1 day ago
Aug 2, 2007
Not long now!
Yay - I just thought! Only one more month until Season 3 of Greys Anatomy is out on dvd :) One month until we get to see what happens...until we get to enjoy our marathon sessions of greys each evening :) we normally watch 2 or 3 a night until the season is done :)
Woohoo I can't wait :)
Woohoo I can't wait :)
Another book finished....
After an hour or two on the porch enjoying the sunshine, I have finished 'Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures' by Vincent Lam.....it was an ok book. I'm glad I read it. I don't think it was worth the Giller Prize. The Girls is a far better book - much better writing in my opinion.
I especially didn't like the ending - or perhaps it was written ina way to show there is no ending that...life as a Doctor doesn't 'end' the hard work day after day continues....I'm not sure. It seems odd that one of the major characters was just left with no explanation or continuation of his story.
There were some interesting parts in the story but it isn't a book I would read again or particularly recommend.
On to my next book......
I especially didn't like the ending - or perhaps it was written ina way to show there is no ending that...life as a Doctor doesn't 'end' the hard work day after day continues....I'm not sure. It seems odd that one of the major characters was just left with no explanation or continuation of his story.
There were some interesting parts in the story but it isn't a book I would read again or particularly recommend.
On to my next book......
A RAK arrived!
I got a Random Act of Kindness (RAK) in the mail today - an envelope with a few scrapbooking goodies inside it :) some Canada Day ribbons and a Summer themed embellishment...from a lady in Ontario :)
It was such a surprise - such a nice surprise :)
The girls at Scrappers Haven are so nice - you should come on over and chat with us in the forums there :)
It was such a surprise - such a nice surprise :)
The girls at Scrappers Haven are so nice - you should come on over and chat with us in the forums there :)
A Bit East.....
abiteast.typepad.com/
This is another website full of wonderful inspiration for mini albums and crafts! Gorgeous photography too!
This is another website full of wonderful inspiration for mini albums and crafts! Gorgeous photography too!
Realising its her......not me!
A few weeks ago I got a shocking Email....it was from a lady I had never met but had chatted too a fair bit online/ via email mainly.....this lady is fairly new to Canada but doesn't seem to have settled well here at all. She is a very creative person - passionate - if not obsessive when it comes to scrapbooking.
I had heard certain things about her from a friend who I trust totally - and who I should learn to trust MORE! But thought I'd give her the benefit of the doubt....so we had chatted...a few times talked about meeting up but as she doesn't drive and I hate driving into the city we didn't ever get around to meeting....
Anyway one morning after I had sent a friendly, chatty email to her, I got an Email saying basically that she didn't understand why I am so angry at the world when I have everything......
This left me STUNNED. Do I really come across as being angry at the world? Why on earth would my blog (which she used to read frequently) make me come across as being 'angry at the world'???????? I really think of myself as being a positive happy, cups half full kind of person......I am so very grateful for all we have as a family, and I am really happy with my life.
Yet this person seemed to think I am angry at the world...I was left thinking how...HOW??????? What is it that I have written makes me come across in that way? I have days when I'm fed up - doesn't everyone? But most days I am upbeat and happy and positive.
Anyway...I moved on and forgot all about it all until yesterday when I was chatting to Christie about this lady and my experiences with her and I heard Christies experiences with her.......
and something someone posted on LP the other day made me think too....someone posted to say that when someone says something nasty to you you should turn it around (in your head I mean) and read into it as they are actually feeling that way themselves.....
And that kind of makes sense to me. Knowing about this person and her background....and her situation now, it makes total sense......
This lady has never met me.......she only knows me from my blog and a few emails we have sent to each other talking about scrapbooking mainly. She doesn't know me at all. And hearing about other peoples experiences with this woman in real life makes me feel so much better really because I can see that this is her problem, her issues. I think its HER thats angry at the world right now. I can understand that for some of her situation but still - she shouldn't try and reflect that onto me. I didn't do anything to deserve that!
Its a shame she ended up being like that. She's lost a friend. In fact I hear she's lost quite a few in this way. there is no need to be rude to people who have never been rude or impolite to you. There was just no need for that.
This lady was also quite rude about a scrapbooking website I am part of - she was a design team member there for a while so I don't see why on earth she needed to be so rude...and she was also very rude about a famous scrapbooker.....of course me being the way I am I believed every word she told me, but now when I think about it it just doesn't ring true. I think she's just jealous that this famous scrapbooker has the success that this lady tries so hard to get.
Now I am left just feeling really sorry for her.....she seems stuck in the past and really unhappy and unable to move forward from that. But you know, thats no excuse to be mean or rude to someone. No ones life is perfect but you can't take that out on other people. Not like that.
