I just don't get it..again...

You may recall a previous list of WTF's. As you might imagine, that is not a list that one could every truly complete. Herein, I give you more...

• I'm 36 years old and I still get zits. A lot of them. Isn't acne a teenager thing? JEBUS!
  You'd think I'd just entered puberty by looking at my face.
• people who feel they need to yell, scream and berate to get their point across. What ever happened to peace and love? (I think this one has made the list before, but it's such an everyday wtf it deserves to be here again).
• the mullet; especially those who STILL have one!
• when restaurants leave the tail on shrimps in a shrimp & pasta dish. Even sauce-y dishes where you have to swirl your fingers around trying to catch the little 'effers to de-tail them, usually missing a few times. So very 'posh' to sit there licking the pasta ooze off your fingers after biting into the tail end to rip it off the meat, like a barbarian, isn't it?
• when you are walking in a crowd and toward another person going the other way, and that person chooses to not move even a millimeter out of your way. Is it some sort of 'crowd chicken' game?
• people who incessantly gossip behind other peoples' backs...and then are so two-faced to the people they just talked about. They must live such sad, sad lives to have to do that.
• why people don't follow the 'rules of the road' when walking through crowds. Should the direction of the crowd flow not follow the same direction our streets flow in? If you don't know what I'm talking about, visit the flea market this weekend. Most people get this, but it never fails that there are a few stragglers moving in the opposite direction, thus getting in the way of an entire path of oncoming people. You can't tell me we have that many people visiting from Europe :P.
• how skinny people can sit and eat Big Mac after Whopper after fried chicken...and stay skinny. That, my friends, is just wrong.
• the fact that society feels Kate Winslet is a 'plus-size' actress; she's size TWELVE. I would give my left arm to be a size 12. And I think she's frickin HOT.
• why men can't pick up after themselves.

That last one seems to mark a fitting spot to end this list...otherwise I may just open a whole other can 'o worms :)

Happy Birthday Lana!

Happy Birthday to one of my dearest, bestest friends. I won't talk of ages, because we all know that one step closer to 40 for Lana means another step closer to 40 for myself, too. And that's all I will say about it.

Lana and I met through a mutual friend back in high school. The funniest part of the whole thing being neither one of us cared for the other back then! She was too high-strung for me, and I was too prissy for her. How'd we get past that? :) Teenagers are fickle I guess...and she was also befriending my 'best friend' at the time, so perhaps my feelings at the time were more fear out of losing my best friend. It's a good thing growing up means more maturity in matters such as that...and now all of us are the best of friends, and I can't imagine my life without Lana as part of it.

She grounds me when I need it. She laughs with me. She cries with me. And, she's a strong shoulder to lean on when it warrants. She's kind-hearted, sensitive, intelligent, and strong. She has handled all life has dealt her with poise and grace - a remarkable woman, indeed. She stands up for what she believes in, and never gives up without a fight.

Happy Birthday my dear friend; I hope this new year brings exciting opportunities and unending happiness for you. I'm proud to call you one of my very best friends, and I thank you for all you have given to me over the years. Now, go get a tissue, wipe the snot from your nose and join me for a glass of vino to celebrate this very special day that is all yours. :) xo

History in the making...

So the United States has a new President.

Congratulations, Mr. Obama. I don't envy your position - you have a huge job ahead of you, and a huge mess to clean up. Your passion is insurmountable. Hearing clips of your acceptance speech on the radio/tv this morning, I was almost brought to tears, and I'm not American. It is my hope, and many others, that the changes you will make will not only benefit the US, but also, the world.

If I could...

...for the record, if I could vote today, I'd vote for Obama. I think America needs him. I think the changes he could bring to his own country would spill into Canada for positive change in this country as well.

America - voice your own thoughts.

Vote today.

Vote for change.

"Happy" Monday

I knew today would be a 'trying' day when I was flipping and flopping between the hours of 2 and 4am this morning. I had gone to bed with a book, finally shutting out the light at approximately 11:45pm (real time); I'm pretty sure I fell asleep pretty quickly. Chris was out helping a friend with his computer, and had not yet returned by the time I'd turned out the light. At about 1am he gets home. I awake to the sound of the front door. I drift back to sleep. I awake again at 2am when he finally comes to bed. By this point, I've already had my slumber interrupted two times (and truth be told I don't think I sleep 'soundly' until the two of us are in and settled), so there was no going back. Suddenly, my eyelids were wide open. Trying to get back to sleep felt like torture. Chris quickly dozed off which only aided in my torture. Bosco started howling at I don't know what. More torture. I should have just gotten up but I kept looking at the alarm clock, doing the math in my head to figure out 'how many hours' I had left to sleep if I could just get to sleep at that very second.

Needless to say, when the alarm finally blared this morning it felt like a cruel joke, and I slammed it into "sleep mode", and cursed under my breath.

What a blasted waste of my extra hour of sleep - not to mention a lousy way of starting off a new week.

Balls!

Snow happens

So this is what we woke up to on PEI this morning. It's hard to see in the picture, but not only is the snow staying on the ground...but it's also still falling.

Gross.

So I hope you all are nice and rested up from the extra hour of sleep. Personally the night the clocks fall is one of my most favorite days of the year - ever. I purposely don't put the clocks back til later on Sunday so I can get a pleasant little surprise throughout the day when I realize I have a bit more time. As for what I've done this lazy Sunday? Well, I snuggled under the blanket on the couch with a good book with my kitty snoozin' in my lap. I watched a little tv, facebooked, ate some supper, and went back to my good book.

Chris 'banked' the house today in the cold and wind. What's "banking", you ask? It's affixing saran-wrappy-looking plastic to the skirting on the mini-home. It's supposed to help with the drafty floors, and, hopefully aid in a smarter 'heated' winter. One thing it did do was make the house look just a little more "trailer". Now we just need the snow to fall a lot harder so that it will accumlate around the house, covering up the 'trailer' plastic.

Life in the 'hood is a thrill a minute.

(Oh, and I was just kidding about the snow falling harder thing)

Welcome to November...

So I guess the 'haunts' of last night were pretty successful, albeit a little lonely for Chris since he was doing his spooking solo. He said the biggest scare went to one of the chauffeurs - not really his intent, but a scare nonetheless :). I was delighted to see all the Halloween carnage put away by the time I got home from work. I actually did expect him to try to scare me - and he thought of it, but didn't after all. I'm not totally upset about that.

This afternoon, I went in search of some discounted Halloween attire to prep for next year. With Halloween falling on a Saturday next year, I'm guaranteed to be in on the 'spooking', so we're going to try to surpass all years combined. I had hoped to land a few scary masks at discounted prices. Perhaps by the time I finally got myself going it was too late though, because each stop I made looked like Santa Claus had thrown up everywhere ....no Halloween aides to be found. I, did, however, land a decent price on some bite-size chocolate bars. You can never go wrong with bite-size chocolate bars :). So, home I landed with a few necessary toiletries, zero Halloween masks, and additional stock for the candy bowl. A fair shopping day - I'd give it a 6 out of 10.

Tonight Chris and I are joining Lana and Bruce for a few drinks and some games. It is sure to be fun. When we return, we can revel in the fact that it's an hour earlier than it looks like. How I love the clock fall back time. Happy Saturday!