are very lovely. Mark had mine wrapped around his neck last night and has requested a blanket be made for him as he does not want a scarf.
We are off to Ingersol this afternoon for more mayhem with the Weekes. We have the annual bid to see what time we will eat dinner at. AC is much better than she used to be. One year we arrived around 4pm and the turkey had not yet been put in the oven. The call came this morning that the bird went in around 10:30am. We shall see. I once waq in the States for turkey day and the fuse blew on the oven. There was no turkey that day.
Rang Barbara and Steele and they are all well. They were just sitting down to a quiet dinner. That is not what xmas is all about. It is about large amounts of people, and arguments, and picture taking. FUN FUN FUN.

Hope santa finds you well, and take care

Love to all from all.

KJ

Buttons and Snotty Kleenex.

So everything that I put on today that had a button... is now sans one button. How bizarre.

Saw the craziest thing today in Black's Photography.
This kid was wailing away, arms and legs flying, snotty kleenex in hand....

And then he whipped it at the lady standing behind him in line.
It bounced right off her face. Who knew that kleenex could fly so far?

The women's face that it hit... priceless. The funniest look of revolt I have ever seen.
She even tried to duck and took it deeper on the face.

Not right to laugh as I still am snickering 8 hours later.

Je me demande des fois comment le coeur functionne. Chaque fois que notre coeur est brise, on insiste qu'on ne tombera jamias encore en amour. On ne l'ouvre plus. On ne donnera jamais l'access a notre esprit. On insiste avec notre ame que la prochaine fois on ne tombera jamais si profonde, si vite. Il est inevitable quand meme. Il n'est pas un choix qu'on peut faire. Au moins, je ne suis pas capable de controler. Je crois que c'est mon desire de donner et se sentir voulu.

K

So how do you deal with a person that says something that they mean to come out as a compliment and it just comes out like an insult.

Turn and walk away. I guess.

I am officially finished my xmas shopping, and someone is getting something spectacular. Have put up my baby tree up and started to pile up the little tidbits that I have collected here and there.
Let me repeat, someone is getting the coolest present ever.

And to those devious enough to open their presents before Christmas...

If anyone is interested in getting me anything... a nice man would be the only request.

Have Leaf Tickets for sat night. I am a great date....

Ever do something and not realize that you are doing it?
I was driving home from work on friday and was trying to convince myself to not go shopping.
I saw this water delivery truck driving down the road. It was a Pure Tap Truck that delivers bottled water to homes and business. It was a company that my dad started years ago and sold. So the next thing I know I am following this truck to the outskirts of the big bad city. And I didn't even realize that I had followed it so far. And for what reason?
Very strange.

On another tangent, had some gum last night. It was the strangest sensation. It tasted like gum. Not like a flavored one, but an original flavoured gum. It was bizarre. ORIGINAL? Hmmmm

So I have been watching “The Simple Life” with the Hilton and Ritchie girls.
I know! More reality television. It is so wrong. But why is something so wrong so funny.
So in the first episode, the girls are sitting around the table and Nicole (who I think is the more intelligent of the two) asks if the kids hang out at Walmart. Paris, the future scholar asks what Walmart is. Now, bless her cultured soul. The rich thing (I was about to say poor thing… as if) would never have come into contact with common world things like a crazy superstore. The fact that she has the ability to laugh at herself to me is just priceless. When they go to the grocery store and spend more money than they have, they ask if they can have the over purchased items for free. The man laughs at them and tells them that his store is not a soup kitchen. As they tear away in their beater truck, the laugh as they ask each other what a soup kitchen is.
So here I am in my classroom and the kids are writing a unit test on The Chrysalids. One of my little angels comes up to me and asks me what “hired help” is. A collision of two worlds I tell you. He must not be from the Hilton, Ritchie clan.

I feel like I have turned back the clocks.
I have had a crazy weekend, and it makes me feel young again.
Drinks on Thursday, Christmas Party on Friday night, starting with a cocktail party at my house, followed be an appearance at the C Lounge in the big T dot.

Can I play celebrity bingo for a moment. Prince! (Or the artist formerly known as Prince) Not two feet from me, and when he walked past I discretly reached out so that he would touch me as he past. He did. And fascinating that he is such a tiny man. Very interesting.

Saturday was about recovering from Friday and then off to a fab blender party. Those girls are so wild. Wish I had a ride home... I would have been just as much fun if you know what I mean.

Spent time today wrapping my xmas presents. 15 school days left until the break. But who is counting?

