Answer each question with exactly three words.

1. Where is your cell phone? on the ledge
2. Your girlfriend/boyfriend/hubby? yes to all
3. Your hair? colour of autumn
4. Where is your father? In Wasaga Beach
5. Cheesecake? spread it on
6. Your favorite thing to do? Be with friends
7. Your dream last night?  cars trucks boats
8. Your favorite drink? rum and coke
9. Your dream car? forest green jag
10. The room you’re in? my living room.
11. George Bush? needs to go
12. You fears? being burned alive
13. Nipple Rings? not these ones
14. Who did you hang out with last night? my sweet hubby
15. What aren’t you good at? too many things
16. Muffins? lemon poppy seed
17. Where did you grow up? fresh water beach
18. One of your wish list items? lots of money
19. The last thing you did? download semagic program
20. What are you wearing? three clothing items
21. Your pet? cats, gerbils, fish
22. Tattoo? on September 16th
23. Your computer? T60 IBM Thinkpad
24. Your life? full of friends
25. Your mood? relaxed and happy
26. Missing? long summer nights
27. What are you thinking about right now? barking dogs outside
28. Your car? red Toyota Rav4
29. Your work? need a vacation
30. Your summer? renewed several friendships
31. Your relationship status? married, in love
32. Your favorite colour(s)? purple, green, yellow
33. When is the last time you laughed? 10 minutes ago
34. Last time you cried? yesterday, during movie
35. School? Sushi in October
    

Link: The Lover Style Profile Test written by donathos on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

The last week has been fun. Got to go to a football game with Madeileen on Friday. It was a lot of fun. I don't get to spend alone time with her often but when I do I love it. And, to my surprise, I know football. Wow do I know football. Anyways, it was a great deal of fun. Saturday was unexpected. We went for brunch and I suggested a day in Inglewood. Lots of spending later and lots of goodies later we come home to shower and go out to LARP with our friends...

Sometimes I feel weird larping at my age and then I smack myself and just enjoy. I'm a quiet person, I'm uncomfortable standing out in any way. This new character I've got I can play with attitude. It was a lot of fun on Saturday night. CK and I laughed on the way over to J&S's ... here I was dressed up in black, sexy as CK says, with my new Harley coat on. CK is dressed up like an old man with his white wig on and a suit. We giggled over what folks thought seeing us in the 'stang. Hehehehe.

Sunday was a quiet day. CK was a sweetie and did some grocery shopping without me. We invited Catalytic over for dinner and a movie (Dracula 2000 - Gerard Butler... do I need to say more?). After we played Burnout Revenge, a game that Twochip got me hooked on on our last trip up north. First round was pitiful for me... but I won the second. Woo hoo! I can actually play a Xbox game well.

Back to work today, my coworker is back tomorrow and I'm a bit stressed over it as Garry and I have changed a few things for the better since he's been gone. Not sure how he will take it.

Got an email this afternoon that sent me for a loop.
A coworker that I've had a good relationship with over the last two years died on Sunday. I phoned to find out some details and where to send money for flowers and stuff. I was upset. I found out he took his own life. It gave me pause, and then I was angry and sad all at the same time. I talked to him a few weeks back before he left for holidays and this was totally unexpected.

Why would anyone do that? What drives a person to do this? This last year I've lost folks close to me due to illness and accident and it's always tragic and heartbreaking. But to leave this life that way... he had a wife and kids. I don't get it.

Life has a lot of surprises, some good, others not. Things like this really make me appreciate and value the love I have in my life. Good friends, laughter, love and life, plus a little lust to make the sun shine brighter and the stars sparkle more.

Love and hugs friends... always

It's been another fun fill weekend.

Friday Bob was nice enough to agree to go to pub night with everyone. Bob - we will play chess... promise. Nice pub... food was yummy. Good folks, handsome men... what more can a woman want?

