Farewell finned friends!

One by one they're dying! I've done everything... and I mean everything right! I have no idea except maybe "bad" food? 4 in the last two days :(

I think maybe it's a doomsday cult thing?

I'm also thinking it's a good thing Fluffy, the almost 5 year old goldfish, who's gianormous... is in the pond next door!

Canadian Idol (my thoughts)

Wow, just finished watching Canadian Idol... (for the majority,) what a talented group! I'm torn between Carly and Greg. I hate to admit a bit of fondness for the 16 year old Country singer too! Someone slap me please! I can't explain it, it bothers me but I like the little gomer! So with singers like Carly and Greg here, why oh why, do we still have to listen to Celine? Je ne comprend pas! (sac de papier!)

Loooooooooong day...

YAWN!

Bob's "quick" trip to the county... hehehe

Well, last night Bob, (husband, not next door,) advised me he was going to Harrow to look at a truck that was for sale. I casually said... "maybe I'll go with you." So we left at about 11:30am today and got home after 4pm!

I, of course, had different ideas about a "quick" trip to the county. There were many reasons for this long of a trip. First of all, I had never been down Gore Road before. Then, we passed a farm where two of four horses were laying down, in the dirt, in bright sunshine. Now, horses lay down for two reasons, 1-to give birth, 2-they are sick. So after we saw the truck he didn't want to buy after all, I had to double back to check on the horses! (They were standing back up but keep an eye open on Gore Rd. if you're driving by ok?)

Then we had to drive up and down country roads as farmers often just park their trucks by the road with a sign in the window. Oh, if anyone needs a tractor or 5, call me... I know where there are some available. If you need a seadoo... call me for that too! The only trucks we saw were Fords and Chrysler/Dodge's and being a 4 car GM family... they just wouldn't do!

Then we had to find a Tim's and get a coffee and a donut.

Then we had to drop my sister-in-law's dish off to her I've had since Christmas or Easter, I can't remember.

Then we had to stop at the cemetery in Amherstburg to visit Bob's Mom & Dad's graves. Then we had to find his Grandparents and Uncle's graves. Then we had to clear their plaques as the grounds had grown over the Grandparents and Uncle. (Luckily I had a tool thingy in the glove box and was able to do this! I'm calling the cemetery tomorrow as Grandma is sinking and perpetual care is... hello... perpetual!)

Then we had to go to the Verdi Club because my company was doing their fireworks show. We were too early to hook up with the crew though, so we left.

Then we had to stop for gas. Then we had to stop at A&P, then we had to get newspapers, (real ones... not the Windsor Star,) at Sam's. Then we came home.

See, no frivolous stops or driving around... It was all very important. Bob, of course, at about 1:30 was whinging that he would have been home by 1pm had he been alone! Whatever!

Someone searched my blog from Omemee Ontario...

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Do I know someone in Omemee? I hope so, it's a fun place name to say! Hi, this is _________, my friend from Omemee; or... I was on the phone chatting with _________ from Omemee. So, if you come back, drop a comment with your name so I can fill in those blanks!

ps. I was result #8 so it doesn't show up in the screen shot. I am also having a vague memory of recently searching "Omemee" on Google but I can't remember why?

Happy Birthday Matthew!

I hope he has a great "30" in Lloydminster. I can't believe...a) he's 30 and b) he turned 30 without us!

Attempted fishy rescue

Last night we were over at Debbie & Robin's house having a bbq and planning the pyro party. We noticed that the pumps were not running at the pond next door. I snuck into the yard and found two filthy, algae infested, bathtub hot, stagnant ponds. I spotted a couple of small, lethargic, sad little fishies.

What was I to do? I went home, got a net, a container and attempted a rescue. The fishies resisted. They hid under rocks, in the algae and well... just wouldn't co-operate! I tried two different times. Each time, before I left the yard, I tossed my net and container over the privacy fence into Debbie's yard. I didn't want to be seen leaving their yard with my "fishnapping" tools! I may try again.

Can you get serious time for this?

My Dad, I miss him

My Dad is the young soldier, bottom right. I remember when he went to these manoeuvres. He brought us back the coolest presents. Toy koala bears, but made of kangaroo fur and skin as koalas were/are protected and kangaroos were vermin. He sent authentic boomerangs too. It's a month tomorrow and I miss him terribly. There have been so many things I've wanted to tell him about, talk to him about and just share because I know he'd appreciate them. Time does go on but I don't have to like it.

