Happy Birthday to Amanda (20) and Gracie (4)!!!

My sister brought me a Shrek doll from work today (the General Mills rep was cleaning out her space and gave it to her along with some other items). He's brand new and about 12" tall. He's so cute, I love him! Now I just need "DONKEY!" :D

I got my hair chopped today. Well, not too chopped, Lisa only took about 2 inches off the bottom but she gave me "choppy, aggressive" layers around my face and I got a brunette rinse with caramel highlights. I LOVE it! Lisa always knows what to do with my hair, she's so great. That was my splurge for the...decade. Hehe, no it wasn't that bad, I won't say how much it cost but it's enough that I only do it 2 or 3 times a year, heh. I can only do it when I'm in K-town anyway! If I were rich (not famous, just rich) then I'd keep Lisa on my staff full-time so I would never have a bad hair day again ;)

I had my lava lamp on today and Mango did not like it; she growled at it for about 45 minutes straight! What a nut.

I can't believe I have to go back to Yuma in 6 days. It feels like I just got here. I am already getting sad about leaving. It will be good to see Craigory and Popo and my friends but I still hate leaving here. I feel like I belong here. I don't feel that way in Yuma. I am distracting myself with volunteering stuff for Kerry and after 11/2 hopefully I can concentrate on getting the house ready to sell. I look forward to the days when I leave Kingston only for a vacation.

The panda eats shoots and leaves!!!

I feel sorry for the alligator.

It's finally raining!
Friday is our trip to Ottawa for dinner and a CFL (Ottawa vs. Winnipeg!) game with some friends.
Now I go workout and then beat my mom at Scrabble. Heh heh.

It's another beautiful day...sunny and breezy, warm but not hot, white puffy clouds floating by. Paradise :) I went downtown with my mum today....we went to the market (outdoor farmer's market) and some shops that I hadn't been to in awhile. They just put in a Starbucks downtown, but I like to encourage the "little guy" i.e. the local family owned businesses so I didn't get anything from Starbucks. My mom however has found her new addiction ;)
Bobo is at work now but will home in a few hours and then I can go back to annoying her as much as possible before I leave, heh ;)
I'm not sure what is for dinner. So many restaurants that I need to go to! (Again, locally-owned places...I can go to a chain restaurant anytime).
I'm going to enjoy the breeze and the 78 degree weather. I love home! I hate Yuma! :)

The FDA is on to me! I have been infiltrated by the government! I knew they were spying on me! I KNEW IT!!!
Where is Agent Mulder when I need him.

Happy Canada Day!!!!!
YAY, I get to go home in 6 days!
Bobo: you better protect your butt, har har ;)

We went to San Diego for the day to see F9/11 and test-drive a Porsche Boxter. Hee hee :)
The movie was SOOO GOOOD! You MUST go see it. Unless you're a head-up-the-ass Republican who thinks Bush and his cronies are wonderful, in that case you're probably too scared to see it 'cause it might actually give you something to think about. Of course you will brand it "biased, anti-American garbage" but that's okay...the rest of us know the truth. You just hide behind whatever makes you feel better. Heh.

We went to San Diego for the day to see F9/11 and test-drivr a Porsche Boxter. Hee hee :)
The movie was SOOO GOOOD! You MUST go see it. Unless you're a head-up-the-ass Republican who thinks Bush and his cronies are wonderful, in that case you're probably too scared to see it 'cause it might actually give you something to think about. Of course you will brand it "biased, anti-American garbage" but that's okay...the rest of us know the truth. You just hide behind whatever makes you feel better. Heh.

I got to meet this guy tonight. I liked him alot more than I thought I would. Go check out his website and then do the right thing and vote for him on November 2. And if you're one of those people who thinks McCain is a moderate and you can live with him for another senate term think again. He's as bad as Kyl. Just look at his voting record. He's no moderate.