Saturday was football game. Got there at a decent time. MrCK and I usually get burgers there but they have really been substandard this year so we decided to do the Spolumbo sausauge. Wait in line for 15 minutes to find out that the sausages wouldn't be ready for another 10 minutes... screw that. Got some munchies to tide us over and then sat down... Damn it was hot. I bitch in winter about the cold but I hate this heat just as much. I'm a 15-20C kind of gal in the summer and a -10 - 0 in the winter. Don't like extremes. So, football... we played against the BC Lions who is currently unbeaten this season. The refs sucked huge and in the end we left early (8 minutes left in the last quarter) cause we were losing and there was no hope. Final score I believe was 32-27. At least they didn't humiliate us like they have everyone else they've played this year.

After the game we popped over to see sraointe and play some pool as Jay was out playing. Nice pool table, played a couple of games and we all took turns winning. Chatted for a while while Eeep was all over us wanting attention. Too bad Jay... lots of fun conversation and you missed it all... MUHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.

Sunday was quiet until MrCK came home and we had to go out. Decided to check out a pub in our neighbourhood (well across Crowchild Trail neighbourhood) as it was more than likely to have air conditioning. We kept meaning to check it out since we move out here 5 years ago. We were both impressed. It was quiet for a Sunday but damn the food was massive and decent. Plus free pool. We asked the waitress what Friday and Saturdays are like. She said that Fridays are quiet and Saturdays are busy.

So folks... be prepared, we will be calling a pub night in the near future here.

One bit of sadness. Our last female gerbil is at the end, she's been struggling for the last 4 days and I figure by tomorrow she will be gone. Poor Calli, we adopted her from the pet store as she was being beaten up by her siblings, so much so that she had half her tail bitten off. Tony and I took her in and she's been with us for 2 and a half years. I'm going ot miss her and it's tearing me up inside to see her waste away. I hate it.

Back to work tomorrow. As I posted in my last entry I will be downtown all week except for Tuesday. My sister is coming in for the night with her husband. Wednesday night it's over to Tony's sister and brother in laws for dinner sans Tony. His loss... poor guys gotta work.

At least at work I get air conditioning.. hehhehehehe.

Love and hugs all. Life is just grand these days.

P.S. I've got the best hubby... he knew I was having a stressed day last week and what does he do, he spends his very short lunch hour to come home and give me kisses. Am I lucky or what?

It's been an interesting couple of weeks around the workplace. We have someone new that came onto the account with us and for once he actually has experience!!! Woo hooo! As a result my coworker can actually rely on someone as he has been, since Steve left, on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week... this has been going on for the last 4 months. Needless to say he's burned out, not in a small way, but in a huge way right now. The bosses sent him home, he's not to do anything but pick up the pager if it goes off. The other gent that joined the team is gone to Ontario for a few weeks (bad timing). So, that leaves me... I'm now doing the work of 3 people. You would think I would be freaked out, panicked, etc....

I'm not... in fact I'm thriving and having a fantastic time. The pace is incredible, the learning curve just as steep. This is my element. I'm finding out that I know a hell of a lot more than I thought I did and I'm also finding out that I'm good... damn good at my job. I find myself loving my job again which I haven't felt in some time.

Everyone bugs me that I'm a stress bunny, but you know what? That's when I'm at my best. My thinking is clear, I know what I have to do, I can juggle a hundred little items at once and get them all done. I love it when I'm in this sort of position, I love to learn and I'm lucky that I get to learn under good, calm guidance from my peers.

I feel like a professional again. Been a long time since I felt that.

Just thought I would share my bit of stress bunny happiness.

Hugs all!

Been a long time since I posted. I'm having one of those periods of time in my life where I seem to be either angry or sad about something and I don't want to inflict it on anyone else, so... I don't post.

Tony and I had a really tough talk the other night about alot of things... mainly about my outlook on life these days. I'm not happy... why? I'm not fully sure why but I do know some of the reasons...