He did have an interesting and exciting life, for that I am grateful.

My famous God-daughter Alex!

Click on the pic, make it bigger, far right background wearing a striped poncho... it's my Ally! (and her Mom, my friend Debbie) I hope she'll still talk to me now that she's famous!

The end of the book... (no spoilers I promise!)

Mich finished The Deathly Hallows at 1:15am. A marathon session of about 14 hours with a supper break. I will NOT tell you what she told me, that would be mean.

Harry Day Update...

Mich is up to page 447 and is taking a shower break. She did stop to eat supper, quickly! Only 160 pages to go...

Happy Harry Day... Sad Harry Day!

I went and got Michie her copy at 8am this morning. She didn't know I had done that. She got up a couple of hours later after not coming home until 12:44am, (but who's counting?) She jumped out of bed, washed her face, dressed and was prepared to go buy the book. She found the copy I bought her on the kitchen counter.

It is now 6:20pm and she is 1/2 through the book! Apparently it is good. She will be sad when she's done though!

Additon to posting below...

In reference to the post below... add... #4 - do NOT eat Nutty Buddys! Thanks Robin!

Very important information...

Having never had a tooth pulled before, I am a novice. There are things I did not know but have since learned in past two days.





#1 - Do NOT eat rice!
#2 - Do NOT let your tongue wander over to where your tooth used to be! It's gross!
#3 - Did I mention do NOT eat rice?

sigh...

This is a test...

For some reason my last two posts won't show up. One will if you click on "July" the other won't but it's there, in my list of posts in the editing section? So... test, test...

**Edit** Wow, this guy is good! As soon as I posted him... tada... my posts showed up!

My beautiful, but rude daughter!

I found this pic, this beautiful pic, on Allison's facebook page. I did not know it existed... why you ask? Well, let me tell you. Michie won't be my friend on facebook. Apparently, again by reading Allison's wall, I've learned Michie has a strict policy of not being her Mother's friend on facebook. She is not ready to revisit it at this time! rude, rude, rude! But a great pic eh?

Ouch

Well, I didn't have to be "put out." Just frozen by 154 needles, give or take about 147. I saw the instrument ,(not quite exact, but similar,) pictured above heading toward me and immediately shut my eyes, grabbed the arms of the chair and started loudly humming "ABCDEFG..." I figured that way I'd drown out any noises I didn't really want to hear. After just a few minutes I realized that they weren't poking around in my mouth anymore so I opened my eyes and asked... "is it out?" They said yes and we were done! I didn't even feel it, (or hear it!)

Now... I began to feel it on the way home... Oh, I forgot to mention Debbie was kind enough to take me lest I was too woozy from drugs. We dropped off my script for some good drugs, picked up a Timmy's and she dropped me at home.

I tried Tylenol... nope... waited for Shoppers to deliver the good stuff, ripped it out of the driver's hand and swallowed one. Slept for a few hours and am now wide awake!

Hurts like the devil again though but don't think I want to take another pill. I'll see how it goes.

All in all, it's been two painful days, yesterday City Council, (don't want to talk about that as it's all just too weird to really explain,) today the tooth. To be honest, I'm not sure which one was more psychologically damaging!

Off to the oral surgeon!

Yep, getting a molar extracted in about 45 minutes... Not happy. I've only ever had my wisdom teeth extracted. The tooth is fine, no cavities. I'm a grinder. I've ground it right loose, like wiggling a post in a hole. There's no saving it. Hopefully they can just pull it and not have to put me out!

*cartoon courtesy of Susan who sent me good luck emails!

Looooooong day and I'm a cliche!

When you get up at 4:40am it makes for a very long day... I'm trying to force myself to stay up. So I went outside and helped Bob, (husband, not next door,) clean up under the front porch. He leaned the rake up against the porch and yep... I stepped on it and yep... it hit me in the face... I hate being a cliche! (I hate being hit in the face with a rake, even more than being a cliche!)

4:40am

Not much to do this time of the morning. Sleeping would be a great idea, too bad it doesn't work for me :(

I haven't felt much like writing lately... Too much going on... too many words flying around in my head to actually put them on paper. Should the truth be told, I don't feel much like doing anything. hmmm and my "title" section won't work... just as well, don't really have a title anyway.