I don't want to be a part of that at all. She no longer reads my blog and I will no longer go out of my way to be friendly. I just want to leave all that in the past.
I had heard certain things about her from a friend who I trust totally - and who I should learn to trust MORE! But thought I'd give her the benefit of the doubt....so we had chatted...a few times talked about meeting up but as she doesn't drive and I hate driving into the city we didn't ever get around to meeting....
Anyway one morning after I had sent a friendly, chatty email to her, I got an Email saying basically that she didn't understand why I am so angry at the world when I have everything......
This left me STUNNED. Do I really come across as being angry at the world? Why on earth would my blog (which she used to read frequently) make me come across as being 'angry at the world'???????? I really think of myself as being a positive happy, cups half full kind of person......I am so very grateful for all we have as a family, and I am really happy with my life.
Yet this person seemed to think I am angry at the world...I was left thinking how...HOW??????? What is it that I have written makes me come across in that way? I have days when I'm fed up - doesn't everyone? But most days I am upbeat and happy and positive.
Anyway...I moved on and forgot all about it all until yesterday when I was chatting to Christie about this lady and my experiences with her and I heard Christies experiences with her.......
and something someone posted on LP the other day made me think too....someone posted to say that when someone says something nasty to you you should turn it around (in your head I mean) and read into it as they are actually feeling that way themselves.....
And that kind of makes sense to me. Knowing about this person and her background....and her situation now, it makes total sense......
This lady has never met me.......she only knows me from my blog and a few emails we have sent to each other talking about scrapbooking mainly. She doesn't know me at all. And hearing about other peoples experiences with this woman in real life makes me feel so much better really because I can see that this is her problem, her issues. I think its HER thats angry at the world right now. I can understand that for some of her situation but still - she shouldn't try and reflect that onto me. I didn't do anything to deserve that!
Its a shame she ended up being like that. She's lost a friend. In fact I hear she's lost quite a few in this way. there is no need to be rude to people who have never been rude or impolite to you. There was just no need for that.
This lady was also quite rude about a scrapbooking website I am part of - she was a design team member there for a while so I don't see why on earth she needed to be so rude...and she was also very rude about a famous scrapbooker.....of course me being the way I am I believed every word she told me, but now when I think about it it just doesn't ring true. I think she's just jealous that this famous scrapbooker has the success that this lady tries so hard to get.
Now I am left just feeling really sorry for her.....she seems stuck in the past and really unhappy and unable to move forward from that. But you know, thats no excuse to be mean or rude to someone. No ones life is perfect but you can't take that out on other people. Not like that.
I don't want to be a part of that at all. She no longer reads my blog and I will no longer go out of my way to be friendly. I just want to leave all that in the past.
mini album idea.....
itsacreativeworld.blogspot.com/2007/07/easy-peasy-mini-album.html
I plan to make one of these.....I think they are lovely mini albums - ideal for a gift! This is a great blog to read too full of inspiration....
I plan to make one of these.....I think they are lovely mini albums - ideal for a gift! This is a great blog to read too full of inspiration....
Sams bricks.......
Sam spends so much time with these blocks...we have a huge toybox filled with them and he spends hours building things with them...he even builds his own scooters - Abigail showed him how and now he can build his own complete with handle bar! I bought all of these bricks for $5 at a yard sale :) bargain! And when we are done with them they will all be washed up and taken into preschool for the children to build with....
Zucchini.....
My first Zucchini from our garden :) not huge but I'm still very proud lol! The cell phone in the background gives you an idea of scale :)
Its Thursday!
This week seems to have been a week of making plans, changing plans, going back to original plans, remaking plans, going ahead with planned plans!
Even this morning I still didn't know what today would be about!
Chris slept over at his friends house last night...Laurie was supposed to but it got cancelled and they arranged to go to Millennium Place today instead...but then he got a phone call from another friend and I am so tired I'm not in the mood to go into town anyway so instead of going to MP he is going to his friends house just up the road from here......
Susannahs friends Mom arrived at 10am and picked up Hayley....so now I have no extra children for once and in fact one less than normal....the kids are watching cartoons on tv and I am pleased! It seems we haven't done enough of the flopping on the sofa watching tv lately....we have been so busy and even when we have been home we have been outside or been busy doing games or crafts or whatever...I think we all need some downtime today!
I heard from my BOSS!!! Yay! At last! I know how much I will get paid each day and I know when I start and I know I am covered insurance-wise and all in all I kind of know where I stand a little better! Yay! I even have cover for my holiday in October!