Alot of folks I know, friends, my mom, and beloved pets died in the last year, and almost lost a very much loved friend. Product of my age I suppose. I think this all started when a good friend died unexpected last year, my age... it sent me into a tailspin for some time and a wall went up. That wall ended up multiplying with each subsequent person leaving my life. Now I'm at the point where I'm putting up walls with Tony. It's gotta stop. I'm so afraid of losing someone else that it's easier to back away. I don't want to let anyone in and I'm pushing all the folks that I really truely love away from me. To those people I'm sorry. I'm very lucky to have some really fantastic folks that call me friend, that love me for who I am. I'm working on this, so please be patient with me. I hope you will.

I found myself being very angry with my Mom and my family. Angry that I didn't have a mom to go to for advice, angry that she got sick. Angry that she died the way she died. Angry with my dad, my brothers and sister for knowing all these things about my mom that I never knew. Angry that I can't remember her. I think this anger is part of the problem. I just need to find out how to let go of it.

So.. sorry if I've pushed you away, if I've closed myself off from you. I didn't mean to. I guess I need some help from my friends

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I drove up on Thursday morning, left early in the morning as I was a bit nervous about the weather. I was also nervous cause this is the farthest I've ever driven on my own so it was quite the adventure. Now, anyone who knows me knows that I'm a speed demon. It's who I am. So I left at 10:00AM, stopped in Red Deer (I was hungry), stopped in Mundare and made it to Genghis and Twochips place by 3PM. Not bad. When I got there I was greeted by a very excited and happy pooch, Ripley. Hung out in the house until Twochip came home at about 6PM. We hung out that night getting caught up, drinking a bit too much and eating the gumbo my wonderful husband made for Twochip.
The next day Twochip and I went to Vilna to do some grocery shopping and get the mail. Didn't get to see Genghis that day as it was a mom-daughter day. We did some housecleaning and then Jack called and asked us to go with him on a ride as he was taking his team out for a run. Cool! I bundled up as best as I could and we drove over there. What a blast! Physically and emotionally... loved the ride, lost total track of time but also got chilled to the bone on the last leg of the trip as the wind was viscous. Poor Cricket was shivering so bad I tucked her into my coat to help keep her warm, not that she minded at all. We were invited back to Jack and Gay's for dinner, we brought over Tony's gumbo for them to share. Before that I had almost managed to warm up before I crashed on the couch and woke up shivering.. .couldn't warm up after that. No problem though as as soon as we arrived at J&G's Jack has the stove going and it was very toasty... took no time for me to warm up... didn't hurt that Jack and I shared some rum... warmed me right up... Ate dinner when Gay got back from seeing Connie at the hospital. We celebrated a bit over the victories that Connie was having and my glass always seemed to be full. Not good... I blame Jack... wow was I feeling no pain. Colin got us home and he crashed while I tried to get to sleep... no way... was still a wee bit too tipsy... I tell you it's all Jack's fault, honest. I was fairly stressed about seeing Connie the next day, anxious to see her, scared to see her, excited to see her and desparately needing to see her. Colin woke me up, I showered and Colin had lots of coffee for me as I was more than just a bit shaky after last nights extremes.
We drove into Edmonton, stopped for a Mundare egg mcmuffin thing and made our way to the hospital. I was a whole bunch of emotions walking towards Connie's room... I really didn't know what to expect. Walked into her room and saw her and my knees went a bit weak with relief to see her more aware and stronger than I had hoped. All I wanted to do was squeeze her and hug her. I was so happy to see her. To me it was a really good visit although Connie was more concerned about being a good hostess and got upset when she was tired and couldn't be her normal self. I kept telling her that I didn't care how she was as I would take her anyway I could. I'm not much of a talker but I did my best to tell her everything that was going on. It was noon before I knew it and they came to change her dressings and then after that her lunch. She slept for a bit after that while Colin and I sat there with her, we read and I would find myself looking up at Connie more than once to make sure all was good and that I was in fact seeing Connie and she was going to be okay. She's coming back remarkably fast although she doesn't think so, she's very impatient to get out of the hospital and I don't blame her for that. But she isn't giving herself enough credit for how far she has come in a short time.
I was very moved by Colin, he's amazingly patient, supportive and very much the other half of Connie... it's funny... I always knew they were together forever but I never really saw until that day how much they love each other and rely on each other... it moved me to tears more than once.
In the afternoon we went for a long walk, I figure about 60 meters all told and again Connie was a real trooper pushing herself to go another 5 meters and then another when it was so much of an effort. She's a star.
Our Connie is very much on her way to getting better and I feel so much better myself for having seen it myself.
I asked Connie if she would want to talk to Tony and she perked up at that so I called Tony at work and let the two of them chat for a little bit. By the time we left Connie was tired but her colour was back and she seems more alert.
Drove back to C&C's and then cleaned up and went to J&G's for Easter dinner. Got to finally meet Connie's brother after hearing stories all these years, had a wonderful dinner, watched the deer roam across the field behind the house and then went back to C&C's for much needed sleep.
It was a pretty emotional time and I was more than anxious to see Tony so when Colin woke me up at 6:30 I was up, teeth brushed, dressed and packed and on the road by 6:45. Sorry about that Colin but I just needed to get on the road and get home.
Cried some on the way home, for all the pain that Connie had to go through, for the love I saw between the two and for realizing how much I love my own husband and how lost I would be without him.
So in my usual manner... I made it home in record time... watched two other folks get pulled over for speeding but I seem to miss the bullet both times. Was home by 10:45 and was greeting by my wonderful husband who had cleaned the house for me and had a special card, candy and a new bottle of my favourite scotch waiting for me.
Thank you Colin for sharing your house with me, for sharing Connie's time with me and for just being such a really, truely remarkable man. Your strength is amazing, your patience infinite and your love for your Beloved Monster beautiful.
Lots of love to you both!