Turning in early tonight as too many martinis this weekend have taken their toll on my soul.

A random entry on a random day.

Not feeling inspired to share much these days.

Had a flasblack last week. Remember the printer paper that we used to use. The one with the perforated edges that you had to rip apart?

Did some shopping yesterday and ended up with two fab belts, a new green ring, and other unmentionables;.

Met some people for drinks.
Was asked what kind of guy I was looking for. Did not know what to answer, thus the reason that I probably have not found him.

Nice to hang out with adults for a change. A CFO, that drives a beamer? We shall see. Why do I have to be sooo tall. Funny how everyone wants to be tall, but those who are tall don't want to be.
Is it wrong of me to not be interested in someone because if their height? I guess I have to realize that every guy that you meet is not a guy you have to date. It is OK to be friends. So easy to say, harder to accomplish.

Over the last two weeks however I have had my self esteem increased. It is nice to have people buy me dinner and drinks, and have interesting conversations. (Not that I am material, because I am not) I truly need to step outside of my box.

But I am scared.

Off the the office Christmas party tonight. The verdict is still out... Will report back.

K

I love my neighbours.
Did they not rake up all of my leaves last night.
What angels.
Hope they love the cake that I will bake for them this evening.
The are truly special.
I think they feel sorry for me because I fo not have a husband to do such things around the house.
Bless.

And if only the rain would stop I could bag everything up. I am however happy that it is not snow.
I have ben listening though for the hammers and saws, and the animals lining up two by two.
When will it stop?

Are people that are rich, naturally cheap?
I wonder.
Seems to me they are always the ones returning things to a store because they have gone on sale.
Why can't I bring myself to return items. I feel like it is a sin.

And on another note, to justify my shoe obsession...
Sex in the City this weekend.

(Summary)
You can never judge a person until you walk a mile in their shoes.
That is why women need so many pairs of shoes.
They have many different miles to walk.

Words of definitive wisdom.

I am back.
I have taken to not bringing my laptop to work with me.
It is great as I do not spend half as much time as I did in the past online.

Read an article mentionning some of the best places in the world to visit.
New York (been there) want a puppy desperatly, or a kitten.

Boston (been there) bought a gorgeous travel bag, which came in handy for my big trip to New York.

San Fransisco (been there) spent a week on a lovely boat.

London (Hello, almost every three months)

I need not continue.

I am a travelling Mamma (sans little ones)

Lovely to spend so much time with my seestor, who I will be seeing again in another 6 weeks. And in my haste to get out on the road, I left all of my minimal purchases behind.
If she is smart, seestor will keep them and then give them to me for xmas.

Tried to touch base this week with a few strangers, but had little luck.
A little disapointed, but what can you do. Made my effort.

Thank You and Congratulations

I think that things have finaly taken a turn for the better.

Thank you for listening to my ranting this weekend. The first person that I want to talk to when I am sad or unhappy. And of course a little tipsy.

Congratulations to Vivian and Rick. The weather held up and the day and night was just perfect. Congratulations on your new life together, you crazy newlyweds.


Congratulations to Lisa, Dave, and Ashley, as they welcome Ryan David to the family. He is so gorgeous. And I have been asked to be a Godmother. Thank you for such an honour.

Congtulations to Teresa and Derrick who are newly engaged. So cute to hear Derrick reminding Teresa of the details he so carefully planned out. You have picked a great wife, and you a great husband.

K

I’m not sure if it was the shot of champagne that I had before I went to work this morning. But today is not the best day that I have ever had.

Come to think of it. This has been a pretty much all around awful week. Things kicked off last Friday at about this time, and I think I have yet to rebound properly.

I have had a challenging week with all of my good deeds backfiring in my face.
Therefore resulting in me NEVER wanting to do ANYTHING nice for anyone ever again. How mature is that as a statement. (And I so don’t mean that!)

Basically reached my limit today and started to cry when the last straw was slapped across my face. (Which turned out to be a joke, by someone who did not know that I was already fragile, which in turn made me cry again as I was upset that he was upset that he had upset me.)

Could not wait to see the end of the day.

Looking forward to Vivian’s wedding, to seeing Ryan David Shen, and my gym visit tomorrow.

And, had only eight monsters come by the house for trick or treat.
Have a bowl of chocolate that I do not eat.
The weather is spectacular tonight. Must be about 10.
Much better than the 1 it was last year, with gross rain.
Still few kids out. It is not like it used to be when we were little.

Times change