The Good and Bad of the Week

I woke up rather late last week and grabbed my laptop to flip through some emails while lounging in bed, it was 9:50am. I opened up a few emails when I came across a John Mayer presale announcement for 10am that day. What the hell I figured, I'll try my luck and if I get good seats I'll grab 2 if not then I won't bother purchasing any. Well my friends, someone was smiling upon me that day as Row 10 popped up as my choice. Row fucking 10 in this huge stadium where I've only sat one other time (in the bazillion concerts I've seen) as those kinds of seats are terribly hard to come by. Of course I purchased them on the spot and then tried again to see what other seats were available for shits and giggles.....section 321 nosebleeds. It was a total fluke and I couldn't have been happier!! ( I know Yrautca's drooling right now....sorry dude!!)

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The same day I snagged those sweet ass seats I found out that Topol will no longer be performing in Fiddler on the Roof. Apparently I've been living under a rock and hadn't heard that he hurt himself.......anyway someone else will be filling in. It sucks as I REALLY REALLY wanted to see him in that role and he was the reason I bought the tickets in the first place. I'll still go as I'm sure his understudy will be good.....but he would have been great.

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I opened up my email as I do daily only this time my heart started to pound and I couldn't believe my eyes.....he had replied! I honestly forgot that I had even sent him a message as it was a good month or two ago and I certainly wasn't expecting a reply. I mean it had been years since we'd seen each other it was one of those if I don't do it sort of things I'll regret it. So I did it and he wrote back. Nothing will come of this to those hopefuls out there, he's married with a few kidlets now and still funny and lovely as ever which makes my heart hurt just a little bit.

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We did our annual run to the States for Black Friday shennanigans. I bought FAR too much and my biceps hurt from carting bedding and a coffee maker around. When did I turn 90?? Anyway this particular maker caught my eye as you can use a filter in it to make your own ground coffee rather than having to rely on those K cups and it's super cute!

I got a purse from Buckle and a bedazzled (who would have thunk) clutch for fun nights out at the bar (my sister HATES the purse and likened it to a ruffled, bedazzled, bolo tie mess......whatever I love it!!). We also (and this NEVER happens) got a front row parking spot at the Olive Garden AND got a table right away. This is unheard of people!! Normally after our 10 or more hours of shopping we collapse in the lobby of the Olive Garden and wait a good hour for a table with the other hardcore shoppers. Not this year, we were ushered right in!!

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I have two weeks off of work!!! Now that's something to celebrate!!

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So this week has been full of some highs and lows but nothing earth shattering to send me into the depths of despair. It's apparently going to rain over the next few days which is blah but whatever, I can make myself a nice cup o Joe and stay in bed with a good book!! I bought two while I was away which I wasn't supposed to do as I have a million sitting on my shelf unread. Oh well.....I clearly don't like to follow my own rules!

Just to forewarn everyone this post will be more on the lame-o side than usual.

I'm very beyond busy this week and unfortunately my body decided to crap out on me at the last second. I found myself laying on the floor in pain on the weekend due to my shoddy back. It's one of those things that I know needs rest, some heat/ice and of course some good muscle relaxers. It of course could not have come at a more inconvenient time. Oh well, they say your body will do mysterious things when it thinks you need a rest so I suppose it was my time.

Anyway, to boot I've been having chest issues (insert joke here) or lung issues may be a more appropriate term (this is where you feel bad for inserting previous joke sickos!!)! I went to see a doctor a few weeks ago, she diagnosed "bronchitis" and sent me on my way with a puffer. By the end of the week nothing had changed so I went to see yet a different doctor (mine was on vacay) and he gave me a prescription and suggested a chest x-ray with (pneumonia?) written on the bottom. He suggested I go and get one if the nasty sounds in my chest continued on past the weekend. The sounds had subsided and I was content the issue had been treated. Skip ahead a week and here I am feeling like a 300 pound man is sitting on my chest and those sexy gurgly sounds seem to be peaking their heads.....not in a "look at me" type of way they're more subtle at the moment but I know something is not right.

I may get the chest x-ray in the next few days but really just wish all this shit would be cleared up. Why the hell do I have to take 3 days off of work for one problem??? I'm not complaining as I have great sick time it's just the inconvenience of it all, I have a thousand clients booked in a hundred spots because I'm taking holidays shortly and felt as though I needed to see everyone beforehand. I hate feeling like I can't take the time off because I will be putting my workload onto someone else who will surely be cursing me for doing so (I'm cursing myself for booking sooooo many people over the next few days). It's really a no win situation but I may just have to suck it up and take the morning off tomorrow and get the x-ray for the longer I leave whatever it is the worse it will become. I need to be nice and healthy for Thursday....Black Friday shopping in the States yo!!