Your Birthdate: December 28

You have a Type A personality so big it makes other Type A's shrink away in shame. You never shy away from adversity - and you love to tackle impossible problems. Failure is not an option for you, and more than a few people are put off by your ego. You tend to be controlling, and you hate leaving anything up to chance. Your strength: Your bold approach to life Your weakness: You don't accept help Your power color: Bronze Your power symbol: Pyramid Your power month: October

Your Personality is Somewhat Rare (ISFP)

Your personality type is caring, peaceful, artistic, and calm. Only about 7% of all people have your personality, including 8% of all women and 6% of all men You are Introverted, Sensing, Feeling, and Perceiving.

Audrey Hanson You scored 41 Idealism, 29 Nonconformity, 70 Nerdiness

Well, statistically speaking, law enforcement attracts a certain kind of male personality.Congratulaions, you're Audrey! You're a practical hard-worker with a sassy sense of humor. You have a good amount of vunerability behind your tough exterior, but you're still FBI material. Your best quality: Attitude Your worst quality: Attitude

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 99% on Idealism You scored higher than 99% on Nonconformity You scored higher than 99% on Nerdiness

Link: The Heroes Personality Test written by freedomdegrees on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

So, here I go again. Just got back from the doctors office, had some chest xrays... got pnemonia. My illness saga continues.

It started back last October when I got a really bad cold when I went to Ontario. Came back, recovered and went into the office to work for a week in November. Got sick with the flu. Recovered. Went in for a week in December, got streap throat. Recovered. Went in for a week in January, got the stomach flu. Went in for two weeks this February and now I've got pnemonia.

I think I'm gonna cry... I'm so tired of being sick. I can't seem to win here. Already told work that I won't be in in the beginning of March for a week cause I need to give my immunity system a chance to recover.

I feel helpless and pissed off... never had pnemonia before.. on an inhaler now and pills and off work yet again for a few days... will it ever end?

Anyways.... needed to vent...

