Hello Sun!! Here I come!!

It is beeeeeeautiful out today! I grabbed my bag and headed off to the library then to a sushi place for some take-out for dinner. Then I realized I didn't have enough arms to do the rest of the stuff I needed to,, lol. Since my right arm/shoulder don't function properly, I am unable to carry a bag on that side, or wear a backpack properly. I have tried over the shoulder 'pouches', but for some odd reason most are designed for right shoulders, and if you put them on your left shoulder they hang crooked accross your back. I have had things fall out because of how they tilt. Very frustrating! Ah well, do I care right now? NOOOO, because the weather is fantastic, the birds are singing in the tree outside my window, and I have SUSHI for dinner. Now I just have to make two more trips into town and I can get everything else I need. Good thing it is only a few blocks,, hehehe..
Happy Sunshine!

the aftermath of life

Well, holidays are done, and the earthquake happened. Wow. I can't help it, I am glued to CNN and Anderson Cooper. I think life can get difficult, I think I should be in a better place in life at my age, I think others are getting by better than me with less than me, then I watch tv. What a wake up call that is! I doubt I would have the strenght so many of these people have, I doubt I would have the faith, the resiliance, the fight for life and a better future. Why does it take other peoples trials and sufferings to make me realize I really don't have it as bad as I think? It makes me feel selfish and ungratful. I am not a negative person, on most days, I am not a 'cup half empty' kind of gal, and yet it has really made me realize that I have let myself feel negative without actually acknowledging it. I do have a good life, I have water, I have electricity, and I know where my loved ones are. I can only hope the same can be said for all the people suffering now as soon as possible.

Tuzzi Time

This is Tuzzi, my black lab. She is 10 months old, and keeps me on my toes! We had a sprinkling of snow a few weeks ago, and she pretty much turned into a 4 legged snow plow, she LOVED IT!! Christmas is tomorrow, and in my world, dogs don't really care. In 'other' peoples world, they do, so there are gonna be puppy gifts under the tree. My only concern with Tuzzi and Christmas was wether she would try to eat my Canuck Christmas Balls, but she has shown no interest in the trees, decorations or wrapping paper. I will accept this as her gift to me, not that she knows or cares (remember, this is MY world after all).

A Canuck Christmas

Soooo, the trees are trimmed, well, since they are fake I should say they are fluffed.. The little one is the 'kids' tree, a bit too colourful for my taste but hey, it's Christmas right? Mine is black, white and silver decorations, and of course Canuck baubles galore!! I have yet to find just the right tree topper, so for now it is one of my Canuck hats. Some day I hope to find a Canuck angel, or something along those lines. I might just get crazy and drill a hole in a Canuck puck to stick on, but that is another year, another project for another rainy day.

Gaaaahhhh Christmas!!!!

Sooo I thought Christmas would be simple. I have had crap going on, time has been flying by, not in a good way, and I stupidly said to myself this year, Christmas would be a basic simple easy stress free time, ummmmmmmmm no! I was down to 3 people to buy for, but that has changed. Low and behold, some OTHER people have the time to visit and therefor, expect gifts. Did I mention BAH HUMBUG? I have no clue how to deal with this. I have my grandaughter "secretly" building me a birdhouse, which I LOVE. She doesn't know that I know, and really, it will be a surprise as I don't know the design she came up with. That just makes it all the more special. I am not allowed in the basement as top secret stuff is going on down there, there are drills, sanders, hammers and laughter coming from below, how can Christmas get better than that? I have Santa's workshop at the bottom of my stairs!! Why can't everyone on my list be as happy with homemade as me? Why does an implied price tag mean so much? Am I cheap? No! But,, expected gifts, with a minimum purchase value, do kinda take the fun out of it. At what point do I take a stand and say screw you, here is some macaroni stuck on a string, it's called a necklace, pretend it's diamonds, grow up and get over it!

Screw the walrus I am the chamelion

Sooo, I have been told I am the chamelion. I adapt to what ever relationship I am in. "I sadly think that is true. My first marriage I got my dive ticket and my hunting licence cause that is what he was into. My second marriage, I indulged sports and old time rock and roll. The relationships between, before and after, I have adapted to other interests, where the hell did I go? What do I actually give a crap about? Do I even exist?

Nancy Drew and the Case of the Missing Thong

OMG!! My niece (who is 18) moved in when Tela went home to mom. I thought, hmmm, stress free trading an 8 year old for an 18 year old. WRONG!!! My adorable, innocent harmless puppy HAS BEEN EATING HER UNDERWEAR!!! I blamed the washing machine, I blamed the fact she was messy with her clothes, I blamed an unnamed intruder, but NOOOO, it has been my dog all along eating her thong underwear!! Now, I could blame her for wearing underwear that would take longer to eat than if she wore granny panties, but still, the proof was there,, the thong was there, and my dog was there... I hate solving crimes with unhappy endings!