So here I am.....procrastinating on cleaning the house. I'm actually quite closer to being clean than I was the last time my folks came into town. It feels pretty dammed good to say the least. The coffee table is actually ALMOST cleaned right off! Now THAT is a feat in itself! :D I need to neaten up the office room and pull my mattress from out of the closet and set it up on the floor. If I have that done soonish it'll be good. I'm going to finish the living room, clean the office, move to the porch, then kitchen. The bedroom and bathroom will be last since they will be the last things needed in the end.....well first really. If my parents do stay here, I need to change the bed that day. The bathroom is always a work in progress....but that being said, I need to finish the SUPER SIMPLE job of painting the corners in it. I still haven't done it. It's not like I'm putting a second coat on the whole room. It's the corners I couldn't reach with the step stool but am now in possession of a ladder that will let me have access to the corners and I STILL haven't done it. *shakes head* I should do it today and then I will safely be able to shower tomorrow without worrying about it getting ruined from the moisture....hhhhmmmm.....or having to worry if the walls are too wet to have a shower yet. Oh the choices.

Anyway....I should get this all done. Plus I have to work close tonight. It's going to be another long day.....*sighs* I sometimes long for those 9-5 shifts so I wouldn't be working until 3am. As much as I know that I'm a nighthawk, I think it would finally make me somewhat 'normal' and on a good sleep schedule. Cheers!

I have no clue why today ended up feeling like the longest day of my life, but it did. I woke up at 10, had a shower and got myself ready to start my day. I loaded up my car with some large rubbermaid bins and my plant accessories. I headed over to Cheadles to take care of my plants. All in all it took me about 2 hours to do it all. I used to be able to do it all in 1.5 hours....I've gained a half hour. No clue how, but it makes what I get paid seem that much more worth it I guess. Nothing big going on there. Worried slightly about the HUGE dieffenbacia in one of the partners' office. I will going online to look at ways to support it. I swear the circumphrence of the stalk is possible 10-12" and the leaves have to be at least 2 feet in length from the tip to the base of the leaf. It's huge and I'm in love with it. :P After the plants I took my rubbermaid bins and went to Hilldale. The plan was to empty some boxes and dump them in the rubbermaid bins (I had to do that to make sure I wouldn't be bringing any mice home with me). I empties about 5 boxes in total and brought 2 filled with papers back here. I wasn't worried about the ones with the papers in them since they were fulled sealed with no holes in them. I'm relaly upset about what I've let happen to my stuff there. I have so much soap and soapmaking supplies that are pretty much ruined. That's a lot of money down the tubes. Plus all my books are moist feeling and I'm sure have that telltale mould smell. I'm going to bring them home before winter sets in again. My music books also have suffered the same fate, plus they had some heavy box on top of them bending and destroying them. At the beginning of summer I rearranged them under a heavy box to try to flatten them out again. I'll bring them home the same time I bring the other books home. I also have SO much stuff I need to get rid of on Ebay. I will post them once. If they don't sell I will sell them at my yard sale or find specific communities that look for people who want to collect/buy the old 80's toys I have a lot of. Most of it is common stuff so I'll just put it in the yard sale, but there is some stuff I have that is different. Anyway, I was there for 1.5 hours, sorting and other stuff. I left and headed home, let the dog run for a half hour and put her back in the kennel so I could go on my hot dinner date with Candice. I hadn't seen her for months, so it was time to catch up. We went to our usual Prospector and ate a lovely supper. I had to cut it short though since I took a shift at work since Adam got the flu and brought a doctor's note in. He couldn't work his next 3 shifts. I (after talking to Candice about moving our dinner time up) took his late. I got to work for 6 (which I said was my time) and seen that Matt wasn't looking so hot either (he called in on Tuesday). I ended up taking his close from him, and we let him go home first since he looked like he was on death's door. And he likes to work. He doesn't like to give his shifts up since he can't work as much anymore since he's in school.

I think it was Hilldale that did me in. I was trying to neaten things up as much as I could. Moving heavy boxes....one of them that I brought home was quite heavy as well. And I have to work Thursday 12-9, Friday 4:30-3:30am, Sat 5-short, Sunday 5-short, Monday off, Tuesday 9-2:30 (pick up parents from airport), Wednesday 12-9, Thursday 5-late and then the weekend comes and off to Duluth I go to buy Christmas gifts and attempt to not buy things I don't need (which Lyndon so dutifully pointed out to me....seriously he's good for me. He's my serious logic I don't seem to pocess 90% of the time when it comes to 'THINGS').

Anyway....bed calls loud and clear! Cheers!

I've seen my man and I'm a happy camper. He said to me on Friday night how he's suddenly allowed to see people. I always ask him how he's doing, bored.....so I told him I wish I could alleviate him of his boredom. Oh you can apparently come over now, he informs me. Oh....anyway...cut to tonight. I make the plans, and we have dinner and go see a movie. YAY!!!!! So now we're back to having somewhat of a normal relationship that's not based on texting. Thank god!

I finished my 3rd page of Scamp the cross stitch. I've been working on my fourth page as much as I can. I'll sit and watch a movie and work on it. Then put it down and clean house. As long as I make that plan "ok watch this movie, and work on Scamp, then clean." I seem to get things done. It feels good that I'm getting something accomplished. I still have a lot to do, but it's SO much further than it was earlier last week. I work 9-5 (more like 9-2 or 3)  tomorrow so I don't know how much cleaning I will feel like doing, but if I get a few hours in I'll feel good.

Well it's bed time for me Cheers!