CK and I were out and about on Saturday, going for brunch with a group of our 501st friends, and then to do some errands. On the way home we got held up by construction, typical experience these days, especially around our place. They closed a lane down by Nose Hill and Crowchild. As we were pulling up to the construction area I asked CK what the hold up was cause I couldn't even see anything happening. He pointed out the small 'snort' digging away. I mentioned that there were 5 white pickup trucks (the construction crew) and CK jokingly says "Probably 4 guys supervising the one guy operating the snort". As we pull around the area both of us almost pee'ed ourselves ... sure enough there were 4 guys watching and talking with each other 'supervising' the one guy operating the snort.

Today was even more fun, not... I have to work downtown in the office as my counterpart is off for a few days vacation time. I got up early enough, did all the usual stuff in the morning and got CK up (he's a sweetie for taking me to work in the mornings, even on his days off). Last night it snowed alot. So we leave the house at 6:45AM... normally that would put me to work, logged in and going at it by 7:15. Today it was 8:10 before I was logged in and working. Due to the snow traffic was backed up by Brentwood Station moving at 10KM an hour the whole way in to Gulf Canada Square. I hate winter... I really do.

The Paladin You scored 47% Cardinal, 23% Monk, 52% Lady, and 62% Knight!

You are highly moral but also don't shy away from using force if your lord commands it. You are honourable to the point that you would readily sacrifice yourself for a noble cause. Your name will be the subject of tales and song for generations, however their concentration will be less on your deeds in life as on your martyrdom. You scored high as both the Knight and the Lady. You can try again to get a more precise description of the Knight or the Lady, or you can be happy that you're an individual.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 99% on Cardinal You scored higher than 99% on Monk You scored higher than 99% on Lady You scored higher than 99% on Knight

Link: The Who Would You Be in 1400 AD Test written by KnightlyKnave on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

You are the World

Completion, Good Reward.

The World is the final card of the Major Arcana, and as such represents saturnian energies, time, and completion.

The World card pictures a dancer in a Yoni (sometimes made of laurel leaves). The Yoni symbolizes the great Mother, the cervix through which everything is born, and also the doorway to the next life after death. It is indicative of a complete circle. Everything is finally coming together, successfully and at last. You will get that Ph.D. you've been working for years to complete, graduate at long last, marry after a long engagement, or finish that huge project. This card is not for little ends, but for big ones, important ones, ones that come with well earned cheers and acknowledgements. Your hard work, knowledge, wisdom, patience, etc, will absolutely pay-off; you've done everything right.

What Tarot Card are You?
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Have I said lately that I love my husband? If I haven't... I do...  World of Warcraft came out with it's new expansion a couple of weeks ago and we haven't been able to afford it so I've just been hoping I could get it soon.  We were supposed to go out  to a movie tonight with Madelaine and Catalyst but CK was feeling really nasty (some stomach thing poor guy).  So to make it up to me he bought me the expansion to World of Warcraft... Woo hooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Have I said how much I love my husband? Tons :)  It's the weekend and I've got the expansion loaded and got my account all cleaned up after being inactive (again costs) for the last 4 months... I"m a happy woman...

Once tagged by this entry, the assignment is to list 10 movies: your 5 Favorites & your 5 Guilty Pleasures. 

Favorites
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Batman Returns
Forrest Gump
Twelve Angry Men
Torchsong Trilogy
Glory

Guilty Pleasures
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Top Hat (Anything with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers)
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
The Stand
The Mummy set
Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood

You know... this was alot harder than I thought and it really all dependson what I've watched recently... it always changes from week to week, day to day... but right now these stand out :)

Happy Birthday Twochip!!!!!!!!!!!

40 huh? welcome to the club my dear :)

Lots of love and squishes and more snugs and squishes :) 

See ya soon!!!

Thanks Kyle :) It was fun... but Spiderman.. sheesh... hehehehe
Your results:
You are Spider-Man

Spider-Man 85% Green Lantern 75% Catwoman 75% Iron Man 60% Superman 55% Hulk 55% Robin 52% Batman 50% The Flash 50% Wonder Woman 45% Supergirl 35%

You are intelligent, witty, a bit geeky and have great power and responsibility.

Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test