Enjoy your week as it's doubtful I will be posting again before I head off into shopping heaven!! With or without an oxygen bag :P

Random thoughts and ramblings:

How the fuck does one eat a pomegranate? Apparently I ate them when I was quite young (so young I don't recall ever having one) and I bought two the other day. I cut one in half and tried to dig out the seeds......juice ended up all over my jammies, the counter, everywhere. It was a disaster. I just heard that they were so good for you and wanted to give them a go. Perhaps I should just buy the juice next time.

Have any of you seen that new show Modern Family? I know I watch a lot of mindless TV and crap but this show is freaking hilarious! Seriously, check it out if you haven't. I'm also digging Two and a Half Men this year, I've always enjoyed watching this show but they seem to be pushing the envelope even more this year and it's cracking me up!

Is it common practice around the world for folks to pull their car over to the side of the road or stop when a funeral procession is going by? I always do (except for last week, a big truck was in front of me and before I knew it the hearse had gone by and I felt like such an asshole). I made up for it this week though as I pulled over and stopped while one passed me by on the opposite side of the street.


I saw this movie trailer in the theatre months ago and could not for the life of me remember the name. I just remember that I wanted to see the film REALLY badly!! Well here it is and it comes out this month!! Yay!!

I thought I'd share some of my favorite songs; well perhaps that's going a bit far but I do really love how these artists sound live! I would especially like to see this Marc Broussard guy in concert, he has such a soulful voice!

Marc Broussard: Let Me Leave



Sia: Death By Chocolate


Amy Lee: Sally's Song from Nightmare Before Christmas Revisted



Elisa: Dancing




Adele: Hometown Glory

Goal List Update

Try a new recipe once a week for 16 weeks (9/16)

Asian Mushroom and Noodle Soup

I got this recipe out of a magazine as it looked yummy......and it was......it was just more noodley than soupy. I had to halve it so I must have added too many noodles and less broth than I should have as I was just tossing in whatever amount looked good.

Caramel Pudding Pumpkin Cupcakes

Someone sent me a website full of low fat recipes and this one caught my eye. As I'm sure you're all aware I LOVE pumpkin anything so I just had to try these. They were super easy and very moist (BAH that word makes me cringe...it's so dirty I can't believe I just wrote it) and I really really liked them!

Chocolate Fudge

An old co worker made this fudge years ago and I just had to have the recipe. I made the fudge and while it was okay I'm not quite sure why I just had to have the recipe. I must have enjoyed it more when someone else made it cause it was just okay and not mind blowing. I probably wouldn't make it again unless I spiced it up and added some other ingredients to make it more tasty.

Indian Lentil Stew With Vegetables

Okay so this one did not turn out like anything remotely close to the photo looks wise. Mine looked like soup while the magazine photo was much less watery. So I had to improvise and add more lentils and lima beans (it called for brussel sprouts but mine A) went bad and B) I actually hate them) . The end result was quite yummy and I would make this again with less water.

Read all of the books on my shelf: (12/35)

I've had Still Life With Woodpecker by Tom Robbins sitting on my shelf for years and years. It was so bloody funny and odd and romantic all at the same time I really should have picked it up sooner. It's full of redheads and outlaws, a princess and pyramids, explosives and odd balls from Argon! But the real question it tries to answer is "how to make love stay". If you want a hilarious yet thought provoking read, give it a try! From the back cover:

"Still Life with Woodpecker is sort of a love story that takes place inside a pack of Camel cigarettes. It reveals the purpose of the moon, explains the difference between criminals and outlaws, examines the conflict between social activism and romantic individualism, and paints a portrait of contemporary society that includes powerful Arabs, exiled royalty, and pregnant cheerleaders. It also deals with the problem of redheads."

I started to read A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle last year sometime and while I was enjoying the book and its concepts I never got around to actually finishing it until recently. Unless you've been living under a rock I'm sure you've heard of the book and its ideas: Tolle talks about the Ego and how we should focus our attention on living in the present moment in order to dismantle it. While I did enjoy the book there were parts that I just couldn't seem to wrap my head around and was a bit lost part way through though I found my way again. That being said it made me take a step back and go ahhh haaaaa! I get it and am going to try and put to practice some of his thoughts and ideas as I surely need work in this area. I have a HUGE ego!!!! Ha!!

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I did read over my list to see which ones would not be attainable in the time I have remaining. I've decided to "give up" so to speak on these three as they will be difficult to complete before the end of May next year due to the nature of the goals. (Unless I happen to find myself on vacation somewhere hot between now and then). So I'm going to give $30 ($10 per unfinished goal) to World Vision as their Gift Catalogue came out recently so it's the perfect time to give to them (5 fruit trees will be $30). I will keep these goals on my bucket list so to speak as I would still like to try them out, I've just run out of time for this purpose.