So y'know when you have this feeling that...something isn't quite right with the outside world? You just lie in bed thinking how the light filtering through your curtains is....just different this morning compared to any other morning you've experienced for the last 6 months.

Then it dawns on you.

That light....

That slightly brighter colour....

Is it......

No it can't possibly be.....

*sneaks a peek outside*

Yes....*sighs* it's snow.

What in the heck weather? Did someone inform you that we are not back to the 80's/90's when Halloween ALWAYS had snow on the ground! NO! Only fashion is back to that (horribly fashionable) time!!!! I'm liking the lack of white stuff. I have to look at it for TOO MANY months.

I'm going to drive Lyndon nuts with my winter grumblings. I will never go out (although he might find that a bonus ;] ) and I pretty much hibernate. I will be hopefully getting stuff from Hilldale before too much snow flies and bringing it here so I can go through it and find things I KNOW I'm missing.

So I'm going to be getting a 75 or 80 gallon tank for the hermies! I was going to buy one from my manager, but he informed me that his kids cracked the back without telling him, so I was SOL. But last night Adam from work told me he had one left and would just give it to me. :D Super happy. Now I have to get my house cleaned up and get that thing here so I can set it up before my parents come! This is my goal. I have 2 weeks and I think I can do it! As long as I don't get sick, everything's a go!  YES YES YES!!!!!

3 1/2 weeks until Lyndon can see me without me getting it. Countdown begins!

So Lyndon has mono! Oh lovely. He's off work for a month and no seeing me. I was reading about it online and he's infectious for a few weeks and it has been bad starting this week.  I don't want it since I've never had it. I'm pretty sure I won't get sick anyway since I'm some immune crazy person, but I'm not taking any chances. This is going to suck. And by the time we can probably safely see each other, guess who's in town!?!?!? Which means another week of not seeing each other...or at least any time to ourselves. Colour me impressed....I hardly think so. I also want to bug him about who he's been kissing other than me....but I won't go there....at least not yet...heh, heh.

So things have been normal....I'm doing a big 'clean' AKA moving things around so my house doesn't look that bad. My folks come in 3 weeks and 5 days. I want things done. I also want the new aquarium set up for the Hermies so I can buy more (YES it's an addiction! At least it's not drugs!!!). I have to hunt down one of those old school desks that are higher. I bought my first one from the sally ann and I have always seen them there.....until I need one. so I want to go there everyday so I don't miss out on one. But that's totally illogical, so when I go out I make sure I make time to go and check it out. As soon as I see one, it's mine. No questions. I've already got an idea of where the new crabitat is going to go, now I have to decide if I want to change around my living room again. I get so bored of the way things are set up and try out different things. As soon as I clean it up moving shall commense! I'm kind of excited about the prospect. I'm getting that itch so I need to clean fairly fast!

I'm looking forward to Saturday. Not only is it my first day off in 9 days (yeah I'm dumb, tell me something I don't know) and it's Thanksgiving dinner at Elise's house. Then I start at 6 day run cuz I'm an idiot. Tip pool will be pretty sweet though....and my cheque will be as well.

Anyway I just wanted to post since I was online and I have been lacking. Cheers.

It's 5 am and I'm still up. I really want to go to bed, but my mind won't urge my body to do so. *sighs*

Today was hell at work. It just wouldn't end. Constant bills coming from the printer until 11. Just when you thought there was a quiet moment and we call sort of drew a relieved breath.....it would start again and we'd get ourselves into food making mode again. I closed as per usual. On the drive home, on Red River Road, 1 or 2 eggs were thrown at my car as we drove past a speeding (possibly white) truck. I was with Fred and James giving them rides to their respective houses. What a way to top off my night. Those youngsters are very lucky I was too tired to do anything, that my phone wasn't accessible, and that my car has no power behind it. When I got home I took the hose to my car because I didn't feel like trying to get it off in the morning when it (potentially) dried up.

I also feel bad cuz I texted Lyndon while on my supper. He didn't text me back until I got back down from supper. By that time I had no time to answer him. He sent me 2 one asking how my night was and then then second saying something about not talking to him. I took a quick moment to just text him back "it's f-ing busy!" But I guess that had hte undertones of leave me alone....which I didn't mean it too....I guess it just kinda reads that way. He sent me one back saying "I understand sorry I was buggin you." I apologised through 2 texts but haven't gotten anything back yet. Texting is just as bad as MSN. You can't really express the emotion behind what you're saying. I hope I can see him tomorrow after work. But I have a feeling that if it was anything like today was, I won't be seeing him at all. *sighs* And it's been 3 months now! :D I'm SO happy! I just can't believe this....I don't know why I can't....I guess I just don't have the best track record with guys. It's wonderful though!

I think I may have a mouse in the house already. Ginger is WAY WAY WAY too interested in the area behind the TV. I am slowly cleaning it up and trying to organise it. I'm thinking of moving my TV over and trying to make hte area behind my TV my crafty space. I also want to get a bigger aquarium for my hermies. I have 13 now and the small 30 gallon is WAY too small for that many. I'm hoping one of the managers at work will still sell me this 80 gallon he has for $50. I know where I want to put it, if my idea will work out. I'm just going to have to move things around to find out. There are 6 Hermies up for grabs on kijiji....but I don't have what this person is looking for in a set up. It makes me sad cuz I would totally go for them, if I fit the requirements. I'm happy they have such high sandards though. I feel bad that mine aren't getting the 100% proper care (although I did just get a very successful molt from a hermie....a very rare hermie if it's the type I think it is!) but I'm working on it. If worse comes to worse I will just set up another smaller tank for them and split them up. It's a sick addiction, but at least it's not smaking, drinking or drugs. I point that out to people now when they say "you got MORE hermit crabs!?!?!!?!?"

