Back in 2006 I wrote an entry titled Just a Tree? in which I spoke about my visit to the Anne Frank House and the giant chestnut tree that stands behind it. At that time there were a lot of discussions in regards to whether they were going to cut the tree down because it [...]
After almost 11 years living in another country, it still amazes me how deeply I still love Canada. Especially the east coast. Nova Scotia is my home, Cape Breton Island holds a piece of my heart and is part of who I am like only another Caper could truly understand… I’m not at all homesick [...]
We all know I’m terrible for taking long, agonizing walks down Memory Lane, right? Well… I’m at it again! Out of the blue a few days ago I started humming the theme song to The Littlest Hobo. When I told my husband about it he had never heard of the show so I started singing [...]
Today I went for my second gastroscopie and all I can say is that it wasn’t as good an experience as the first one. Everything seemed to be following the same routine as the first time, I went in, they took my blood pressure, laid me down and gave me the drugs. Then I was [...]
I just got back from dropping my mother off at the airport. I’m a bit down and I miss her already but I’ve learned over the years that if I let myself wallow I can sometimes not drag myself back out, so I try to keep myself occupied until it passes. When I got home [...]
This has been a bad few weeks for me pet wise and anyone who knows me or reads my blog knows that I love my pets and it breaks my heart when anything happens to them. First there was Bailey’s attack by a pit bull, which frightened the life out of me and has left [...]
Bailey in his Medical Pet Shirt, so much nicer than a big ugly cone! Sunday night Xander and I went out with the dogs at about 10pm. As we were walking along Xander was telling me how he met up with a guy a few nights ago with two big Staffordshire’s off their leashes, and [...]
I swear, for the last year or so I’ve been a complete crybaby. I can’t explain it and I can’t pinpoint when it began, but I’m pretty sure it’s getting worse and it’s freakin’ embarrassing! Don’t misunderstand me, I’m not unhappy. Not unhappy at all, in fact. I know I’ve posted a lot about depression [...]
If you have two dogs, and you use those extension leads with the big plastic handles… don’t do like I did today and think you can hold both of them and your camera at the same time. Whatever is out there can wait. Otherwise, you will just end up deciding it’s a good idea to [...]
I recently decided to pick up the wildly popular series of Twilight books. I’ve heard so much about them but always had other things I wanted to read first. When the movie came out, I felt a bit pressed for time, because I really wanted to see the movie, but not without reading the books [...]
This morning a plane crashed near Schipol airport in Amsterdam. It’s still breaking news so there isn’t a lot of info out yet. Here is what is known so far (from cnn.com): (CNN) — A Turkish airliner crashed at Amsterdam’s main airport about 10:40 a.m. Wednesday local time, Dutch airport officials said. Images from the [...]
While my parents were here we took them to the Rotterdam Zoo. I really love that place. I went there one other time with some girlfriends but even in the 1.5 years since I’ve been there, so much has changed. My (sort of) favorite change is that they have POLAR BEARS. I was so excited [...]
If you had asked me a month ago if I had any space in my house I would have laughed. Between me, the pets, my husband and all our furniture I felt like we were completely crowded. I SO wish I felt that way again right now. My parents left this morning and if I’m [...]
When I was 15 years old I met a boy. He was 16, tall (6’3, which towered over my rather short 5’3 frame), had long hair, wore a lot of black and … we hated each other. From the minute we met we did nothing but bicker and fight. I thought he was a sarcastic [...]
I have had a headache for that last week straight. Sometimes it’s killer, other times it actually feels like it’s going away. I think it’s all the stress since we came back from holiday, but thankfully all the things we’ve been stressing over have been sorted out. Some things aren’t worth mentioning, so I won’t [...]
I visited my friend Gail’s blog earlier and when I saw the title In Memory of Greg Leborgne I thought that it’s weird that there is another Greg Leborgne out there, as it’s not really a common name. I was in a state of denial as I read on, I knew it was him but [...]
Cupid died today… This morning he was fine, and by this afternoon I knew he was going to die. His decline was rapid, and I have no idea what caused it. He had everything he needed, and Stelo is still fine *knocks wood*. Cupid was very young, too young to be sold and in truth [...]
Fearless Fourteen
by Janet Evanovich
