I miss Canadian chocolate.

They don't have Coffeecrisp in the states. I knew there was *something* wrong with this country! They don't have smarties either. That's not exactly true, instead they have these, and call them smarties.

The lawn has been totally covered by leaves again. I imagine that Chris will mow the leaves again soon.

I added new pictures to my yahoo photo album. They are in the one named "July-October".

I really should learn how to do html. I'm dying to have a before-during- after pictures all together. ( of the house)

I just had to go break up a pseudo cat fight. Bob ( the old man) is very verbal, and he antagonizes Shadow ( my cat) so Shadow thinks he wants to play. Bob doesn't actually want to play, so he makes gof awful cat fight noises and Shadow freaks him out. Shadow of course, only does this because he wants to go outside and eat grass. Consequently he would come in and vomit up said grass and everything he ate after that. ( yuck)

I think it is supposed to be nice tomorrow and then we will probably do a lot of work ouside. Maybe even cut down tree's! Cutting down tree's is FUN!

I have a dentist appointment on monday afternoon, so I swaped shifts so I could work before the appointment. This way, after I come home from having a filling drilled out and replaced and being in major pain, I won't have to deal with the public. This is a good thing.

Well, off I go to get crafty.

-S

this is a test...

That map made my template go all wonky. I just wanted to see if it was normal again it is would look the way it its supposed to.

Copy cat~

I got this from Alicia's blog. So I thought, hey, why not.




create your own visited country map
or write about it on the open travel guide

It makes me realize that I haven't been anywhere in a really long time. *sigh. Most of my traveling was done at 13, and then again when I was 18. I'm 27 in just under a month, so, it's time I went somewhere!. Well I suppose moving 2000 miles from home is somewhere... But I want more.

In immigration news, I finally recieved my Employment Authorization document (EAD). I imagine this is because of the letter I sent asking when i would actualy get it since my interim one expires on my birthday. So that's all set and a large weight is off of my shoulders. It would have sucked to have to quit my job because the government is so SLOW. I estimate that I may have my green card by next summer. I hope.. I haven't been to Canada since May 21, 2002. Weird! Time flies when you are having fun. I have now been married for a year and a half. Weeee.

It is almost November. Chris and I have November Birthdays. Chris will be on business trips twice in November. It's becoming less amusing to have him be a business man. It is still sort of amusing, but I hate it when he is gone. I'm such a baby.

Well, I lost my train of thought and can't think of anything else to write about. SO.... more~ Later.

PS: I did not edit or spell check... So :P

Running with scissors

That's the name of a book I just read by Augusten Buroughs ( hope that's how to spell it). It's a memoir about his rather odd childhood. It was in a style I like, easy to read, conversational style. How I think I would write if I wrote a book. Hrm, I think My life may be interesting enough to write a book about it. If only I could find the time. Which brings me to my other reason for todays title. I feel like I'm in a race as well, a race against the weather. I have SO much freaking stuff to do outside still. ( planting bulbs etc)

It's COLD today. the low is below freezing, it may even snow ( i won't allow it) I abhor the snow, except maybe for the first one. Well, that's not all true either. I like how it looks when it's fresh and, on the other side of a window. I like the sound it makes when you are walking in it. That squeak, or crunch. It's... magic? I mostly dislike snow when I have to try and walk in in quickly, and when it starts to melt. There is nothing more gross than slush, especially slush with a bunch of sand and gravel in it. Plus all the nasty stuff that appears once the snow is gone and the winter's litter is on display. ( oh, the nasty smell too)

On Wednesday I was trespassing on the empty lot between me and the yucky house on the other side. I found a sort of sunken area with a lot of old broken glass. To me this is the best thing in the world- a chance to play backyard archaeologist. Ever since my first time watching indiana jones I have been facinated with old stuff ( Chris says this is why I married him) The best part is finding the old stuff. Excavating it. I got a bucket from the house and a gardening tool and began. I only spent anout half an hour out there, tresspassing its self freaks me out, I'm kind a rule/ law freak. Basically I got all the broken parts that were visible and now I need to go back with shovel and a hand broom to brush dirt away. If there are any whole bottles there, I am going to find them! I really need to find out were the outhouse was on my lot and dig there. Privy digging often reveals the best old bottles. (or so I have read) Seriously, this kind of thing makes me so happy I get dizzy. Some of my most fond memories are taking my best friend Sharilyn to Edgewood ( another story in its self) and picking up the broken stuff on the beach and again in Edgewood with my mom. With Mom we found an actual trash pile and dug it out. We found an intact teapot (no lid) and like 20 whole old bottles. ( inks, medicines, household) The whole ones I just like to have near windows with light shining through them. The broken things I make art out of. I made 3 lightboxes filled with old glass and sand, they were really cool. My mom has them at her house right now. basically I filled the space with the glass and the poured sand in. It partially obscured the glass, sort of imitating how the shards are when I find them ( or how i see them) peeking through, and glowing.