Anyway, I think I'm going to head to bed now! Cheers!

Wow....hello lack of posting. I need to get better. Then I think again who wants to hear about my lack of motivation on many things going on in my life?

Anyway...I want and am looking for a new job. I'm hating BP a little more every day. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that I feel too old to be there anymore. Many of the people I work with are high school, or just out of high school age and are either in school, currently taking a break of school, etc.  A few others are just working, or can't find a better job....or whatever. I could be in such a better place right now. I've even debated maybe applying to get into the education program at LU. I don't really want to be a teacher. If I do I would want to be a primary teacher for sure. I just don't want to do more school. I think if I don't get a good job in a year that's the route I'm going to go. I know I'm never going to get into a higher position at BP ever. I was thinking I could ride supervisor for a while, but I think I need to get a bit more serious. I want to have a normal life that isn't working evenings (even though I whined that I hated working in the day.....having a boyfirend has kinda changed that) and maybe some weekends off that I don't have to book off all the time. I'm going to take the safe food handling course (a one day thing) and apply to work in the kitchens at  old age homes. You get paid something like $17 an hour, and yes I may have to work some evenings but it won't be until 1 or 3 am and I can have some normal life. It's union though, which I don't like that idea, but as my mom pointed out I will be working for the city (which is a win in itself) and I would see all the internal job postings before they go public. This could lead me to get a job working for their greenhousing stuff....which is also what I would love to be doing. SO this could work out....ideally at least. What about writing, you may ask. Yes that is still something I want to do as well, but it's not going to pay the bills when I'm trying to write them AND get them published/selling.

So Lyndon and I are still still together (YAY!!!!!!) . It's been a month and a half now.....I think....something like end of June we started going out. *beams stupidly* Yeah I like him a lot. He's wonderful and making me stupidly happy. Ginger just adores him which is also a bonus as well. We don't see each other too frequently, but that may be a good thing. I just hate not being able to see him when I should be able to in normal life. Once the new dog classes start I will be changing my schedule around. No more Sundays and no more late Saturday nights. I'm tired of always working weekends and the only way of ever getting one off is booking it off. I will comprimise if I have to, but it will be either have Saturday or Sunday off. I have a feeling there will be a strong reaction for me asking for Sundays off. I really want to join the Roller Derby group. I have always wanted to do it and now I have a chance! And I don't want late night Saturdays anymore since dogs will be at 9 or 10 in the morning. It will be on brock street therefore I have to leave almost a half hour before class starts. I have to be awake enough to drive there AND be able to run around with the Ging.

On Wednesday I leave for a short trip to Minni with Natalie. I'm super excited. I'm going to see Jason Mraz!!!!!! As well as Jonny Lang again. But JASON MRAZ!!!!! And as well we are going to thrift shop our hearts out! I'm SO excited about that. There is always something so exciting about thrift shopping in other cities. I guess cuz you can find so many different things than are available here. Well that's kind of a lie BUT they have Ikea.....so the likely hood of MORE Ikea stuff at these places is VERY exciting.

Anyway, I have some stuff to do before work, like clean the house so it's decent when I get home from the trip. Cheers!

Oh sweet Livejournal. I've been a bad poster!

So it's been a while. I apologize. I've been kinda busy with work, and making jewelry for the Dragon Boat fest as well as trying to spend some time with Lyndon.

On Tuesday Ginger went to the vet. She is down to 14.8 pounds which is great since the vet wanted her no more than 15 and she was at 18 last time we were there. The agility and only food once a day is working well for her! He said her fur looks so much fuller than before and that she's doing excellent. There is fur starting to grow out of her scars on her face. This is great news since I always thought it would never happen. She also had her blood test for her liver and kidneys. Her liver enzymes were up again, but only to 156, and they should be between 10 and 100. Ginger's highest was something way over 500.....I want to say almost over 800.....but it was bad in the beginning. The last time she had the test they were at 99, so she's got a little spike but I think it's always going to happen. There was the potential that she would be off her meds, but not with this spike. *shrugs* it's ok.  I would rather have her on the meds and being healthy then being off them and possibly getting sick again.

Adam's in the hospital with, what they think, is a blood clot in his leg. He's supposed to be coming here for his best friend's wedding next weekend, and it's looking like that may not happen. He was also in the hospital on Sunday for a bleeding ulcer. I have no clue what is going on with him suddenly, but it's a bit worrysome. I have to phone my folks tonight to find out what's going on with him and how he's doing.

Things with Lyndon and I are great. It's weird how I keep thinking we've been dating for a month now, but it hasn't even been that long yet. We've only just known each other for a month now. It's so weird. I love spending time with him, even if we don't talk all the time. We don't need to. He's so sweet and he makes me laugh. He's always telling me he's cold-hearted but I don't ever see that. Last night he asked me if I wanted to come to his cousin's wedding reception next month. Unfortunately it's while I'm out of town. He also opened the car door for me last night....like....I was just all....ooooOOOOOooooo. I wasn't expecting that at all. We pretty much talk every night....well text each other. I think we have missed a few nights, but that's not a huge thing. He's just pretty amazing right now. He makes me smile. :D

So....I wrote that Thursday....it's now.....Friday.....well ok Saturday....I haven't slept yet. Stupid me. I have a long day ahead of me too. I have to sell my stuff anf actually be kinda conscious for it too. I'll deal. I've actually worked with no sleep, and I really have to concentrate then sothis should be ok. Dawn will be there to help out. And I can crash when I get home. I have no plans for the evening besides possibly going to Wal-Mart with the guys after they work in case we have to pick some more stuff up. I'll sleep in between then. Lyndon's got plans with the guys, so there is no hope of us getting together. I'm not going to see him for over a week now and I'm sad about that. But when he gets back I'll make sure we get together ASAP. I'm hoping he does make an appearance at the dragon boat for me though. Oh the other plan for the evening: get some clothes ready for camping, as well as fishing rods and other things. If i can hold it together that long, I'll be good to go!