Run on over to Susans blogs for some great money saving ideas!!! 'Its My Blog' link to the right!
Susan...your DH's new hat is cool and now I have the VOICE in my head! When you are on the tube in London (subway) as the train pulls into the station and the doors open, a voice comes over the loud speaker that says 'Mind The Gap' its this toneless mans voice....its supposed to warn you that there is a bit of a gap between the platform and the train. Nota gap so big that you could fall through, but I guess you could easily drop something down there....the voice kind of drags out the word mind....'miiii-iiiind the gap'! I had forgotten that until I saw Scotts hat! Cool!
I can't believe you were at Miquelon yesterday...I wish I had seen you to say hi to - did you not see us? We were so loud lol! Ad Chris had his Union Jack swim trunks on! Yes it was waindy - all the food ended up filled with sand lol! It reminded me of a typical day at the beach back home!
So today...a quiet day at home......Lloyd will pick Chris up from his sleepover tonight on his way home.....I think I'm going to sit and read for much of the day...although I have 4 baskets of clean laundry to sort into piles too.....mostly I am going to enjoy not having other peoples children in the house - yesterday after our trip to the lake I ended up with a basement full of loud boys and also Susie and her friend who slept 2 nights...
It was a nice evening - the weather was gorgeous....just before the sun set I went for a walk with the children - we walked across Marys land to see the horses...fed the horses a little and the children had fun trying to climb the hay bales....we picked plenty of wild raspberries and when we got back we picked the strawberries, tomatoes and raspberries from our garden...they all got eaten fast. I also picked the first zucchini (courgette) yay!
After that the children played on the swingset and the trampoline while Lloyd and I sat on the porch for a while....it was such a nice evening...warm..not too hot :) I didn't have to cook either because Lloyd picked up pizza on the way home.....so after a tiring day at the lake it was a nice relaxing evening at home :)
Even this morning I still didn't know what today would be about!
Chris slept over at his friends house last night...Laurie was supposed to but it got cancelled and they arranged to go to Millennium Place today instead...but then he got a phone call from another friend and I am so tired I'm not in the mood to go into town anyway so instead of going to MP he is going to his friends house just up the road from here......
Susannahs friends Mom arrived at 10am and picked up Hayley....so now I have no extra children for once and in fact one less than normal....the kids are watching cartoons on tv and I am pleased! It seems we haven't done enough of the flopping on the sofa watching tv lately....we have been so busy and even when we have been home we have been outside or been busy doing games or crafts or whatever...I think we all need some downtime today!
I heard from my BOSS!!! Yay! At last! I know how much I will get paid each day and I know when I start and I know I am covered insurance-wise and all in all I kind of know where I stand a little better! Yay! I even have cover for my holiday in October!
Run on over to Susans blogs for some great money saving ideas!!! 'Its My Blog' link to the right!
Susan...your DH's new hat is cool and now I have the VOICE in my head! When you are on the tube in London (subway) as the train pulls into the station and the doors open, a voice comes over the loud speaker that says 'Mind The Gap' its this toneless mans voice....its supposed to warn you that there is a bit of a gap between the platform and the train. Nota gap so big that you could fall through, but I guess you could easily drop something down there....the voice kind of drags out the word mind....'miiii-iiiind the gap'! I had forgotten that until I saw Scotts hat! Cool!
I can't believe you were at Miquelon yesterday...I wish I had seen you to say hi to - did you not see us? We were so loud lol! Ad Chris had his Union Jack swim trunks on! Yes it was waindy - all the food ended up filled with sand lol! It reminded me of a typical day at the beach back home!
So today...a quiet day at home......Lloyd will pick Chris up from his sleepover tonight on his way home.....I think I'm going to sit and read for much of the day...although I have 4 baskets of clean laundry to sort into piles too.....mostly I am going to enjoy not having other peoples children in the house - yesterday after our trip to the lake I ended up with a basement full of loud boys and also Susie and her friend who slept 2 nights...
It was a nice evening - the weather was gorgeous....just before the sun set I went for a walk with the children - we walked across Marys land to see the horses...fed the horses a little and the children had fun trying to climb the hay bales....we picked plenty of wild raspberries and when we got back we picked the strawberries, tomatoes and raspberries from our garden...they all got eaten fast. I also picked the first zucchini (courgette) yay!
After that the children played on the swingset and the trampoline while Lloyd and I sat on the porch for a while....it was such a nice evening...warm..not too hot :) I didn't have to cook either because Lloyd picked up pizza on the way home.....so after a tiring day at the lake it was a nice relaxing evening at home :)
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