#8 Cancer Bike a Thon next year

(Next year would have been like 2008 I believe so oops that one passed me by)

#33 Try waterskiing

Again it was one of those that i'll "get to" later and forgot about it.

#46 Go on a jetski

Same as above, I don't know anyone who owns one and would have had to go to the beach and rent one. I just never bothered to do that.

I was actually amazed recently that in a group of 10 women I was the only person to not only have jumper cables in my trunk but that I was the only person who also knew how to use them. WTF.....this is 2009 and not 1942 or am I mistaken? Someone in my building needed a boost and apparently I was the go to gal, which is fine but I honestly thought everyone had such items in their car for emergencies.



Perhaps it was because I had a battery die one too many times or I like to be prepared. I even have a membership to one of those auto clubs so in reality I could just sit pretty in my car and wait for someone to come and give me a boost. Come on now, who wants to sit around for an hour for the person to show up, I'd rather just do it myself.


Other important items that I always keep in the car:



*extra windshield washer fluid



*a small shovel (best birthday present EVER) in case I get stuck in the snow again.....


*Emergency kit (flashlight, blanket, signs etc)



*lint brush & floss



I'm no mechanic and wouldn't be able to change a tire or anything like that but a simple boost.....come on now ladies!!! It's not rocket science!! Speaking of which maybe I SHOULD learn to change a tire. It can't be that hard!

Can everyone see that lovely picture up above??? What is it you ask, well that would be the weather forecast for tomorrow in my lovely city. Hmmm mixed precipitation...rain AND snow. It's supposed to be around 2 degrees but shall feel like -1.

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I almost burst into tears when I saw that photo.

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The only good/odd thing is that they're anticipating Sunday will be around 14 degrees and sunny. I suppose I'd rather the good weather while I'm not working so I can at least enjoy it. The downside for tomorrow is that I will most likely have to leave an hour earlier for work as most people tend to drive like assholes at the first glance of a snowflake. I'm anticipating tomorrow is going to be a lonnnggggg day for yours truly.

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Ah well, a cute email I received the other day to take you into the weekend! I'll highlight the ones that I have actually witnessed and or partaken in:

Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about Canadians.

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from
September through May,
You may live in Canada .


If someone in a Home Depot store
Offers you assistance and they don't work there,
You may live in Canada .


If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time,
You may live in Canada .


If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation
With someone who dialed a wrong number,
You may live in Canada .


If 'Vacation' means going anywhere
South of Detroit for the weekend,
You may live in Canada .


If you measure distance in hours,
You may live in Canada .


If you know several people
Who have hit a deer more than once,
You may live in Canada .


If you have switched from 'heat' to 'A/C'
In the same day and back again,
You may live in Canada .


If you can drive 90 km/hr through 2 feet of snow
During a raging blizzard without flinching,
You may live in Canada .


If you install security lights on your house and garage,
But leave both unlocked,
You may live in Canada .


If you carry jumper cables in your car
And your wife knows how to use them,
You may live in Canada .


If you design your kid's Halloween costume
To fit over a snowsuit,
You may live in Canada .


If the speed limit on the highway is 80 km --
You're going 95 and everybody is passing you,
You may live in Canada .


If driving is better in the winter
Because the potholes are filled with snow,
You may live in Canada .

If you know all 4 seasons:
Almost winter, winter, still winter,
and road construction,
You may live in Canada .

If you have more miles
On your snow blower than your car,
You may live in Canada .


If you find -2 degrees 'a little chilly',
You may live in Canada .

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Doesn't everybody measure distance in hours??? I don't think I've ever said "oh such and such is 120 kms away" I always say "oh such and such is about an hour and a half away". Actually my friend and I were talking yesterday about taking a roadtrip to this huge mall, I asked her how far away it was and she said "oh about 16 hours". Ha! Enjoy the weekend!

This twitter site was brought to my attention by a friend and it makes me laugh soooo fucking hard. It's written by this guy in his late 20's and he just posts hilarious things that his 73 year old father says. I haven't a clue if it's "real" or if the guy just has a great sense of humour but it cracks me up whenever I remember to go and read it as I don't follow peoples tweets on a regular basis. I have my own shit to do and that normally doesn't include reading about what others are doing at any given moment. That being said, some of my favs:



"You sure do like to tailgate people... Right, because it's real important you show up to the nothing you have to do on time."10:53 AM Oct 20th from web



"Just pay the parking ticket. Don't be so outraged. You're not a freedom fighter in the civil rights movement. You double parked."12:59 PM Oct 18th from web



"You're being fucking dramatic. You own a TV and an air mattress. That's not exactly what I'd call "a lot to lose."5:57 PM Oct 3rd from web



I gotta meet this guy!!!!