Anyway....if you're going to check out the dragon boat come by and say hi to me. I'll be one of many other jewelry makers there, I'm sure and as per usual. So cheers all!

I went fishing with Adam from work today! It was fun and relaxing. We caught nothing to keep. I caught a small perch and a 28" pike. Adam caught snags. We went to his dad's place to drop off his boat before he took me home and I met his step mom and his grandma. His step mom asked him about me....and said I was nice and that he should go out with me *laughs* HA HA HA HA! I call Adam my psuedo little brother. When we first started working together he annoyed the crap out of me so much. I even remember asking him "do you ever stop talking?".I know I hurt his feelings then and I feel bad, but we're good friends now. He's a great guy and when he does find the right girl he will treat her like gold. There is only one guy I would actually go out with at work and that'd be Mike. Besides I'm considered 'one of the guys" *laughs* at least in Adam's eyes. We were talking about our camping trip and Adam says to me "so....are we bringing one really big tent or one big tent and one small tent for Sarah?" I said "One big tent, I fart like the rest of you." He laughed and laughed. I'm really excited about this trip.

Tomorrow Lyndon and I are going to be going to Eagle Canyon and the suspension bridges. I'm really excited since I've never been before and he says he hasn't either. I was thinking we could go to Ouimet Canyon, which I've been to before, but I love it there. He may come to a day of the Blues Fest too....I have to bug him about that and see if he's still going to. He can come if he wants. It's not for everyone really....and I don't want to take up too much of his time or get him sick of me (although he said he's only seen me twice since the cruise and he hasn't even gotten a chance to get sick of me yet). And we're going to see each other on monday or tuesday. I'm so happy I get to see him yet again. As they say....new....like. Saying new Love is a bit much right now. We're still getting to know each other.

Blues Festival also starts tomorrow! So excited!!!!!!!!!!! I'm going to make lots and lots of jewelry I hope. With the help of my friends YEAH!

Anyway, it's time for sleep since I have a busy day ahead of me tomorrow. Cheers!

It's almost 3am and I'm still ripping CD's. Joy of joys. I swear....although I am getting some pretty good music out of doing this, I'm tired and I want it to end. But it's never going to end....I see no end in sight. On the bright side, Uncle Tom has a lot of tghe same music as I, so I don't have to add as much as I thought PLUS Dad doesn't want EVERYTHING! YES! It's cutting a few of the CD's down. I'm making sure I get the ones he wants first then the others will have to wait.

Thursday is fishing day! Super excited about that! I have no clue when Adam is supposed to come get me. I think I was supposed to text him this evening....maybe he was supposed to? I dunno. I wanted to text Lyndon too BUT I decided not to. I don't want to keep bugging him. He says he doesn't mind, but I feel like I am. I can't wait for Friday when I see him again. Tomorrow is not going to go by fast enough. *sighs*

Tomorrow is also my parents last day in town. I didn't know they were going to be staying the extra few days so I made these fishing plans last week. It's ok. After dogs we're going to hang out. I have no clue how Ginger is even going to do at dogs. She hasn't been in 3 weeks, and she was with Gramps for 2 of them unlearning whatever she knew. I never even did the homework, but I think they will understand when I explain that there was a death in the family, etc, etc. I know we will have to do agility 2 again. They said every dog usually does.

Tonight at work sucked. I ended up giving up my late (which is unheard of for me....but I closed every shift I worked this week except for Sunday. I just wanted to go home) and became a short. They were already saying that the ,ate would be closing and I was happy to give it up. And before you think it, no I wasn't going to go to the marina. I actually wanted to come home and work on the CD's. That was my big plan for the night. Well guess what? I ended up closing. I swear, people must think we are the only restaurant in this city that is ever open. So I have yet another 8 hour shift to ad to my week. Time and half isn't anything to sniff at, plus the fact that we get stat pay BUT I had stuff to do! And John apparently told Shannon "Thank god for Sarah!" seriously? why do we rely on me so much!?!?!?!? And you really think your offering of "we'll buy you supper!!!!!" is going to make it that much better? No it's not. I'm tired of BP food. Seriously. I've been there for 4.5 years almost....the food is getting a bit old to me *rolls eyes* How about giving me a weekend off without me having to book it off? That'd be pretty cool! ARUGH!!!!!!!

Anyway, I should moesy on out. I think I need to be up early for fishing....and I need to have a shower in the worst way ever when the morning light arrives. Cheers!

I used to say Candidda when I was little. My dad reminds me that all the time *laughs*

So tonight was another busy night, not as bad as yesterday though. Last time I looked at our bill count it was at 581. That's rediculous for a Tuesday. And I would have to say that we got equal amounts of orders for pasta and for build line, even thought it was pasta Tuesday. *sighs*

So I chatted with the boy today during my lunch break. Lucky jerk got the rest of the week off! I'm so jealous! And of course I have plans for pretty much the rest of the week....well tomorrow my folks are here (and until friday). Dad is going to build me a shed! YAY! So I'm going to either help with that or rip music for my dad. I think ripping music is what I'm going to end up doing since Thursday I'm fishing all day with Adam (from work), and Thursday night I have dogs. Unless it's raining and there is no fishing (but still dogs). Mom and dad leave on Friday morning and Lyndon and I plan on going for a mini-adventure until I have to go to the Blues fest. I'm excited about it! He said he would figure something out (even though it was my idea). I know what I want to do if it was my choice. Another day I suppose. If we don't go on an adventure we could probably just hang out here. I dunno. I'm just excited I get to hang out with him. Ah, new boy....always giddy and smilie I am now.

