... when something is going to happen that will distrupt this bubble I'm in.

Things have been going far too smoothly as of late with just life in general. Sure things have happened, like needing a new rim for my car ( there is something weird when the entire current value of my car is in my rims... $800 a piece new jeebus jehosifites), my mom being a bundle of jangling nerves that needs to settle down, and the fact that it is MINUS 27 C & with the windchill making it MINUS fucking forty and it hasn't stopped snowing for three days. Other than those minor inconveniences, things are pretty smooth.

Granted, I ain't stepping out the front door for nuffin... ok, I fib.. I _have_ to go get the rim replaced tomorrow without fail as I kinda need my car to pick my sister up from the airport tomorrow night... and I really need to get in to see a notary to get a few notarized copies of the court order so that I can a) file with MEP to get the 500 smackers added to his account and no they aren't arrears, so pay up... b) I need to get a passport for the girls so we can go to Hawaii in the spring... c) I can't do a damn thing with only ONE copy of the order, despite me asking my lawyer for 5 and I would pay for the other 4 myself.... d) I want to put the original in the safety deposit box with her longform birth certificate, and my birth certificate.... e) I can't think of an 'e' right now cause its 4am and I've somehow managed to read an entire blog from back to front and now I'm seeing stars and I'm thirsty and tired.

I also have discovered that in this lovely coldsnap that I desperately need new windows everywhere on the main floor. The bay window alone is going to be two grand :( And the window in front of me right now is probably going to be at least 5 bills as it is rather tall. The kitchen windows are smaller so I don't think they'll be as horrific, plus, I dont feel as much cold air blowing through those frames but it could be because they're protected by the trees and rosebushes. Let's just say that even with the furnace running and the vent in front of my feet, my knees are still cold. (So are my hands, but that could be from resting my wrists on a cold wrought iron desk and cutting off the circulation.. I need to go to bed)

And in the interest of just generally not wanting to be involved, I am not even going to waste the energy and time to unravel your mess. Don't say one thing and do another, especially when you've expended so much energy already. It isn't cool, ok?

I followed a link from Penny and I ended up here. Oh my fucking god.

I can't decide if its funny, pathetic or just one more way people spend their time on the 'net to take the piss out of people and amuse themselves.

I'll let ya know.

I'm rather tired and I've nothing exciting going on.

Oh and for something completely bizarre...





As I'm sitting here writing this, he is on David Letterman making a public statement and apology with Jerry Seinfeld in attendance (he's via satellite).

The best damn commercial as of late...

As you can see by the picture below.... I am suffering with....

SMUDGED GLASSES!!!!!!

Little fingers keep grabbing at my glasses and pulling and twisting my poor frames... between the fact that protective coating is coming off the lenses and someone's little finger prints, I'm gonna be blinder than I already am!

I suppose no news is good news. I've been busier than a bee in honey season with my little part time gig. I figure by the end of this weekend coming, I'll have earnt about a grand. On Sunday we're headed to Red Deer and I'll earn just over $100 just for spending Sunday out.

Oh I guess I do have good news and bad news. My stepdad is having surgery on the 21st - triple bypass. Eeep. And my sister is coming out to visit. Yay. She's going to try and get a booking signing somewhere while she's here.
Anyways, I have nothing funny, remotely funny or even smiley worthy so I'm gonna go to bed now that Misses Grumpy has finally settled again. (Can ya guess why Im up at 2am?)

Today I had OT and PT with Presleigh at Children's, however her PT hurt her back - I'm not sure if this is a good sign or not... When your physical therapist hurts her back lifting her son... I dunno..

We're doing better with the food issues. Clare agrees that it appears to be a texture issue, so its going to be alot of experimentation with what works and what doesn't. Wish us luck with that.

I'm trying to convince other people in this house that we need to get another cat before Ecetera drives me bonkers. He was obviously part of a litter and came from that to our house with another cat and now he's lonely. He follows me everywhere all day. If I go upstairs to change Presleigh or do something for the girls or whatever, he will race from whereever he is and fall UP the stairs he's running so fast. I've never seen a cat fall UP the stairs, but one of these days I hope to catch it on video as its freakin hilarious.

Anyways, not much to say other than I hate being sick...so Im off to bed.

...Saddam Hussein was found guilty and sentenced to die by hanging.

More details can be found here...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15567363/

I was sitting here reading blogs with the tv on for background noise (and SNL had just ended) and they broke in on an Infomercial...

Now back to your regularly scheduled programming (sleep !)

For the hundred million bazillionth time I have strep. Presleigh is sick. I hate being sick. Blanket over my head would be great except that I keep coughing and it keeps waking me up.

My blood pressure is through the roof again, so I'm back on meds. Great. Looking forward to that. I took the first dose last night.. it kept me up half the night - it felt like my veins were jumping. I ended up sleeping on the couch because if my legs were up higher than my chest, the veins in my legs didn't jump. So I took todays dose earlier in the day with hopes that it doesn't do the same thing....so far so good ... well at least the veins arent jumping that I can feel right now.

I went out with friends tonight.. every one of them let me down. I gotta stop putting so much faith in people. One bailed early because of work in the morning (you knew we'd be out late, why commit?), one faked sick (we were fine earlier, why not cancel if you were feeling that bad) and one faked a text message to go get one of their kids. Am I so horrible to be around? Why commit if you don't want to... *mutter* Before I get a trillion comments about this drivel, I will clarify further... I'm just feeling blah cause I'm sick, I know that this isn't how they feel, I just am feeling rather let down because I don't get to escape very often and when I do and you bail out on me, I just feel ..I dunno.... used isnt the word, but ..unworthy. I'm not negative, and I'd like to think I can provide a good laugh even AT my expense, and its pretty easy to get me to smile. *shrug* maybe its the drugs talking... come on Advil*, sock it to me.

* I'd take Aleve, but it messes with my blood pressure meds *sob*

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3. The defendant (respondent) shall pay $500 in costs to the Plaintiff (applicant (me!));

Now I can put all of this behind me and get on with my life. Once I have my copy of the order, I will go get 5 copies of it notorized, get the original into my safety deposit box and then we're off to get a passport for the girls and off to the Bahamas! :) ok kidding, but its a good dream right?

I ordered blinds for my living room and kitchen today - the ones that are currently in place are about 100 yrs old, and metal and bent to shit from the cats being terrorized by strays, squirrels, magpies and sparrows. Since I've redone the living room in various shades of chocolate ice cream, I got blinds that are called "mink" in colour - sorta mocha coffee colour.
The kitchen is in shades of olive with spice coloured cabinets (its kinda Italian Bistro'ish), I got 'alabaster' - I couldn't find any olive coloured ones that even remotely matched. Grand total for 6 blinds including shipping - $74 and change. Not bad considering one of them is 60"x64".

Scott is taking a week off week after next and we're going to finish the trim in the living room, a small section of the kitchen needs a touch up, and I hope to be able to get rid of the book case in this living room and the extra dining room table. I'm also taking on the task of stripping the banisters - god help me. Hopefully just a good sanding will be enough cause I ain't going near poly-strippa again in this lifetime.


And my Breast Cancer Ribbon collected $101.68 in donations last night!!!! We took it into the foundation this morning and they gave her a Hush Puppy with the ribbon embroidered on its ear. I will post pictures. She wore my Rodeo Rose cowboy hat (and no, I don't know who this chick is.), her auntie's old prom dress and had a pretty pink gingham bag to collect her donations.

And on that note, I'm going to bed.