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 [...]
OK, about 42,000 people have tagged me on Facebook to do this ‘25 things’ meme, so I’m gonna do it here and not tag anyone. If you read this and want to do it yourself, by all means – meme your little heart out.
Since I’ve been in winter hibernation and feeling a little Fuck You [...]
Last night I crawled into bed and heaved a big sigh. Our new bed is so comfy and with the fleece sheets on in the winter it’s like crawling into a cloud. I was tired, it was almost 1am which is pretty late for us but not unusual lately since Xander has been working from [...]
shoppers and crystal tree by wvs
Every day I visit the website daily dose of imagery because I have serious photo envy, and because I like to torture myself by looking at photos of Toronto and getting homesick.
Yesterday he posted this photo of one of the big shopping centers in downtown Toronto [...]
Holy crap, can you believe it?!! I remember when I started the countdown on my header, it was 68 days until Christmas and now it’s here!
This is where Xander and I will spend Christmas Eve – in front of the tree, behind our laptops, just the way we like it! Ok, I’m sure I’d probably [...]
A while back I saw that Zhu had a post called Pay it Forward. I first thought of the movie by that name, but it turned out she was taking part in the same sort of thing only over blogs. Here is how it was described:
the exchange focuses on doing an act of kindness without [...]
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 honest, I [...]
I think I have abandonment issues because I had a really weird dream last night with a common theme as of late.
I dreamed, yet again, that I was back in Canada. I was in my hometown, driving around seeing and doing all the things I miss. It’s all in bits and pieces now but some [...]
Last night I had the strangest dream, and I blame this photo which I first saw on my friend Gail’s blog.
In my dream I was with my husband walking up some random street in Toronto. All along the street people were playing games like basketball and all those dart throwing, ball chucking games that you [...]
Thuis means home in Dutch. It’s been a while since I did some before and after shots of some of the renovations we’ve done so far. So I thought I’d play catch up.
Our most recent is the dining room, this is how it’s looked over the years:
This photo was taken sometime in 2000, the year [...]
This week I’m FOADing my husband and his World of Warcraft addiction. I am quickly reaching the end of my rope with it and I feel like a total hypocrite about it… but I don’t care. I’m sick to death of his gaming addiction.
Being a former gamer myself it’s hard not to feel like I [...]
Last night I had yet another fucked up dream… which most of mine usually are.
I have lost most of it from my memory but these are parts I remember:
A talking horse that was small, more like a pony. He was white with spots and was smarter than me.
A skinny geeky guy in a huge truck [...]
For the first time in my life I think I’d cheer if I heard those words. Where is the Grinch when I need him..
I haven’t been able to get my Christmas spirit back at all. I’ve not done any shopping, haven’t bought any cards and my tree is standing in a corner looking [...]
Yesterday I was talking to a friend and showing him some pics of Cape Breton when I found this pictures online of North Sydney, the town I come from. I felt homesick but it didn’t take me over like it would have in the past. It’s been so long since I’ve lived [...]
Couldn’t think of another title for this blog, so I picked 00-Simms (Double O Simms) because I’m watching First Kid on TV. The character in the movie played by Sinbad calls himself that. I know it looks like a ridiculous movie, and it is, but there’s something enjoyable about it as well. [...]
I love Fridays so much.. Don’t have to worry about what time I go to bed because I can sleep however much I want to the next day. Two whole days before I have to go to school again… love it, love it, love it!
It’s been snowing here for the past three days [...]
Today I was on the bus sitting in one of those weird sideways seats right across from the driver. The one where you sit only if you walk in and the bus is almost full and you know if you don’t sit right there, you might not get a seat at all.
I hate that [...]
*Yawn* It’s 7:15am now and I’m still tired but I can’t sleep. Wow, see how long it takes me to get just this far, from “Time” in the list above to writing this. I’m such a multitasker. The last week or so has been strange for me. After speaking to this Dutch guy [...]
I’m stocked up to my eyeballs with doubt about moving home. I’m sure anyone who knows me and is reading this is thinking “FFS MAKE UP YOUR MIND!” but I’m really really confused. I’ve been back and forth like a ping-pong ball about the whole stay in Holland/move to Canada issue. I thought I [...]
Yup, the washer can’t be fixed. So now we have to buy a new one, which SUCKS!! We actually had a new washer that we bought when I moved over here, but when we moved to our new apartment the guy who lived here before us was selling his appliances. They were [...]
Tunnels of Blood (The Saga of Darren Shan)
by Darren Shan