Exciting news - AMANDA MARSHALL IS RELEASING A NEW ALBUM EARLY 2010!!!!!!! FIANLLY!!!!!!! I've been WAITING for this day for YEARS and YEARS! She will then be on tour shortly after that, and she HAD BETTER get her pretty little ass HERE so I can see her live again. I'm so flipping excited. It's about freaking time Amanada Marshall! Sheesh!

Anyway, it's time for me to do others things (like maybe go to sleep....) Cheers!

I think I got this cold that was floating around with my friends on the cruise. My throat is sore, I woke up with a plugged up nose and I feel like crap. My nose is currently plugged. This is going to be wonderful! If this is the cold everyone has been getting, then it's a hard one to shake.

I finally talked to Lyndon! It made me so happy yesterday. I just babbled on and on to him, he said he didn't mind. He's so cute. We were trying to think of the next time we could hang out, and it's possible it won't be until the Blues Fest. I asked him if he goes (since he's a musician kinda guy) and he said he's never been, and won't go by himself, but will go if he was invited. I said well you are more than welcome to come, it is a public place, but I'm going to be there all weekend, and I would like him to come and hang out. I think it may happen, but we'll see. I'll phone him during my supper break tonight and ask him if he's going to come along. I hate that I most likely won't see him until then :( but there's not much I can do. I said to him that I might call him tonight depending if there was someone upstairs with him to talk to, or my book was good....or there was a movie. He said "well it's nice to know I'm so low on your list." and I said "no! You are like second....but only second to Ginger cuz she's my baby right now.....I had to fly to Virginia to get her, I dealt with her skin issues, she's my little shadow and my number one. You are number 2." He was cool with that "Well I guess I can't upstage that then." He told me I could call him anytime, since I told him I've been wanting to talk to him since Tuesday but I never called since I would get home late and I didn't want to bug him. He said it was ok, but I know he works different hours than I do. I'm hoping to get a few more day shifts so I can hang out with him, but I won't be giving up shifts to see him. I think he'll understand. Plus I don't want to be taking up all his time. I'm not a clingy girl. He has friends to hang out with and stuff, as do I. I'm going fishing with a guy I work with on Thursday, and then going for an overnight camping trip with the same guy and another guy I work with in the middle of July. He seemed alright with that too, unless he's not saying it *shrugs* I mentioned it before anything was really going on between us, and he was like "that's cool" so who knows.

Yesterday was the funeral. It was so sad. We did the visitation on Wednesday night. It didn't even look like him. I found it really hard to see him like that. I'm trying to erase the image of him in the casket to all the other memories I have of him. It's really hard. My Uncle Tom was such an amazing man. He had such an infectious smile and laugh. He was incredibly talented, his knowledge of general trivia was amazing. He shared a love of puzzles much like I did, and when I was younger and still working on puzzles, I would chat with him and tell him my progress. I found one of those World's Most Difficult Puzzles and timed myself. I believe it took me 24 hours in total to do it, I think he had me beat. He would work on puzzles, then flip them upside down and work on them wthout the picture. His collection of music was second to none. I'm sure he had every album that Elton John ever released, plus many more Elton John items. He was most definately his biggest fan out there. He now lays beside his father, who also died at an early age. I am going to make a note to visit everyone there more often. I would like to speak to them all, since I know they will all be listening.

Anyway, I have to go to help out at my Uncle Tom's house now. My Aunt and Uncle are going to take it over since they are being evicted from their current apartment for whatever reason. My Aunt was telling me how she loves it there, and just started up her veggie garden, planted some perennials, and how my Uncle just fixed up their porch/outside sitting area. She's not too happy about it. We're all going to help and get the house relatively cleaned out for them, and they can make Uncle Tom's house theirs.

Well cheers all!

I'm trying to pack. It's annoying because I don't know what to bring. I don't want to overpack since I have no qualms about wearing the same clothes over again, but then I'm in fear of not packing enough since cruises seem to have so many clothing restrictions when it comes to eating in the dining room. Elise said not to worry about it, but I can't help it. In the pack of my mind I keep thinking I may not have the right clothing for it. I also think I'm bringing too much baggage. My mom said to pack one suitcase into another, in case I have to bring home a lot of stuff. I can't see myself buying too much since everything on the cruise is going to be stupidly expensive, plus...well who knows what's going to happen. The worse thing that will happen is I will need the...the best that will happen, is it was all for not and I can leave them as is. I think I will have room in the small suitcase, so this will be a good sign.

I bought the rest of my veggies yesterday. I bought an english cucumber, more corn, head lettuce and a tomato. I'm trying to grow the tomato upside down. They say that they are perfectly fine like that and you get less bug problems. I'm willing to try to see what happens. I also bought a few more perennials. I'm really excited about my blue creeping phlox. We used to have them at the greenhouse and they either died, or bought/given away. I also bought a varigated creeping phlox, a sprite astilbe, a blue delphinium and a yellow columbine. When I get back from the trip I'm going to look atg Vanderwees. I like going to the cheaper places, but truth be told, they don't have the selection. I'm mostly looking for a few more shade plants and I just havn't found anything. I really need some border shade plants. I'll look at the prices there and decide if it's worth it.