Wow, talking about that stuff sure takes up a lot of room. I have been without a space to make art for SO LONG. I hope that we can finish the attic someday or build a garage with a second floor for me to have a place. A proper table and a place where I don't have to clean up ( like the coffee table) because we also use it for daily living.

Well, I should get ready for my day. I have 5 hours of work, and then box office for a Beatles tribute band tonight. I may or may not stay for the show ( I get comps cause I'm a SUPER VOLUNTEER) We'll see how tired Chris is.

~till next time.

famous last words

I was marveling at work about how I wasn't sore today. I spoke too soon.

So now I bring you:

Stupid things I did today.

I brought home my holds from the library without checking them out. So now I have to bring them back tomorrow and check them out.

I decided after all my work yesterday, then walking to work, working and then walking home and making dinner that I deserved a beer. I grabbed a can holder from the pantry and then a beer from the fridge. The next bit is a blur, I was just staring off and thinking, not looking at anything when I noticed my foot was wet... I was pouring the beer into the can holder... the can holder has no bottom. I had no idea what I was doing. ( you are supposed to put the can IN the holder... not pour the beer in) *sigh

I am an idiot.

I guess i'm tired? or just braindead.

Time for an ibuprofen and bed.

I can't believe I don't hurt.

It is Thursday. Today I work at 12:30. I had yesterday off and planted a bunch of my bulbs. Maybe half of the over 400 I have to plant. So I now have Easter colored tulips (pastels) and lily flowered tulips, some drumstick alliums, grape hyacinths and I transplanted a bunch of lily of the valleys from the side of the house. I put all these in at the back of the house on the other side of the shed along the edge of the grass. I think I may put my hydrangeas back there as well. They will have a little more insulation from the cold because of the oak trees, and once the crooked smaller trees are cut down they will be in a bit more sunny of an area. They like part shade anyway.

I bought another bag of 50 daffodils on the weekend at Wal-Mart. They were half price. Chris says “I need help”. I think he was kidding :D. Or was he! They really don’t go as far as you might think. You want to group them so there are blocks of color. I got the grape hyacinths that day too. I want to go back and see if there is anything left and buy more. It is going to be sooo pretty! Maybe some paper whites, or something like that. I’m planning on putting crocus’ in the “meadow” ( the area there the driveway stops, around the shed, till we move the shed anyway) for naturalizing. They will be up early enough I think that Chris could still mow if he wanted. Plus I could hand turn some of the earth and try planting the wild flowers again so he wouldn’t have to mow there. It would be cool the try doing a “prairie”. That seems to be a trend around here, putting in natural prairies.

Maybe someday I can get a green house. Oohhh, and a potting table. Then I’d have a place for my bags of dirt and 3 million plastic pots that I might need eventually for starting seeds. My plants in the front are starting to die back. I think I may remove some and then plant some lilies in there. That will be so pretty. I have 10 Asiatic lilies and some blue hyacinths that I removed from a pot I bought at home depot when we bought the house.

On the weekend (I think it was this past weekend.. but they sort of all run together) I planted all the mixed wildflower plants I had in containers in the ground at the side of the driveway. When they die back I’ll cut them and maybe they will reseed themselves. The other big thing is that we (Chris, I watched) pulled down the big dead tree that was leaning against the dead oak tree branch. I came down with a hell of a crack. The oak branch stayed put, even dead oak limbs are strong. That’s comforting for the future if our oaks die back, they aren’t going to fall down and smash the house.

Chris is going away for a few days starting Sunday. On Saturday while he is at work ( my day off) I’m going to go do flowers till he is done work. Maybe on Sunday too when he leaves. Oh, I think I made plans with Shawna… so, maybe not.