Evening with Friends

So I spent the evening tonight with some friends I haven't seen in a long time, and let me tell you that after all the fun we had, I don't want to wait another 6 months to do it again. We went to Lynn's house for a fondue - Sheri, Joylynn, Carla and myself - now, for those of you who have never been to a fondue, it's quite a social activity. We sat around and chopped veggies & fruit, sliced beef & chicken, cut cake & donuts, and drank a lot of wine. We had a traditional oil fondue, a cheese fondue AND a chocolate fondue. What a feast! We kept saying to each other "look at all this food", but by the time the night was over most of the food was gone...and so was the wine! A fondue is a great opportunity to get together and chat about this or that, gossip about various things, and just basically relax and enjoy each other's company. We laughed over the silliest things (Lynn, I promise I won't put your "almost got laid" story on here), and just basically had a really good time. Lynn, thank you for the evening, I enjoyed it thoroughly, but next time you should come to mine & Carla's side of town...but you may have to pick Sheri up on the way...haha! Carla, you might be on the hook to "hostess" the event if I can't send the dogs on a sleepover...unless I can convince Joy that they're really two tiny little lap dogs ... LOL!

Time

...funny how there never seems to be enough of it anymore. I always end up with too many things to do and not enough time to get them all done before I hit the pillow in a completely exhausted state, only to get not-enough-sleep, wake up and start the same riga-marole all over again the next day. Between job #1, job #2, home based business, cooking & cleaning, housework, laundry, pets and "me time" (what little of it there is) 24 hours just isn't enough(Clooner, I don't know how Jack Bauer does it)!!! I can remember when I was a kid, it seemed like FOREVER before next week would roll around for the next peewee softball game, but now...it's like 'where the hell did the whole season go, didn't we only start last week'??? I need about 20 or so more hours in a week - can anyone arrange that for me? I want to fit in so many more things, but there's nothing I can drop to make room...and for someone who is as highly organized as me, it is very frustrating that I can't make it all work!

Pool "Players"

Why is it when you call a "Hail Mary" shot and atually almost make it, people (usually people who THINK they can play) say shit like "holy, I can't believe that almost went", or "wow, that would have been lucky"??? How long have you been playing pal? I saw the shot, I called the shot, and I almost made the damn shot - you should be in awe you nit-wit! Yeah it would have been nice to make the shot (I'm talking taking the cue ball off two rails, kicking the 8 and caroming it off another ball across the table into the side pocket - I came a little less than 3" short of the side pocket), but the fact that I saw it and called it should be enough to make your head spin when you can't even pot more than 3 balls in a row on any given day! If you can't recognize a how difficult that shot is to even attempt you should go back to Fun League and leave the big games to the real players!

Snow

25 centimetres...that's what the weatherman is calling for! I think the last time I checked there was about 3 feet out there, and that's after shovelling for 1/2 hour - thank frank my sidewalk is only about 8 feet long! I had to work this morning at 7am, so about 6:15 I called a taxi, thinking they'd need some extra time, what with the roads and all...at 10 after 7 I still hadn't got past the damn busy signal for about 8 different taxi companies so I figured I'd better start hoofin' it. I pulled out my big-ass snowmobile boots and my warmest mittens and bundled up as best I could, cranked my ipod and headed out into the blizzard. Remember, at 7am there isn't a whole lot of traffic, so "trodding" takes on a whole new meaning at this point. It took about 1/2 hour, and by the time I got there my legs were like jelly! I walk my dogs every morning, so it's not like walking is a new thing, but in this much snow it becomes quite a challenge. Glenn was the absolute best today - after standing for 8 hours at work, when the taxi company told me it was going to be up to a 2 hour wait he gave me a ride home - thanks Glenn! It snowed all day while I was at work, so any shovelling I had previously done was completely for naught, but at some point during the day my neighbour borrowed my shovel to do her walks and kindly did mine as well - thanks Theresa! Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket today...

Creating Links

HOLY COW! Who'da thought it'd be so damn hard to create a link to something? Thanks to Bree I FINALLY got her blog and her pics linked to my blog, but what an ordeal! Then I decided to try and create my own pic site and then link it as well...well, let me tell you, it was sure easier the second time around. I don't know much about flickr, but I managed to get some photos uploaded to it and then linked that site to my blog. All I have are some pics from Vegas last year...nothing like Bree's eleventy thousand pics she has, but as soon as I get my camera back from my sis I'll be able to shoot some shots of the beasts that live under the stairs and get them on too. Slowly but surely I am getting into this whole 'online' thing...wish me luck.

Memory Lapse

Weatherman! That was the name of the other movie we watched the other night! As Mel pointed out...it wasn't that memorable of a movie, so no wonder I didn't remember the name. Mel is kinda nice that way - she won't come out and actually SAY that I'm a retard 'cuz I can't remember a movie I just watched, she'll say something nice 'cuz she's a nice girl...

Pool

LOVE pool...LOVE to win...but I GOTTA have fun doing it. If you can't have fun (win or lose), DON'T PLAY! I hate poor sports and sore losers. I'm as competitive as the next person, but I don't go throwing my cues around when I miss a shot or lose a game. Buddy!...it's only a game, it's not life or death - chill out, you're not going to win them all...GUARANTEED.

Dinner Guests

Had my brother and his girlfriend (my friend & hairdresser) Mel over for dinner and movies on Saturday. We had lemon/garlic stuffed chicken, steamed butter/pepper asparagus, garlic/dill baked beets and Tuscan roasted potatoes...and smarties for dessert. YUMMY! We watched North Country and something else (I'm losing my mind - I can't for the life of me remember what else we watched...don't ya HATE that!?). Mel, help me out here...what was the other movie??? North Country was good - not quite what I expected, but then again, I'm not sure what I was expecting...maybe something along the lines of Silkwood?

Harry Potter

I watched the Goblet of Fire today, and I must say, the ending is a little too anti-climactic for all the huffin' and puffin' that came before, and now we have to wait how long for the next one, that MAY tie up all the loose ends? I don't know, maybe I expected too much from this one.

Pets

Pets are a wonderful thing - take mine for instance, (for those of you who have met them, you will understand exactly what I am talking about) they have developed amazing personalities in the few years they've been with me. I got my cat Indy in 1999; just a regular grey tabby cat, but what a character. She'll be lying in front of the heat register having a nap and then all of a sudden flip over 3 feet in the air and land staring at you with the most bizzare look on her little face, and you just know that if she could speak she'd say something like "what'd ya do THAT for?!" My border collie Willow came along in 2001 - she's so smart and SO full of energy, but such a 'mama's girl'...she follows me around from room to room afraid I'll disappear if she's not watching constantly. Six months later came my sandy colored shepherd Jazz - gorgeous dog, but not too equipped in the brains department. Put the three together and you have quite a handfull, but I wouldn't trade them for all the Tim's in Canada! They're growing up fast, but at least unlike children, they won't feel the need to move out and be on their own any time soon.