Ok I have to get back to packing! And washing the clothes I want to bring....so little time and so MUCH to do! ACK!!!! Cheers!

Today I planted my veggie garden! I'm really pumped since I have WAY more in there than I did last year. I planted my inside corn, pumpkin, watermelon and cantaloupe I started in April and then I seeded my outside corn, yellow beans, green beans, peas and carrots. I forgot to get lettuce seeds so I'm going to buy some tomorrow, plus see if I can locate an english cucumber vine or 2. I also moved some perennials around my flower beds. I moved the hostas, ferns and this astilbe looking plant to the shade area since that's where they belong. I moved my irises and dayliliies to the empty shade plant spots. Now I need to find some smaller shade plants tp bprde rhte shade area and maybe some other border plants for the sunny flower bed. I don't know yet, I'm thinking about it.

I have 4 days left before I leave. Have I packed yet? HELLS NO! I have started to put my toileties together and I have my dresses packed. I'm a pretty quick clothes packer....plus I do actually wear things over and over again, so I tend to pack pretty light. It's just the fact that some things are dress coded. so now I'm slightly confused. So I hope I've got the right amount of appropriate nice clothes. *sighs* so much to do.

Anyway, I need to get to bed. I have much to do tomorrow and I want to get up early for my outings. Cheers!

I forget the last day I posted.....I started a post, but I never got it finished.

So on Wednesday I spent the morning picking up some things for the cruise and bought my new luggage....It's my first new luggage since my parents bought my brother and I our own set when we were little (yeah....we both got these sets....Mine was pink and Adam's was blue and red....and it was all because we drove to Florida for the Christmas holidays) pezessed and I did some gardening. She came over to my house and I split my perennials for a little bit of plant sharing (I always believe that plants are meant to be shared). We then drove to her house and planted them in her front garden. They looked so good there! I then stayed for dinner and had some pork tenderloin (SO GOOD!!!!!), her rice concoction (also so amazing...and the rice smelled like popcorn when it was cooking!) and eggplant done on the grill (which I am proud to say I have tried eggplant, but I don't think I will have it again). It was a good day. 

On Thursday angel_of_joy  and I went out to her camp (road) and picked up some rocks. We loaded her car, had some lunch and went back to her place. We cleaned up the spot around her pond, set up the rocks around the pond, I split a huge daylily, and planted a few other plants before I had to leave for home. I had dogs to go to. Ginger and I went to dogs, and it was so hard to get her attention this week. Someone was wandering the field the last few nights there. Her nose was plastered to the ground. She almost barreled through a jump beacuse of it. She did alright. I wasn't too happy with her this week as I was last week. Now we have to miss 2 classes, which I'm not totally happy about, but like Carolyn and Michelle said, it's better to just miss 2 classes than miss almost 2 months.

Yesterday I dug up the shade garden area. I feel really good about that. I was pretty sure I wasn't going to get the whole thing done since I had to work and I wanted to get my shade plants in the ground before I left. I got that fully done. I want to move the hostas I have in the sunny spot in the front, to that section, plus pick up a few other shade loving plants. I'm thinking an astilbe maybe 2....I might have one at Hilldale. I'll have to look when I get back. I think I had a dawrf one there when I looked last year. I had a bad night at work. I was so lazy. I didn't even close the kitchen by myself. It's so hot in there though. I felt like crap. We got some tables at the end of the night. It was rediculous. People came in at 2:55 and ordered 2 minutes later. I hate people who do that. I like my job a lot....but it sucks sometimes.

Today I want to start packing....but I want to go outside too. I've got almost all my clothes washed, which is good. Tonight is Wal-Mart party with Mikey and Adam. I'll pick up a few things that I'll need then. I like this party thing, it's quiet and I can get stuff. They have their usual thing, but I can always wander off....and I usually do. I want to be done packing by Tuesday. I don't have time to do it on Wednesday cuz I have to work the day shift, go to Norrin's 1st bdau party and leave that early to get my hair done. I will probably end up going back to Elise and James' house if I don't bring my suitcase then. I have to ask them when they want me to bring it. I'm sure they don't want to worry about it during the party, especially since there will be people there that aren't going. I have so much stuff toget still for the cruise. I'm looking at sites that have suggestions for the cruises and they have a lot of great ideas. Plus a girl I work with has been on tonnes of cruises and she's going to give me the link to a website that gets you on the excursions for cheaper than what the cruise line gives you. You aren't garunteed to get on an excursion, but you won't lose money on it either. She also gave me tips like bring your own pop, or whatever you want to drink (I don't dirnk alcohol....so that was her main thing....my mom told me the same thing). She also said she never goes on excursions since she's just happy enough to sit on the beach. I'm thinking I may end up doing that for a few of the stops. The excursions are super expensive and in US$. It doesn't sit well with me. I'ts les than a week. Today in a week I'll be boarding the bost. This is so exciting!

Anyway, I should start packing since the day's going by fast and I have to work tonight. Cheers!

I went yard saling yesterday, then afterwards I was going to buy a composter and a few other things. Well I guess yesterday was my lucky day. The first yard sale I went to, there was a composter there! I asked if I could buy it, the lady said there was another lady on her cell, calling her husband because she wanted it. She looked around "well I don't see anyone around here on a phone....." she looks back at me "well, I'll give her a little bit more, but she hasn't been back for a bit....." she looks around again "do you want to look around more.....well.....I don't see her and she hasn't been back....." she looks at me and says "y'know what? You want it?" "yes I really do!" " well then it's yours. I don't see her anywhere and she hasn't been back, You snooze you lose. It's yours! $10 please!" I was so happy since I save at least $30 since they seem to cost about $40. It's been my best purchase for a while! I bought a wooden plant shelf....well they look like those wood ones that some stores have plants on. They seem to be pretty popular. I also bought a few books (not that I need anymore, but you can never have enough of them!), some gift bags, some bells for Chrismas and some dish rags and clothes....I'm pretty sure they're brand new too. I'm happy with my purchases this weekend!