Yay! We are going to San Diego tomorrow to:

a) Test drive a Porsche Boxter (mainly for Craig)
and
b) Go see Farneheit 9/11 (mainly for me)
and
c) Escape this hideous, raging inferno (107, YUK!)

Three things that aren't possible in Yuma!

At first I just chalked it up to me having bad luck with coffee, but then when my parents were down here and my mom brought some coffee from home I realized how truely awful American coffee is. It's weak and watery and has no oomph. I guess Canadian coffee is more similar to European coffee. The stuff down here is just plain weak...same problem they have with their beer, heh ;)

In the span of 30 minutes Gracie has managed to:
knock over a lamp with her bouncy ball,

spill her cup of water that she was using with her paints,

try on my high heel shoes and subsequently fall off my high heel shoes,

ride Po around like a horse and then get stuck underneath him when he rolled over onto his back,

and knock all my fridge magnets/pictures on the floor while practicing her jump-and-touch skills on my fridge. My house is a trail of destruction. That was a half hour. I shudder to think what might happen in the next four hours before she goes home.

As I sat organizing my scrapbooking supplies I was listening to iTunes Radio. After some old songs (by 'old' I mean mid 70's) Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit came on. I thought to myself, 'Ahhh, the anthem of my generation'. Then I got a cold feeling in the pit of stomach realizing that that is a 12 year-old song and that if I am old enough to be thinking about the songs of my generation then I am in fact now just plain old. Great. Lovely. People my parents age seem to think it's hysterical that I am lamenting being "old". I can sort of see their point, after all I'm sure I seem young and naive to them, however from my vantage point it's not quite so humourous.

Switching topics, I picked up a prescription at the pharmacy today and it cost me $63.73 after insurance. Before insurance it was $143.73. This is a once-a-month thing. We are just lucky Craig has good insurance. Otherwise that would add up to over $1700 a year. Just for one prescription. I told Gracie we need to move back to Canada. This country is ill-equipped to deal with its inhabitants. Greatest country on Earth my ass. It can't provide something as basic as healthcare for its citizens yet it unilaterally decides to invade and blow up other countries so the president can play at cowboys and indians. The brave men and women who enlisted in the armed services to defend this country are now being re-deployed after short breaks and are coming home daily in body bags.

While I am here I am doing what I can to make people WAKE UP and see what's going on, and then after that I am going home to civilization.

Gracie and I made cookies yesterday. She actually did alot of the work! She cracked the eggs w/o getting any shells in the batter! Then she also ate like 5 huge spoonfuls of the raw batter *shudders*
Of course I used to do that when I was a kid too...back when I thought samonella was some kind of fish dinner.
Here are some pics I took of her baking yesterday. She is playing with the egg before she cracked them.

Heh heh.





You are Jackie! You are the epitome of shallowness. You have no real
plans in life except to get married and pass on your good looks alone. You
expect extreme loyalty from the ones you love, but you are always willing
to give second, and third, chances. Many people find you annoying, but you
DO have good fashion sense!
Which That 70's Show Character are you?

I am not a huge fan of Ronald Reagan, but please People Magazine, if you are going to put him on your front cover and want to pay tribute to him that way, don't put a little side bar with J. Lo's latest marriage above it. Tact is tact no matter the occasion.

Yesterday after I went to the dentist for a check-up my gums were sore, so I stopped at Walgreens on my way to work and got some Anbesol gel. I got to the office and broke out the Anbesol. I think you're supposed to apply it by putting a tiny dot on your finger and then rubbing it on your gums. Well, never having used it before and wanting to get rid of the soreness, I applied it toothpaste-style directly to my gums. Of course I got way too much on (though I was figuring, how powerful can stuff be that doesn't need a prescription?) and in less than 30 seconds my lips, gums and tongue were NUMB. I was drooling everywhere and sounded like an idiot when I spoke. Luckily it subsided within a half hour, though it still kept my gums from hurting. Next time I use Anbesol I will do it sparingly!

Go take The Political Compass Test!
I am ...
Economic Left/Right: -5.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.87