Less than 2 weeks until my cruise! It's so exciting! I'm no where near ready to go. I have to buy a new suitcase (I don't even have a suitcase, I've always used this duffle bag with wheels) and then start packing! I can't believe it's come up so fast! The day before we leave is Norrin's first birthday party! I can't believe he's going to be a year old soon! Time sure has flown by! That means Peyton (my friend Christina's little girl) is going to be a year old very soon too! Holy man! I need to go shopping for some brithday gifts! I already know what toy I'm getting for Norrin, but I'm going to get him some clothes for the summer, and I will finally frame the cross stitch I was supposed to give to him WHEN HE WAS BORN!!!!!!! *laughs* I'm so bad at doing things like that!

I'm really hoping to get some soil here before I leave. I have a feeling I won't be getting that done, but I'm crossing my fingers. I have so much to do before I leave. I have to pack still and I have to make sure I HAVE EVERYTHING most important to this trip. I have a tendancy to forget things.....I'm kaing several lists with everything on them and triple checking them. I can't believe it's less than 2 weeks away. I'm excited and nervous all at the same time. This week pezessed is going to come over sometime to collect an offering of perennials. I have a few that can be split (to make room for the ones I lugged here from Hilldale). I can also break up thise and share as well since they need to be clenaed of the grass. I have a white rock cress that looks like a huge dome right now and I want to break up, This may be a good opportunity. I have only had it for a year and it's massive. I guess I have special sun and soil (*cough, cough* sand *cough, cough*) here. I also want to get my veggie seeds in before I leave. My dad said I sould have some in the ground now, but I don't have my precious topsoil. A guy was advertising 3 1/2 yards of topsoil delivered for $120. My dad said that was good if it was relaly good topsoil. I keep meaning to phone him. I think I will tomorrow and see what the guy has to offer. My dad said 3 1/2 yards should be enough. I can dig into my tip pool since I have a lot saved up.

I also make about $30 this weekend from my earrings. Some girls at work were going nuts over them. It made me feel good *beams*. Even the guys were coming and looking at them. I got the whole "Wow! How do you do it?" and I just say it's easy. But I've come to realise that some people have no clue how to make things. So what I find so easy is actually difficult to others. I remember teaching a girl I work with how to make these simple beaded 5 petal flowers for bobby pins. She couldn't get it and was getting frustrated.....then I was getting frustrated cuz she couldn't do it. I found it so easy and she couldn't wrap her head around it. I hope that doesn't sound full of myself....but I know there are things those girls can do that I can't, so I envy them in other ways. I don't understand how they can deal with customers. I did it, and had to bite my tongue all the time. People are so different.

I keep thinking about a guy at work. I've worked with him forever....and I think I just like him more and more each day. Them sometimes I just think I don't....like I don't get that butterfly-ie feeling I got in my tummy like I did with Andy....but when I see him I smile. I don't know what to think....I'm so confused. I think he might like me.....but he's never really made any movements to prove that....well besides being nice to me and not bugging me as much as bugging the others.....granted, no one really bugs me there. I'm like the little sister of the kitchen who everyone watches out for.....for the most part. I don't know. So confused.....but that's my life....as per usual!

Anyway, it's time for bed. Cheers!

Ginger got through her first class of agility 2 class! It's outside Birchcroft kennels, so it's a bit noisy with all the dogs in the kennel and outside with a lot of smells. Lucky for me, Ginger doesn't like to 'talk' to other dogs so I have no worries about the dogs barking....it's her nose to the ground I have to change. I'm working on that. Always by the end of the class she is more in tune with me, but she likes to find everyone else's treats and eat them. I swear, she'd clean that field if I let her. She did decently well for being her first night out there. She enjoyed herself yet again and had no fear going on the a frame, the small teeter, or the raised walk thing (i forgot the smae of it already). I'm determined to get her do be weaving without me having to guide her by the end of these classes. I'm going to go as far as making some weave poles so I can practice in the yard. That;s the only thing I worry about with her.

We also got a compliment with her target touching. They have to touch a target when they get to the end of an obsticale with front legs on the ground and back legs on the obsticale. She has been pretty successful with doing it, keeping her legs on and touching the little circle. One girl who was in the last class with me said how well she does it and asks if I was practicing with her. I said no, justa few times in the beginning, but that was it. She was amazed. I think Ginger is pretty smart, I just don't work with her potential. I really should. I bet i could almost get her into the next level of agility if I work with her.....I need to get her out.

Anyway, it's time for bed since I want to go yard saling tomorrow. I have to go by myself since my friend just got back from her trip (they picked up Casey and were so happy to see her....PLUS were very excited that I taught her how to lie down! :D). But we are going togo for lunch apperently. We'll see! Cheers!

Well I'm at the conclusion of my all nighter. Yes I don't really understand why I do this...but in my defense, I closed at work and was there until 2:30....I didn't get home until 3ish. I was afraid I wasn't going to wake up for my shift at 9. I stupidly took this shift thinking, hell, I can do it. This was before we found out QA was coming, which required some intense cleaning. So now I'm going to regret it during lunch rush, no doubt. The positive side of work today, the cops are serving! So hopefully we have some good looking ones so I can drool :D. And one of my favorite guys is coming in at 12 today. It'll make today go by.  Hopefully I can get off early/first so I can get to the law office to work on the plants. I have a feeling I won't though, since we had to burn off most of the dough last night....meaning we have to do A LOT today. And I may possibly be making dough since we're going to be short some people. 2 are in jail....seriously. One was arrested at work (he was walked out of the kitchen) and has been in for almost a full week. We don't know why.....apparently it has something to do with his family....he claims it's bullshit *shrugs* who knows. The other guy. Well apparently on the weekend, he got drunk, walked to his old house, broke into the garage or shed, set a fire, then passed out.....something like that. Now he's in jail for 3 months! How does it even happen that 2 guys from work get jailed for longer than over night? I'm pretty sure that never happened at Wal-Mart.....although there was that one time they did a crack down on a theft ring with some workers....I think about 5 people were involved.

So I think it's time for me to tell off this guy I was seeing (he wouldn't claim bf/gf since he wanted to still talk to other girls and not be committed for that reason...waiting for something better....which actually just means find some easy girl to have sex with) a while back. I have barely talked to him in a year. If I never talk to him again in life, I won't miss him. I haven't since I stopped talking to him (due to Andy....that was probably the best thing that guy ever did for me....was get me over Ashley...). So he sent me this message and starts it off "Hey sexy..." Ok.....pretty sure that's not how you greet someone you haven't talked to in almost a year. There is nothing about that that makes it right. He hasn't gotten the point that I have never tried to talk to him in a year....even after his gf (now ex?) gave me their numbers to call him before they left for Saskatchewan. *sighs*

Anyway.....I should start moving and get myself ready to go to work....soon....and I'm sleepy.... :( I will sleep tonight for sure! Cheers!

So today I slept in until 11:30ish. I was up until 5:30 am.....ah...closing on Saturdays and Wal-Mart party with 2 of my favorite guys from work. When I woke up I decided that Hilldale needed a visit and to steal borrow some perennials and to check how things are there. I ended up taking about 10 plants that I had to dig up (many irises......and hoping one of them is my sugar and butter - yellow and white - one, some daylilies which are most likely Stella D'Oro....my dad's favorite, 2 ferns, 2 peonies, and a sedum). I also found a whole lot more irises and daylilies that most likely are from roots left in the ground since I know very well we didn't plant them where I found them.I also found a few sedum mounds, and a globe flower as well. I marked thearea since I had no room in my car to take them with me, plus I will run out of garden room.  I guess this solidifies my idea of digging up a new garden area along the wall of my proch. I will make room so I can give these plants a better chance! I also took some hens and chicks, a creeping (red) sedum, and an undentified plant that I see growing in random spots. I want to see it grow so I can determine what it is. It's pretty with a kind of purpley-green left as it grows. I'm hoping it's something good so I can dig more of them up. I'm also thinking of doing more work on the grounds there and cleaning it up a bit. We have a really bad case of golden rod there right now and I want to try to keep it down. I figured we'd have a huge thistle problem but it turns out golden rod is the bad thing. I'm going to try to see what I can do. I also brought home a wheelbarrow and started to dig up some of then grass piles I have littering my yard. I left them there from last year when I started to dig up my garden space. I didn't have the wheelbarrow last year and I bet my neighbours were just disgusted with the fact that I left all the piles all over my yard. They'll be happy now! Hell I'm feeling pretty good that one is almost destroyed! 

After I was done working on the yard for the day I headed to work. I wasn't there for 5 minutes when I was asked to take a late. I declined since I did all that work in the yard and I was phsyically tired. Not too much later I got asked to take the close (plus $20) since Mike forgot to book off his gf's birthday. I said no since I was tired...but he's a begger. I told him more money and he had a deal. No cigar. But I ended up giving in later. I told him not to ask me again since I was tired of always bailing him out. I have 6 shifts this week and I didn't want to close. Monday is my only day off.....I'm hoping it's nice so I can work outside....but so far the weather channel says no sun. *sighs* Here';s hoping they're wrong!

Anyway, I need to get some sleep. Cheers!

Oh what a nice day it was! I didn't spend as much time as I would have liked to outside working....but I was outside for a good portion of it. I brought both pups out into the yard with me as I did some work. We had a visit from Teddy across the street. He was cowering at first, with Casey then just started to boot around and play with her. It was so cute to see. Then I walked to grandpa's only to find him not home. Left him a note to call me when he got back in and when we did I walked over with the girls and we had a nice visit, had some supper then took the girls for a walk around half the track. It tired Casey out, she's been pretty much sleeping all night. She'll be 9 months old tomorrow, according to my friend. After I got back from Grandpa's I went to the Sally Ann for the live auction. I walked in just in time, as the item I wanted just got called when I stood in the small crowd. Luckily I was able to bid (since the one I wrote down yesterday was outbid). I won a small ceramic (I think) terrier that's marked occupied Japan for $13. A good birthday present for her since she collects dogs. As well there was some Strawberry Hill there that I was curious of how high it would go. The Canada Goose went for $200 I figured it would have gone for more and I keep thinking I should have bid on it, that and the Beaver as well since it only went to $175 I think. They would have been great gifts, but my dad said it was too much. *shrugs* I should have.....but I didn't. Life will go on. I ended up walking out of there with an umbrella tree. It looked so sad in it's make shift bucket pot and bad soil. I bought it a new pot, some good soil, and repotted it right when I got home from being out.

I also met Elise when I was at Wal-Mart. We talked about the cruise and that the tickets are all in. 3 weeks until we go! AAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!! I need to start signing up for the excursions now. It's coming up so fast now, so crazy!

Anyway, I have to work at 12, so it's time to hit the bed! Cheers!